INFOMEDIA UIB FILMKATALOG
Joseph L. Mankiewicz (regi)
All About Eve (USA 1950, 138 min) Alt om Eva
Joseph L. Mankiewicz • Bette Davies, Anne Baxter, George Sanders, Celeste Holm
Fra det øyeblikket hun får se sitt idol ved scenedøren begynner Eve Harrington (Anne Baxter) å bevege seg ubønnhørlig mot sitt må: Å ta over tronen til den store skuespillerinnen Margo Channing (Bette Davis). Den slu Eve manøvrerer seg inn i Margos rolle på Broadway, gjør furore og skaper til og med kaos i livet til Margos regissørkjæreste (Gary Merill), hennes skuespillforfatter (Hugh Marlow) og hans kone (Celeste Holm). Bare den kyniske teaterkritikeren (Oscar-winner George Sanders) gjennomskuer Eve. Han beundrer hennes dristighet og perfekte bedrag. Marilyn Monroe har en birolle i denne hyllede klassikeren, som vant seks Oscar og fikk flest nominasjoner (14) i filmhistorien. (Cover)
255 vhs
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Contessa scalza, La (USA, ITA 1954, 125 min) Barfotgrevinnen / Barefoot Contessa, The
Joseph L. Mankiewicz • Humphrey Bogart, Ava Gardner, Edmond O'Brien, Marius Goring, Valentina Cortese
Sprudlende dialog, gode skuespillere og glamour kjennetegner denne filmen.
Den spanske danseren Maria Vargas er den fødte stjerne. Godt hjulpet av den amerikanske regissøren Harry Dawes, oppnår hun berømmelse i Hollywoods drømmefabrikk. Maria ofrer alt for berømmelsen, men et punkt viker hun ikke fra - hun danser ikke til noen annen musikk enn sin egen! (NFI)
25 vhs
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Ghost And Mrs. Muir, The (USA 1947, 104 min)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz • Gene Tierney, Rex Harrison, George Sanders, Edna Best, Vanessa Brown, Anna Lee, Robert Coote, Natalie Wood, Isobel Elsom, Victoria Horne, Bernard Herrmann
Joseph Mankiewicz's moody classic is less ghost story than romantic fantasy, a handsome 1947 drama of impossible love set on the picturesque turn-of-the-century New England coast. Independent young widow Lucy Muir (the luminous Gene Tierney), desperate to escape her uptight in-laws, falls in love with a grand seaside house and moves in, only to discover the cantankerous ghost of the hot-tempered Captain Gregg (a histrionically flamboyant performance by Rex Harrison). Lucy refuses to let the bombastic captain frighten her away, earning his respect, his friendship, and later his love. They team up to turn the captain's salty memoirs into a bestseller, but as his affection grows he fades away, leaving Lucy free to undertake a more worldly suitor, notably a charismatic children's author (George Sanders at his smarmy smoothest) with his own guarded secret. (Cover)
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Julius Caesar (USA 1953, 120 min) William Shakespeare's Julius Caesar
Joseph L. Mankiewicz • Marlon Brando, James Mason, John Gielgud, Louis Calhern, Edmond O'Brien
Historisk drama om en av de mest kjente av de romerske hærførerne. På hans tid var Romerriket blitt så stort at det dekket nesten all landene rundt Middelhavet. Han erobret Frankrike og dro også over kanalen til England. Han var dyktig og rettferdig. Da Cæsar kom tilbake til Roma etter sine store erobringer, utnevnte han seg selv til dikator på livstid. Men mange syntes at han hadde fått for stor makt derfor dannet hans motstanderne en sammensvergelse og 15.mars år 44f.Kr ble han myrdet i senatet.
190 vhs
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Sleuth (USA 1972, 138 min) Spillet er slutt
Joseph L. Mankiewicz • Laurence Olivier, Michael Caine, Alec Cawthorne
Wealthy mystery novelist Andrew Wyke (Laurence Olivier) invites lower-class hairdresser Milo Tindle (Michael Caine) to his elegant English mansion to discuss Milo's affair with Wyke's wife. But when Andrew proposes that Milo participate in a robbery scheme to benefit them all, the two rivals find themselves locked in an increasingly devious duel of wits and deceptions. Who is the player? Who is the pawn? And in the shocking and wicked final twist, who will win the deadliest game of all?

Three decades after its original release, Sleuth remains beloved for the virtuoso performances by Laurence Olivier and Michael Caine, its brilliant script by playwright Anthony Shaffer (Frenzy, The Wicker Man) and as the final film of legendary director Joseph L. Mankiewicz (All About Eve). Now experience this classic thriller like never before as Sleuth is presented in a sparkling new widescreen transfer created from original vault materials. (Cover)
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Suddenly, Last Summer (USA 1959, 114 min) Plutselig, i fjor sommer
Joseph L. Mankiewicz • Elizabeth Taylor, Katharine Hepburn, Montgomery Clift, Albert Dekker, Mercedes McCambridge
Elizabeth Taylor and Katharine Hepburn each received 1960 Oscar® nominations for Best Actress in this gripping adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play. Beautiful Catherine Holly (Elizabeth Taylor) is committed to a mental institution after witnessing the horrible death of her cousin at the hands of cannibals. Catherine’s aunt, Violet Venable (Katharine Hepburn), tries to influence Dr. Cukrowicz (Montgomery Clift), a young neurosurgeon, to surgically end Catherine’s haunting hallucinations. By utilizing injections of sodium pentothal, Dr. Cukrowicz discovers that Catherine’s delusions are in fact true. He then must confront Violet about her own involvement in her son’s violent death. (Cover)
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