TCM recently announced the films to be shown at its 2023 Classic Film Festival on 13-16 April 2023. They include the world premiere of a new 4K restoration of Howard Hawks’ 1959 Western classic ‘Rio Bravo’. The film remains amongst my all-time favourites and is probably the one I have watched more than any other….
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Film Review – AIRPORT (1970)
AIRPORT (1970, USA, 137m, PG) *** Drama, Thriller dist. Universal Pictures; pr co. Universal Pictures / Ross Hunter Productions; d. George Seaton; w. George Seaton (based on the novel by Arthur Hailey); pr. Ross Hunter; ph. Ernest Laszlo (Technicolor | 2.20:1); m. Alfred Newman; ed. Stuart Gilmore; ad. E. Preston Ames, Alexander Golitzen. cast: Burt…
Film Review – THE ROAD TO HONG KONG (1962)
THE ROAD TO HONG KONG (1962, UK, 91m, U) *** Comedy, Musical dist. United Artists; pr co. Melnor Films; d. Norman Panama; w. Melvin Frank, Norman Panama; pr. Melvin Frank; ph. Jack Hildyard (B&W | 1.66:1); m. Robert Farnon; m/l. James Van Heusen, Sammy Cahn; ed. Alan Osbiston, John C. Smith, John Victor Smith; pd….
Film Review – BANDOLERO! (1968)
BANDOLERO! (USA, 1968) *** Distributor: Twentieth Century Fox; Production Company: Twentieth Century Fox; Release Date: 1 June 1968 (USA), 2 August 1968 (UK); Filming Dates: 2 October–early or mid December 1967; Running Time: 106m; Colour: DeLuxe; Sound Mix: 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System); Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Panavision (anamorphic); Aspect Ratio:…
Film Review – THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER (1965)
Sons of Katie Elder, The (1965; USA; Technicolor; 122m) ***½ d. Henry Hathaway; w. William H. Wright, Allan Weiss, Harry Essex, Talbot Jennings; ph. Lucien Ballard; m. Elmer Bernstein. Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, Michael Anderson Jr., Martha Hyer, Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin, George Kennedy, James Gregory, Paul Fix, Jeremy Slate, John Litel,…
Film Review – RIO BRAVO (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959; USA; Technicolor; 141m) ***** d. Howard Hawks; w. Jules Furthman, Leigh Brackett; ph. Russell Harlan; m. Dimitri Tiomkin. Cast: John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, John Russell, Ricky Nelson, Claude Akins, Bob Steele, Myron Healey, Estelita Rodriguez, Malcolm Atterbury, Yakima Canutt, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Bing Russell. A small-town…
Film Review – THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER (1965)
Sons of Katie Elder, The (1965; USA; Technicolor; 122m) ∗∗∗½ d. Henry Hathaway; w. William H. Wright, Allan Weiss, Harry Essex, Talbot Jennings; ph. Lucien Ballard; m. Elmer Bernstein. Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, Michael Anderson Jr., Martha Hyer, Dennis Hopper, Strother Martin, George Kennedy, James Gregory, Paul Fix, Jeremy Slate, John Litel,…
Film Review – RIO BRAVO (1959)
Rio Bravo (1959; USA; Technicolor; 141m) ∗∗∗∗∗ d. Howard Hawks; w. Jules Furthman, Leigh Brackett; ph. Russell Harlan; m. Dimitri Tiomkin. Cast: John Wayne, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Dean Martin, Angie Dickinson, John Russell, Ricky Nelson, Claude Akins, Bob Steele, Myron Healey, Estelita Rodriguez, Malcolm Atterbury, Yakima Canutt, Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez, Bing Russell. A small-town…