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ALTERED STATES
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"Paddy Chayevsky's magic mushroom movie," as director Ken Russell describes it. William Hurt makes a dazzling debut as a research scientist on an incredible journey into the inner space of the mind. With Blair Brown and spectacular special effects by Bran Ferren. Ken Russell---Great Britain---1980---103 mins.
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CRIMES OF PASSION
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Ken Russell's off-the-wall sex satire stars Kathleen Turner as a prostitute involved with a married man and shadowed by a deviant preacher (Anthony Perkins, taking his typecasting to new levels of craziness). The film was heavily cut for its U.S. release to avoid an "X" rating. This is the original uncensored version. With John Laughlin, Bruce Davison and Annie Potts. Ken Russell---USA---1984---110 mins.
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DEVILS, THE (IMPORT)
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Ken Russell's controversial masterpiece. Given Warner's reluctance to release any cut on DVD, you might want to stake your claim in this BFI Special Edition.
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ELGAR
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Ken Russell's Elgar has attained classic status in the realm of television documentaries since it was first shown on November 11th, 1962 as the 100th program in the BBC's Monitor series. Made at a time when much that is now known about Elgar had yet to be published, Russell's film is remarkable for its sensitive portrait of the rise of a young musician from a relatively poor background to international fame. Ken Russell---Great Britain---1962---71 mins.
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FALL OF THE LOUSE OF USHER
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Ken Russell (Lair of the White Worm) brings his trademark eccentricity to this loose adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's infamous story. Filmed on a shoestring budget with a digital camera, Russell's version is a demented tale of a rock star, Roderick Usher, who is sent to an asylum after murdering his wife. After a series of shock treatments by Dr. Calahari (played by Russell), wild musical numbers and other bits of mayhem, the truth behind the murder is Ken Russell---Great Britain---2002---84 mins.
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GOTHIC
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Ken Russell recreates a bizarre night at a chateau in Switzerland where Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, Percy Bysshe Shelley and a few friends told scary stories that would later affect their lives. Cast includes Gabriel Byrne, Natasha Richardson and Julian Sands. Ken Russell---Great Britain---1987---90 mins.
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IN SEARCH OF ENGLISH FOLK SONG
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Known for his outlandish musical biopics and other controversial (The Devils) and far-out (Tommy) films, British filmmaker Ken Russell poses a simple question here: What makes a traditional English folk song? Wading through Celtic and other musical traditions, he and an abundance of guests (Fairport Convention, Donovan, Osibisa, Eliza Carthy, The Albion Band, The Percy Grainger Chamber Orchestra) seek the true spirit of English folk. Ken Russell---Great Britain---1997---60 mins.
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KEN RUSSELL AT THE BBC
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Before reinterpreting the lives of classical composers in Mahler and Lisztomania, Ken Russell made The Debussey Film and other experimental biopics for the BBC.
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LADY CHATTERLEY
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Ken Russell's adaptation of three D.H. Lawrence's stories about the carnal exploits of an aristocratic English lady during the 1920's created a minor stir in England for being too risque for television. Joely Richardson plays the title character, with Sean Bean as her stableboy lover and James Wilby as her elderly, infirm husband. Ken Russell---Great Britain---1992---205 mins.
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LAIR OF THE WHITE WORM
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Ken Russell unearths a tale written by Bram Stoker (Dracula) about an ancient pagan snake cult flourishing in the modern English countryside, and adds his own touches of excess and depravity and fun. Can the dashing lord save the beautiful virgin from the unholy clutches of a fiendish but fashionably dressed cult priestess? With Hugh Grant, Catherine Oxenberg, Peter Capaldi and Amanda Donohoe as Lady Sylvia. A forked-tongue-in-cheek horror Ken Russell---Great Britain---1988---90 mins.
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MAHLER
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A dazzling evocation of the moods, loves and music of one of the foremost composers--Gustav Mahler. By means of flashbacks and dream imagery, the film focuses on the turbulent relationship Mahler had with his beautiful wife. Starring Robert Powell and Georgina Hale, with Mahler's symphonies played by the Concertgebouw Orchestra of Amsterdam. Ken Russell---Great Britain---1976---110 mins.
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RAINBOW (HOSKINS RUSSELL)
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Ken Russell returns to the works of D.H. Lawrence in this prequel to Women in Love. Sammi Davis stars as the young Gudren; Glenda Jackson, who played the same part as an adult, is cast as her mother. Davis is a young independent woman with ideas ahead of her time, and suitors of both sexes in competition for her affection. With Amanda Donohoe, Paul McGann, and David Hemmings. Strong cast and magnificent cinematography. An accomplished adult drama. Ken Russell---Great Britain---1989---104 mins.
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TOMMY
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Ken Russell's garish and psychedelic handling of The Who's visionary rock opera about a young man named Tommy (Roger Daltry), who becomes deaf, blind and mute after witnessing the murder of his father by his mother (Ann-Margret) and her lover (Oliver Reed). The striking visual compositions and brilliant music carry the film. Some excellent performances from Tina Turner, Eric Clapton and Elton John. Jack Nicholson contributes a great cameo as a specialist assigned to cure Tommy. Ken Russell---Great Britain---1975---110 mins.
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VALENTINO (NUREYEV/RUSSELL)
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Ken Russell's flamboyant biography of Rudolph Valentino. His masterstroke was the casting of Russian ballet star Rudolf Nureyev in the title role. The screenplay by Russell and Mardik Martin was adapted from the book by Brad Steiger and Chaw Mank. With Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Kendal, Huntz Hall and Alfred Marks.
Ken Russell---Great Britain---1977---127 mins.
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WOMEN IN LOVE
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Alan Bates, Oliver Reed, Glenda Jackson, and Jennie Linden star in Ken Russell's Oscar-nominated adaptation of the D.H. Lawrence novel.
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