ROBIN AND MARIAN (1976, USA, 106m, PG) ***½ Adventure, Drama, Romance dist. Columbia Pictures (USA), Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK); pr co. Columbia Pictures / Rastar Pictures; d. Richard Lester; w. James Goldman; pr. Denis O’Dell; ph. David Watkin (Technicolor | 1.85:1); m. John Barry; ed. John Victor Smith; pd. Michael Stringer; ad. Gil Parrondo. cast: Sean…
Tag: Robert Shaw
Film Review – DIAMONDS (1975)
DIAMONDS (1975, Switzerland/Israel/USA/UK, 108m, PG) **½ Crime, Drama dist. AVCO Embassy Pictures (USA), Fox-Rank (UK); pr co. AmeriEuro Pictures / Euramat Films; d. Menahem Golan; w. Menahem Golan, David Paulsen; pr. Yoram Globus, Menahem Golan; ph. Adam Greenberg (Eastmancolor | 1.85:1); m. Roy Budd; ed. Dov Hoenig; ad. Kuli Sander. cast: Robert Shaw (Charles /…
Film Review – BLACK SUNDAY (1977)
BLACK SUNDAY (1977, USA) ***½ Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller dist. Paramount Pictures (USA), Cinema International Corporation (CIC) (UK); pr co. Paramount Pictures / Robert Evans Company; d. John Frankenheimer; w. Ernest Lehman, Kenneth Ross, Ivan Moffat (based on the novel by Thomas Harris); pr. Robert Evans; ph. John A. Alonzo (Movielab. 35mm. Panavision (anamorphic). 2.39:1);…
Film Review – FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (1978)
FORCE 10 FROM NAVARONE (1978, UK) **½ Action, Drama, War dist. Columbia-Warner Distributors (UK), American International Pictures (AIP) (USA); pr co. Columbia Pictures Corporation / Navarone Productions; d. Guy Hamilton; w. Robin Chapman, Carl Foreman (based on the novel by Alistair MacLean); exec pr. Carl Foreman; pr. Oliver A. Unger; ass pr. David W. Orton;…
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,…
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…
Film Review – THE DEEP (1977)
Deep, The (1977; USA; Metrocolor; 123m) *** d. Peter Yates; w. Peter Benchley, Tracy Keenan Wynn; ph. Christopher Challis; m. John Barry. Cast: Robert Shaw, Jacqueline Bisset, Nick Nolte, Louis Gossett Jr., Eli Wallach, Dick Anthony Williams, Bob Minor, Robert Tessier, Earl Maynard, Teddy Tucker, Lee McClain, Peter Benchley, Peter Wallach, Colin Shaw. A pair…
Film Review – THE STING (1973)
Sting, The (1973; USA; Technicolor; 129m) ****½ d. George Roy Hill; w. David S. Ward; ph. Robert Surtees; m. Marvin Hamlisch (adaptor), Scott Joplin. Cast: Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Robert Shaw, Robert Earl Jones, Charles Durning, Ray Walston, Eileen Brennan, Harold Gould, Dana Elcar, Jack Kehoe, John Heffernan, Dimitra Arliss, James Sloyan, Charles Dierkop, Sally…
Film Review – FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963)
FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963, UK, 115m, PG) **** Action, Adventure, Thriller dist. United Artists; pr co. Eon Productions; d. Terence Young; w. Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood (based on the novel by Ian Fleming); pr. Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman; ph. Ted Moore (Technicolor | 1.66:1); m. John Barry; ed. Peter R. Hunt; ad. Syd…