It had all the earmarks of a great film, but fell flat every chance it was offered. According to the wikipedia article on the film version, the director didnt buy that clarice would run off with hannibal. Along with an american and an austrian he escapes with the elephant and heads for the swiss border. They escape and go on the run in order to get to switzerland. From director michael winners early unpredictable period comes this curates egg of a ww ii movie aimed, apparently, at families and counterculture fans of bonnie and clyde second banana michael j. However, thankfully the owners of the franchise decided to stick with the idea and released the silence of the lambs in. Reed in hannibal brooks oliver reed funny people my world elephant actors entertainment film classic. Karin baal was born on september 19, 1940 in berlinwedding, germany as karin blauermel. Hannibal, a film based on thomas harris novel, starring anthony hopkins.
Along with an american and an austrian he escapes with the elephant and heads for the swiss. Hannibal brooks 1969 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Jill bernstein, who gained extraordinary access to the film s cast and crew. Pollard, oliver reed, peter carsten and wolfgang preiss.
Hannibal brooks 1969 a british prisoner of war is assigned to take care of an elephant in a zoo. Find films and movies featuring oliver reed on allmovie. Mason verger gary oldman remembers lecter too, and is obsessed with revenge. The hannibal lecter collection the movie database tmdb. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover hannibal s. One can excuse the acting which is a tad wooden and stilted at times and settle back to enjoy a traditional good yarn.
Together they head for the swiss border and freedom. Hannibal brooks senior insight associate olson zaltman. The initial film, manhunter in 1986 was the only one in the series not to do so well. On the train he meets an american prisoner, packy, whos obsessed with escaping. The film follows a prisoner of wars attempt to escape from nazi germany to switzerland during world war ii, accompanied by an asian elephant. Instead, the box set comes with two clamshell or butterfly caseseach containing six discsand a 48page booklet containing album covers, track lists, credits and a short. Aug 23, 2009 hannibal brooks gc1xjwz was created by astrograph on 8232009. Directed by michael winner after a story of his and tom wright. Pollard made by michael winner in 1969, this is the story of a british p. Dec 28, 20 mary hopkin those were the days lyrics duration. He uses this to his advantage and begins formulating his escape. Released january 1st, 1969, hannibal brooks stars oliver reed, michael j. The music, i believe by francis lai, remains one of my favourite film scores and superbly compliments the film throughout. Lecters sixth victim, and though horribly disfigured, has survived.
Oliver reed stars in this 1969 movie as an escaped british pow, struggling over the alps in his attempt to reach switzerland with an elephant as one of his companions. From director michael winners early unpredictable period comes this curates egg of a ww ii movie aimed, apparently, at families and counterculture fans of. Hannibal brooks 1969 cast and crew a british prisoner of war is assigned to take care of an elephant in a zoo. Impressive and seemingly forgotten antiwar film, with equally excellent performances from reed and aida the elephant. Hannibal, director ridley scotts followup to jonathan demmes the silence of the lambs, is a very different work from its predecessor. British pow brooks reed is assigned to look after an elephant named lucy, to whom he grows devoted. West 11 is a 1963 british crime film directed by michael winner and starring alfred lynch, kathleen breck, eric portman, diana dors, and kathleen harrison.
According to the imdb page of the writer of hannibal brooks, tom wrighttom wright 19232002 was a scottish poet, dramatist, and television writer, who served in world war ii as a british army corporal and on 3 september 1944 participated in the liberation of brussels. En route to innsbruck, brooks accidentally kills the nazi member of the escort peter carsten. In hannibal romes worst nightmare, by philip brooks, the author did an excellent job telling about the life of, hannibal, as a general. Also viewed was michael winners hannibal brooks, and oscar x 4 winning butch cassidy and the sundance kid. Along with an american and an austrian he escapes with the elephant and heads for. A mysterythriller, the silence of the lambs focused on the tense exchanges between a highly intelligent serial killer and a novice fbi agent in an american prison, and howard shores score echoed the film s claustrophobic, subterranean settings. An almost complete list of both the psychotronic video guide and the encyclopedia.
From director michael winners early unpredictable period comes this curates egg of a ww ii movie aimed, apparently, at families and. To summarise, take time out to watch this film and im sure you wont feel time was wasted. All packet size 8mb number of packets 539 screen format wide screen dvd format ntsc in ww2, captured british soldier stephen brooks is on a prison train to germany. When the zoo is bombed by the americans, brooks is ordered to transport the elephant to a safer zoo in innsbruck.
