It’s Fritz Lang versus CinemaScope, for the first and last time. The format suited to snakes and funerals effectively hamstrings the great filmmaker’s expressive camera direction, yet the movie is one of the best of MGM’s last-gasp ’50s costume dramas. Corrupt smuggler Stewart Granger is redeemed by the faith of a young boy who believes in him; in this story the words “He’s my friend” take on a big significance. Come see director Lang struggle to adapt the wide-wide screen to accommodate his brand of real cinema.
Moonfleet
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1955 / Color / 2:55 widescreen / 87 min. / Street Date August 13, 2019 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Stewart Granger, Jon Whiteley, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindfors, Liliane Montevecchi, Melville Cooper, Sean McClory, Alan Napier, John Hoyt, Donna Corcoran, Jack Elam, Dan Seymour, Ian Wolfe.
Cinematography: Robert H. Planck
Film Editor: Albert Akst
Original Music: Miklos Rozsa
Written by Jan Lustig,...
Moonfleet
Blu-ray
Warner Archive Collection
1955 / Color / 2:55 widescreen / 87 min. / Street Date August 13, 2019 / available through the WBshop / 21.99
Starring: Stewart Granger, Jon Whiteley, George Sanders, Joan Greenwood, Viveca Lindfors, Liliane Montevecchi, Melville Cooper, Sean McClory, Alan Napier, John Hoyt, Donna Corcoran, Jack Elam, Dan Seymour, Ian Wolfe.
Cinematography: Robert H. Planck
Film Editor: Albert Akst
Original Music: Miklos Rozsa
Written by Jan Lustig,...
- 8/17/2019
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Review Rob Smedley 28 Dec 2013 - 22:11
Moonfleet, Sky One's adventure two-parter starring Ray Winstone, gets off to a rip-roaring start...
This review contains spoilers.
There's something about that tinselly interstice between Christmas and New Year when - your senses broken down by joyless fistfuls of Quality Street - you're willing to submit to the Television and hope that there's something good on for the family. Fortunately Sky One's adaptation of J. Meade Falkner's 1898 novel, Moonfleet (a Pointless answer in the making...) is an offering that might help fill the chocolatey void with its rattling adventure.
The year: 1757. The place: the coastal village of Moonfleet. The brandy: currently being smuggled ashore under the watchful gaze of Ray Winstone's Elzevir Block (surely the name of a coldsore cream?). Block who, presumably by virtue of having the biggest coat in the village, is in charge of smuggling tobacco, rum,...
Moonfleet, Sky One's adventure two-parter starring Ray Winstone, gets off to a rip-roaring start...
This review contains spoilers.
There's something about that tinselly interstice between Christmas and New Year when - your senses broken down by joyless fistfuls of Quality Street - you're willing to submit to the Television and hope that there's something good on for the family. Fortunately Sky One's adaptation of J. Meade Falkner's 1898 novel, Moonfleet (a Pointless answer in the making...) is an offering that might help fill the chocolatey void with its rattling adventure.
The year: 1757. The place: the coastal village of Moonfleet. The brandy: currently being smuggled ashore under the watchful gaze of Ray Winstone's Elzevir Block (surely the name of a coldsore cream?). Block who, presumably by virtue of having the biggest coat in the village, is in charge of smuggling tobacco, rum,...
- 12/28/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
The stars of Sky1's new drama Moonfleet talk smugglers and stunts in a new interview with Digital Spy.
The legendary Ray Winstone and rising star Aneurin Barnard team up for an action-packed adaptation of John Meade Falkner's classic novel - one of the highlights of Sky1's Christmas schedule.
The pair talk about the origins of Moonfleet, the dynamic between their characters - Barnard's John Trenchard and Winstone's Elzevir Block - and putting stuntmen out of work.
"He reminds me a lot of me when i was a young actor," Winstone says of his co-star. "[Except] he's better - take it from me!"
