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Frank Langella

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Dracula (1979)

R2V Summary An almost Gothic presentation of repressed sexuality Duration 1h 49m Ratings UK: X, USA: R, Norway: 18  Source of story A 1920s play by Hamilton Deane and John L. Balderson itself based on the Bram Stoker book. Director John Badham Writers/Script W.D. Richter Starring Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan, Trevor … Continue reading

Dave (1993)

Duration 1h 50m Ratings UK: 15, USA: PG-13, Germany: 6  Source of story An original screenplay Director Ivan Reitman Writers/Script Gary Ross Starring Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn, Ving Rhames, Ben Kingsley, Charles Grodin, Laura Linney, plus a number of TV hosts and anchors. Ratings IMDb: 6.8 by 48,907 people.  Rotten Tomatoes: 95% … Continue reading

The Box (2009)

Duration 1h 55m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A short story “Button, Button”, by Richard Matheson, first pubished in Playboy in 1970. Director Richard Kelly Writers/Script Richard Kelly Starring Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella Elevator Pitch: A married couple, Norma and Arthur Lewis, who have a preteen son, are facing possible hard times … Continue reading

Unknown (2011)

  Duration 1h 53m Rating (UK) 12A Source of story A novel translated into English as “Out of my head” by Didier Van Cauwelaert Director Jaume Collet-Serra Writers/Script Oliver Butcher, Stephen Cornwell Starring Liam Neeson, Diane Kruger, January Jones, Aiden Quinn, Bruno Ganz, Frank Langella, Elavator Pitch: Dr Martin Harris (We’ll call him “Harris 1”) … Continue reading

Cutthroat Island (1995)

Duration 2h 4m Rating (UK) 15 Source of story An original screenplay Director Renny Harlin (married at the time to Geena Davis) Writers/Script Robert King, Marc Norman (Story by Michael Frost Beckner, James Gorman, Bruce A. Evans, Raynold Gideon) Starring Geena Davis, Matthew Modine, Frank Langella, Patrick Malahide, Stan Shaw, Harris Yulin Elevator Pitch: It … Continue reading

Superman 5: Superman Returns (2006)

Elevator Pitch. After an absence of five years Superman lands in his spikey spacecraft on the same farm as he did as a boy. The woman who became his mother is still the same, but back in the Daily Planet much has changed. Lois Lane is married and has a child, and has written negatively … Continue reading

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