Anne of the Thousand Days 1969  PG, 145 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Jarrott
Cast: Richard Burton, Genevieve Bujold, Irene Papas, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos, Michael Hordern, Peter Jeffrey, Katherine Blake, Joseph O'Conor, Vernon Dobtcheff
Anne Boleyn (Genevieve Bujold), married to Henry VIII (Richard Burton), becomes the victim when divorce is not granted by the Pope. Henry solves the problem by ordering Anne's execution, withdrawing from the Roman Catholic Church, and forming the Church of England. The film had nine Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, Actress, and Supporting Actor (Anthony Quinn), and won for Best Costume Design.
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Antigone 1961   N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Yorgos Tzavellas
Cast: Irene Papas, Manos Katrakis, Maro Kodou, Nikos Kazis, Ilia Livykou, John Argiris, Byron Pallis, Tzavalas Karoussos, Thodoros Moridis, Giorgos Vlahopoulos
Sophocles' Greek tragedy is brought to the screen with Irene Papas in the role of Antigone who defies the King of Thebes, Creon (Manos Katrakis), when he refuses to bury her brother, then hangs herself in an act that results in even more tragedies. 1 User Review
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| | Classic Greek Tragedy At Its Finest | Eleni 05/28/2007 | Being Greek American, I was able to understand the language so noticed some of the translation errors but, not everything translates from one language to another.
Irene Pappas is at her best, since this is her arena - Greek tragedy. The young actress who played Antigone (AhnteeGOHnee) was fabulous - frail, afraid but stoic when she learns her fate.
This is one of many versions of this classic tale, and I like it the best - maybe it's because it deals with Helen (Eleni) of Troy. However, the above description of this movie is erroneous. Antigone does not hang herself - her father promised the priests she would be sacrificed to the gods by being thrown into a steaming crater, to entice the Gods to bring the wind so his ships can sail to rescue her aunt, Helen.
She is soon to be married to her love and makes an impassioned plea to her father - reminding him that she was the first to call him father. The priests becomt impatient but she staves them off and, honorably, puts on her wedding gown and crown and walks on her own to the crater. Just as the wind begins to pick up, her father calls out to her to stop and tries to reach her through the dust from the wind, but the priests push her into the crater. |
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Attila 1954  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pietro Francisci
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Sophia Loren, Henri Vidal, Irene Papas, Scott Marlowe, Henri Vidal, Richard Bakalyan, Claude Laydu, Ettore Manni, Colette Regis, Georges Brehat, Christian Marquand, Marco Guglielmi, Dickie Jones, Eduardo Ciannelli
The King of the Huns is Attila (Anthony Quinn) who has spent his life raping, killing, and pillaging with his tribesmen in an attempt to take over the Roman Empire–"Today Rome, tomorrow the world!" Pope Leo wants to put an end to the massacres and seeks help from the empress-mother Honoria (Sophia Loren). But, will the Pope's prayers to God be enough to end the rampaging?
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Bloodline 1979 R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline
Director: Terence Young
Cast: Audrey Hepburn, Ben Gazzara, James Mason, Omar Sharif, Michelle Phillips, Romy Schneider, Irene Papas, Gert Frobe, Beatrice Straight, Maurice Ronet
Sidney Sheldon's novel adaptation stars Audrey Hepburn as the head of a pharmaceutical company who must deal with threats on her life.
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The Brotherhood 1968 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Martin Ritt
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Alex Cord, Irene Papas, Luther Adler, Susan Strasberg, Murray Hamilton, Eduardo Ciannelli, Joe De Santis, Val Avery, Alan Hewitt, Connie Scott, Val Bisoglio, Barry Primus, Louis Badolati, Michele Cimarosa
Frank Ginetta (Kirk Douglas) is an old-line Mafioso on the board of the New York syndicate. Frank's younger brother, Vince (Alex Cord), enters the scene and has many new ideas to modernize the operation. When Frank doesn't go along with Vince's plans, Vince tries to get his father-in-law Dominick Bertolo (Luther Adler) to encourage mob members to rebel. Frank has Bertolo killed, and now Vince gets the assignment to kill Frank.
