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12 items from 2011
Denis Cannan obituary
18 October 2011 3:21 AM, PDT | The Guardian - TV News | See recent The Guardian - TV News news »
Playwright best known for his 1950 comedy Captain Carvallo
The playwright Denis Cannan, who has died aged 92, was best known for writing the comedy Captain Carvallo, which lit up the West End in 1950 and enabled him to give up his first career as a repertory actor. The story of a philandering young army officer, Captain Carvallo was a refreshing play of ideas, joyfully offbeat and absurd. Cannan contemplated the activities of his characters with a tolerant and not unfriendly disdain.
The play was first tried out in March 1950 at the Bristol Old Vic, where Cannan was acting at the time. A few months later, Laurence Olivier boldly restaged the play – billed as a "traditional comedy" – at the St James's theatre in London, with James Donald in the lead role, opposite Diana Wynyard. It was a great success, although Cannan preferred the Bristol production. "His play shimmers with ideas wittily juxtaposed, and »
- Michael Billington
Blu-ray Review - Quatermass and the Pit (1967)
10 October 2011 5:59 AM, PDT | Flickeringmyth | See recent Flickeringmyth news »
Quatermass and the Pit (Us: Five Million Years to Earth), 1967.
Directed by Roy Ward Baker.
Starring James Donald, Andrew Keir, Barbara Shelley and Julian Glover.
Synopsis:
When a Martian spacecraft linked to the origins of humanity is discovered at a London tube station, only Professor Bernard Quatermass is capable of unravelling its mysteries.
If you think you know a rule about sequels, banish it from your mind. Certainly, never make the same film twice, but don’t be afraid of providing a next chapter to your story. If at all possible, leave a bit of time between instalments. Ten years would be good, just to make sure your characters are a little older, a little wiser and hopefully a lot stranger.
Quatermass and the Pit was probably the first sequel to pick up on this technique. A decade after the Professor’s original alien encounters in The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) and »
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Blu-ray Review: Quatermass And The Pit – Excellent Hammer Horror in HD!
10 October 2011 2:08 AM, PDT | Obsessed with Film | See recent Obsessed with Film news »
Quatermass and the Pit is the second Hammer film to find its way on to a Blu-ray release. It’s perhaps not the most obvious choice as a contender for an upgrade, but Roy Ward Baker’s excellently tense sci fi/horror looks and sounds fantastic! Released today, our review follows…
During excavations in London a large unidentified object is unearthed. It defies definition although the area has always been associates with diabolical evil. Within its walls Professor Quatermass discovers the remains of intelligent alien creatures that attempted to conquer the Earth in prehistoric times and, through their experiments on early man, altered human evolution to its present state. Though dormant for many centuries, the excavations threaten to unleash the terrifying force of the aliens upon mankind once again…
Quatermass and the Pit was the third episode in Hammer’s series of films based on Nigel Kneale’s fictional scientist. »
- Stuart Cummins
Celebrating Quatermass And The Pit
9 October 2011 10:39 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
A classic of British sci-fi makes its Blu-ray debut today. Here’s exactly why you should settle down to watch Quatermass And The Pit…
There are some stories that, despite the ravages of time, continue to resonate down the decades. Quatermass And The Pit is one such example, and perhaps the finest British sci-fi movie ever made.
Already a hit television series in the 1950s, a time when the adventures of Professor Bernard Quatermass were enormously popular, Quatermass And The Pit’s script spent several years in limbo. Other stories featuring the professor had been adapted for the big screen before (these were 1955’s The Quatermass Xperiment, released in the Us as The Creeping Unknown, and Quatermass 2, retitled Enemy From Space), but a lack of interest from American financiers meant that Nigel Kneale’s Pit script sat around unfilmed for six years.
It’s no exaggeration to say that the wait was worth it. »
Inside Look: ‘Quatermass and the Pit’ Blu-ray bonus features – The Interviews
8 October 2011 6:02 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
Studio Canal UK are re-releasing the classic British sci-fi movie Quatermass and the Pit on Blu-ray on Monday. The third in the trilogy of films based on Nigel Kneale’s seminal Quatermass series, the film was made by Hammer Studios in 1967. Directed by stalwart Roy Ward Baker the film stars Andrew Keir as the titular scientist who battles evil alien forces that threaten to take over the world, alongside James Donald, Barbara Shelley and Julian Glover.
During excavations in London a large unidentified object is unearthed. It defies definition although the area has always been associated with diabolical evil. Within its walls Professor Quatermass discovers the remains of intelligent alien creatures that attempted to conquer the Earth in prehistoric times and, through their experiments on early man, altered human evolution to its present state. Though dormant for many centuries, the excavations threaten to unleash the terrifying force of the aliens upon mankind once again… »
- Phil
Julian Glover interview: Quatermass And The Pit, Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Game Of Thrones
6 October 2011 1:58 AM, PDT | Den of Geek | See recent Den of Geek news »
Ahead of the Blu-ray debut of Quatermass And The Pit, we talk to actor Julian Glover about his role in that film and other geek classics…
A veteran of TV and film, Julian Glover has appeared in dozens of movies and shows n a career spanning more than 50 years. His career has been so prolific, in fact, that readers will surely recognise him from at least one geeky film or series. You may have seen him in one of his multiple roles in the original 60s run of The Avengers, or as Count Scarlioni in Doctor Who: City Of Death, as General Veers in Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back, or as the villainous Walter Donovan in Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade.
