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Filming began in September 2006. [3]The original screenplay, as was the novel, was set in Maine, but according to the commentary on the DVD release of the film, director Lajos Koltai was so taken with the Newport house found by his location scouts that he opted to change the setting to Rhode Island.
Assignment K (also known as Department K) is a 1968 British spy thriller film directed by Val Guest in Techniscope and starring Stephen Boyd, Camilla Sparv, Michael Redgrave, Leo McKern, Robert Hoffmann and Jeremy Kemp. [1] [2] The film was based on the 1964 novel Department K by Hartley Howard.
The Redgrave family is a British acting dynasty, spanning five generations. Members of the family worked in theatre beginning in the nineteenth century, and later in film and television. Some family members have also written plays and books. Vanessa Redgrave is the most prominent, having won Oscar, Tony, Golden Globe and Emmy Awards.
The film holds a 19% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from a total of 26 reviews, indicating strong dislike. [10] Several critics lamented the film's sluggishness; John DeFore of The Hollywood Reporter called the film "more lifeless than its namesake's long-dead body," [ 11 ] while David Lewis of the San Francisco Chronicle labeled it "a Merchant ...
Title Director Cast Genre Notes 1979: Agatha: Michael Apted: Dustin Hoffman, Vanessa Redgrave: Mystery: Alien: Ridley Scott: Sigourney Weaver, Tom Skerritt: Sci-fi: Co-production with the US ...
Kipps (US title The Remarkable Mr. Kipps) is a 1941 British comedy-drama film adaptation of H. G. Wells's 1905 novel of the same name. The film was directed by Carol Reed [1] and stars Michael Redgrave as a draper's assistant who inherits a large fortune. [2] [3] The film's costumes were designed by Cecil Beaton. [4]
The film was restored by the British Film Institute for DVD and Blu-ray Disc and re-released in the UK on 13 July 2009. Another edition of the DVD, with a different cover photo and music credits for Procol Harum on the front cover and for Stanley Myers , Procol Harum and Matthew Fisher on the back cover, was released in the US in March, 2010.
Paid in Full is a 1950 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and written by Robert Blees and Charles Schnee. The film stars Robert Cummings, Lizabeth Scott, Diana Lynn, Eve Arden, Ray Collins and Frank McHugh. The film was released on February 15, 1950 by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2] [3]