GREGORY PECK FATHERS DEMONIC HARVEY STEPHENS IN 'THE OMEN'

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsD5-liIPZmdp4k9n7vu6xhmeKg_lC6qBpKFic4zbE_Axk-jph5mISxAeGONXSakd8U4QeyhAcpLfizhvHRuG0-oy5sWDrcli1ibEGAXgtJmuZn3gbIKjXfiVsTNGQw7yLcm8zX4PjoXnTaWZxcC1jJmJHYquS4qK-qEtupJNsLZq0e9-Nk8TAOY4yLY7M/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-16%20at%2012.16.27%20AM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="898" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsD5-liIPZmdp4k9n7vu6xhmeKg_lC6qBpKFic4zbE_Axk-jph5mISxAeGONXSakd8U4QeyhAcpLfizhvHRuG0-oy5sWDrcli1ibEGAXgtJmuZn3gbIKjXfiVsTNGQw7yLcm8zX4PjoXnTaWZxcC1jJmJHYquS4qK-qEtupJNsLZq0e9-Nk8TAOY4yLY7M/s1600/Screen%20Shot%202026-07-16%20at%2012.16.27%20AM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: THE OMEN Year: 1976 Rating: **1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>What's a b-movie in a-list clothing, with fantastic widescreen photography and a cinematic hybrid of THE EXORCIST Cursed American Gothic and Adventurous Iraq sequences, the main problem of Richard Donner's THE OMEN is that legendary actor Gregory Peck is far too important to the story, leaving that demonic son-of-Satan more of a sporadic guest star than the lead of his very own feature...<br><br>While Linda Blair was interrupted by long stretches of dialogue between Ellen Burstyn and Jason Miller, their input served (and was combined with) her own particular situation... meanwhile, devilish-looking Harvey Stephens (hardly paying dues like Linda) is absent for too long a time, particularly as the second act morphs into the third...  <br></p><p><span></span></p>

billie whitelaw, david warner, franchise, gregory peck, holly palance, horror, lee remick, leo mckern, martin benson, patrick troughton, richard donner, seventies, thriller

GREGORY PECK FATHERS DEMONIC HARVEY STEPHENS IN 'THE OMEN'

Title: THE OMEN Year: 1976 Rating: **1/2 What's a b-movie in a-list clothing, with fantastic widescreen photography and a cinematic hybr...

MICHELLE JOHNSON MELTS 'WAXWORK' WITH DEBORAH FOREMAN

<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSgWscMm8yXlAP3mYgGkpzSgT73f7IKKl_HKR8zHf8KCO4DbHMnRymgaf26ohmQvEhpvgpRwAApsjP8a9ZMpvyQvAcSTMhbgaWV3D9yz03mUqP9xkZ_72qdK0NLch26XLQSZg8vxhUnJde3OjytLQmfgYp1xY6mFOLHXqkY8bQw34Cj9tG2E-G6B6m-mf/s2576/22.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="2576" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSgWscMm8yXlAP3mYgGkpzSgT73f7IKKl_HKR8zHf8KCO4DbHMnRymgaf26ohmQvEhpvgpRwAApsjP8a9ZMpvyQvAcSTMhbgaWV3D9yz03mUqP9xkZ_72qdK0NLch26XLQSZg8vxhUnJde3OjytLQmfgYp1xY6mFOLHXqkY8bQw34Cj9tG2E-G6B6m-mf/s16000/22.png"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: WAXWORK Year: 1988 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>British director Anthony Hickox sets up what initially feels like a normal teen-slasher by the eclectic high-school students' contrary personalities: all of them gathered on otherwise empty campus bleachers, deciding what to do for the upcoming night...<br><br>Ironically, one couple wants to stay home to watch a horror flick while the others go to the local WAXWORK museum run by British villain-actor David Warner, wielding his usual nefarious charm: and not in the picture enough... </p><span></span>

anthony hickox, dana ashbrook, david warner, deborah foreman, eighties, fantasy, horror, michelle johnson, patrick macnee, vampire, werewolf, zach galligan

MICHELLE JOHNSON MELTS 'WAXWORK' WITH DEBORAH FOREMAN

Title: WAXWORK Year: 1988 Rating: ***1/2 British director Anthony Hickox sets up what initially feels like a normal teen-slasher by the ecle...

SAM PECKINPAH'S CONTROVERSIAL BRITISH CLASSIC 'STRAW DOGS'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRC2SFD2e2UXfmtfZfV-Q3fC2Vs5gcUL_RChPiSHMa15qSQ0VxJmm1whiX8_cnZP8SL4QcxW3zZKF6fP84M51v0XhkzWesqXxBVxo6uWZveZ6zO-m_yMvZ4QmW5rxw3bJug57nLFDamRqIsIizdtxuvSASmEzdOSoq6e4Pg6P7Lq42b-NZCg46GLEunmgq/s1554/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%204.57.29%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="916" data-original-width="1554" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRC2SFD2e2UXfmtfZfV-Q3fC2Vs5gcUL_RChPiSHMa15qSQ0VxJmm1whiX8_cnZP8SL4QcxW3zZKF6fP84M51v0XhkzWesqXxBVxo6uWZveZ6zO-m_yMvZ4QmW5rxw3bJug57nLFDamRqIsIizdtxuvSASmEzdOSoq6e4Pg6P7Lq42b-NZCg46GLEunmgq/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-24%20at%204.57.29%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Dustin Hoffman with Susan George & Ken Hutchison in STRAW DOGS Year: 1971 Rating: *****</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>American director Sam Peckinpah's THE WILD BUNCH is considered his peak — yet an even wilder albeit initially more subtle and ambiguous bunch exist within the British-set (and extremely British-styled) STRAW DOGS...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Where nuclear scientist Dustin Hoffman attempts much needed study-time in an old stone-cobbled house with younger wife Susan George, who's more like the locals she grew up around than him... <br></p><p><span></span></p>

