Tag Archives: Drama
The Swimmer (1968)
The Swimmer (1968), based on a short story by John Cheever, is structured on a lean concept. Ned Merrill, indelibly portrayed by Burt Lancaster, observes that there are enough swimming pools in his suburban Connecticut neighborhood that he can swim … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Psychotronic
Tagged 60's, Burt Lancaster, Drama, Eleanor Perry, Frank Perry, Janet Landgard, Janice Rule, Joan Rivers
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24 Hours with Ken Russell
There is a Monty Python sketch which only lasts about twenty-five seconds, but that’s all it needs. Stately music plays on the soundtrack. It’s a simple country garden. A businessman enters the scene, pursued by a nude woman. They’re chased by … Continue reading
Posted in Marathon
Tagged 60's, 70's, 80's, Amanda Donohoe, Ann-Margret, Automaton, Christ, Christopher Gable, Comedy, demons, Drama, Elton John, Eric Clapton, Frankenstein, Gabriel Byrne, Glenda Jackson, horror, Hugh Grant, Imogen Millais-Scott, Jack Nicholson, Julian Sands, Ken Russell, Liszt, Madness, Mahler, Mary Shelley, Max Adrian, Michael Gough, Musical, Natasha Richardson, Oliver Reed, Oscar Wilde, Peter Capaldi, Peter Vaughan, Pinball, Richard Chamberlain, Ringo Starr, Rock Musical, Roger Daltrey, Surreal, Tchaikovsky, The Devil, The Who, Timothy Spall, Tina Turner, Tommy Tune, Twiggy, Vanessa Redgrave
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A Carol for Another Christmas (1964)
In October 1963, a month before the Kennedy assassination in Dallas, the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson, delivered a speech in the city to promote the controversial organization. Eyes were watching. Long before the shooting in Dealey … Continue reading
Posted in Late Night TV
Tagged 60's, Ben Gazzara, Britt Ekland, Christmas, Christmas Carol, Drama, Eva Marie Saint, Henry Mancini, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Made-For-TV Movie, Pat Hingle, Peter Sellers, Post Apocalyptic, Robert Shaw, Rod Serling, Sterling Hayden, Steve Lawrence
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