From the August 1968 issue of British Photoplay, Ingrid Pitt gets her first major break in films when she is cast by director Brian G. Hutton and producer Elliott Kastner in the MGM WWII adventure Where Eagles Dare starring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood.
In this 1995 segment from Turner Classic Movies, Martin Scorsese pays tribute to the American Western and examines such classics as "The Searchers", "The Naked Spur", "The Left-handed Gun" and "Unforgiven".
The Trailers from Hell web site features director John Landis weighing in with commentary on David Lean's 1957 masterpiece The Bridge on the River Kwai. Click here to view.
Joe Dante's Trailers from Hell site presents screenwriter/producer Larry Karaszewski's insightful appreciation of the little-seen and long-forgotten film "The Marriage of a Young Stockbroker" from 1971. Based on the novel by Charles Webb, who also wrote "The Graduate" (and who also directed this film), "Stockbroker" stars Richard Benjamin as a young man who is successful in business but no so successful in his personal life. He's got a beautiful wife (Joanna Shimkus) but he suffers from a psychological obsession with voyeurism. The film looks at his dilemma from a comedic standpoint but the underrated movie also provides plenty of insights into the human psyche and the way we deal with relationships. Benjamin is terrific as the every day guy whose obsession causes him quite a few problems. There are fine turns by Elizabeth Ashley and Adam West, whose amusing performance reminds us of how foolish Hollywood was to alienate him after "Batman". Sadly, the movie was only released on video in the early days of VHS and has not resurfaced since except for an occasional showing on Turner Classic Movies. Hopefully, this will be rectified and we'll get a Blu-ray release at some point.