Charlton Heston movies: ‘A Man for All Seasons’ remake, ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’ (photo: Charlton Heston as Ben-Hur) (See previous post: “Charlton Heston: Moses Minus Staff Plus Chariot Equals Ben-Hur.”) I’ve yet to watch Irving Rapper’s melo Bad for Each Other (1954), co-starring the sultry Lizabeth Scott — always a good enough reason to check out any movie, regardless of plot or leading man. A major curiosity is the 1988 made-for-tv version of A Man for All Seasons, with Charlton Heston in the Oscar-winning Paul Scofield role (Sir Thomas More) and on Fred Zinnemann’s director’s chair. Vanessa Redgrave, who plays Thomas More’s wife in the TV movie (Wendy Hiller in the original) had a cameo as Anne Boleyn in the 1966 film. According to the IMDb, Robert Bolt, who wrote the Oscar-winning 1966 movie (and the original play), is credited for the 1988 version’s screenplay as well. Also of note,...
- 8/5/2013
- by Andre Soares
- Alt Film Guide
Fango scribe M.J. Simpson gave us an exclusive first look at Waiting For Gorgo, a short film which recently wrapped production at Elstree Studios in the UK. Directed by Benjamin Craig from Simpson’s script, it pays homage to Eugene Lourie’s 1961 monster classic, in which a resurrected dinosaur attacks London in search of its abducted offspring.
“It’s not a direct sequel to Gorgo,” Simpson tells us, “but some people might call it a semisequel, because it’s set 40 or so years after the events of that picture supposedly happened. We’re using the conventions of a monster movie to satirize the bureaucracy of the British Civil Service.” Waiting For Gorgo stars veteran actors Geoffrey (Tales From The Crypt) Davies (pictured below left) and Nicholas Amer as the last remaining staff of the D.M.O.A., a forgotten department deep in the corridors of the UK’s Ministry of Defence,...
“It’s not a direct sequel to Gorgo,” Simpson tells us, “but some people might call it a semisequel, because it’s set 40 or so years after the events of that picture supposedly happened. We’re using the conventions of a monster movie to satirize the bureaucracy of the British Civil Service.” Waiting For Gorgo stars veteran actors Geoffrey (Tales From The Crypt) Davies (pictured below left) and Nicholas Amer as the last remaining staff of the D.M.O.A., a forgotten department deep in the corridors of the UK’s Ministry of Defence,...
- 10/16/2008
- Fangoria
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