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    Valentino 1977 POSTER

    Valentino

    1977

    English

    6.1

    15

    46%

    38%

    Action

    biography

    Biography

    Drama

    fame

    heart-throb

    historical figure

    hollywood

    lover

    Ken Russell Ken Russell Director Linda Thorson Linda Thorson as Billie Streeter Seymour Cassel Seymour Cassel as George Ullman Bill McKinney Bill McKinney as Policeman Ken Russell Ken Russell as Rex Ingram
    The untimely death of silent screen star Rudolph Valentino prompts the many women in his past to reminisce about his troubled rise to superstardom.
    Isadora 1966 POSTER

    Isadora

    1966

    English

    7.3

    9

    Action

    biography

    Biography

    dancer

    Documentary

    freak accident

    Ken Russell Ken Russell Director Ken Russell Ken Russell as Captain Patterson Peter Bowles Peter Bowles as Paris Singer Murray Melvin Murray Melvin as Photographer Anna Karen Anna Karen as (uncredited)
    The outrageous life of the American dancer of the 1920s, Isadora Duncan, whom Ken Russell described as "part genius and part charlatan".
    Gothic 1986 POSTER

    Gothic

    1986

    English

    5.7

    15

    60%

    49%

    Action

    Drama

    drugs

    Fantasy

    gay

    Horror

    literature

    lord byron

    mystery

    Mystery

    opium

    Ken Russell Ken Russell Director Timothy Spall Timothy Spall as Dr. Polidori Dexter Fletcher Dexter Fletcher as Rushton Julian Sands Julian Sands as Shelley Ken Russell Ken Russell as Tourist
    Living on an estate on the shores of Lake Geneva, Lord Byron is visited by Percy and Mary Shelley. Together with Byron's lover Claire Clairmont, and aided by hallucinogenic substances, they devise an evening of ghoulish tales. However, when confronted by horrors, ostensibly of their own creation, it becomes difficult to tell apparition from reality.
    A British Picture 1989 POSTER

    A British Picture

    1989

    English

    6.6

    4

    Action

    Biography

    Ken Russell Ken Russell Director Ross Donnelly Ross Donnelly as (archive footage) Ken Russell Ken Russell as Self Melvyn Bragg Melvyn Bragg as Self Victoria Russell Victoria Russell as Self
    The updated autobiography of Britain’s most controversial film director, the maker of Women in Love, The Devils, The Music Lovers, Tommy and The Rainbow, is as unconventional and brilliant as his best films. Moving with astonishing assurance through time and space, Russell recreates his life in a series of interconnected episodes – his thirties childhood in Southampton, his first sexual experience (watching Disney’s Pinocchio), his schooldays at the Nautical College, Pangbourne, early careers in the Merchant Marine and the Royal Air Force, dancing days at the Shepherds Bush Ballet Club and of course his career as a film-maker, beginning with an extraordinary interview with Huw Weldon for a job on Monitor. Full of marvellously funny anecdotes and fascinating insights into the realities of the film director's life, A British Picture is a remarkable autobiography.
    Color Me Kubrick 2005 POSTER

    Color Me Kubrick

    2005

    English

    6.1

    4

    51%

    42%

    Action

    Comedy

    Drama

    Brian W. Cook Brian W. Cook Director Honor Blackman Honor Blackman as Madam James Faulkner James Faulkner as Oliver Oliver Cotton Oliver Cotton as PC Metcalf Ken Russell Ken Russell as The Man in a Nightgown
    The true story of a man who posed as director Stanley Kubrick during the production of Kubrick's last film, Eyes Wide Shut, despite knowing very little about his work and looking nothing like him.
    Savage Messiah 1972 POSTER

    Savage Messiah

    1972

    English

    6.9

    6

    55%

    78%

    Action

    artist

    based on novel or book

    Biography

    countryside

    Drama

    library

    louvre museum

    paris, france

    Ken Russell Ken Russell Director Harry Fielder Harry Fielder as Angry Man in Crowd Helen Mirren Helen Mirren as Gosh Boyle Ken Russell Ken Russell as Passenger Getting Off Train Dorothy Tutin Dorothy Tutin as Sophie Brzeska
    In the Paris of the 1910s, brash young sculptor Henri Gaudier begins a creative partnership with an older writer, Sophie Brzeska. Though the couple is 20 years apart in age, Gaudier finds that his untamed work is complemented by the older woman's cultural refinement. He then moves to London with Brzeska, where he falls in with a group of avant-garde artists. There, Gaudier encounters yet another artistic muse in passionate suffragette Gosh Boyle.
    Mr. Nice 2010 POSTER

    Mr. Nice

    2010

    English

    6.3

    7

    53%

    44%

    Biography

    central intelligence agency (cia)

    cia

    Comedy

    Crime

    Drama

    explosive

    prison

    smuggling (contraband)

    wales

    Bernard Rose Bernard Rose Director Crispin Glover Crispin Glover as Ernie Combs Elsa Pataky Elsa Pataky as Ilze Kadegis David Thewlis David Thewlis as Jim McCann Ken Russell Ken Russell as Russell Miegs
    Biopic about 1970s Welsh marijuana trafficker Howard Marks, whose inventive smuggling schemes made him a huge success in the drug trade, as well as leading to dealings with both the IRA and British Intelligence. Based on Marks' biography with the same title.
    Salome's Last Dance 1988 POSTER

