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Posts Tagged "Richard Attenborough"
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Gandhi ***** (1982, Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox, John Mills, John Gielgud, Trevor Howard, Martin Sheen, Ian Charleson) – Classic Movie Review 1488
Producer-director Richard Attenborough’s stirring 1982 film Gandhi was a triumph, scooping eight Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director for Attenborough and Best Actor for Ben Kingsley’s unforgettable performance as Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi (1869-1948). John […]
Grey Owl **** (1999, Pierce Brosnan, Annie Galipeau, Stewart Bick, Vlasta Vrana, Graham Greene, Renée Asherson, Stephanie Cole) – Classic Movie Review 1446
Pierce Brosnan is first-rate as a Native American imposter in director Richard Attenborough’s good-hearted, unfairly overlooked 1999 adventure and true story biopic. Writer William Nicholson’s screenplay makes a really good, fascinating thing out of the unusual story […]
A Bridge Too Far **** (1977, Dirk Bogarde, James Caan, Michael Caine, Sean Connery, Edward Fox, Elliott Gould, Gene Hackman, Anthony Hopkins, Hardy Krüger, Laurence Olivier, Ryan O’Neal, Robert Redford, Maximilian Schell, Liv Ullmann) – Classic Movie Review 1.398
Director Richard Attenborough’s intelligent, well-meaning and honourable 1977 epic anti-war film A Bridge Too Far is rousingly staged on a huge canvas. It grasps the nettle of tackling the tricky subject of a military disaster, […]
Elizabeth **** (1998, Cate Blanchett, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush) – Classic Movie Review 1310
Director Shekhar Kapur’s splendid 1998 historical thriller stars Cate Blanchett, ageing and maturing convincingly through a long reign in a scaldingly exciting performance as the steely Queen Elizabeth I, crowned Queen at 25. Winning the […]
Hamlet *** (1996, Kenneth Branagh, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie) – Classic Movie Review 1295
Writer-director-star Kenneth Branagh’s long, lively, faithful and intelligent 1996 version of the Shakespeare play is lit up with rousing performances from a lovely array of memorable actors. It’s a respectful, rewarding experience with outstanding work […]
The Flight of the Phoenix **** (1965, James Stewart, Richard Attenborough, Peter Finch, Hardy Krüger, Ernest Borgnine, Ian Bannen, Ronald Fraser, Christian Marquand, Dan Duryea, George Kennedy) – Classic Movie Review 1088
Producer/director Robert Aldrich’s 1965 film The Flight of the Phoenix finds him on safe ground with a highly enjoyable and satisfying, character-driven disaster-survival movie, in which an aircraft is downed when a sudden sandstorm shuts […]
Brighton Rock ***** (1947, Richard Attenborough, Hermione Baddeley, William Hartnell, Alan Wheatley, Carol Marsh) – Classic Movie Review 724
Richard Attenborough gives an inspired, chilling performance as the psychotic young tearaway Pinkie Brown in the Boulting Brothers’ marvellous 1947 film version of Graham Greene’s classic novel Brighton Rock. The 24-year-old Richard Attenborough gives an […]