agreed re SH. His autobiography "Wanderer" is one of the best film star autobios I have read, and I have…
Sterling Hayden was a remarkable actor and a very interesting person. His cameo in Dr Strangelove was essential to the…
It is truly a boring, pretentious movie. I always found a good litmus test to weed out film w-kers was…
Bader was an arsehole by all accounts, though his story was remarkable. I read the book when I was a…
Category Archives: Novel
THE ENEMY BELOW (1957)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Dick Powell SCREENWRITER: Wendell Mayes FILM STARS: Robert Mitchum, Curd Jürgens, Theodore Bikel, David Hedison, Russell Collins, Kurt Kreuger, Frank Albertson, Biff Elliot, Ralph Manza, Doug McClure, Darryl F. Zanuck COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: D.A. … Continue reading
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BOBBY DEERFIELD (1977)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Sydney Pollack SCREENWRITER: Alvin Sargent FILM STARS: Al Pacino, Marthe Keller, Anny Duperey, Walter McGinn, Romolo Valli, Stephan Meldegg, Jaime Sánchez, Norm Nielsen, Mickey Knox, Dorothy James, Guido Alberti COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Erich Maria … Continue reading
TOM JONES (1963)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Tony Richardson SCREENWRITER: John Osborne FILM STARS: Albert Finney, Susannah York, Hugh Griffith, Edith Evans, Joan Greenwood, Diane Cilento, George Devine, David Tomlinson, Rosalind Atkinson, Wilfrid Lawson, Jack MacGowran, David Warner, Lynn Redgrave, Julian Glover COUNTRY: … Continue reading
ZORBA THE GREEK (1964)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Michael Cacoyannis SCREENWRITER: Michael Cacoyannis FILM STARS: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova, Giorgos Foundas, Sotiris Moustakas, Anna Kyriakou, Eleni Anousaki, Yorgo Voyagis, Takis Emmanuel, George P. Cosmatos, Nikos Papadakis COUNTRY: Greece THIS BOOK … Continue reading
AGE OF CONSENT (1969)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Michael Powell SCREENWRITER: Peter Yeldham FILM STARS: James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran, Neva Carr Glyn, Andonia Katsaros, Michael Boddy, Harold Hopkins, Slim De Grey, Max Meldrum, Frank Thring, Tommy Hanlon Jr., Clarissa Kaye, Judith McGrath … Continue reading
FIGHT CLUB (1999)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: David Fincher SCREENWRITER: Jim Uhls FILM STARS: Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto, Holt McCallany, Zach Grenier, Eion Bailey, Peter Iacangelo, Thom Gossom Jr. COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Chuck Palahniuk … Continue reading
THE SAILOR WHO FELL FROM GRACE WITH THE SEA (1976)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Lewis John Carlino SCREENWRITER: Lewis John Carlino FILM STARS: Kris Kristofferson, Sarah Miles, Jonathan Kahn, Margo Cunningham, Earl Rhodes, Paul Tropea, Gary Lock, Stephen Black, Peter Clapham, Jennifer Tolman COUNTRY: England THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Yukio Mishima … Continue reading
THE SATAN BUG (1965)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: John Sturges SCREENWRITER: James Clavell and Edward Anhalt FILM STARS: George Maharis, Richard Basehart, Anne Francis, Dana Andrews, John Larkin, Richard Bull, Frank Sutton, Ed Asner, Simon Oakland, John Anderson, John Clarke, Hari Rhodes, Martin Blaine, … Continue reading
THE NEW CENTURIONS (1972)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Richard Fleischer SCREENWRITER: Stirling Silliphant, Robert Towne (uncredited) FILM STARS: George C. Scott, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander, Scott Wilson, Erik Estrada, Clifton James, James Sikking, Rosalind Cash, Ed Lauter, Kitten Natividad COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: … Continue reading
THE WHITE BUFFALO (1977)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: J. Lee Thompson SCREENWRITER: Richard Sale FILM STARS: Charles Bronson, Will Sampson, Jack Warden, Slim Pickens, Kim Novak, Clint Walker, Stuart Whitman, John Carradine, Cara Williams, Douglas Fowley, Clifford A. Pellow, Ed Lauter, Martin Kove, Dan … Continue reading
yep re Kirk … no one pushes Kirk around. His Bryna Production Company was involved with (partially funded) POG ..and…