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: Films by Genre
VENETIAN BIRD (1952)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Ralph Thomas SCREENWRITER: Victor Canning FILM STARS: Richard Todd, Eva Bartok, John Gregson, George Coulouris, Margot Grahame, David Hurst, Walter Rilla, Sid James, Eric Pohlmann COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Victor Canning TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: … Continue reading
A HIGH WIND IN JAMAICA (1965)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Alexander Mackendrick SCREENWRITER: Stanley Mann, Ronald Harwood, Denis Cannan FILM STARS: Anthony Quinn, James Coburn, Deborah Baxter, Dennis Price, Lila Kedrova, Nigel Davenport, Isabel Dean, Gert Fröbe COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Richard Hughes TYPE: … Continue reading
THE OUTSIDER (1961)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Delbert Mann SCREENWRITER: Stewart Stern FILM STARS: Tony Curtis, James Franciscus, Gregory Walcott, Bruce Bennett, Vivian Nathan, Edmund Hashim, Paul Comi, Ralph Moody COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: William Bradford Huie TYPE: Biography PUBLISHER: Panther THIS … Continue reading
A FAREWELL TO ARMS (1966)
THE FILM (Mini Series) DIRECTOR: Rex Tucker SCREENWRITER: Giles Cooper STARS: Vanessa Redgrave, George Hamilton, Susan Engel, Donald Sutherland, Laurence Payne COUNTRY: Great Britain THIS BOOK AUTHOR: Ernest Hemingway TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Penguin THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1966 COUNTRY: Great Britain … Continue reading
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
BUTTERFLY (1979)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Matt Cimber SCREENWRITER: John F. Goff, Matt Cimber FILM STARS: Stacy Keach, Pia Zadora, Orson Welles, Lois Nettleton, Edward Albert, James Franciscus, Stuart Whitman, June Lockhart, Ed McMahon, Paul Hampton, George ‘Buck’ Flower COUNTRY: USA THIS … Continue reading
BIG JAKE (1971)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: George Sherman SCREENWRITER: Harry Julian Fink & R.M. Fink FILM STARS: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot, Bobby Vinton, Glenn Corbett, Ethan Wayne, John Doucette, Jim Davis, John Agar, Harry … Continue reading
THE POSTMAN ALWAYS RINGS TWICE (1981)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Bob Rafelson SCREENWRITER: David Mamet FILM STARS: Jack Nicholson, Jessica Lange, John Colicos, Michael Lerner, Anjelica Huston, Christopher Lloyd COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James M. Cain TYPE: Novel PUBLISHER: Pan THIS EDITION PUBLISHED: 1981 COUNTRY: … Continue reading
SOME CAME RUNNING (1958)
THE FILM FILM DIRECTOR: Vincente Minnelli SCREENWRITER: John Patrick, Arthur Sheekman FILM STARS: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Shirley MacLaine, Martha Hyer, Arthur Kennedy, Nancy Gates, Leora Dana, Betty Lou Keim, Larry Gates, Connie Gilchrist COUNTRY: USA THIS BOOK AUTHOR: James … 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
The TTSS movie is inferior to the Alec Guinness tv series. Gary Oldman holds the movie together, he really is…