Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Graham Greene's novel, this is a story of a world peopled by lonely men cut off from the luxury of communication, a world where a leak of relatively unimportant information can be the catalyst for a witch hunt, and it's one man's duty to point the finger... Colonel John Daintry (Sir Richard .. Read more
| Starring | Richard Attenborough, Joop Doderer, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi |
|---|---|
| Director | Otto Preminger |
| Genres | Drama |
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Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Graham Greene's novel, this is a story of a world peopled by lonely men cut off from the luxury of communication, a world where a leak of relatively unimportant information can be the catalyst for a witch hunt, and it's one man's duty to point the finger... Colonel John Daintry (Sir Richard Attenborough).
| Starring | Richard Attenborough, Joop Doderer, John Gielgud, Derek Jacobi, Robert Morley, Nicol Williamson, Iman |
|---|---|
| Director | Otto Preminger |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 50 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1979 To Rent: DVD: not available |
Quietly sardonic scenes of diplomatic chess are played far too broadly and literally in this ill-advised and poorly executed foray into the serious spy scene, which despite its stars becomes merely risible before the end.
Several actors have played God over the years, including Graham Chapman, Charlton Heston, George Burns, Alanis Morissette, and even Groucho Marx. (Danny Boyle and Andrew Macdonald tried to cast Sean Connery as the Almighty in A Life Less Ordinary but he was having none of it.) No one has played Him Upstairs with more genial simplicity and grace than Morgan Freeman. In Bruce Almighty he even handed over his powers to a disbelieving Jim Carrey. No such luck for Steve Carell's Evan Baxter in the... Read more
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