british neo noir, colin welland, david warner, del henney, donald webster, dustin hoffman, jerry fielding, jim norton, ken hutchison, peter vaughan, sam peckinpah, seventies, susan george, t.p. mckenna

SAM PECKINPAH'S CONTROVERSIAL BRITISH CLASSIC 'STRAW DOGS'

Dustin Hoffman with Susan George & Ken Hutchison in STRAW DOGS Year: 1971 Rating: ***** American director Sam Peckinpah's THE WILD B...

STANLEY BAKER, URSULA ANDRESS, DAVID WARNER 'PERFECT FRIDAY'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPxanqRoYFXqPuOUK6scuAM4A7ICK0AtKdpVji0TevpuMZZpIiQv-NMXfRyy9Ud9A-EQGIihnfSLmMksZAYzjl8xkLqEeK0YG8AMQirP7_6MIYRu7JTBTiSbEP8MPwgktrUUoOQjtLwOIOFBiqv_9daYjcT2jVhtARdCCHbMjNmZ_8PSi_WJXF-1Iu2jF/s1470/Screen%20Shot%202022-02-05%20at%2010.23.19%20AM%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="1470" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidPxanqRoYFXqPuOUK6scuAM4A7ICK0AtKdpVji0TevpuMZZpIiQv-NMXfRyy9Ud9A-EQGIihnfSLmMksZAYzjl8xkLqEeK0YG8AMQirP7_6MIYRu7JTBTiSbEP8MPwgktrUUoOQjtLwOIOFBiqv_9daYjcT2jVhtARdCCHbMjNmZ_8PSi_WJXF-1Iu2jF/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-02-05%20at%2010.23.19%20AM%202.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Title: PERFECT FRIDAY Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In the stylish and quirky British bank-heist comedy PERFECT FRIDAY, the most offbeat aspect is the editing, providing non-linear time sequences where uptight banker Stanley Baker meets with a flaky Lord played by David Warner in a museum... a single conversation randomly spliced throughout the first twenty-minutes as we get to know Baker's dull banking desk job... until Ursula Andress walks in...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>While the quirky/offbeat Warner really seems like he's channeling Peter O'Toole, Baker's professionally classy role is to the tough guy actor what THE THOMAS CROWNE AFFAIR was to Steve McQueen, only his Mr. Graham has very little money,.. as does a perpetually-broke Warner in an almost sexless marriage to Andress, making for the usual "who'll backstab who?" criminal trio, common in this genre...</p><p><span></span></p>

british, crime, dark comedy, david warner, heist, neo noir, quirky, seventies, stanley baker, t.p. mckenna, ursula andress

STANLEY BAKER, URSULA ANDRESS, DAVID WARNER 'PERFECT FRIDAY'

Title: PERFECT FRIDAY Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2 In the stylish and quirky British bank-heist comedy PERFECT FRIDAY, the most offbeat aspect ...

JOHN CARPENTER WITH TOBE HOOPER DIRECTING 'BODY BAGS'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zCvcDIrj6RaNrW-6R38fQDQ743H0aid8wp_teU1d71zHbHhdhIA5CWKeK9J15vYJDTXQ2G6ZtpA1q2eG32zwJgxvAY_mi5O4IyksCYKazrurbRPh7a8DkKbMGh5XvKCjTtXJLuFY5asEsBozVN9mLo0q3PvZXfVWY7RXjUrpY7EkFVGKzqBfCvy7jv0C/s1881/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-25%20at%209.39.05%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1050" data-original-width="1881" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7zCvcDIrj6RaNrW-6R38fQDQ743H0aid8wp_teU1d71zHbHhdhIA5CWKeK9J15vYJDTXQ2G6ZtpA1q2eG32zwJgxvAY_mi5O4IyksCYKazrurbRPh7a8DkKbMGh5XvKCjTtXJLuFY5asEsBozVN9mLo0q3PvZXfVWY7RXjUrpY7EkFVGKzqBfCvy7jv0C/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-25%20at%209.39.05%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1993 The Gas Station: **** Hair: ***1/2 Eye: *** Coroner Frame Story: *** Overall: </u><u>***1/2 </u><u> </u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>John Carpenter, director of horror classics HALLOWEEN and THE FOG, must have been influenced by TALES FROM THE CRYPT, the anthology series hosted by a longhaired smart-ass skeletal Crypt Keeper that, as The Coroner in a dusty morgue, the lanky Carpenter (donning ghoulish makeup) is fairly reminiscent of...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>And the famous director’s jovially wicked performance seems like he's having fun with family and friends, showing them how the acting bug rubbed off after working with good to great actors and actresses, but he's too self conscious to make the wacky character really work. Although it's a decent enough gimmick to introduce the segment: Seeing each dead body, especially those wrapped in BODY BAGS — which means the cause isn't natural — leads creatively into three cable TV stories… The first vignette, one of two directed by Carpenter himself, is aptly titled....</p><p><span></span></p>

alex datcher, david naughton, david warner, horror anthology, john carpenter, mark hamill, nineties, peter jason, robert carradine

JOHN CARPENTER WITH TOBE HOOPER DIRECTING 'BODY BAGS'

Year: 1993 The Gas Station: **** Hair: ***1/2 Eye: *** Coroner Frame Story: *** Overall:  ***1/2 John Carpenter, director of horror classi...

