4 Movies Starring John Castle

Blow-Up

Blow-Up

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-12-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Italy, USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (37849 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Michelangelo Antonioni (story)

Julio Cortèzar (short story "Las babas del diablo")

Michelangelo Antonioni (screenplay)

Tonino Guerra (screenplay)

Edward Bond (English dialogue)

Fullplot:

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. Then he meets a mysterious beauty, and also notices something frightfully suspicious on one of his photographs of her taken in a park. The fact that he may have photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together.

The Lion in Winter

The Lion in Winter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1968-10-30

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, USA

Runtime:

134 min

Rated:

PG

IMDB Ratings:

8.2 (21996 Reviews)

Director:

Anthony Harvey

Genres:

DramaHistory

Cast:

Writer:

James Goldman (screenplay)

James Goldman (play)

Fullplot:

Christmas 1183--an aging and conniving King Henry II plans a reunion where he hopes to name his successor. He summons the following people for the holiday: his scheming but imprisoned wife, Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine; his mistress, Princess Alais, whom he wishes to marry; his three sons (Richard, Geoffrey, and John), all of whom desire the throne; and the young but crafty King Philip of France (who is also Alais' brother). With the fate of Henry's empire at stake, everybody engages in their own brand of deception and treachery to stake their claim.

Merisairas

Merisairas

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1996-04-05

Languages:

English

Countries:

Sweden, France, Finland

Runtime:

94 min

IMDB Ratings:

5.3 (44 Reviews)

Director:

Veikko Aaltonen

Cast:

Writer:

Jukka Asikainen (dramaturge)

Iiro Kèttner

Fullplot:

The crew aboard a freight ship are stuck as sea, shunned at all ports because of the toxic waste the ship carriers.

Blow-Up

Blow-Up

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1966-12-18

Languages:

English

Countries:

UK, Italy, USA

Runtime:

111 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (37801 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Michelangelo Antonioni (story)

Julio Cortèzar (short story "Las babas del diablo")

Michelangelo Antonioni (screenplay)

Tonino Guerra (screenplay)

Edward Bond (English dialogue)

Fullplot:

A successful mod photographer in London whose world is bounded by fashion, pop music, marijuana, and easy sex, feels his life is boring and despairing. Then he meets a mysterious beauty, and also notices something frightfully suspicious on one of his photographs of her taken in a park. The fact that he may have photographed a murder does not occur to him until he studies and then blows up his negatives, uncovering details, blowing up smaller and smaller elements, and finally putting the puzzle together.

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