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kwebtv · 3 months

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Les Misérables - CBS - December 27, 1978

Drama

Running Time: 150 minutes

Stars:

Richard Jordan as Jean Valjean

Anthony Perkins as Javert

Angela Pleasence as Fantine

Caroline Langrishe as Cosette

Joanna Price as young Cosette

Christopher Guard as Marius

Ian Holm as Thénardier

Caroline Blakiston as Madame Thénardier

Timothy Morand as Enjolras

Dexter Fletcher as Gavroche

Cyril Cusack as Fauchelevent

Claude Dauphin as Bishop Myriel

John Gielgud as Gillenormand

Celia Johnson as Sister Simplice

Joyce Redman as Magliore

Flora Robson as The Prioress

#Les Miserables #TV #CBS #Drama #1978 #1970's #Richard Jordan #Anthony Perkins #John Gielgud #Cyril Cusack

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alexlacquemanne · 5 months

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…più forte ragazzi! (1972)

Directed by : Giuseppe Colizzi

Cinematography : Marcello Masciocchi

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fictionturnedherbrain · 1 year

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Just remembered, there is one film version which includes the famous pepper scene - Powell and Pressburger's The Elusive Pimpernel/The Fighting Pimpernel (1950). Starring David Niven, Margaret Leighton and Cyril Cusack in the three main roles, this was a failed musical dragged down by infighting between the directors and actors. The end result is weirdly disjointed, albeit in glorious Technicolor, but the pepper scene makes the cut! Every time Chauvelin sneezes, there is a shot of fireworks 🎆

@the-old-fashioned-girl @permanentreverie @melliabee

It's definitely an experience but worth a watch!

#the scarlet pimpernel #baroness orczy #the elusive pimpernel #powell and pressburger #david niven #cyril cusack

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erstwhile-punk-guerito · 7 months

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#The Taming of the Shrew #Elizabeth Taylor #Richard Burton #Cyril Cusack #Michael Hordern #Alfred Lynch #Alan Webb #Victor Spinetti #Michael York #Natasha Pyne #Franco Zeffirelli #1967

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onenakedfarmer · 26 days

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Currently Watching

1984 Michael Radford UK, 1985

Seventy-five years since publication. Forty years since this film version - the best but still imperfect film version - was made. And yet, here we are with the Christian Army Against America trying to make fiction a reality.

#watching #Michael Radford #1984 #John Hurt #Richard Burton #Suzanna Hamilton #Cyril Cusack #MAGA #MAGAts #christians #christian beliefs #Fuckstick von Clownface #totalitarianism #theocracy #Trump's Army

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filmjunky-99 · 1 year

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f a h r e n h e i t 4 5 1, 1966 🎬 dir. françois truffaut

#film #sci fi #fahrenheit 451 #Fahrenheit 451 1966 #françois truffaut #julie christie #oskar werner #Cyril Cusack

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iforgottohitplay · 2 months

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#andrina #bill forsyth #cyril cusack #wendy morgan

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lardedallwithsweetflowers · 1 year

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There are two Cyril Cusacks for me. I mean, there's Cyril Cusack the actor, and then there was Cyril Cusack the father... a difficult man. I remember one evening, I had just finished my show in London... Sinéad called me and said 'you have to come to Islington, we are having dinner with Dad and it's very difficult', and Cyril was there, giving it out, well in his cups... and I suppose it was half an hour later that I thought 'we have to stop this' so I said 'Cyril, c'mon, we're going home. C'mon, up we get', and I led him home, got to Vincent Terrace where he lived, opened the front door and helped him up the stairs — sort of pushing him up the stairs, telling him to go to bed... and he turned round to me and said 'I'll fight you, you fucker. I'll fight you every inch of the way'. And I said 'good on you, and I'll give you a fight back'.

— Jeremy Irons talking about his father-in-law for the documentary 'Cyril Cusack: Lár and Stáitse', 2022

#jer's a brave boy!#of course he cannot be trusted with a date #but if he was performing in london then it must have been pretty early on #possibly mid-70s? or 1978?#either way he was still in his 20s he was a baby #taking care of cyril in a very hot way!!#he knows what he's doing!!#he protects!!#'I'll fight you you fucker' <3 #jeremy irons #cyril cusack #the cusacks #the documentary was fine I enjoyed it #petition for sinead to always talk in that wonderful mixture of irish and english switching from one to the other with no apparent reason

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troncelliti · 9 months

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#odd man out #1947 #british #film noir #carol reed #james mason #robert newton #cyril cusack #kathleen ryan #belfast #northern ireland #1945 #novel #f l green #Youtube

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nathalieskinoblog · 1 year

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Little Dorrit 1913 - 2008

#little dorrit #claire foy #matthew mcfayden #tom courtenay #freema agyeman #derek jacobi #sarah pickering #alec guinness #miriam margolyes #cyril cusack #david thewlis #maude fealy #william russell

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gatutor · 1 year

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Peter Sellers-Dany Robin-Cyril Cusack "El mayor mujeriego" (Waltz of the toreadors) 1962, de John Guillermin.