    Salome's Last Dance

    1988

    English

    6.4

    6

    44%

    86%

    based on play or musical

    Biography

    black humor

    brothel

    Comedy

    Drama

    london, england

    stage play

    victorian england

    Ken Russell Ken Russell Director Ken Russell Ken Russell as Cappadocian / Kenneth Stratford Johns Stratford Johns as Herod / Alfred Taylor Glenda Jackson Glenda Jackson as Herodias / Lady Alice Douglas Hodge Douglas Hodge as John the Baptist / Lord Alfred 'Bosey' Douglas
    London, England, November 5th, 1892, Guy Fawkes Night. The famous playwright Oscar Wilde and his lover Lord Alfred Douglas discreetly go to a luxury brothel where the owner, Alfred Taylor, has prepared a surprise for the renowned author: a private and very special performance of his play Salome, banned by the authorities, in which Taylor himself and the peculiar inhabitants of the exclusive establishment will participate.
    Whore 1991 POSTER

    Whore

    1991

    English

    5.6

    17

    38%

    34%

    Action

    Drama

    mistreatment

    rape

    sexual arousal

    sex work

    sex worker

    stockings

    Ken Russell Ken Russell Director Danny Trejo Danny Trejo as Tattoo Artist B.J. Ward B.J. Ward as Theatre Manager Ken Russell Ken Russell as Waiter Robert O'Reilly Robert O'Reilly as Younger Man in Car
    This melodrama investigates the life of a sex worker, in a pseudo-documentary style.
    Trapped Ashes 2006 POSTER

    Trapped Ashes

    2006

    English

    4.7

    10

    25%

    16%

    Action

    anthology

    Horror

    vampire

    Ken Russell Ken Russell Director Jayce Bartok Jayce Bartok as Andy Ken Russell Ken Russell as Dr. Lucy Jerry Wasserman Jerry Wasserman as Dr. Stengel Tygh Runyan Tygh Runyan as Young Stanley
    Trapped in a house of horror, seven people discover that the only way they'll get out alive is to tell their scariest stories.
    The Russia House 1990 POSTER

    The Russia House

    1990

    English

    6.1

    37

    70%

    50%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    central intelligence agency (cia)

    cia

    Drama

    lisbon, portugal

    Romance

    secret

    secret mission

    Thriller

    Fred Schepisi Fred Schepisi Director Colin Stinton Colin Stinton as Henziger Michelle Pfeiffer Michelle Pfeiffer as Katya Blu Mankuma Blu Mankuma as Merv Ken Russell Ken Russell as Walter
    Barley Scott Blair, a Lisbon-based editor of Russian literature who unexpectedly begins working for British intelligence, is commissioned to investigate the purposes of Dante, a dissident scientist trapped in the decaying Soviet Union that is crumbling under the new open-minded policies.
    Tommy 1975 POSTER

    Tommy

    1975

    English

    6.6

    20

    71%

    71%

    1970s

    Action

    adultery

    child abuse

    christmas party

    deaf-mute

    Drama

    midnight movie

    Musical

    Ken Russell Ken Russell Director Ken Russell Ken Russell as Cripple Oliver Reed Oliver Reed as Frank Pete Townshend Pete Townshend as Self Jack Nicholson Jack Nicholson as The Specialist
    After a series of traumatic childhood events, a psychosomatically deaf, dumb and blind boy becomes a master pinball player and the object of a religious cult.
    The Kids Are Alright 1979 POSTER

    The Kids Are Alright

    1979

    English

    8.0

    7

    100%

    88%

    Documentary

    Music

    Jeff Stein Jeff Stein Director Ken Russell Ken Russell as Self Steve Martin Steve Martin as Self Rick Danko Rick Danko as Self Pete Townshend Pete Townshend as Self (The Who)
    Through concert performances and interviews, this film offers us a comprehensive look at the British pioneer rock group, The Who. It captures their zany craziness and outrageous antics from the initial formation of the group in 1964 to 1978. It notably features the band's last performance with long-term drummer Keith Moon, filmed at Shepperton Studios in May 1978, three months before his death.
    The Lair of the White Worm 1988 POSTER

    The Lair of the White Worm

    1988

    English

    6.1

    40

    66%

    47%

    Action

    based on novel or book

    Comedy

    Horror

    nun

    rape

    temple

    vampire

    virgin

    Ken Russell Ken Russell Director Amanda Donohoe Amanda Donohoe as Lady Sylvia Marsh Hugh Grant Hugh Grant as Lord James D'Ampton Stratford Johns Stratford Johns as Peters Ken Russell Ken Russell as Police Radio
    When an archaeologist uncovers a strange skull in a foreign land, the residents of a nearby town begin to disappear, leading to further inexplicable occurrences.
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