Jack MacGowran

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The Fearless Vampire Killers review by IvanMy from Glasgow

The perfect late night snack 29 January 2005
...interpretation of the count that possibly out does the original. The professor (Jack MacGowran) on the other hand does much to redress the VanHelsing imbalance and prove that... Read customer review

The Exorcist - The Version You've Never ... (1973)
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Max von Sydow
Director: William Friedkin
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Controversial and popular from the moment it opened, The Exorcist marks its historic Blu-ray premiere in a 2-Disc Edition featuring Stunning Hi-Def Presentations of the Original 1973 Theatrical Version and the 2000 Extended Director's Cut. The frightening and realistic tale of an innocent girl ..read more »

77% from 751 members

The Exorcist on DVD (1973)
Starring: Ellen Burstyn, Linda Blair, Jason Miller
Director: William Friedkin
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With THE EXORCIST, William Friedkin (THE FRENCH CONNECTION, THE BOYS IN THE BAND) rivals Hitchcock for heart-stopping terror in this deeply horrifyingmasterpiece that led to religious boycotts, fainting and nauseous audiences, and a commercial success that forever changed Hollywood. Linda Blair ..read more »

68% from 24,875 members

A Day At The Beach on DVD (1970)
Starring: Mark Burns, Beatie Edney, Fiona Lewis
Director: Simon Hesera
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With an adapted screenplay by Roman Polanski, this bleak but moving 1970s film is set in a rundown British seaside resort. Bernie struggles to cope with his alcoholism as he takes his daughter Winnie on a day trip. Featuring Peter Sellers in a cameo role.

52% from 79 members

Start the Revolution Without Me (1970)
Starring: Gene Wilder, Donald Sutherland, Hugh Griffith
Director: Bud Yorkin
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Zany tale highlighting the mix-up over two sets of twins in France on the brink of revolution.

55% from 30 members
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Age Of Consent on DVD (1968)
Starring: James Mason, Helen Mirren, Jack MacGowran
Director: Michael Powell
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Disillusioned with life, celebrated artist Bradley Morahan (James Mason) retreats to the solitude of a tropical island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef. The island, however, turns out to be far from uninhabited. Bradley soon stumbles upon Cora, played by Helen Mirren (The Queen), a beautiful, ..read more »

56% from 207 members

Wonderwall on DVD (1968)
Starring: Jane Birkin, Jack MacGowran, Iain Quarrier
Director: Joe Massot
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An eccentric, lovable scientist falls in love with the girl next door - in an unusual way. Set in 1960's London (aka Swinging London), WONDERWALL tells the story of a reclusive professor who becomes obsessed with a stunning model called Penny Lane. A psychedelic fantasy steeped in voyeurism, this ..read more »

47% from 209 members

How I Won The War on DVD (1967)
Starring: Michael Crawford, John Lennon, Roy Kinnear
Director: Richard Lester
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Among the first of the late 60s anti-war films that reflected growing concern over the Vietnam War, How I Won the War takes a cold, dark look at the Good War, World War II. In adapting Patrick Ryan's 1963 novel, screenwriter Charles Wood and director Richard Lester offered a narrative fractured by ..read more »

50% from 328 members

Cul-De-Sac on DVD (1966)
Starring: Francoise Dorleac, Donald Pleasence, Lionel Stander
Director: Roman Polanski
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A somewhat surreal black comedy directed and co-scripted by Roman Polanski, CUL-DE-SAC is the tale of a mismatched married couple, George and Teresa (Donald Pleasence and Francoise Dorleac), living in an 11th-century castle on an isolated island whose home is invaded by two gangsters on the run ..read more »

63% from 1,132 member

The Fearless Vampire Killers on DVD (1966)
Starring: Jack MacGowran, Sharon Tate, Alfie Bass
Director: Roman Polanski
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A pair of bumbling vampire-hunters attempts to destroy an undead nobleman and his cronies and rescue a buxom maiden in actor/director Roman Polanski's playful update of the venerable vampire genre. Bat expert and vampire obsessive Professor Abronsius (Jack MacGowran) barely survives his journey ..read more »

63% from 1,688 member

Start the Revolution Without Me - 3.0 stars
Wonderwall - 2.5 stars
How I Won The War - 2.5 stars
A Day At The Beach - 2.5 stars
Age Of Consent - 3.0 stars

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Ellen Burstyn - 5 times - show films
Jason Miller - 5 times - show films
Lee J. Cobb - 5 times - show films
Linda Blair - 5 times - show films

William Friedkin - 5 times - show films
Roman Polanski - 3 times - show films
Michael Powell - 1 times - show films
Richard Lester - 1 times - show films
Simon Hesera - 1 times - show films