THE GREAT ESCAPE (1963, USA, 172m, U) ****½ Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, War dist. United Artists; pr co. The Mirisch Company; d. John Sturges; w. James Clavell, W.R. Burnett (based on the book by Paul Brickhill); pr. John Sturges; ph. Daniel L. Fapp (DeLuxe | 2.35:1); m. Elmer Bernstein; ed. Ferris Webster; ad. Fernando Carrere….
Tag: James Garner
Film Review – SHOOT-OUT AT MEDICINE BEND (1957)
SHOOT-OUT AT MEDICINE BEND (USA, 1957) **½ Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures; Production Company: Warner Bros. Pictures; Release Date: 4 May 1957; Filming Dates: 5 November 1956 – late November 1956.; Running Time: 87m; Colour: B&W; Sound Mix: Mono (RCA Sound Recording); Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Spherical; Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1; BBFC Cert: U….
Book Review – THE ROCKFORD FILES: DEVIL ON MY DOORSTEP (1998) by Stuart M. Kaminsky
THE ROCKFORD FILES: DEVIL ON MY DOORSTEP (1998) *** by Stuart M. Kaminsky This paperback edition published by Forge, May 2001, 304pp First published in March 1998 © MCA Publishing Rights, 1998 Based on the Universal Television series The Rockford Files created by Roy Huggins and Stephen J. Cannell ISBN: 0-812-57106-1 Blurb: Jim…
Film Review – SPACE COWBOYS (2000)
SPACE COWBOYS (2000, USA, 130m, PG) ***½ Action, Adventure, Thriller dist. Warner Bros.; pr co. Clipsal Films / Mad Chance / Malpaso Productions / Village Roadshow Pictures / Warner Bros.; d. Clint Eastwood; w. Ken Kaufman, Howard Klausner; pr. Clint Eastwood, Andrew Lazar; ph. Jack N. Green (Technicolor | 2.35:1); m. Lennie Niehaus; ed. Joel…
Film Review – TWILIGHT (1998)
TWILIGHT (USA, 1998) *** Distributor: Paramount Pictures; Production Company: Cinehaus / Paramount Pictures / Scott Rudin Productions; Release Date: 6 March 1998 (USA), 4 December 1998 (UK); Filming Dates: 11 November 1996 – March 1997; Running Time: 95m; Colour: Colour; Sound Mix: Dolby Digital; Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Spherical; Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1; BBFC…
Liam Neeson set to be eighth big-screen Philip Marlowe
Reports have been issued of the casting of Liam Neeson to play Raymond Chandler’s iconic private eye Philip Marlowe in an adaptation of Benjamin Black’s (pseudonym of John Banville) novel The Black-Eyed Blonde. Neeson will follow in the footsteps of Dick Powell (Murder, My Sweet in 1944), Humphrey Bogart (The Big Sleep in 1946), Rober…
James Garner (1928 – 2014)
I was saddened to hear of the recent death of James Garner (on 19 July 2014 aged 86). I grew up watching Garner’s charismatic and charming performance as private eye Jim Rockford in The Rockford Files (1974-80). Garner was one of those actors who got by on the mere presence of his personality – although he was…