REVIEW OF THE ORIGINAL 'TRON' JEFF BRIDGES & DAVID WARNER

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVYmbRixI6_jdlPDsRBd4mBzb0PCarehDY7lYfM66-n6Up17K8Q0il_85MjVfqEoxgUtX5nIyj0b5yNNXNCWmUpL62S_o-sGBfHdDHubAsdalVaI68NWVf-gTSxp2wYT4wY_xY4GnrTxxZ9KOYSxnf-vOUY5PpwvhHP8ElsHnkV4DWwz619eycTE0kw/s1630/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-26%20at%209.44.17%20PM.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1269" data-original-width="1630" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoVYmbRixI6_jdlPDsRBd4mBzb0PCarehDY7lYfM66-n6Up17K8Q0il_85MjVfqEoxgUtX5nIyj0b5yNNXNCWmUpL62S_o-sGBfHdDHubAsdalVaI68NWVf-gTSxp2wYT4wY_xY4GnrTxxZ9KOYSxnf-vOUY5PpwvhHP8ElsHnkV4DWwz619eycTE0kw/w400-h311/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-26%20at%209.44.17%20PM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1982 Rating: ****</u></td></tr></tbody></table>Steven Lisberger is the Steve Wozniak of computer cinema, but what he first created on the big screen didn't give him the money like the man who created the original Apple out of wood while Steve Jobs ultimately got all the credit...<br> <br> And it's tough to distinguish who gets credit over Lisberger... perhaps THE MATRIX or anything including an inside-a-computer adventure, turning Lisberger's proverbial Apple 2 into everyone else's high-end Mac. Sadly, Steven's basically a forgotten cult fixture, having only done a few movies thereafter, and none very technical including <a href="http://www.cultfilmfreaks.com/2012/06/hot-pursuit.html">HOT PURSUIT</a> starring John Cusack (and a supposedly awful eco-horror with Mark Hamill). But Lisberger's one trick pony is quite a ride, and the original TRON makes up for in what would be considered "dated" special effects with a great story and terrific characters...<br>

adventure, bruce boxleitner, cindy morgan, david warner, disney, eighties, jeff bridges, science fiction, steven lisberger

REVIEW OF THE ORIGINAL 'TRON' JEFF BRIDGES & DAVID WARNER

Year: 1982 Rating: **** Steven Lisberger is the Steve Wozniak of computer cinema, but what he first created on the big screen didn't gi...

SUSAN BLAKELY FLYING HIGH INTO 'THE CONCORDE: AIRPORT 79'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82VDJb8vnZrem8SAMnahfk3o06Lt00zAvPmbdUzb8HB3PGId7zQdg_PjVBUz2oySEUg4TFSIx_wpF4I5Ij8nLI2cO2iAZq-YI9uALNB2Dz9ZuZx5O5J3bzZ9jTi04J-8zrwgd1KzbGs2VvGKy967Eeo25V_h7phX3Noor6Gqj9VN69VDaMDYF5WSKxQ/s1069/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-27%20at%208.22.09%20PM.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="1069" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh82VDJb8vnZrem8SAMnahfk3o06Lt00zAvPmbdUzb8HB3PGId7zQdg_PjVBUz2oySEUg4TFSIx_wpF4I5Ij8nLI2cO2iAZq-YI9uALNB2Dz9ZuZx5O5J3bzZ9jTi04J-8zrwgd1KzbGs2VvGKy967Eeo25V_h7phX3Noor6Gqj9VN69VDaMDYF5WSKxQ/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202022-07-27%20at%208.22.09%20PM.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>year: 1979  rating: ***</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>A jet plane, like the ones in the AIRPORT films, can’t do much. But unlike those bulky airliners, a hot rod can do plenty. And the Concorde Jet is the speedster of the skies.<br> <br> So here's a plane that can dodge heat-seeking missiles, which occurs during the first of two flights – there and back from America to Paris. The plot has Robert Wagner as a corrupt businessman with something to hide. </p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><span></span></p>

david warner, disaster, ensemble, george kennedy, seventies, susan blakely, suspense, sybil danning

SUSAN BLAKELY FLYING HIGH INTO 'THE CONCORDE: AIRPORT 79'

year: 1979  rating: *** A jet plane, like the ones in the AIRPORT films, can’t do much. But unlike those bulky airliners, a hot rod can do p...

