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: Comedy / Satire
ST TRINIAN’S (2007)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Oliver Parker and Barnaby Thompson SCREENWRITER: Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft FILM STARS: Talulah Riley, Rupert Everett, Jodie Whittaker, Gemma Arterton, Kathryn Drysdale, Juno Temple, Antonia Bernath, Amara Karan, Tamsin Egerton, Lily Cole, Paloma Faith, Holli … 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
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
BEING THERE (1979)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Hal Ashby SCREENWRITER: Jerzy Kosinski, Robert C. Jones FILM STARS: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Dysart, Richard Basehart, Ruth Attaway, David Clennon COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Jerzy Kosinski TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: … Continue reading
MASH (1970)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Robert Altman SCREENWRITER: Richard Hooker (H. Richard Hornberger and W. C. Heinz) FILM STARS: Donald Sutherland, Elliott Gould, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, René Auberjonois, Jo Ann Pflug , John Schuck, Carl Gottlieb, … Continue reading
TRAVELS WITH MY AUNT (1972)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: George Cukor SCREENWRITER: Jay Presson Allen, Hugh Wheeler FILM STARS: Maggie Smith, Alec McCowen, Louis Gossett Jr., Robert Stephens, Cindy Williams, Robert Flemyng, José Luis López Vázquez, Valerie White COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Graham Greene … Continue reading
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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
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
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
A FINE MADNESS (1966)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Irvin Kershner SCREENWRITER: Elliott Baker FILM STARS: Sean Connery, Joanne Woodward, Jean Seberg, Patrick O’Neal, Colleen Dewhurst, Clive Revel, Jackie Coogan, Sue Ane Langdon COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Elliott Baker TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin THIS … Continue reading
yep re Kirk … no one pushes Kirk around. His Bryna Production Company was involved with (partially funded) POG ..and…