One of his finest big-screen roles, though, was as Colonel Breen in the sc-fi classic, Quatermass And The Pit. One of the greatest British science fiction movies ever made, »
Quatermass And The Pit – Bluray Review
4 October 2011 7:00 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
In late 1960s London, workers are digging at Hobbs Lane station, in order to extend the London Underground. They suddenly come across ape-like fossils that are unlike any seen before, along with what is initially believed to be an unexploded WWII bomb, but turns out instead to be some sort of missile or space craft of unknown origin, substance and purpose. As the military, the government and the scientific community try to probe it and make sense of it, an astonishing discovery is made about the origin of the craft and its implications for the development of intelligent life on Earth.
*****
Quatermass and the Pit is a Hammer production, though it does not wear its horror credentials on its sleeve as starkly as other productions of the same period. As is justly testified by Kim Newman in one of the many erudite and informative interviews that make up the bulk »
- Dave Roper
Competition: Win ‘Quatermass and the Pit’ on Blu-ray
1 October 2011 11:28 AM, PDT | Blogomatic3000 | See recent Blogomatic3000 news »
The third in the trilogy of films based on Nigel Kneale’s seminal Quatermass series, Quatermass & the Pit - released on Blu-ray by Studio Canal UK on October 10th – was made by Hammer Studios in 1967. Directed by stalwart Roy Ward Baker and starring Andrew Keir as the titular scientist who battles evil alien forces that threaten to take over the world, the film also stars James Donald, Barbara Shelley and Julian Glover.
During excavations in London a large unidentified object is unearthed. It defies definition although the area has always been associated with diabolical evil. Within its walls Professor Quatermass discovers the remains of intelligent alien creatures that attempted to conquer the Earth in prehistoric times and, through their experiments on early man, altered human evolution to its present state. Though dormant for many centuries, the excavations threaten to unleash the terrifying force of the aliens upon mankind once again… »
- Phil
Win Quatermass and the Pit on Blu-ray Double Play
9 September 2011 5:53 AM, PDT | HeyUGuys.co.uk | See recent HeyUGuys news »
To mark the release of Quatermass and the Pitt on Blu-ray Double Play 10th October September, Studio Canal have given us three copies of the movie to give away on Blu-ray.
The third in the trilogy of films based on Nigel Kneale’s seminal Quatermass series, Quatermass & the Pit was made by Hammer Studios in 1967, directed by stalwart Roy Ward Baker and starring Andrew Keir as the titular scientist, battling evil alien forces that threaten to take over the world, and also stars James Donald, Barbara Shelley and Julian Glover. Nigel Kneale’s Quatermass series has been said to have influenced everyone from John Carpenter to Dr Who.
During excavations in London a large unidentified object is unearthed. It defies definition although the area has always been associated with diabolical evil. Within its walls Professor Quatermass (Keir) discovers the remains of intelligent alien creatures that attempted to conquer the Earth in prehistoric times and, »
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[DVD News] - "Quatermass And The Pit" . out on double play only September 19
5 September 2011 10:14 AM, PDT | www.ohmygore.com/ | See recent OhMyGore news »
Digitally restored and with brand new extras! The third in the trilogy of films based on Nigel Kneale's seminal Quatermass series, "Quatermass The Pit" was made by Hammer Studios in 1967, directed by stalwart Roy Ward Baker and starring Andrew Keir as the titular scientist, battling evil alien forces that threaten to take over the world, and also stars James Donald, Barbara Shelley and Julian Glover. Nigel Kneale's Quatermass series has been said to have influenced everyone from John Carpenter to Dr Who. During excavations in London a large unidentified object is unearthed. It defies definition although the area has always been associated with diabolical evil. Within its walls Professor Quatermass (Keir) discovers the remains of intelligent alien creatures that attempted to »
Howard Keel on TCM: Seven Brides For Seven Brothers, Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate
30 August 2011 1:40 AM, PDT | Alt Film Guide | See recent Alt Film Guide news »
Jane Powell, Howard Keel, and fellow Seven Brides for Seven Brothers cast members Howard Keel, best remembered for MGM musicals such as Show Boat, Kiss Me Kate, and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, is Turner Classic Movies' next-to-last "Summer Under the Stars" star. On Tuesday, August 30, TCM will be presenting 14 Howard Keel movies, including one TCM premiere — Charles Crichton's British crime drama Floods of Fear. (TCM had initially announced another premiere, the 1948 British drama The Small Voice, starring Valerie Hobson and James Donald; instead, as per its website TCM will be showing — once again — the 1951 comedy Three Guys Named Mike, starring Jane Wyman.) [Howard Keel Movie Schedule.] Tall, baritone-voiced, and handsome, Howard Keel could at times be a quite effective actor, whether in comedies (Callaway Went Thataway, when not singing in Annie Get Your Gun, Calamity Jane and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers) or in dramas (the Western Ride, Vaquero!, when not singing »
- Andre Soares
Pat Jackson obituary
12 July 2011 4:05 PM, PDT | The Guardian - Film News | See recent The Guardian - Film News news »
Film director whose work included the wartime masterpiece Western Approaches
The director Pat Jackson, who has died aged 95, was best known for the semi-documentary war film Western Approaches (1944). This neglected classic – a feature-length portrait of the Battle of the Atlantic – was shot under the auspices of the Ministry of Information's Crown Film Unit and predominantly filmed at sea under hazardous conditions. The shoot's logistical nightmares were compounded by the vast size of the Technicolor camera. Jackson himself devised the story of the imminent convergence of a German U-boat and an English ship which is on the way to save a group of comrades in a lifeboat.
Jackson was in his late 20s when he shot Western Approaches with the outstanding cameraman Jack Cardiff and a cast of amateur actors. It was a remarkable achievement that remained unsurpassed throughout the writer-director's lengthy career. The film was well received in Britain and »
- Brian Baxter
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