SAM PECKINPAH MELLOWS FOR 'THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE'

<p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdADWBwZ2r1y894IwKiJnYkEcB7J1sKpHEI2A1YQ9PfaE-HR0el9xy9GmzgOvFdxgmU3ka4tMyMALEnPMIHKI74MbbzfCr0R_VYC78f2PsrDpJUXwPOqewcZNVGnYAL86Zjx79xYTqUtjMNg9ipe1Q4BJLqkwLdqMyXJib3bBCntnqpeivsorFYLkZtg/s1880/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="838" data-original-width="1880" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdADWBwZ2r1y894IwKiJnYkEcB7J1sKpHEI2A1YQ9PfaE-HR0el9xy9GmzgOvFdxgmU3ka4tMyMALEnPMIHKI74MbbzfCr0R_VYC78f2PsrDpJUXwPOqewcZNVGnYAL86Zjx79xYTqUtjMNg9ipe1Q4BJLqkwLdqMyXJib3bBCntnqpeivsorFYLkZtg/s16000/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Written in memory of L.Q. Jones Title: The Ballad of Cable Hogue Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2</u></td></tr></tbody></table><p>After making the Western to end all Westerns, THE WILD BUNCH, director Sam Peckinpah traded deadly gunfights with light romance and sped-up-camera-hijinks while THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE still remains a genuine Western, but more of a breezy, escapist fable and with somewhat of a TV-movie cadence... <br></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Starring Jason Robards as the titular aimless, desert-dwelling hobo who, right off the bat, is double-crossed by two lowlife outlaws, providing Peckinpah-stable actors Strother Martin and especially L.Q. Jones the only roles that fit into the auteur's recent-past and limited future of gritty exploitation cinema...</p><p><span></span></p>

david warner, jason robards, l.q. jones, peter whitney, r.g. armstrong, romance, sam peckinpah, seventies, stella stevens, strother martin, vaughn taylor, western

SAM PECKINPAH MELLOWS FOR 'THE BALLAD OF CABLE HOGUE'

Written in memory of L.Q. Jones Title: The Ballad of Cable Hogue Year: 1970 Rating: ***1/2 After making the Western to end all Westerns, THE...

SARAH PATTERSON IN NEIL JORDAN'S 'THE COMPANY OF WOLVES'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Rg9ynd2UFWxekFzW_j1Z-g7dDtrCTTd3m5VVaM_lljVZB3lccUvdYH39lhEWVX7Fi3jCqKrcOXd3EzTdm03qmj9FvftV9eACuDsTRsRnHpQUs8LDxOBHZnAZmC7y8dZFrkvBbVWXYyak/s1600/0.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1012" data-original-width="1600" height="252" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5Rg9ynd2UFWxekFzW_j1Z-g7dDtrCTTd3m5VVaM_lljVZB3lccUvdYH39lhEWVX7Fi3jCqKrcOXd3EzTdm03qmj9FvftV9eACuDsTRsRnHpQUs8LDxOBHZnAZmC7y8dZFrkvBbVWXYyak/s400/0.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sarah Patterson in A COMPANY OF WOLVES Year: 1984 Rates: ***1/2</u></td></tr> </tbody></table><p>Not just another werewolf story and with the true darkness of a fairy tale, THE COMPANY OF WOLVES gets the illogical "logic of a dream" just right as Sarah Patterson's Rosaleen is lost "in the woods" (she'd fallen asleep reading) with many twisty, nightmarish avenues: an entertaining ride for both the dreamer and the audience...<br> <br> Ranging from seemingly naive cottage-dwelling marrieds to a dream-within-a-dream of a sinister Victorian wedding party, the only downfall is the casting of a much too old Prince Charming of sorts: not just for the age, but, until he shows his true colors, he's a bit dull, miscast. Which doesn't mean Neil Jordan's Gothic fantasy/horror ever slows down. Timeless, classic young beauty Sarah Patterson wields the perfect amount of fertile innocence and roving curiosity. And there's a wolf-morphing sequence that, even after AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON set the stage, is still downright sinister, formidable, eerie and original, like the movie.<br> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzaxx9R-g5U6hre2EU3xCyzX3rnqBFfE-qZNzjzjTzSiWg-EuySeCvmI_Mna1-LRy3zpw-HormNFkzZ7DPTfTCTSi7o9rY1URYoSi_MoATNfgdrxYy7Cgjmpa7m3V8FDSpgn2dQSL2zSk/s1600/1.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="834" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilzaxx9R-g5U6hre2EU3xCyzX3rnqBFfE-qZNzjzjTzSiWg-EuySeCvmI_Mna1-LRy3zpw-HormNFkzZ7DPTfTCTSi7o9rY1URYoSi_MoATNfgdrxYy7Cgjmpa7m3V8FDSpgn2dQSL2zSk/s1600/1.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Opening credit font for THE COMPANY OF WOLVES</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdg7hCdWw1KP0DN6o82u_t2BpKPu4RTJ-UDETGd3Ohl62w18bPUQ3chI2RDL0Q5Jvvjcd0DbxauZQyWADGZNMEEpyOPm0m8rdtX1u4j0wXPb8DiBiUHLjkSpfg7lC97sAwhcOuoTNj4mu/s1600/15.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="915" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdg7hCdWw1KP0DN6o82u_t2BpKPu4RTJ-UDETGd3Ohl62w18bPUQ3chI2RDL0Q5Jvvjcd0DbxauZQyWADGZNMEEpyOPm0m8rdtX1u4j0wXPb8DiBiUHLjkSpfg7lC97sAwhcOuoTNj4mu/s1600/15.jpeg"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Sarah Patterson sees red and cries wolf in THE COMPANY OF WOLVES</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div>

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SARAH PATTERSON IN NEIL JORDAN'S 'THE COMPANY OF WOLVES'

Sarah Patterson in A COMPANY OF WOLVES Year: 1984 Rates: ***1/2 Not just another werewolf story and with the true darkness of a fairy tal...

