BR: Big Fix, The (1978)
Roger L. Simon adapted his novel and probably retained the same tonal shifts which suggest both the author and director Jeremy Paul Kagan wanted to play with the private detective formula…
Tag: Bill Conti
BR: Baby Boom (1987)
Former husband and wife team of Charles Shyer and Nancy Myers (Private Benjamin, Father of the Bride, Father of the Bride Part II) concocted this surprisingly effective update of a classic screwball comedy, and although the pair may not have intended Baby Boom to be a time capsule of mores and conflicts of women juggling career and family in the mid-1980s…
Answered Prayers: A Prayer for the Dying (1987)
Review of Mike Hodges’ flawed but alluring political thriller A Prayer for the Dying (1987), new on Blu from Twilight Time.
BR: Prayer for the Dying, A (1987)
Mickey Rourke’s star power wasn’t unusual for the time, nor was his ‘pay or play’ deal with A Prayer for the Dying’s producers – regardless of whether the film gets made, he would receive his full pay – but according to director Mike Hodges power plays and perceptions of the film’s tone were already being fought out…
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