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…
Category Archives: Novel
BLEAK HOUSE (1985)
THE FILM (Miniseries) FILM DIRECTOR: Ross Devenish SCREENWRITER: Arthur Hopcraft FILM STARS: Denholm Elliott, Suzanne Burden, Jonathan Moore, Diana Rigg, Lucy Hornak, Philip Franks, Chris Pitt, Sylvia Coleridge, Charlie Drake. THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Charles Dickens TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Pan THIS … Continue reading
WHERE EAGLES DARE (1968)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Brian G. Hutton SCREENWRITER: Alistair Maclean FILM STARS: Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure, Patrick Wymark, Michael Hordern, Donald Houston, Peter Barkworth, William Squire, Robert Beatty, Ingrid Pitt, Brook Williams, Neil McCarthy, Vincent Ball, Anton Diffring, … Continue reading
THE PANIC IN NEEDLE PARK (1971)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Jerry Schatzberg SCREENWRITER: Joan Didion, John Gregory Dunne FILM STARS: Al Pacino, Kitty Winn, Alan Vint, Richard Bright, Kiel Martin, Michael McClanathan, Warren Finnerty, Marcia Jean Kurtz, Raúl Juliá, Angie Ortega, Larry Marshall, Joe Santos, Paul … Continue reading
NIGHT PASSAGE (1957)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: James Neilson SCREENWRITER: Borden Chase FILM STARS: James Stewart, Audie Murphy, Dan Duryea, Dianne Foster, Elaine Stewart, Brandon deWilde, Jay C. Flippen, Herbert Anderson, Robert J. Wilke, Hugh Beaumont, Jack Elam, Tommy Cook, Paul Fix, Olive … Continue reading
THE SECRET WAYS (1961)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Phil Karlson SCREENWRITER: Jean Hazlewood FILM STARS: Richard Widmark, Sonja Ziemann, Charles Régnier, Walter Rilla, Senta Berger, Howard Vernon, Heinz Moog, Hubert von Meyerinck, Oskar Wegrostek, Stefan Schnabel, Elisabeth Neumann-Viertel, Helmut Janatsch. COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK … Continue reading
MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Lewis Milestone SCREENWRITER: Charles Lederer FILM STARS: Marlon Brando, Trevor Howard, Richard Harris, Hugh Griffith, Richard Haydn, Tarita Teriipaia, Matahiarii Tama, Percy Herbert, Duncan Lamont, Gordon Jackson, Chips Rafferty, Noel Purcell, Ashley Cowan, Eddie Byrne, Tim … Continue reading
THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDIATE (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Frankenheimer SCREENWRITER: George Axelrod FILM STARS: Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, Henry Silva, Leslie Parrish, John McGiver, James Edwards, Douglas Henderson. Whit Bissell COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Richard Condon … Continue reading
THE HORSE SOLDIERS (1959)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Ford SCREENWRITER: John Lee Mahin, Martin Rackin FILM STARS: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Judson Pratt, Hoot Gibson, Ken Curtis, Althea Gibson, Willis Bouchey, Bing Russell, O.Z. Whitehead, Hank Worden, Chuck Hayward, Denver Pyle, … Continue reading
THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT (1974)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Kevin Connor SCREENWRITER: Michael Moorcock, James Cawthorn FILM STARS: Doug McClure, John McEnery, Susan Penhaligon, Keith Barron, Anthony Ainley, Godfrey James, Declan Mulholland, Roy Holder, Andrew McCulloch, Ron Pember, Brian Hall, Peter Sproule, Steve James COUNTRY: … Continue reading
THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY (1954)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: William A. Wellman SCREENWRITER: Ernest K. Gann FILM STARS: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day, Robert Stack, Jan Sterling, Phil Harris, Ann Doran, Robert Newton, David Brian, Paul Kelly, Sidney Blackmer, Julie Bishop, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, … Continue reading
I'm a fan of Kubrick and no, you're not being harsh. I think those enthralled by it back then are…