#Dany Robin #Peter Sellers #Cyril Cusack #John Guillermin

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motionpicturelover · 1 year

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"The Spy Who Came in from the Cold" (1965) - Martin Ritt

Films I've watched in 2022 (196/210)

#films watched in 2022 #The Spy Who Came In From The Cold #Richard Burton #Cyril Cusack #Robert Hardy #Claire Bloom #Sam Wanamaker #Martin Ritt #John le Carré

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adamwatchesmovies · 1 year

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Harold and Maude (1971)

I’m not shocked that Harold and Maude was not well received upon release. When this comedy gets dark, it’s really dark. Its subject material still has some edge today so you can imagine what it was like in 1971. Time’s been (mostly) kind to this black romantic comedy. There are plenty of laughs and moments of sweetness to be found here.

18-yeard-old Harold Chasen (Bud Cort) is obsessed with death. His spare time is dedicated to faking elaborate suicides so he can shock those who discover his “body” when he isn't attending funerals. After being recognized at several funerals by Maude (Ruth Gordon), a free-spirited, live-for-the-moment 79-year-old, she approaches him. From there, an odd relationship blossoms.

There are points where Maude turns into what can only be described as a manic pixie dream girl (despite the term being coined in 2005). She’s a woman whose quirks never seem to end, whose enthusiasm knows no bounds. She steals cars on a whim and defies police officers without ever facing consequences. It’s jarring to see her get away with so much but if you find that it’s rubbing you the wrong way, hold on. As the picture develops, we learn more about her. No big speeches, just little things you pick up here and there. By the time we get to the end, you’ll see. She isn’t simply a construct made to give Harold a new outlook on life, she’s a fully-realized person on her own.

The bond that grows between the leads is what makes the picture so effective. Initially, it looks like that old cliché that opposites attract. He’s young, she’s old. He comes from a rich, affluent family and she’s down to earth. He’s obsessed with death, she’s determined to feel alive. Once we see them sit down and talk, we learn that actually, they're not that different. They're both overcompensating for something. Harold’s obsession with death is used to remind him of what it would be like if he wasn’t there, and of what he’d miss. Similarly, Maude frequently comments on her upcoming 80th birthday; that beyond it, she doesn’t foresee anything. Deep down, they're both sad characters but in different ways. It’s not some fetish or desperation that brings them together. Had they both been in their 20s, you’d get excited to see them kiss. As is, you may still hope for that but you'll need a bit to get used to the idea.

There are many big surprises in Harold and Maude. They make for the kind of laughs that will have anyone with a morbid sense of humor in stitches. I won't dare to spoil any. Instead, I want to discuss the soundtrack. Cat Stevens's Don’t Be Shy and If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out (both composed for the film) perfectly condense all of the picture’s emotions within their melody and lyrics. I wouldn’t be surprised to hear many weeping messes leaving the film because of the latter.

Some elements of Harold and Maude are jarring even to those who will be cheering for a septuagenarian to date an 18-year-old. The humor won’t be for everyone. Even so, the picture has a deep emotional impact. The performances are strong and they’re made even better by a believable relationship and the perfect soundtrack. (July 7, 2018)

#Harold and Maude #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #Hal Ashby #Colin Higgins #Ruth Gordon #Bud Cort #Vivian Pickles #Cyril Cusack #Charles Tyner #Ellen Geer #1971 movies #1971 films

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fictionturnedherbrain · 11 months

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Watching The Elusive Pimpernel (The Fighting Pimpernel, US) again, and I'm a bit mad with Powell and Pressburger, because this could have been so good! Quotes from the book and lines from the 1934 film, a great cast (even if they didn't all get on), actual French locations, French accents (for good or ill), Margot with red-blonde hair and blue eyes, and in Technicolor - oh, and the pepper scene, did I mention? But it's just such a weird mix of aborted musical, comedy and straight drama, that nothing really works. And the only copies available are poor quality, hence the caps. I love the scene where Marguerite discovers who the Pimpernel is, in this case by finding his disguises behind a mirror - she's in her night gown, with Percy's jacket over her shoulders, and she looks wonderfully girlish and vulnerable. So close!

#the scarlet pimpernel #the elusive pimpernel #powell and pressburger #david niven #margaret leighton #cyril cusack

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erstwhile-punk-guerito · 10 months

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#the italian connection #henry silva #woody strode #mario adorf #adolfo celi #luciana paluzzi #franco fabrizi #femi benussi #gianni macchia #F. Romana Coluzzi #cyril cusack #sylva koscina #fernando di leo #1972

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camyfilms · 10 months

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NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR 1984

If you want a vision of the future, Winston, imagine a boot stamping on a human face forever.

#nineteen eighty-four #1984 #john hurt #richard burton #suzanna hamilton #cyril cusack #gregor fisher #james walker #andrew wilde #merelinda kendall #john boswall #phyllis logan #roger lloyd-pack

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