Mike Hodges / Mark Adams.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Adams, Mark.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture producers and directors--Great Britain--Biography.

Motion picture producers and directors.

Motion pictures--Production and direction--Great Britain.

Motion pictures.

Hodges, Mike.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 p.)

Place of Publication:

Harpenden : Pocket Essentials, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Who is Mike Hodges? One of the great maverick British film-makers. A director who is uncompromising and willing to fight his corner, he has made films over the last three decades that mark him out as a rare and unusual talent. He is a difficult film-maker to define. His work includes crime drama (Get Carter, Croupier and Pulp), science-fiction (Flash Gordon and The Terminal Man) and even comedy (Morons from Outer Space), but he has also made watchable oddities such as A Prayer for the Dying (Mickey Rourke courting controversy as an IRA killer seeking redemption) and Black Rainbow (a s

Contents:

Front Cover; MIKE HODGES; Acknowledgements; CONTENTS; 1. Introduction; 2. The Television Years; Suspect (1969); Rumour (1970); 3. Get Carter (1971); 4. Manipulation And Pulp; The Frighteners: The Manipulators (1971); Pulp (1972); 5. The Terminal Man (1974); 6. Interlude I: Screenplays And Near Misses; Mid-Atlantic (1975) [unproduced]; Damien: Omen II (1978); 7. Flash! Ah ah...; Flash Gordon (1980); 8. Interlude II: Fellini And A Return To Television; Missing Pieces (1983); And The Ship Sails On (E La Nave Va) (1983); Squaring The Circle (1984); 9. From Outer Space To The Florida Straits

Morons From Outer Space (1985)The Hitchhiker: WGOD (1985); Florida Straits (1986); 10. Prayers And Memories; A Prayer For The Dying (1987); Midnight Shakes The Memory (1988); 11. Black Rainbow (1989); 12. Interlude III: Back Into Television; Dandelion Dead (1994); The Lifeforce Experiment (1994); The Healer (1994); 13. Endgame - And New Beginnings; Croupier (1998); 14. Afterword; 15. Reference Materials; Books; Magazines And Newspapers Consulted; Videos; DVDs; Websites; The Essential Library

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-18381-8

9786612183812

1-84839-678-3

OCLC:

70766161