PETER O'TOOLE RETURNS TO THE DESERT-SET EPIC FOR 'MASADA'

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGuAg9P5FmsWFI2_ZOccL83T6VlknMWNqhWLsELH8C-YUunA9DAdHKr3jtHCnD0qs8R2mpdzoGD4AQVP0UukZmp81aKdmkjksGYrImzMH1N2r3MWdamkmr_gubM_RfGuZCNBGyDkLzAHOuFZf8VFzNVh-BX8IbBV4A2AQUf-XS_lto-eB6QTM8hbKEw/s320/91704644_938463719916138_5073433069042532352_n.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="286" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGGuAg9P5FmsWFI2_ZOccL83T6VlknMWNqhWLsELH8C-YUunA9DAdHKr3jtHCnD0qs8R2mpdzoGD4AQVP0UukZmp81aKdmkjksGYrImzMH1N2r3MWdamkmr_gubM_RfGuZCNBGyDkLzAHOuFZf8VFzNVh-BX8IbBV4A2AQUf-XS_lto-eB6QTM8hbKEw/s1600/91704644_938463719916138_5073433069042532352_n.jpeg" width="286"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Year: 1982 Rating: ****</u><br></td></tr></tbody></table>It doesn't get much better than suffering along with Peter O'Toole as a vulnerable Roman general weeding out a small yet tight band of Jewish rebels that, because of the nature in which this true life story winds up, are <i>still</i> considered Zealots (albeit more like idealists), a label usually only pinned on Christians... <br> <br> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> As the leader of that group, TV miniseries staple Peter Strauss uses a booming Shakespearian stage voice, seeming more driven on behalf of history than the story at hand...<br> <br> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqG3ITKYOoBpD3GNvpIQFvJiKmR9gmow3vziN2dq0vmUWTTwV7DYQBJN_JATfFCp_K33LoXzTixZzQNXcx6a8UUbGvGny9VUR2AKvMkcCPWjrxP4r8UoOJvP5cpADgtguLHz87O16U1XpL/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-03-31+at+2.30.45+AM.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1412" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqG3ITKYOoBpD3GNvpIQFvJiKmR9gmow3vziN2dq0vmUWTTwV7DYQBJN_JATfFCp_K33LoXzTixZzQNXcx6a8UUbGvGny9VUR2AKvMkcCPWjrxP4r8UoOJvP5cpADgtguLHz87O16U1XpL/s320/Screen+Shot+2020-03-31+at+2.30.45+AM.jpeg" width="290"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Peter O'Toole and David Warner in MASADA</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> </div> And not <i>only </i>while yelling down to the five-thousand-strong Roman army waiting beneath he and his 900 followers' mountaintop fortress of... MASADA —like many TV epics, it's a hit and miss venture...<br> <br> The hits have mostly to do with O'Toole's Cornelius Flavius Silva, making judgments outside his tent or philosophizing inside with either sneaky friend-turned-foe David Warner or sexy slave love-interest Barbara Carrera...<br> <br> The latter, while nice to look at, seems exactly what her character is — fiction placed within a history biopic, and that especially includes Strauss's Eleazar ben Yair — only God knows who led these particular Israelites to hold their ground while <i>antagonizing </i>the opponents below (the teleplay's based on a historical novel THE ANTAGONISTS)...<br> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <br></div> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <div style="text-align: right;"> </div> <table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody> <tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiR8Ecgg5GGyL2jk9VctxRHqBTYwoPyOT55ASqBN8MmwJe9eorNeL3kmerzg-igatpkViZATr28v-VwKHUqdr7KTxwv9ZPHxh6yQ3xwLJvCkOWlPFDySpFsaD5Qt0mEnDJNz27FKdSZoSh/s1600/Screen+Shot+2020-03-31+at+2.34.37+AM.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1499" height="295" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiR8Ecgg5GGyL2jk9VctxRHqBTYwoPyOT55ASqBN8MmwJe9eorNeL3kmerzg-igatpkViZATr28v-VwKHUqdr7KTxwv9ZPHxh6yQ3xwLJvCkOWlPFDySpFsaD5Qt0mEnDJNz27FKdSZoSh/s400/Screen+Shot+2020-03-31+at+2.34.37+AM.jpeg" width="400"></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><u>Warren Clarke and Ken Hutchison in MASADA: ****</u></td></tr> </tbody></table> For example, in one scene, the rebels splash loudly in a pool within their unreachable haven — of endless food and water — while the beleaguered Romans are allowed only three drinks per day in the scorching heat...<br> <br> Meanwhile, Strauss's guttural rants are narrowed into clever (yet sometimes unrealistically fathomed) mind-game tactics...<br> <br> A good thing because not only does O'Toole... a veteran of LAWRENCE OF ARABIA... fit the desert terrain, he can handle the stage-like dialogue naturally while another ARABIA veteran, Anthony Quayle, is a wise and patient Roman engineer, progressively building an earth-massed ramp to reach the fortress where a monstrous construction, looking like a Trojan Horse with a ram's head, awaits to finish the job.<br>

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PETER O'TOOLE RETURNS TO THE DESERT-SET EPIC FOR 'MASADA'

Year: 1982 Rating: **** It doesn't get much better than suffering along with Peter O'Toole as a vulnerable Roman general weeding ou...