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin 2001   R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: John Madden
Cast: Nicolas Cage, Penelope Cruz, John Hurt, Christian Bale, David Morrissey, Irene Papas, Patrick Malahide, Aspasia Kralli, Michael Yannatos, Gerasimos Skiadaressis, Dimitris Kaberidis, Pietro Sarubbi
Based on Louis de Bernieres' best-selling novel, this story begins when Mandras (Christian Bale) leaves his fiancee, Pelagia (Penelope Cruz), behind and goes off to fight the Greeks during World War II. Before long, Captain Antonio Corelli (Nicolas Cage) arrives on the scene and is quartered in the home of Pelagia's father, Dr. Iannis (John Hurt). The result: love at first sight between Pelagia and Captain Corelli–despite more than a few problems.
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Christ Stopped at Eboli 1979 PG, 150 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
aka: Eboli
Director: Francesco Rosi
Cast: Gian Maria Volonte, Paolo Bonacelli, Irene Papas, Alain Cuny, Lea Massari, Francois Simon, Luigi Infantino, Francesco Callari, Antonio Allocca, Enzo Vitale
Set in mid-1930s' fascist Italy, this film is based on real-life anti-fascist author/painter Carlo Levi (Gian Maria Volonte). Carlo is exiled to a remote region of Southern Italy, which was populated by peasants. The simple life–and wisdom–of the peasants had an impact on him and his thinking as he began to have a new appreciation of them and their way of life.
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Don't Torture a Duckling 1972 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Thriller
Director: Lucio Fulci
Cast: Barbara Bouchet, Tomas Milian, Florinda Bolkan, Irene Papas, Marc Porel, Vito Passeri, Georges Wilson, Antonello Campodifiori, Andrea Aureli, Franco Balducci, Rosalia Maggio
After young boys are murdered in a quiet Sicilian town, various people are accused–including a magician (Florinda Bolkan) who practices voodoo and visitor Patrizia (Barbara Bouchet). Villagers take matters into their own hands, and Patrizia teams with newsman Andrea (Tomas Milian) to find out what's going on. Good, with some brutal scenes but not like the gory Fulci films to follow.
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A Dream of Kings 1969 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Daniel Mann
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Inger Stevens, Sam Levene, Val Avery, Radames Pera, Peter Mamakos, Alan Reed, Zvee Scooler, Alberto Morin
Matsoukas (Anthony Quinn) is a marriage counselor living in the Greek section of Chicago who wants to take his ailing back to Greece–a trip he can ill afford.
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Electra 1962 N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Cast: Irene Papas, Aleka Katseli, Yannis Fertis, Theano Ioannidou, Notis Peryalis, Takis Emmanuel, Phoebus Rhazis, Manos Katrakis, Pierre Ampeles, Elsie Pittas
Euripides' tragedy is adapted by Michael Cacoyannis for his play and film about a brother and sister who plot to kill their mother, a wicked queen who had killed their father. Nominated for a Best Foreign Film Oscar.
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 The Guns of Navarone 1961  N/R, 157 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Drama
Director: J. Lee Thompson
Cast: Gregory Peck, David Niven, Anthony Quinn, Stanley Baker, Anthony Quayle, Irene Papas, Gia Scala, James Darren, James Robertson Justice, Richard Harris, Bryan Forbes, Allan Cuthbertson, Michael Trubshawe, Percy Herbert, George Mikell
This film is at the top in both quality and action for the World War II genre. It involves a multinational force commanded by Major Franklin (Anthony Quayle). The commandos are ordered to blow up two immense German guns that are guarding the sea against the arrival of Allied troop transports. The film won an Academy Award for Best Special Effects, and there were six other nominations, including Best Picture and Director.
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High Season 1987 R, 104 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Clare Peploe
Cast: Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas, Sebastian Shaw, Kenneth Branagh, Lesley Manville, Robert Stephens, Geoffrey Rose, Paris Tselios, Ruby Baker
The small, Greek village on the island of Rhodes has finally been "found" by tourists to the dismay of some, but a business opportunity to others. This excellent satire on this theme revolves around Katherine (Jacqueline Bisset), a photographer who vacations here annually, and the characters around her who affected her past and will affect her future.