Moonfleet begins on Saturday, December 28th at 8pm and concludes on Sunday, December 29th at 8pm on Sky1.
Doctor Who, Downton, Sherlock: Digital Spy's 12 TV Picks of Christmas
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The legendary Ray Winstone and rising star Aneurin Barnard team up for an action-packed adaptation of John Meade Falkner's classic novel - one of the highlights of Sky1's Christmas schedule.
The pair talk about the origins of Moonfleet, the dynamic between their characters - Barnard's John Trenchard and Winstone's Elzevir Block - and putting stuntmen out of work.
"He reminds me a lot of me when i was a young actor," Winstone says of his co-star. "[Except] he's better - take it from me!"
Moonfleet begins on Saturday, December 28th at 8pm and concludes on Sunday, December 29th at 8pm on Sky1.
Doctor Who, Downton, Sherlock: Digital Spy's 12 TV Picks of Christmas
Trollied, Moonfleet, Mad Dogs: Sky1 unveils Christmas, New Year listings...
- 12/23/2013
- Digital Spy
Odd List Louisa Mellor 19 Dec 2013 - 07:00
We’ve scanned the UK TV schedules over the next fortnight and circled a few new Christmas programmes you may enjoy…
Despite this being the time of year when television repeats aren't just tolerated, but welcome (if at no point in the next fortnight does Dermot Morgan get lost in a department store underwear aisle, or a snowman ride a motorbike through a Sussex field, then it just won't feel like Christmas), we've gone for brand new shows in the list below.
There's a selection of new drama, comedy and a few other bits and pieces you may wish to circle in your festive TV listings magazine... Merry Christmas.
Drama Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
What is it? It's Doctor Who. Do you need to know anything else?
What’s this one about? This one-hour special is Matt Smith's farewell episode as the Doctor,...
We’ve scanned the UK TV schedules over the next fortnight and circled a few new Christmas programmes you may enjoy…
Despite this being the time of year when television repeats aren't just tolerated, but welcome (if at no point in the next fortnight does Dermot Morgan get lost in a department store underwear aisle, or a snowman ride a motorbike through a Sussex field, then it just won't feel like Christmas), we've gone for brand new shows in the list below.
There's a selection of new drama, comedy and a few other bits and pieces you may wish to circle in your festive TV listings magazine... Merry Christmas.
Drama Doctor Who: The Time of the Doctor
What is it? It's Doctor Who. Do you need to know anything else?
What’s this one about? This one-hour special is Matt Smith's farewell episode as the Doctor,...
- 12/17/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
God rest ye merry schedulers - your work is done for another year and now us lucky lot have a plethora of fantastic telly to enjoy over the Christmas and New Year period.
But if you're looking at your TV listings mags and finding it all a bit overwhelming, then don't panic... Digital Spy presents The 12 Picks of Christmas - a duodecuple of December (and early January) shows!
1. The Muppets and Lady Gaga at Christmas - Sunday, December 22 at 5.25pm on Channel 5
The festive telly season kicks off with Channel 5's flagship show for the holidays. Originally aired on ABC in the Us in November, this 75-minute special sees Gaga perform songs from her latest album Artpop and also features Elton John, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Bell, RuPaul and - of course - Kermit, Miss Piggy and co. Sounds utterly bonkers - so a perfect vehicle for Gaga then.
2. Call the Midwife - Christmas Day (Wednesday,...
But if you're looking at your TV listings mags and finding it all a bit overwhelming, then don't panic... Digital Spy presents The 12 Picks of Christmas - a duodecuple of December (and early January) shows!
1. The Muppets and Lady Gaga at Christmas - Sunday, December 22 at 5.25pm on Channel 5
The festive telly season kicks off with Channel 5's flagship show for the holidays. Originally aired on ABC in the Us in November, this 75-minute special sees Gaga perform songs from her latest album Artpop and also features Elton John, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kristen Bell, RuPaul and - of course - Kermit, Miss Piggy and co. Sounds utterly bonkers - so a perfect vehicle for Gaga then.
