INDEX

A

Acid Casuals 153

Agatha (1979) 96

Alexander, Karl 106

All About Eve (1950) 16

Allin, Michael 95

Altman, Robert 135, 167

Anderson, Lindsay 167

Anderson, Melody 96

And the Ship Sails On (1983) 108, 180

Armchair Theatre 19

Arquette, Rosanna 11, 138, 140–41

Astaire, Fred 15

Aukin, David 156, 167, 169

B

Badlands (1974) 83

Baker, Terence 138

Banff Television Festival 114

Bates, Alan 127, 131

Batman TV series 95

Beales, Martin 149

Beat the Devil (1954) 62

Beckett, Samuel 27

Black Rainbow (1990) 7, 10, 11, 51, 92, 124, 135–146, 174, 182

Blincoe, Nicholas 153

Blitzstein, Marc 134

Blood and Thunder (1978) 91

Bogarte, Humphrey 62

Brambell, Wilfred 32

Brighton Rock (1947) 33

Brown, Paul 116

Budd, Roy 49, 114

Bunker, Jon 164

Burnett, Carol 91

Busey, Gary 121, 122

C

Cacoyannis, Michael 16

Caine, Michael

accepts role of Jack Carter 28–29

dislike of Malta 64

opinion of Mike Hodges 33

signs for Pulp 37–38

voice-over technique 66–67

Calley, John 70

Casanova (1976) 94, 113

Casey, Bernie 47

Catching a Woman’s Eye 20

Cavendish, Jonathan 157

Chaplin, Michael 148

Chilean Club, The (1976) 88

Clayburgh, Jill 73

Clarke, Alan 110

Clockwork Orange, A 110

Coles, Michael 24, 25

Conrad, Josephe 147

Conti, Bill 131

Cox, Alex 10, 11, 188

Cradle Will Rock, The 136

Crichton, Michael 70, 79, 83

Crenna, Richard 113

Croupier (1998) 8, 10, 11, 12, 25, 51, 67, 148, 158–171, 172, 173, 176, 187

Cul-de-Sac 28

Cusack, John 138

D

Dalton, Timothy 96

Damien: Omen II (1978) 88–90, 180

Dandelion Dead (1993) 150–152, 186

Davies, Steven Paul 7, 186

Davis, Sammy 128

De Laurentiis, Dino 94–96, 98, 103, 104

Donato, Danilo 94, 98, 109

Donner, Richard 88, 90

Doody, Alison 127

Dr Strangelove 89

Dysart, Richard 72

E

Eames, Charles 20

Ekland, Britt 37

Elman, Lawrence 169

Elmer Gantry 138

Emmy Awards 114

ER 83

F

Face (1997) 49, 54

Fellini, Federico 108, 113

Field, Sally 92

filmography 175

Fisher, Gerry 151

Flash Gordon (1980) 10, 38–39, 93–104, 109, 110, 179

Fleischer, Richard 12

Fletcher, Page 120, 122

Florida Straits (1983) 11, 121, 123–4, 126, 141, 181

Fonda, Jane 91

Fontaine, Dick 22

G

Gangster No 1 (2000) 49

Get Carter (1971) 10, 11, 19, 25, 27–54, 56, 57, 62, 65, 68, 77, 107, 142, 145, 146, 167, 177

