Month: September 2020

Book Review – GENESIS – 1967 TO 1975: THE PETER GABRIEL YEARS (2020) by Mario Giammetti

GENESIS – 1967 TO 1975: THE PETER GABRIEL YEARS (2020) ****½ by Mario Giammetti This paperback edition published by Kingmaker Publishing, 2020, 252pp First published in Italy by Giunti Editore, 2013 © Mario Giammetti, 2013/2020 ISBN: 978-1-913218-62-1 Blurb: The definitive biography of the early years of one the world’s greatest rock bands! The book contains numerous…

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Film Review – THE DEEP (1977)

THE DEEP (1977, USA) *** Adventure, Mystery, Thriller dist. Columbia Pictures (USA), Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK); pr co. Columbia Pictures / EMI Films / Casablanca Filmworks; d. Peter Yates; w. Peter Benchley, Tracy Keenan Wynn (based on the novel by Peter Benchley); pr. Peter Guber; ass pr. George Justin; ph. Christopher Challis; underwater ph. Al Giddings,…

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Film Review – CANNON: HE WHO DIGS A GRAVE (TV) (1973)

CANNON: HE WHO DIGS A GRAVE (TV) (1973, USA) *** Action, Crime, Mystery dist. Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); pr co. Quinn Martin Productions (QM); d. Richard Donner; w. Stephen Kandel (based on the novel “He Who Digs a Grave” by David Delman); exec pr. Quinn Martin; pr. Adrian Samish; ph. Jack Swain (Colour. 35mm. Spherical….

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Film Review – THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO (TV) (1972)

THE STREETS OF SAN FRANCISCO (TV) (1972, USA) *** Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery dist. American Broadcasting Company (ABC); pr co. Quinn Martin Productions (QM) / Warner Bros. Television; d. Walter Grauman; w. Edward Hume (based on the novel “Poor, Poor Ophelia” by Carolyn Weston); exec pr. Quinn Martin; pr. Arthur Fellows, Adrian Samish; ass pr….

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Film Review – GUNSMOKE: RETURN TO DODGE (TV) (1987)

GUNSMOKE: RETURN TO DODGE (TV) (1987, USA) *** Western dist. Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); pr co. CBS Entertainment Production; d. Vincent McEveety; w. Jim Byrnes; pr. John Mantley, Stanley Hough; ph. Charles Correll (Colour. 35mm. Spherical. 1.33:1); m. Jerrold Immel; m sup. Robert Drasnin; ed. Ray Daniels; pd. Albert Heschong; set d. Bruce Sinski; cos….

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Film Review – CANNON (TV) (1971)

CANNON (TV) (1971, USA) *** Action, Crime, Mystery, Drama dist. Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); pr co. Quinn Martin Productions / Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS); d. George McCowan; w. Edward Hume; exec pr. Quinn Martin; pr. Arthur Fellows, Adrian Samish; ass pr. Howard P. Alston; ph. John A. Alonzo (Colour. 35mm. Spherical. 1.33:1); m. John Carl…

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TV Review – STRIKE: LETHAL WHITE (2020)

STRIKE: LETHAL WHITE (2020, UK) ***½ Crime, Drama. Mystery net. British Broadcasting Corportation (BBC); pr co. Bronte Film and TV; d. Susan Tully; w. Tom Edge (based on the novel by J.K. Rowling (as Robert Galbraith)); exec pr. Neil Blair, Tommy Bulfin, Tom Edge, Ruth Kenley-Letts, J.K. Rowling; pr. Jackie Larkin; ph. Tomasz Naumiuk (Colour….

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Film Review – ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL (1975)

ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL (1975, UK/USA) ***½ Biography, Drama dist. EMI Film Distributors ; pr co. EMI Film Distributors / Venedon Ltd.; d. Claude Whatham; w. Hugh Whitemore (based on the books by James Herriot); exec pr. Nat Cohen; pr. Duane Bogie, David Susskind; ass pr. Cecil F. Ford; ph. Peter Suschitzky (Colour. 35mm….

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