2. Call the Midwife - Christmas Day (Wednesday,...
- 12/17/2013
- Digital Spy
Trailer Louisa Mellor 26 Nov 2013 - 06:39
Ray Winstone and Aneurin Barnard feature in Sky One's adaptation of smugglers' adventure, Moonfleet...
Ray Winstone in a tricorn hat growling about diamonds to an orphan? That's my idea of a Christmas drama. Sky One evidently agrees, so is serving up this new adaptation of J. Meade Falkner's nineteenth century adventure novel Moonfleet as part of its festive line-up.
Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen) plays lead John Trenchard, a young man who gets caught up in a smuggling adventure with local landlord Elzevir Block, played by Ray Winstone. See what you think of the trailer below:
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MoonfleetRay WinstoneAneurin BarnardSky One...
Ray Winstone and Aneurin Barnard feature in Sky One's adaptation of smugglers' adventure, Moonfleet...
Ray Winstone in a tricorn hat growling about diamonds to an orphan? That's my idea of a Christmas drama. Sky One evidently agrees, so is serving up this new adaptation of J. Meade Falkner's nineteenth century adventure novel Moonfleet as part of its festive line-up.
Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen) plays lead John Trenchard, a young man who gets caught up in a smuggling adventure with local landlord Elzevir Block, played by Ray Winstone. See what you think of the trailer below:
Follow our Twitter feed for faster news and bad jokes right here. And be our Facebook chum here.
MoonfleetRay WinstoneAneurin BarnardSky One...
- 11/26/2013
- by louisamellor
- Den of Geek
Vikings
Alexander Ludwig and Linus Roache have joined the second season of History Channel's "Vikings" as series regulars. Shooting begins this summer for a 2014 return.
Ludwig will portray Bjorn, the intelligent and bold warrior son of Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel). Roache will play Ecbert, King of Wessex. [Source: The Live Feed]
Critics Choice Awards
"Breaking Bad" and "Game of Thrones" tied to win Best Drama Series at the 3rd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night.
"The Big Bang Theory" won in the Best Comedy Series category, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" was honored as Best Talk Show, "Archer" was honored as Best Animated Series, and "Behind the Candelabra" was honored as Best Movie/Miniseries. [Source: TV Line]
Someday Someday Maybe
Actress Lauren Graham has closed a deal with Warner Bros TV and A Very Good Production for an hourlong drama series adaptation of her new book "Someday, Someday,...
Alexander Ludwig and Linus Roache have joined the second season of History Channel's "Vikings" as series regulars. Shooting begins this summer for a 2014 return.
Ludwig will portray Bjorn, the intelligent and bold warrior son of Ragnar Lothbrok (Travis Fimmel). Roache will play Ecbert, King of Wessex. [Source: The Live Feed]
Critics Choice Awards
"Breaking Bad" and "Game of Thrones" tied to win Best Drama Series at the 3rd annual Critics’ Choice Television Awards held at the Beverly Hilton Hotel last night.
"The Big Bang Theory" won in the Best Comedy Series category, "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" was honored as Best Talk Show, "Archer" was honored as Best Animated Series, and "Behind the Candelabra" was honored as Best Movie/Miniseries. [Source: TV Line]
Someday Someday Maybe
Actress Lauren Graham has closed a deal with Warner Bros TV and A Very Good Production for an hourlong drama series adaptation of her new book "Someday, Someday,...
- 6/12/2013
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
Aneurin Barnard is set to star alongside Ray Winstone in Sky1's brand new family drama Moonfleet, a two-part adaptation of the much loved John Meade Falkner novel, written by Ashley Pharoah.
Aneurin (represented by Ken McReddie Associates), won an Olivier award in 2010 for best actor in a musical for his West End debut as Melchoir in musical Spring Awakening after graduating from Rwcmd in 2008. He will next be seen as the lead in feature film Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box and on TV as the Duke of Gloucester in BBC One's The White Queen.
