Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Name of the Rose is a 1986 historical mystery film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on the 1980 novel of the same name by Umberto Eco. [3] Sean Connery stars as the Franciscan friar William of Baskerville, called upon to solve a deadly mystery in a medieval abbey.
The Name of the Rose (Italian: Il nome della rosa [il ˈnoːme della ˈrɔːza]) is the 1980 debut novel by Italian author Umberto Eco.It is a historical murder mystery set in an Italian monastery in the year 1327, and an intellectual mystery combining semiotics in fiction, biblical analysis, medieval studies, and literary theory.
The Name of the Rose is itself a recounting of events as experienced by Adso of Melk, a Benedictine novice (a Franciscan one in the 1986 film adaptation) who travelled under William's protection. Years before the main events of the novel, as an inquisitor , Brother William presided at some trials in England and Italy , where he distinguished ...
1986 The Name of the Rose: No Yes No Co-written with Andrew Birkin, Gérard Brach and Alain Godard: 1987 Someone to Watch Over Me: No Yes No 1990 Quick Change: Yes Yes No Co-directed with Bill Murray: 1992 The Public Eye: Yes Yes No 1996 Larger than Life: Yes No No 1997 The Man Who Knew Too Little: No Yes No Co-written with Robert Farrar: 2001 ...
Archive Photos/Getty Paul Lukas holds his Best Actor Oscar for 'Watch on the Rhine' and Jennifer Jones holds her Oscar for Best Actress for 'The Song of Bernadette' during the 16th annual Academy ...
Jean-Jacques Annaud (French: [ʒɑ̃ ʒak ano]; born 1 October 1943) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer.He directed Quest for Fire (1981), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Bear (1988), The Lover (1992), Seven Years in Tibet (1997), Enemy at the Gates (2001), Black Gold (2011), and Wolf Totem (2015).
Pete Rose, Major League Baseball’s all-time hits leader who earned a lifetime ban from the sport after he gambled on Cincinnati Reds games he managed, died Monday at 83, the Reds confirmed to ...
Blue Velvet (film) (1986) The Great Mouse Detective (1986) [18] Manhunter (1986) The Morning After (1986) The Name of the Rose (1986) Young Sherlock Holmes (1986) [2] Angel Heart (1987) Black Widow (1987) No Way Out (1987), remake of The Big Clock (1948) The Rosary Murders (1987) The Stepford Children (1987) Tough Guys Don't Dance (1987 ...