The Ewoks were embarrassing but no more than the scenario in the first movie where they fly up the Death…
I really dig Dickens but in pretty much the opposite way to you, Frank. I love the whole acting tradition…
It’s a very good movie, although the plot is preposterous. Burton is very good, it’s a great shame the drink…
Rule number 1 , always use some other schmucks money. If we have a change of government in Queensland, maybe…
Author Archives: velebit2
THE OUTSIDER (1961)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Delbert Mann SCREENWRITER: Stewart Stern FILM STARS: Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, Gregory Walcott, Bruce Bennett, Vivian Nathan, Edmund Hashim, Paul Comi, Ralph Moody COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: William Bradford Huie TYPE: Biography PUBLISHER: Panther THIS … Continue reading
A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1966)
THE FILM (Mini Series) DIRECTOR: Rex Tucker SCREENWRITER: Giles Cooper STARS: Vanessa Redgrave, George Hamilton, Susan Engel, Donald Sutherland, Laurence Payne COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Ernest Hemingway TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1966 COUNTRY: Great Britain … Continue reading
BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S (1961)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Blake Edwards SCREENWRITER: George Axelrod FILM STARS: Audrey Hepburn, George Peppard, Patricia Neal, Buddy Ebsen, Martin Balsam, Mickey Rooney, John McGiver, Miss Beverly Hills, Orangey the cat. COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Truman Capote TYPE: Novella … Continue reading
BUTTERFLY (1979)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Matt Cimber SCREENWRITER: John F. Goff, Matt Cimber FILM STARS: Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton, Edward Albert, James Franciscus, Stuart Whitman, June Lockhart, Ed McMahon, Paul Hampton, George ‘Buck’ Flower COUNTRY: USA THIS … Continue reading
BIG JAKE (1971)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: George Sherman SCREENWRITER: Harry Julian Fink & R.M. Fink FILM STARS: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot, Bobby Vinton, Glenn Corbett, Ethan Wayne, John Doucette, Jim Davis, John Agar, Harry … Continue reading
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1981)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Bob Rafelson SCREENWRITER: David Mamet FILM STARS: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James M. Cain TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Pan THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1981 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
SOME CAME RUNNING (1958)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Vincente Minnelli SCREENWRITER: John Patrick, Arthur Sheekman FILM STARS: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates, Leora Dana, Betty Lou Keim, Larry Gates, Connie Gilchrist COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James … Continue reading
PERCY (1971)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Ralph Thomas SCREENWRITER: Hugh Leonard, Michael Palin (key writer)(uncredited), Terence Feely (additional material) FILM STARS: Hywel Bennett, Denholm Elliott, Elke Sommer, Britt Ekland, Cyd Hayman, Janet Key, Tracey Crisp, Antonia Ellis, Tracy Reed, Patrick Mower, Pauline … Continue reading
ROOM AT THE TOP (1959)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Jack Clayton SCREENWRITER: Neil Paterson FILM STARS: Simone Signoret, Laurence Harvey, Heather Sears, Donald Wolfit, Donald Houston, Hermione Baddeley COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: John Brain TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1960 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
ALL FALL DOWN (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Frankenheimer SCREENWRITER: William Inge FILM STARS: Eva Marie Saint, Warren Beatty, Karl Malden, Angela Lansbury, Brandon deWilde, Constance Ford. Barbara Baxley, Evans Evans COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James Leo Herlihy TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin … Continue reading
I'm a fan of Kubrick and no, you're not being harsh. I think those enthralled by it back then are…