HELL IS FOR HEROES

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MxCPKOi8W3DHoJnoIfKQ7Aa5S7tgOUuZyItzCvqm7sHgq5JJ3w0Rer0M7Il4_HuyjiBm-tnxBLgvxzBVtS99erGh2xuwFvN3kDQ0b_8kTRZ7Dy_3uzHUBDZu0EEVTJQwpqM4MIKArCk/s1600/hellisforheroes.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525828147872008322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MxCPKOi8W3DHoJnoIfKQ7Aa5S7tgOUuZyItzCvqm7sHgq5JJ3w0Rer0M7Il4_HuyjiBm-tnxBLgvxzBVtS99erGh2xuwFvN3kDQ0b_8kTRZ7Dy_3uzHUBDZu0EEVTJQwpqM4MIKArCk/s200/hellisforheroes.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 200px; margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; width: 195px;" /></a><b>title:</b> HELL IS FOR HEROES<br /><div><b>year:</b> 1962</div><div><b>cast:</b> Steve McQueen, Nick Adams, Harry Guardino, Bob Newhart, Mike Kellin, Fess Parker, James Coburn</div><div><b>director:</b> Don Siegel </div><div><b>rating:</b> ***</div><br /><div></div><div>Ensemble war film plays like an episode of COMBAT as an outnumbered American troop, poised against a German battalion in a bevy of foxholes, fight the odds and each other. Steve McQueen is effective as an eerily subdued hellion whose only talent occurs in battle; he prefers killing to waiting around like the others including James Coburn as a witty mechanic, Nick Adams a young Russian, Harry Guardino a firm Sargent, and (of all people) Bob Newhart as a nerdy typist accidentally thrust into the dire situation, providing his famous phone bit to trick the Germans. Director Don Siegel moves things along at a nice pace and although the acting's a bit stagy, and stock footage takes away from some of the climactic battle, it all works as a kind of mellow War Noir. </div>

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HELL IS FOR HEROES

title: HELL IS FOR HEROES year: 1962 cast: Steve McQueen, Nick Adams, Harry Guardino, Bob Newhart, Mike Kellin, Fess Parker, James Coburn...

SALLY THOMSETT ("STRAW DOGS")

