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Tag Archives: John Boorman
Beyond Rangoon (1995) John Boorman, Patricia Arquette, U Aung Ko, Frances McDormand
Laura is trying to pick up the pieces of her life after the murder of her husband Read More »
Point Blank (1967) John Boorman, Lee Marvin, Angie Dickinson, Keenan Wynn
Mal Reese is in a real bind – owing a good deal of money to his organized crime bosses Read More »
The Tailor of Panama (2001) John Boorman, Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis
Women have been MI.6. agent Andy Osnard’s weakness. As punishment for being caught Read More »
Excalibur (1981) John Boorman, Nigel Terry, Helen Mirren, Nicholas Clay
The myth of King Arthur (Nigel Terry) brought once again to the screen. Read More »
Deliverance (1972) John Boorman, Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty
The Cahulawassee River valley in Northern Georgia is one of the last natural pristine areas of the state Read More »
Having a Wild Weekend AKA Catch Us If You Can (1965) John Boorman, The Dave Clark Five, Barbara Ferris, David Lodge
Dinah is a model whose face appears in an ad campaign for meat. Read More »
Hope and Glory (1987) John Boorman, Sarah Miles, David Hayman, Sebastian Rice-Edwards
A semi-autobiographical project by John Boorman about a nine year old boy called Bill Read More »
Zardoz (1974) John Boorman, Sean Connery, Charlotte Rampling, Sara Kestelman
In the future, Earth is ruled by Eternals, an advanced and secret sect of beings who reign over a savage group called Brutals. Read More »
Hell in the Pacific (1968) John Boorman, Lee Marvin, Toshirô Mifune, Adventure, War, Drama
During World War II, a shot-down American pilot and a marooned Japanese navy captain find themselves stranded on the same small uninhabited island in the Pacific Ocean. Following war logic, each time the crafty Japanese devises something useful, he guards it to deny its use to the Yank, who then steals it, its proceeds or the idea and/or ruins it. Yet each gets his chance to kill and/or capture the other, but neither pushes this to the end. After a while of this pointless pestering, they end up joining forces to build and man a raft…
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Queen and Country (2014) John Boorman, Callum Turner, Caleb Landry Jones, Pat Shortt, Drama
Year 1952. Bill Rowan is 18, dreaming his life away at the family’s riverside home, waiting to be called up for two years conscription in the Army. He swims each morning and yearns for a pretty girl who cycles past at that time on the tow path across the river. This idyll is shattered by the harsh realities of boot camp. He meets Percy, an amoral prankster, and together they plot the downfall of Sergeant Yeomans, their rigid tormentor. Percy and Bill are rivals and antagonists, but gradually forge a deep friendship. After basic training many conscripts are shipped out to fight the Chinese in the Korean War, but Bill and Percy are assigned to the claustrophobia of a closed, prison-like training camp where they act as instructors.
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