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Into the Night 1985 R, 115 min.
Genre: Action
Director: John Landis
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Richard Farnsworth, Michelle Pfeiffer, David Bowie, Dan Aykroyd, Irene Papas, Clu Gulager, Carmen Argenziano, David Cronenberg
An aerospace engineer (Jeff Goldblum) learns of his wife's affair with another man and, in the middle of the night, heads for the airport to try to clear his head. Meanwhile, a woman smuggler (Michelle Pfeiffer) arrives at the airport, is met by four killers, and escapes by jumping into the engineer's car. Then the real intrigue begins.
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Iphigenia 1977 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Cast: Irene Papas, Kostas Kazakos, Kostas Karras, Tatiana Papamoschou, Christos Tsagas, Panos Mihalopoulos, Dimitri Aronis, Pitsa Konitsioti, Dezy Sempekopoulou, Eirini Koumarianou, Angelos Yannoulis, Georges Vourvahakis
In this film rendition of Euripides' Greek classic, King Agamemmon (Kostas Kazakos), along with Helen's husband Menelaos, is leading the Greeks to Troy to rescue the kidnapped Helen. Because of a lack of wind, the thousand ships to be launched are unable to sail, and the soldiers need food. Agamemmon sends soldiers out to kill some deer, and, in the process slaughter the sacred deer. Now, Agamemmon must sacrifice his 12-year-old daughter Iphigenia (Tatiana Papamoschou) to appease the gods. Despite the pleas of Iphigenia's mother Clytemnestre (Irene Papas), the sacrifice is carried out. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Foreign Film.
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Jacob 1994 TV, 94 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Peter Hall
Cast: Matthew Modine, Lara Flynn Boyle, Sean Bean, Joss Ackland, Giancarlo Giannini, Irene Papas, Juliet Aubrey, Cecilia Dazzi, Christoph M. Ohrt, Yvonne Scio, Philip Locke, Daniel Newman
The love story of the Bible's Jacob and Rachel (Matthew Modine and Lara Flynn Boyle) is told in this made-for-TV film. After fleeing his home to avoid his older brother's wrath and finding Rachel, he must become a servant to Rachel's father (Giancarlo Giannini) in order to gain Rachel's hand in marriage. But there are many hardships to overcome to realize life's dreams.
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Lion of the Desert 1981 PG, 162 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Oliver Reed, Rod Steiger, John Gielgud, Irene Papas, Raf Vallone, Gastone Moschin, Andrew Keir, Robert Brown, Ewen Solon
Set between the years 1929 and 1931, this is the story of the leader of a rebel band, Omar Mukhtar (Anthony Quinn), who stands in the way of Mussolini's (Rod Steiger) efforts to take over Libya.
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The Message 1977 PG, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Mohammad, Messenger of God
Director: Moustapha Akkad
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Irene Papas, Michael Ansara, Johnny Sekka, Michael Forest, Neville Jason, Martin Benson, Robert Brown, Andre Morell, John Bennett
This religious spectacle attempts to present the origins of the Moslem religion and, in the process, provides great action scenes.
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The Moon-Spinners 1964 N/R, 118 min.
Genre: Family / Mystery
Director: James Neilson
Cast: Hayley Mills, Eli Wallach, Peter McEnery, Joan Greenwood, Irene Papas, Pola Negri, Paul Stassino, John Le Mesurier, Andre Morell, Tutte Lemkow
This is a mystery film for children from the Disney Studios. Nickie Ferris (Hayley Mills) and Aunt Frances (Joan Greenwood) are visiting Crete and become involved in helping a man who is innocently involved in a jewel theft.
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Moses the Lawgiver 1975 TV, 300 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Moses
Director: Gianfranco De Bosio
Cast: Burt Lancaster, Anthony Quayle, Ingrid Thulin, Irene Papas, Mariangela Melato, Bill Lancaster, Laurent Terzieff, Aharon Ipale, Youseg Shiloah, Marina Berti
Although the cast is of high caliber, this film–about Moses (Burt Lancaster), the Hebrew leader who leads his people to the Promised Land–just does not get off the ground. Showed as a TV miniseries, it was cut to about 1/2 it's length and had a short theatrical release.