<span style="font-weight: bold;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygBcISSwg1e7221-QJApmngxSHq2xi3UyI7V6paZt2mlOIoGUrl3yrfbw22F6oDHj6HfRdCnI8LIph3m-RsQ_8_-Gp13O-X45s3Nav8Su0tSr4r6n9ahSyxRxyX9qv-xAWhWnplFO2Lrr/s1600-h/sally.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428514595543245026" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjygBcISSwg1e7221-QJApmngxSHq2xi3UyI7V6paZt2mlOIoGUrl3yrfbw22F6oDHj6HfRdCnI8LIph3m-RsQ_8_-Gp13O-X45s3Nav8Su0tSr4r6n9ahSyxRxyX9qv-xAWhWnplFO2Lrr/s200/sally.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 149px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a>British actress Sally Thomsett played a very important character in Sam Peckinah's controversial film STRAW DOGS, victim of an accidental murder that sets the stage for the intense climactic last third of the film, and discusses her role as the dingy blonde on the British TV series MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE, which spawned THREE'S COMPANY.<span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">In your opinion, why did “Janice” imitate “Amy” walking?</span><br /> <br /> </span>Janice was trying to be sexy and provocative<span style="font-weight: bold;">.<br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVIjvXzCLFg0n320ANyOXSR4MdZmTjERLqQOI8N0VnU2_GCjWRrIdm-yrptn7XHvPH6Y1eVtm5vigiYgarmc7HHPwQkLDMrdJWsrbEytp-1CkPQ3c0z3fpz3Gp2aRGZtcICVXfndgJNCz/s1600-h/davidSumnerDw3.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428575198540420066" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPVIjvXzCLFg0n320ANyOXSR4MdZmTjERLqQOI8N0VnU2_GCjWRrIdm-yrptn7XHvPH6Y1eVtm5vigiYgarmc7HHPwQkLDMrdJWsrbEytp-1CkPQ3c0z3fpz3Gp2aRGZtcICVXfndgJNCz/s200/davidSumnerDw3.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 133px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Was your character “Janice Hedden” more innocent/naive or manipulating?</span><br /> <br /> </span>I think she was an innocent adolescent who was playing, I don't think she was manipulating.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Who played your mother?</span><br /> </span><br /> June Brown (Dot Cotton in Eastenders) played my mother. We filmed a few scenes but for some reason they weren't in the finished draft.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Why did “Janice” flirt with “David” in the pub?</span><br /> <br /> </span>I think she was being playful.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Why did the girls in the church dislike “Janice”?</span><br /> <br /> </span>Janice was the daughter of the head of the village and they were jealous.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Why did “Janice” lead on “Henry Niles” (David Warner)?</span><br /> <br /> </span>Janice had just been turned down by “David” [Dustin Hoffman]. She was cross and determined to have some attention from someone.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RQ9MsWDDX1VqTeUBJbI08gz5Qkf1fbosgxaU72on8dBB2tJsuBXgeI5HKXa9ZGwypFJFcXB7hd7SwBnZoSud4YnI_GmvEvDryeMvoFxx4NlfDBLKYkSA1pY2cHfM9YIj6cCJk2ynxq8J/s1600-h/niles.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428515056992655970" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2RQ9MsWDDX1VqTeUBJbI08gz5Qkf1fbosgxaU72on8dBB2tJsuBXgeI5HKXa9ZGwypFJFcXB7hd7SwBnZoSud4YnI_GmvEvDryeMvoFxx4NlfDBLKYkSA1pY2cHfM9YIj6cCJk2ynxq8J/s200/niles.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 169px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">How was it filming the barn scene with David Warner?</span><br /> <br /> </span>Sam Peckinpah closed the set and David was a marvelous actor to work with... also I had a body double so it was fine.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">And although it’s not mentioned, what do you think “Henry Niles” did in his past?</span><br /> <br /> </span>I think he had been seen spending too much time with young children but that was only because he was mentally a child himself.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHlvqPAKCS9yqUtqYdQcFMBElLhMKHrMSY-CdCSEGOvff3yjnsAcmkxbo7rcdykmiwBKx2Bx0KSQkOalWU0y8I7Yza0ADu1dNv3hTNk0V6_51W5aP8UI25C1YkN9sVZLoUYQQjif_n9vu/s1600-h/sam1.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428537474427795170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoHlvqPAKCS9yqUtqYdQcFMBElLhMKHrMSY-CdCSEGOvff3yjnsAcmkxbo7rcdykmiwBKx2Bx0KSQkOalWU0y8I7Yza0ADu1dNv3hTNk0V6_51W5aP8UI25C1YkN9sVZLoUYQQjif_n9vu/s200/sam1.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 167px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Did director Sam Peckinpah push or manipulate you to get a better performance?</span><br /> <br /> </span>He didn't do it to me, I think he liked me and treated me extremely well.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Were any of your scenes cut?</span><br /> <br /> </span>I don't recall doing any more scenes that are not in the film.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">Any hardships during filming?</span><br /> <br /> </span>The weather was awful; it was mid-winter and freezing cold.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jVq0smE3nt10ilODQVOst0OSBMq27IjK88iteA9hb0hi_fS3gVZPUDHrHTGAsgl725OGlVj47nbgXKzbJnTSk3KCyhXgftecxNM-RdeahA3bjfw9r7CdOZb1dSgZohPOaHdhtKRwDYee/s1600-h/n42880036579_1740589_5137.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428576282628074386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8jVq0smE3nt10ilODQVOst0OSBMq27IjK88iteA9hb0hi_fS3gVZPUDHrHTGAsgl725OGlVj47nbgXKzbJnTSk3KCyhXgftecxNM-RdeahA3bjfw9r7CdOZb1dSgZohPOaHdhtKRwDYee/s200/n42880036579_1740589_5137.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 112px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">What town was it filmed in and have you returned since?</span><br /> <br /> </span>We were in a small village near to St Ives. I have been back to the area but not the exact place.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUwj2OztdR6R9aW40YxVrt1Hb_JuNfe_Xsra3fm1yeZjhtgQW7xp1OgWakMgNDH4PMjoZFnEFXOUUjzuuyX_X7btFbW45S0bmJ1iFHliNHs5wbto0M2DvmtL5HNUIoQQwRrIw5ES7eosL/s1600-h/dog21.