Tag Archives: Sterling Hayden
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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Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
Famously, Stanley Kubrick purchased the rights to the straight-faced Cold War thriller Red Alert by Peter George, but decided the material was too dark to be treated seriously, and rapidly began to transform it into a satire with George assisting with … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Harpo
Tagged 60's, Comedy, Doomsday, George C. Scott, James Earl Jones, Peter Sellers, Slim Pickens, Stanley Kubrick, Sterling Hayden, Terry Southern, The Bomb, The President
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The Final Programme (1973)
“…Cornelius enjoyed [technology] for its own sake. Aesthetically. He had no interest in its moral significance or its utilization. Computers and jets and rockets and lasers and the rest were simply familiar elements of his natural environment. He didn’t judge … Continue reading
Posted in Theater Fantastique
Tagged 70's, Jerry Cornelius, Jon Finch, Julie Ege, LSD, Michael Moorcock, Neanderthal, Patrick Magee, Psychedelic, Robert Fuest, Science Fiction, Spy, Sterling Hayden, Surreal
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