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The Odyssey 1996  PG-13, 165 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Armand Assante, Greta Scacchi, Geraldine Chaplin, Jeroen Krabbe, Christopher Lee, Irene Papas, Bernadette Peters, Eric Roberts, Isabella Rossellini, Vanessa Williams
This is a weak rendition of Homer's classic tale about the brave and clever Odysseus (Armand Assante) and his adventures on the long trek home to his beloved and faithful Penelope (Greta Scacchi).
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A Talking Picture 2003 N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Manoel de Oliveira
Cast: Leonor Silveira, Filipa de Almeida, John Malkovich, Catherine Deneuve, Stefania Sandrelli, Irene Papas, Luis Miguel Cintra, Michel Lubrano di Sbaraglione, Francois Da Silva, Ilias Logothetis, Ricardo Trepa
History professor Rosa Maria (Leonor Silveira) and her eight-year-old daughter, Maria Joana (Filipa de Almeida), are enjoying a Mediterranean cruise on their way to Bombay. Rosa Maria enjoys teaching Maria Joana the history and culture of ports the ship visits, and all goes well–until the ship stops in Yemen, and terrorists are smuggled aboard. This film marks 96-year-old Director Manoel de Oliveira's 72nd year behind the camera.
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Tribute to a Bad Man 1956 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: James Cagney, Don Dubbins, Stephen McNally, Irene Papas, Vic Morrow, James Griffith, Onslow Stevens, Lee Van Cleef, Jeanette Nolan, Chubby Johnson
Colorado land baron Jeremy Rodock (James Cagney) ruthlessly rules the range and uses his own means to fight off those who threaten his holdings.
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 Z 1969 PG, 125 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Yves Montand, Irene Papas, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Jacques Perrin, Charles Denner, Francois Perier, Pierre Dux, Bernard Fresson, Renato Salvatori, Marcel Bozzuffi, Gorges Geret, Julien Guiomar, Magali Noel, Clotilde Joano, Habib Reda
On his way to giving a speech opposing the use of the atomic bomb, Greek pacifist Z (Yves Montand) is attacked by right-wing political extremists. The police have done little to protect Z, and, later, when Z is killed after being clubbed on the head, the police also had not protected him. The Examining Magistrate (Jean-Luis Trintignant) is appointed to look into the matter and finds that there was, indeed, a cover-up involving the police. The film is based on the 1963 killing of Gregorios Lambrakis and employs flashbacks as a tool for intrigue. "Z" won Academy Awards for Best Foreign Picture and Editing and was nominated for Best Picture and Director.
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Zorba the Greek 1964 N/R, 142 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Cast: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova, George Foundas, Yorgo Voyagis, Eleni Anousaki, Takis Emmanuel, Anna Kyriakou
Zorba (Anthony Quinn) is a high-spirited Greek who teaches a young British writer (Alan Bates) how to find contentment. Zorba: "I like you too much to not say it: you've got everything, except one thing–madness. A man needs a little madness, or else...he never dares cut the rope and be free." Lila Kedrova won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress and nominations included Best Picture, Actor (Quinn), and Director.
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| 1. Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
2. Antigone (1961)
3. The Assisi Underground (1985)
4. Attila (1954)
5. Bloodline (1979)
aka: Sidney Sheldon's Bloodline
6. The Brotherhood (1968)
7. Captain Corelli's Mandolin (2001)
8. Christ Stopped at Eboli (1979)
aka: Eboli
9. Don't Torture a Duckling (1972)
10. A Dream of Kings (1969)
11. Electra (1962)
12. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
13. High Season (1987)
14. Into the Night (1985)
15. Iphigenia (1977)
16. Jacob (1994)
17. Lion of the Desert (1981)
18. The Message (1977)
aka: Mohammad, Messenger of God
19. The Moon-Spinners (1964)
20. Moses the Lawgiver (1975)
aka: Moses
21. The Odyssey (1996)
22. A Talking Picture (2003)
23. Tribute to a Bad Man (1956)
24. The Trojan Women (1971)
25. Z (1969)
26. Zorba the Greek (1964)
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