Get Carter (2000) 48

Girl in Black (1956) 16

Glen, John 65–66

Godard, Jean-Luc 21, 25

Goddard, James 22

Goldblum, Jeff 135

Goldwyn Jr, Sam 129–130, 131–133

Gone to Earth (1950) 16

Goodbye Columbus (1968) 25

Gould, Glenn 81

Greene, Graham, 33

Grist 174

Gwynne, Michael 72

H

Hackett, Joan 72, 77

Haggard, Piers 154

Hanks, Tom 92

Harbinson, Patrick 149

Hardie, Kate 162

Harrison, Vangie 49, 151

Haskell, David 107

Haymen, Gordon 98, 151

Hay-on-Wye 148–9

Healer, The (1994) 151–153, 185

Hendry, Ian 37–38, 44

Hidden Fortress, The 157

Higgins, Jack 126

Hill, Bernhard 110–113

Hitchcock, Alfred 154

Hitchhiker, The (1985) 121

Hitman (1972) 47

Hodges, Ben 23

Hodges, Jake 23

Hodges, 23, 106

Hodges, Mike

awards for Black Rainbow 146

on Caine 33–34

on Caine’s bust-up with Ian Hendry 37

Catholicism/ loss of faith 143, 166, 172

on corruption in the UK 45–46

on Dino de Laurentiis 95

depression 70–72

1983 illness 108

disowns A Prayer for the Dying 132–133

divorce 106, 107, 108

early influences 15, 16, 25

film comedy 57

Get Carter remake 49

on Lad Culture 50

meeting with Fellini 108

Navy years 17–18, 29

painting 106–107

retrospectives in LA/New York 174

row with Rosanna Arquette 140

scouts locations for Get Carter 31–32

soundtracks 38

turns down The Omen 88

upbringing 14–15

Holden, William 89, 90

Hopper, Dennis 96

Hopper, Edward 77, 141

Hoskins, Bob 127, 131

Houseman, John 134

Hughes, Ken 32

Hulce, Tom 138

Huston, John 62

I

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead (2002) 12, 28, 169–172, 185

