as long as they didn’t play any U2 songs! Ha ha harrr ... I hear you. I assume they would…
I get that but I don't agree the novels drag! Charles Dickens doing TV ... now there is a concept.…
I may do a Bridget Jones ..I think I have one tie-in. Tinker Tailor i think I have seen ...they…
I lump Kubrick into the good craftsmen group ... though he can't tell a story (generally). Unlike the other craftsmen…
Category Archives: Novel
THE 4 HORSEMEN OF THE APOCALYPSE (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Vincente Minnelli SCREENWRITER: Robert Ardrey, John Gay FILM STARS: Glenn Ford, Ingrid Thulin, Charles Boyer, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Lukas, Yvette Mimieux, Karl Boehm, Paul Henreid, Paul Lukas, Nestor Paiva, George Dolenz COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK … Continue reading
HELLER IN PINK TIGHTS (1960)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: George Cukor SCREENWRITER: Dudley Nichols, Walter Bernstein FILM STARS: Sophia Loren, Anthony Quinn, Margaret O’Brien, Steve Forrest, Eileen Heckart, Ramon Novarro, Edmund Lowe, Frank Silvera COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Louis L’Amour TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: … Continue reading
THE WILD GEESE (1978)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Andrew V. McLaglen SCREENWRITER: Reginald Rose FILM STARS: Richard Burton. Roger Moore, Richard Harris, Hardy Kruger, Stewart Granger, Winston Ntshona, John Kani, Jack Watson, Frank Finlay, Barry Foster, Ronald Fraser, David Ladd, Jeff Corey COUNTRY: Great … Continue reading
ENGLAND MADE ME (1973)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Peter Duffell SCREENWRITER: Desmond Cory, Peter Duffell FILM STARS: Peter Finch, Michael York, Hildegarde Neil, Joss Ackland, Michael Hordern, Tessa Wyatt COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Graham Greene TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: … Continue reading
SHALAKO (1968)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Edward Dmytryk SCREENWRITER: James Griffith (as J.J. Griffith), Hal Hopper, Scot Finch, Clarke Reynolds FILM STARS: Sean Connery, Brigitte Bardot, Stephen Boyd, Jack Hawkins, Peter van Eyck, Honor Blackman, Woody Strode, Eric Sykes, Alexander Knox, Valerie … Continue reading
THE FRIENDS OF EDDIE COYLE (1973)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Peter Yates SCREENWRITER: Paul Monash FILM STARS: Robert Mitchum, Peter Boyle, Richard Jordan, Steven Keats, Alex Rocco, Joe Santos COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: George V. Higgins TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Pan THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1973 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
THE TALENTED MR. RIPLEY (1999)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Anthony Minghella SCREENWRITER: Anthony Minghella FILM STARS: Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchett, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Philip Baker Hall COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Patricia Highsmith TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Vintage THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1999 … Continue reading
THE SHOOTIST (1976)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Don Siegel SCREENWRITER: Miles Hood Swarthout, Scott Hale FILM STARS: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard, James Stewart, Richard Boone, Hugh O’Brian, Bill McKinney, Harry Morgan, John Carradine, Sheree North, Rick Lenz, Scatman Crothers, Melody Thomas … Continue reading
REQUIEM FOR A HEAVYWEIGHT (1962)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Ralph Nelson SCREENWRITER: Rod Serling FILM STARS: Anthony Quinn, Jackie Gleason, Mickey Rooney, Julie Harris, Julie Harris, Jack Dempsey, Rory Calhoun, Muhammad Ali COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Rod Serling TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Corgi THIS EDITION … Continue reading
GOD’S LITTLE ACRE (1958)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Anthony Mann SCREENWRITER: Philip Yordan (a front for blacklisted writer Ben Maddow who was uncredited) FILM STARS: Robert Ryan, Aldo Ray, Tina Louise, Buddy Hackett, Jack Lord, Fay Spain, Vic Morrow, Lance Fuller, Rex Ingram, Michael … Continue reading
The TTSS movie is inferior to the Alec Guinness tv series. Gary Oldman holds the movie together, he really is…