QUATERMASS AND THE PIT (UK, 1967) **** PRODUCTION: Distributor: Warner-Pathé Distributors (UK), Twentieth Century Fox (USA); Production Company: Hammer Film Productions; Release Date: 29 September 1967 (UK), 7 February 1968 (USA); Filming Dates: 27 February 1967 – 25 April 1967; Running Time: 97m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Mono (RCA Sound Recording); Film Format: 35mm; Film…
Month: September 2019
Film Review – JAWS (1975)
JAWS (USA, 1975) ***** PRODUCTION: Distributor: Universal Pictures (USA), Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (UK); Production Company: Zanuck-Brown Productions / Universal Pictures; Release Date: 20 June 1975 (USA), 25 December 1975 (UK); Filming Dates: 2 May 1974 – 18 September 1974 and October 1974 – December 1974; Running Time: 124m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Mono (Westrex…
Book Review – THE MUSKETEER’S SEAMSTRESS (2007) by Sarah D’Almeida
THE MUSKETEER’S SEAMSTRESS (2007) *** by Sarah D’Almeida (Sarah Hoyt) Published by Berkley, 2007, 332pp (315pp) Cover Art: Rick Farrell Cover Design: Steven Ferlauto Interior Text Design: Tiffany Estreicher ISBN: 978-0-425-21489-3 includes 10-page preview of THE MUSKETEER’S APPRENTICE. Blurb: Aramis emerges from the water closet to find his lover, a duchess, murdered on her…
Film Review – ARABIAN ADVENTURE (1979)
ARABIAN ADVENTURE (UK, 1979) **½ Distributor: British Lion Film Corporation (UK), Associated Film Distribution (AFD) (USA); Production Company: EMI Films / British Lion Film Corporation / Major Studio Partners; Release Date: 19 July 1979 (UK), 21 November 1979 (USA); Filming Dates: 24 July 1978 – October 1978; Running Time: 98m; Colour: Colour;…
TV Review – CRACKER (2006)
CRACKER (TV) (UK, 2006) ***½ Distributor: Granada Television; Production Company: Granada Television / ITV Productions; Release Date: 1 October 2006; Running Time: 109m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo; Film Format: Super 16; Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1; BBFC Cert: 15. Director: Antonia Bird; Writer: Jimmy McGovern; Executive Producer: Andy Harries; Producer: John Chapman; Director of Photography: Florian Hoffmeister; Music Composer: Gillian Gilbert, Stephen Morris, Conboy…
Film Review – WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS (1978)
WARLORDS OF ATLANTIS (UK, 1978) **½ Distributor: EMI Films (UK), Columbia Pictures (USA); Production Company: EMI Films / British Lion; Release Date: 5 May 1978; Filming Dates: 5 September 1977 – 13 January 1978; Running Time: 96m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Mono; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Spherical; Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1; BBFC Cert: PG….
TV Review – CRACKER : WHITE GHOST (1996)
CRACKER: WHITE GHOST (TV) (UK, 1996) ** Distributor: ITV – Independent Television; Production Company: A&E Television Networks / Granada Television; Release Date: 28 October 1996; Running Time: 100m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo; Film Format: 16mm; Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1; BBFC Cert: 15. Director: Richard Standeven; Writer: Paul Abbott; Executive Producer: Sally Head, Delia Fine; Producer: Hilary Bevan Jones; Director of Photography: Dick…
TV Review – CRACKER: TRUE ROMANCE (1995)
CRACKER: TRUE ROMANCE (TV) (UK, 1995) **½ Distributor: ITV – Independent Television; Production Company: A&E Television Networks / Granada Television; Release Date: 20 & 27 November 1995; Running Time: 100m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo; Film Format: 16mm; Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1; BBFC Cert: 15. Director: Tim Fywell; Writer: Paul Abbott; Executive Producer: Sally Head; Producer: Hilary Bevan Jones; Director of Photography: Dick…
TV Review – CRACKER: BEST BOYS (1995)
CRACKER: BEST BOYS (TV) (UK, 1995) ***½ Distributor: ITV – Independent Television; Production Company: A&E Television Networks / Granada Television; Release Date: 6 & 13 November 1995; Running Time: 99m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo; Film Format: 16mm; Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1; BBFC Cert: 15. Director: Charles McDougall; Writer: Paul Abbott; Executive Producer: Sally Head; Producer: Hilary Bevan Jones; Director of Photography: Dick…
Film Review – AT THE EARTH’S CORE (1976)
AT THE EARTH’S CORE (UK/USA, 1976) *** Distributor: British Lion Film Corporation (UK) / American International Pictures (A.I.P.) (USA); Production Company: Amicus Productions; Release Date: July 1976 (USA), 22 August 1976 (UK); Filming Dates: 26 January 1976 – mid April 1976; Running Time: 90m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: Mono; Film Format: 35mm;…