Irvin, John 110

Ito, Robert 122

J

Jack’s Return Home 28

Jenkins, David 123

Jones, Griff Rhys 116, 117, 118, 119, 120

Jones, Sam J 96, 103, 104

Joy, Mark 139

Julia (1977) 91

Julia, Raul 123

Jurassic Park 83

K

Kael, Pauline 28, 95

Kane, Richard 111

Kaplan, Mike 90, 167, 169

Kay, Stephen 48

Kempson, Rachel 23

Kingston, Alex 159, 162

Kinnear, Roy 111

Kiss Me Deadly (1955) 16

Kitchen, Michael 148, 152

Klinger, Michael 26, 28, 29, 32, 38, 57, 165, 169, 190

Krays, The (1990) 51

Kubrick, Stanley 69, 108, 167

Kurosowa, Akira 50, 157

L

Lambert, Verity 116, 121

Lamden, Dinsdale 117

Lettieri, Al 60

Lewis, Ted 28, 29

Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) 16

Lifeforce Experiment, The (1994) 153, 183

Littman, Robert 28

Loaded 50

Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1999) 49, 54

Long Good Friday (1981) 49

Look Back in Anger 38

Love, Honour and Obey (2000) 49

Lucas, George 103

M

MacDonald, Gus 114

Magrini, Git 62

Malick, Terrence 72, 82, 83

Manipulators, The (1971) 56–57

Mankiewicz, Joseph 16

Mann, Michael 12

Mann, Thomas 174

Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) 156

Mario the Magician 174

Markham, Petra 44

Marshall, Bryan 23

Mayersberg, Paul 7–8 (foreword), 156, 161, 163, 165, 171

McClymont, Ken 169

McCowen, Alec 111

McDowell, Malcolm 81, 108, 171

McGoohan, Patrick 114

McKee, Gina 162

McNaughton , John 12

Mid-Atlantic 87–88, 116, 121

Middlemass, Frank 111

Middler, Bette 92

Middleton, Thomas 50

Midnight Shakes the Memory 135

Miles, Sarah 148

Miller, Dusty 32

Milligan, Spike 20

Mintoff, Dom 63

Missing Pieces (1983) 106–107, 177

Moffat, Donald 72

Morons From Outer Space (1986) 115–119, 181

Montesi scandal 58

Montgomery, Elizabeth 106, 107

Moody, Ron 20

Morton, Alexander 56

Mosley, Bryan 48

N

Nail, Jimmy 116

Neeson, Liam 127

Newley, Anthony 32

Newman GF 151, 152, 153

Newman, Sidney 19

Nicholson, jack 88

Northwest Passage (1939) 15

Not the Nine O’clock News 116

O

Omen, The (1976) 88

Once Upon a Time 19

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest 117

Osborne, John 37, 38, 44, 97

Oscars 169

Our Friends in the North 47

Owen, Clive 157, 158, 161, 163, 164, 165, 168–169, 170, 185

P

Page, Geraldine 122

Panorama 20

Pearce, Joanne 116

Peck, Gregory 88

Performance 24

Pinter, Harold 21

Pit, The 86

Player, The 135

Playhouse 23

Polanski, Roman 28

Polonski, Abe 90

Postle, Dennis 22

Powell, Michael and Pressburger, Emeric 16, 79

Prayer for the Dying, A (1987) 11, 81, 125–136, 174, 182

Preston, Trevor 169, 171

Price, Dennis 60

Prior Park College 14

Prisoner, The (1967) 114, 186

Pulp (1972) 55–68, 70, 77, 79, 94, 107, 146, 166, 174, 177

Punchline (1988) 92

Q

Quested, John 138

Quick, Diana 149

R

Rampling, Charlotte 171

Rave 20

Rawi, Ousama 62

Raymond, Alex 102

Redgrave, Vanessa 91

Remick, Lee 89

Repulsion 28

Revengers Tagedy 51

Reynolds, Paul 165

Rhys, Paul 151

Rhys-Meyers, Jonathan 171

Ritchie, Guy 49

Robards, Jason 138, 141

Robbins, Tim 135, 136

Robbe-Grillet, Alain 21

Roeg, Nic 23, 94

Rogers, Ginger 15

Romain, Voytek 112, 13, 123, 151

Rooney, Mickey 59, 60, 64

Rourke, Mickey 126–136, 140

Rumour (1969) 23, 25, 26, 28, 108, 174

Russell, Kurt 96

S

Say Goodnight, Lilian, Goodnight (1978) 91

Scott, Jon 129

Scott, Lizabeth 60, 64, 65, 160

Scorses, martin 140

Segal, George 51, 72, on

Hodges: 74–75, 77

Selinger, Dennis 28

Semple Jr., Lorenzo 95

Seven Samurai (1954) 50

Sewell, George 23

Shirley, Lloyd 19, 20

Shooting Stars and Other Heavenly Pursuits 12, 154, 169

Sikking, James B 117

Simeon, George 148

Small World of Sammy Lee (1963) 32

Smith, Mel 116, 117, 118, 119

Snatch (2000) 49

Soft Shoe Shuffle (1985) 121, 153

Some will Cry Murder 19

South Bank Show 21

Southern, Terry 89

Spare Parts (1977) 88

Spielberg, Steven 104, 116, 169

Squaring the Circle (1984) 10, 110–112, 123, 135, 150, 180

Stallone, Sylvester 48

Stander, Lionel 60

Star Wars (1971) 103

Stoppard, Tom 110, 111, 112, 113

Strasberg, Lee 21

Sunset Boulevard (1950) 16

Superman (1977) 104

Suschitsky, Wolfgang 32

Suspect (1968) 23, 24, 148, 176

Sutherland, Donald 153

Sweeney, The (1973) 24

T

Tanner, Tony 20

Tati, Jacques 21

Taylor, Don 90

Tempo 20, 22

Terminal Man, The (1974) 7, 10, 39, 51, 69–84, 86, 94, 108, 146, 174, 178

Them! (1955) 76

Thewlis, david 148

Top Hat (1935) 15, 78

Towers, Harry Allan 19

Tracey, Spencer 15

Turner, Simon Fisher 146

Tynan, Kenneth 20

Tyrant King, The (1967) 23

V

Verhoeven, Paul 121

Villain (1971) 51

Von Sydow, Max 96

voice-over technique 66–67, 107, 163

W

Walesa, Lech 110, 111

Ward, Fred 123

Webster, Paul 169

Welles, Orson 21, 90, 131, 134

Weston, Paul 170

W.G.O.D (1985) 81, 121, 122, 123, 138

Wilder, Billy 16, 91

Woodvine, John 111

World in Action 20, 46, 158

XYZ

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