ESCAPE TO VICTORY (1981, UK/USA/Italy, 116m, 12) *** Drama, Sport, War dist. Paramount Pictures (USA), ITC Film Distributors (UK); pr co. Lorimar Film Entertainment / Victory Company; d. John Huston; w. Evan Jones, Yabo Yablonsky (based on a story by Yabo Yablonsky, Djordje Milicevic & Jeff Maguire); pr. Freddie Fields; ph. Gerry Fisher (Metrocolor |…
Tag: Max Von Sydow
Film Review – STAR WARS: EPISODE VII – THE FORCE AWAKENS (2015)
STAR WARS: EPISODE VII – THE FORCE AWAKENS (USA, 2015) ****½ Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures; Production Company: Lucasfilm / Bad Robot; Release Date: 14 December 2015 (USA), 16 December 2015 (UK); Filming Dates: 16 May 2014 – 3 November 2014; Running Time: 135m; Colour: FotoKem; Sound Mix: 12-Track Digital Sound (IMAX 12…
Film Review – THE BELARUS FILE (TV) (1985)
Belarus File, The (TV) (1985; USA; Colour; 95m) **½ d. Robert Markowitz; w. Albert Ruben; ph. Alan Metzger; m. Joseph Conlan, Barry De Vorzon. Cast: Telly Savalas, Suzanne Pleshette, Max von Sydow, Herbert Berghof, Dan Frazer, Betsy Aidem, Alan Rosenberg, Charles Brown, George Savalas, David Leary, Harry Davis, Rita Karin, Mark Russell, Vince Conti. The murders…
Film Review – NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1983)
NEVER SAY NEVER AGAIN (1983, UK/USA/West Germany, 134m, PG) *** Action, Adventure, Thriller dist. Warner Bros. (USA), Columbia-EMI-Warner (UK); pr co. PSO International / TaliaFilm II Productions / Woodcote; d. Irvin Kershner; w. Lorenzo Semple Jr. (based on a story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham & Ian Fleming); pr. Jack Schwartzman; ph. Douglas Slocombe (Technicolor…