Rosemary Sutcliff helped write a film, Ghost Story, that starred the wonderful, sultry Marianne Faithful. I never knew this: I would have remembered! There is a DVD available, reviewed here. British actress Penelope Keith was in the film too.
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1974 Film Ghost Story with Marianne Faithfull co-written by Rosemary Sutcliff
Ghost Story, a film directed by Stephen Weeks in 1974, was co-written by Rosemary Sutcliff; or at least she has ‘story’ and ‘screenplay’ credits. I never saw the film, so never knew that the wonderful Marianne Faithfull was in it. (I keep moving this post up the blog so you see it because I am so amazed to havre discovered this!)
source: IMDb
Film of Rosemary Sutcliff’s book The Eagle of the Ninth with stars Channing Tatum, Donald Sutherland, Jamie Bell, Mark Strong, Tahar Rahim
The ‘Roman epic adventure’ film of The Eagle of the Ninth is directed by Academy Award winner Kevin Macdonald and produced by Duncan Kenworthy. Channing Tatum heads the cast (G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, the … Dear John) . Focus features, funders with Film 4 said Read More »
New action movie The Eagle of the Ninth is for girls too
Channing Tatum is in the upcoming movie “Eagle of the Ninth” is a piece on the coming film which makes the case for it as a movie for girls, with the “hunky” Channing Tatum. More about the film and the book on which it is based here on this blog.
‘Swords and sandals’ film The Eagle of the Ninth bids for box-office glory
Swords and sandals: A bid for box-office glory is an article in The Independent about forthcoming historical films, including The Eagle of the Ninth. ‘Swords and Sandals’ as a label for a genre of films which I have only recently come across. Perhaps it was only recently coined? It is the name of a popular series of computer games. More about the film and the book on which it is based here on this blog. And the obituary about Rosemary from The Independent here.
ROSEMARY SUTCLIFF (1920-92) 