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: Sean Connery
James Bond celebrates 60 years at the movies
The first James Bond film, DR. NO, premiered in London 60 years ago today. The movies were a big part of my life growing up and remain so today. The first Bond film I saw on release in the cinema was ON HER MAJESTY’S SECRET SERVICE. I was hooked and I remember journeying on the…
Film Review – THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975)
THE MAN WHO WOULD BE KING (1975, UK/USA) **** Action, Adventure dist. Allied Artists Pictures; pr co. Columbia Pictures Corporation / Devon / Persky-Bright; d. John Huston; w. John Huston, Gladys Hill (based on the story by Rudyard Kipling); pr. John Foreman; ph. Oswald Morris (Technicolor. 35mm. Panavision (anamorphic). 2.39:1); m. Maurice Jarre; ed. Russell…
Film Review – THUNDERBALL (1965)
THUNDERBALL (1965, UK, 130m, PG) **** Action, Adventure, Thriller dist. United Artists; pr co. Eon Productions; d. Terence Young; w. Richard Maibaum, John Hopkins (based on a story by Kevin McClory, Jack Whittingham and Ian Fleming and an original screenplay by Jack Whittingham); pr. Kevin McClory; ph. Ted Moore (Technicolor | 2.39:1); m. John Barry;…
Film Review – THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (1990)
THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER (USA, 1990) **** Distributor: Paramount Pictures; Production Company: Paramount Pictures / Mace Neufeld Productions / Nina Saxon Film Design; Release Date: 2 March 1990 (USA), 20 April 1990 (UK); Filming Dates: began 3 April 1989; Running Time: 135m; Colour: Technicolor; Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm…
Film Review – RANSOM (1974)
RANSOM (UK, 1974) *** Distributor: British Lion Film Corporation (UK), Twentieth Century Fox (USA); Production Company: Lion International / Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation / Rwaley Film & Theatre; Release Date: 27 February 1975 (UK), 16 April 1975 (USA); Filming Dates: began 14 January 1974; Running Time: 94m; Colour: Eastmancolor; Sound Mix: Mono; Film…
Film Review – TARZAN’S GREATEST ADVENTURE (1959)
TARZAN’S GREATEST ADVENTURE (UK, 1959) **** Distributor: Paramount Pictures (USA), Paramount British Pictures (UK); Production Company: Solar Film Productions; Release Date: 8 July 1959 (USA); Filming Dates: mid Feb–late Mar 1959; Running Time: 88m; Colour: Eastmancolor; Sound Mix: Mono (Westrex Recording System); Film Format: 35mm; Film Process: Spherical; Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1; BBFC Cert:…
Book Review – OUTLAND (1981) by Alan Dean Foster
OUTLAND (1981) *** by Alan Dean Foster (based on a screenplay by Peter Hyams) Paperback published by Warner Books, March 1981. 272pp. ISBN: 0-446-95829-8 Blurb: Here on Io — moon of Jupiter, hell in space — men mine ore to satisfy the needs of Earth. They are hard men, loners for whom the Company provides…
Film Review – THE LONGEST DAY (1962)
Longest Day, The (1962; USA; B&W; 178m) ****½ d. Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki; w. Cornelius Ryan, Romain Gary, James Jones, David Pursall, Jack Seddon; ph. Jean Bourgoin, Walter Wottitz; m. Maurice Jarre. Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Curt Jurgens, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Rod Steiger, Sean Connery, Mel Ferrer, Eddie Albert,…
Film Review – HELL DRIVERS (1957)
Hell Drivers (1957; UK; B&W; 108m) **** d. Cy Endfield; w. John Kruse, Cy Endfield; ph. Geoffrey Unsworth; m. Hubert Clifford. Cast: Stanley Baker, Herbert Lom, Peggy Cummins, Patrick McGoohan, William Hartnell, Wilfrid Lawson, Sidney James, Jill Ireland, Alfie Bass, Gordon Jackson, David McCallum, Sean Connery, Wensley Pithey, George Murcell, Marjorie Rhodes. Ex-convict takes a…