Blast from the Past: Gregory Peck J. Lee Thompson directed Mackenna’s Gold, an overwrought Western starring Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Ted Cassidy, Camilla Sparv, and Julie Newmar in lead roles. Joseph MacDonald photographed it in Super Panavision 70 and Technicolor, with original music by Quincy Jones. Mackenna’s Gold is based on the novel […]
Mackenna’s Gold (1967): Thompson’s Neo-Western, Starring Gregory Peck, Omar Sharif, Telly Savalas, Julie Newmar
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Mirage (1965): Dmytryk’s Neo-Noir Thriller, Starring Gregory Peck, Diane Baker
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Peter Stone’s script of amnesia and film noir is based on the 1952 novel “Fallen Angel,” written by Howard Fast under the pseudonym Walter Ericson.
Macomber Affair, The (1947): Zoltan Korda’s African-Set Romanic Adventure, starring Gregory Peck, Joan Bennett, Robert Preston
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The tale portrays a fatal love triangle set in British East Africa between a frustrated wife, a weak husband, and the professional hunter who comes between them.
Do Not Expect Too Much From the End of the World: Radu Jude
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The film contains footage (put into slow motion or still frame) of Lucian Bratu’s 1981 film, “Angela merge mai departe,” about a female taxi driver in Bucharest.
Call Me By Your Name (2017): Film Monologues–Liberal Father and Young Gay Son (Michael Stuhlbarg, Timothee Chalamet)
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It is a poignant moment of genuine bonding between a liberal and sensitive father and his teenaged son, struggling with the initial joys and then inevitable pains of first love.