Set in the small Dorset village of Moonfleet, Aneurin plays young John Trenchard who is desperate to join the local band of smugglers led by Elzevir Block (Winstone). Together they embark on an adventure full of action, friendship and humour, and hunt for a fabled lost diamond. Their journey takes them from 18th Century Dorset,...
Aneurin (represented by Ken McReddie Associates), won an Olivier award in 2010 for best actor in a musical for his West End debut as Melchoir in musical Spring Awakening after graduating from Rwcmd in 2008. He will next be seen as the lead in feature film Mariah Mundi and the Midas Box and on TV as the Duke of Gloucester in BBC One's The White Queen.
Set in the small Dorset village of Moonfleet, Aneurin plays young John Trenchard who is desperate to join the local band of smugglers led by Elzevir Block (Winstone). Together they embark on an adventure full of action, friendship and humour, and hunt for a fabled lost diamond. Their journey takes them from 18th Century Dorset,...
- 6/11/2013
- by noreply@blogger.com (ScreenTerrier)
- ScreenTerrier
Sky1 HD‘s latest original drama is a two-part adaptation of the John Meade Falkner adventure novel, Moonfleet. Ray Winstone will play Elzevir Block, the leader of a band of smugglers in 18th century Dorset, England. He’s joined by Aneurin Barnard (The White Queen, Emanuel And The Truth About Fishes) who plays a young newcomer to the smuggling crew as they embark on the hunt for a lost diamond. Ashley Pharoah, creator of the original Life On Mars, wrote the adaptation that also stars Ben Chaplin, Omid Djalili and Sophie Cookson. Shooting starts this summer in Dublin. Company Pictures, producer of Starz/BBC series The White Queen, is producing Moonfleet in association with Ireland’s Element Pictures. Bletchley Circle‘s Andy de Emmony directs and Endeavour‘s Dan McCulloch produces. Exec producers are Huw Kennair-Jones, John Yorke, Claire Ingham, Pharoah and Patrick Spence. Winstone is up next in Darren Aronofsky...
- 6/10/2013
- by NANCY TARTAGLIONE, International Editor
- Deadline TV
Sky1 has announced a new drama, starring Ray Winstone in the lead role.
Based on the classic John Meade Falkner novel of the same title, Moonfleet is a two-part series penned by Life on Mars writer Ashley Pharoah.
Winstone stars as Elzevir Block, the head of a gang of smugglers in 18th Century Dorset, who recruit young John Trenchard, played by The White Queen star Aneurin Barnard. Together they go on a journey "full of action, friendship and humour, and hunt for a fabled lost diamond".
Winsone said of the role: "I'm incredibly excited to be working with Sky - I can't wait to start filming and it's a real honour to be bringing such an epic adventure story to life."
Comic and Gladiator actor Omid Djalili stars as diamond merchant Aldobrand and Mad Dogs star Ben Chaplin will play the town's anti-smuggling Magistrate.
Inbetweeners actor Martin Trenaman, Silent Witness's Lorcan Cranitch,...
Based on the classic John Meade Falkner novel of the same title, Moonfleet is a two-part series penned by Life on Mars writer Ashley Pharoah.
Winstone stars as Elzevir Block, the head of a gang of smugglers in 18th Century Dorset, who recruit young John Trenchard, played by The White Queen star Aneurin Barnard. Together they go on a journey "full of action, friendship and humour, and hunt for a fabled lost diamond".
Winsone said of the role: "I'm incredibly excited to be working with Sky - I can't wait to start filming and it's a real honour to be bringing such an epic adventure story to life."
Comic and Gladiator actor Omid Djalili stars as diamond merchant Aldobrand and Mad Dogs star Ben Chaplin will play the town's anti-smuggling Magistrate.
Inbetweeners actor Martin Trenaman, Silent Witness's Lorcan Cranitch,...
- 6/10/2013
- Digital Spy
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