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428575355303968418" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiUwj2OztdR6R9aW40YxVrt1Hb_JuNfe_Xsra3fm1yeZjhtgQW7xp1OgWakMgNDH4PMjoZFnEFXOUUjzuuyX_X7btFbW45S0bmJ1iFHliNHs5wbto0M2DvmtL5HNUIoQQwRrIw5ES7eosL/s200/dog21.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 116px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Were you surprised at the film’s initial controversy?</span><br /> <br /> </span>I was surprised that it was banned but in the long run I suppose that made it more interesting.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">What do you think of the movie overall?</span><br /> <br /> </span>It will possibly be remembered for quite a long time.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAn0xXwoGHLpgEIuNfiKRbLBIPA3BuG5Z8PHa9M2s2kUY7zqde0GFmWJNdD2gw6Ha5m_xSHv6dYFhkA4WANYRsDquLZUavizOnyDzvFhaqmUepPEzkGAEJYNf2vYKOGmkCs4GsFa29uNyB/s1600-h/main.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428514471334324306" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAn0xXwoGHLpgEIuNfiKRbLBIPA3BuG5Z8PHa9M2s2kUY7zqde0GFmWJNdD2gw6Ha5m_xSHv6dYFhkA4WANYRsDquLZUavizOnyDzvFhaqmUepPEzkGAEJYNf2vYKOGmkCs4GsFa29uNyB/s200/main.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 68px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">Summarize the following actors:</span><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">DUSTIN HOFFMAN:</span> </span>Fabulous. Played lots of practical jokes.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">DAVID WARNER:</span> </span>A sweet and generous actor.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNz-AjOrWK4gRiuC-FX8wj029TlLSAi1NFDGbp6ltvqtdtU6gSKyEuqJ7tZxP4dAFWmVGsvzyqpV-bsZQ8B4FUkP1NS_T5AbjKO-YqtkPxXSYBml95O-rhB2bDwQKylWGalAlAQHwe47CC/s1600-h/huthens.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428515241787098466" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNz-AjOrWK4gRiuC-FX8wj029TlLSAi1NFDGbp6ltvqtdtU6gSKyEuqJ7tZxP4dAFWmVGsvzyqpV-bsZQ8B4FUkP1NS_T5AbjKO-YqtkPxXSYBml95O-rhB2bDwQKylWGalAlAQHwe47CC/s200/huthens.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">KEN HUTCHISON: </span></span>A fun-loving rogue.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">SUSAN GEORGE: </span></span>She was very nice but I didn't see much of her as she was with her fiancée.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">PETER VAUGHAN:</span></span> Smashing, I knew him as he had played my father before.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">LEN JONES: </span></span>We were at school together so we had a brilliant time.<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">When did you first know you wanted to act?</span><br /> <br /> </span>I took singing lessons whilst at school and entered festivals where I won various certificates and cups.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">What were your first roles?</span><br /> <br /> </span>I played various roles in the theatre and lots of schoolgirls for the BBC.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLVFUGA0XyNIWahbdvn1fgmgBXDyWD8CVWDiPyMOck2t4E-FqYsFPLrI9StL0drCNVpiuIN2cWS9r509lPn-Xpf9HiMmHl4CkGPtbQ-_KcMJvCosoJlVUTqA1mNzrCmFtWEkMvAZvBeG-/s1600-h/article-0-04AC14620000044D-741_468x336.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428579274705493874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmLVFUGA0XyNIWahbdvn1fgmgBXDyWD8CVWDiPyMOck2t4E-FqYsFPLrI9StL0drCNVpiuIN2cWS9r509lPn-Xpf9HiMmHl4CkGPtbQ-_KcMJvCosoJlVUTqA1mNzrCmFtWEkMvAZvBeG-/s200/article-0-04AC14620000044D-741_468x336.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 144px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">How did you prepare for THE RAILWAY CHILDREN?</span><br /> <br /> </span>I read the book in great detail and studied the period.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">How did you prepare for playing “Jo” in MAN ABOUT THE HOUSE?</span><br /> <br /> </span>Her character was fairly close to mine so it was not difficult.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaqDideS3mHAcj2E4Tk27XbSnkqRkb9YXoxe5xKHco6us5pJoJ-eGYSD6GUsMsuVbXHf5uAgYBGBAUrbFXW-DxTlv8r3hfUcCli8_iNLvMZQWSU_PEFSgXtn2MOKJdQVVNLwYAoIsio_i/s1600-h/nl48tnnZzBdnleJ.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428579879738546162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijaqDideS3mHAcj2E4Tk27XbSnkqRkb9YXoxe5xKHco6us5pJoJ-eGYSD6GUsMsuVbXHf5uAgYBGBAUrbFXW-DxTlv8r3hfUcCli8_iNLvMZQWSU_PEFSgXtn2MOKJdQVVNLwYAoIsio_i/s200/nl48tnnZzBdnleJ.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; float: right; height: 133px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">When THREE'S COMPANY came out in America – based on your show – what did you think of it?</span><br /> <br /> </span>I met some of the cast and thought that it was good, although I don't know why they changed the names around.<br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <span style="font-weight: bold;">What did you think of Suzanne Somer’s portrayal of “Crissy”?</span><br /> <br /> </span>I think she played it really well.<span style="font-weight: bold;"><br /> <br /> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr70HKol30HO_2LELH8034lNVz5VkhgrfjIuMEhFVVxsUKEGtmfyq3czNXE7EKvhh2pdPaDAFCMQn7olT_rVytqtW-fZPxGuQyYl9O4HVWjgTDD0cDvuNRe3L8Dj1S7DpMWFG32eZgaDVX/s1600-h/tve17083-104-210.gif"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428575477608179874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr70HKol30HO_2LELH8034lNVz5VkhgrfjIuMEhFVVxsUKEGtmfyq3czNXE7EKvhh2pdPaDAFCMQn7olT_rVytqtW-fZPxGuQyYl9O4HVWjgTDD0cDvuNRe3L8Dj1S7DpMWFG32eZgaDVX/s200/tve17083-104-210.gif" style="cursor: pointer; float: left; height: 150px; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 200px;" /></a><span style="font-weight: bold;">What’s the main difference TV and film?</span></span><br /> <br /> Basically the working times are a lot different, filming is more fun as you can never tell what is going to happen next.<br /> <br /> SALLY THOMSETT INTERVIEW BY JAMES M. 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SALLY THOMSETT ("STRAW DOGS")

British actress Sally Thomsett played a very important character in Sam Peckinah's controversial film STRAW DOGS, victim of an acciden...