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: Book Type
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
GUYS AND DOLLS (1955)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Joseph L. Mankiewicz SCREENWRITER: Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Ben Hecht FILM STARS: Marlon Brando, Jean Simmons, Frank Sinatra, Vivian Blaine, Stubby Kaye, Johnny Silver, Robert Keith, Sheldon Leonard, George E. Stone, Regis Toomey, Veda Ann Borg COUNTRY: … 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
FOOLS’ PARADE (1971 )
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Andrew V. McLaglen SCREENWRITER: James Lee Barrett FILM STARS: James Stewart, George Kennedy, Anne Baxter, Strother Martin, Kurt Russell, William Windom, Mike Kellin, David Huddleston COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Davis Grubb TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Signet … Continue reading
CAST A GIANT SHADOW (1966)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Melville Shavelson SCREENWRITER: Melville Shavelson FILM STARS: Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Yul Brynner, John Wayne, Frank Sinatra, Angie Dickinson, Gordon Jackson, Topol, Rod Dana, Michael Douglas. COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Ted Berkman TYPE: Biography PUBLISHER: … Continue reading
NORTH TO ALASKA (1960)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Henry Hathaway SCREENWRITER: John Lee Mahin, Martin Rackin, Claude Binyon, Wendell Mayes uncredited), Ben Hecht (uncredited) FILM STARS: John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs, Fabian, Capucine, Mickey Shaughnessy, Karl Swenson, Kathleen Freeman, John Qualen COUNTRY: USA … Continue reading
THE TALL STRANGER (1957)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Thomas Carr SCREENWRITER: Christopher Knopf FILM STARS: Joel McCrea, Virginia Mayo, Michael Pate, Michael Ansara, Leo Gordon, Whit Bissell COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Louis L’Amour TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Gold Medal Book THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1963 … Continue reading
The TTSS movie is inferior to the Alec Guinness tv series. Gary Oldman holds the movie together, he really is…