A seven-hour epic film of the life of the composer Richard Wagner. The musical score is performed by the London, Vienna and Budapest Philharmonic Orchestras, conducted by Sir Georg Solti. Read more
| Starring | Richard Burton, Laurence Olivier, John Gielgud, Ralph Richardson |
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| Director | Tony Palmer |
| Genres | Drama |
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With few exceptions, films about the great composers have been a rum bunch. Grieg got the egregious Song of Norway. Ken Russell did well by Delius in Song of Summer, okay by Tchaikovsky in The Music Lovers, so-so for Mahler, then perpetrated Lisztomania, with Roger Daltrey as Franz Liszt, Paul Nicholas as Wagner, and Ringo Starr as the Pope. And of course, Tom Hulce played Mozart as a braying adolescent in Amadeus. Stern, deaf old Beethoven has mostly been given a wide berth by filmmakers,... Read more
Tom Cruise's business partner has hit back at claims that Paramount Pictures severed all ties with his production company, and has insisted instead that it was Cruise who made the decision. Numerous rumours have been circulating around Hollywood as to why Cruise and Paramount ended their 14-year relationship, including falls in DVD sales and the disappointing returns from Mission Impossible III. Paramount Pictures claims that it was because of Cruise's "unacceptable" recent conduct.... Read more
Tom Cruise has successfully completed his latest mission to secure investment for his film production company, just days after being ditched by leading Hollywood studio Paramount. Sumner Redstone, chairman of Paramount's parent company Viacom, stunned the movie industry last week when he announced that the studio had decided to drop Cruise over his wacky off-screen behaviour, which he said had "not been acceptable" and was to blame for the disappointing box office performance of the... Read more
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