In this oddball war comedy, set during wwii, a british pow is assigned to safely transport a rare elephant from the munich zoo. Ulmer, although imdb lists carlo ludovico bragaglia as a codirector. The hannibal lecter series has been very profitable over the last 30 years. Hannibal brooks is an offbeat 60s ww11 flick that gets too far fetched for its own good. Hannibal brooks, movie, 1969 internet movie cars database. Hannibal brooks 1969 pg 1h 41min comedy, adventure, war 30 march 1969 uk a prisoner of war working at a zoo gets the chance to escape from the germans, so he does and he takes with him the elephant that hes been caring for.
Hannibal sefton, in the benjamin january mysteries. Hannibal lecter is an american psychological thriller film series, adapted from the thomas harris novel of the same name. Hannibal, missouri, a city and hometown of american writer mark twain. Shelley winters and oliver reed on the tonight show starring johnny carson, september 26 1975 duration. The zoo is bombed by the americans and the director of the zoo decides it is not safe for his asian elephant lucy to remain there. Pollard, karin baal, wolfgang preiss the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 41 min, and received a score of out of. In this book, a fearsome, strong, scary, brave, and smart general named hannibal is conquering the bottom half of europe. Escaped pow oliver reed rescues an elephant from a bombedout nazi zoo and tries to get her to switzerland in a scenario based. The latter, for some reason appearing as though hed just completed a crash diet, is simply dreadful as a cocky yank prisoner. Escaped pow oliver reed rescues an elephant from a bombedout nazi zoo and. A british prisonerofwar befriends an elephant when he is working in munich zoo, and ends up escaping with the elephant over the alps into switzerland. Hannibal brooks 1969 ganzer film deutsch komplett kino. Annibale is a 1959 italian historical adventure film based on the life of hannibal, starring victor mature in the title role.
Gpitral2 music for learning english with subtitles recommended for you. My random number generator having landed on 1969, it was an excuse to revisit a personal favourite, krakatoa, east of java. When the zoo is bombed, brooks is assinged to help evacuate an elephant to innsbruck, thus earning his nickname. It marks the first film pairing of terence hill and bud spencer. Starts in a german ww2 prison camp where oliver reed and michael j pollard are prisoners of war. Unlike our first two box setselmer bernsteins film music collection and superman. Because no vehicles are available, he must go on foot. Hannibal is a sequel to the 1991 academy awardwinning film the silence of the lambs that returns anthony hopkins to his iconic role as serial killer hannibal lecter. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of hannibal brooks with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. Hannibal lecter anthony hopkins escaped from custody. In my effort to log more oliver reed movies i stumbled across micheal winnerss hannibal brooks and. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. However, the book ends with hannibal drugging clarice and the two of them running off together.
Hannibal given name, a list of people hannibal surname, a list of people hannibal lokumbe born 1948, american jazz trumpeter and composer born marvin peterson, also known simply as hannibal. Pollard and an austrian helmut lohner, the trio escapes with the elephant and heads for the swiss border. Hannibal brooks is a 1969 britishamerican war comedy film directed by michael winner and. It starts with the improbable premise of a british p. Also worth noting is that history cast a black actor to play hannibal in the series although whether hannibal was blackafrican is up for debate. Verger realizes that to draw the doctor into the open, he must use someone as bait. Great film for a duvet day or on a sunday afternoon in front of the log fire. Lighthearted world war ii escape adventure about a british prisoner of war working at munich zoo who sees a chance for freedom when he is given. Hannibal brooks bluray disc details highdef digest. Brookss own theme identified in the albums track titles as love theme from hannibal brooks even though it is does not really function as a love theme in the film is true to the characters trademark pacifism, never straying far from its jazz lullaby origins, while lucys playful material emphasizes highhat cymbal, and low. The film was originally intended to be a more personal account of hannibal s life, but the studio instead pressured the film makers into developing a more standard historical film. The first adaptation was the 1986 film manhunter, which was an adaptation of red dragon, directed by michael mann.
Hannibal brooks oliver reed is a british prisoner of war assigned to care for an elephant in a zoo in munich. What can you say about a war movie where an elephant crosses the alps. Its a great story and well performed, and something out of the ordinary for a war movie. British prisoner of war hannibal brooks spends his time in the second world war caring for lucy the elephant at munich zoo, a bombing raid damages the zoo and hannibal is sent with a group of german soldiers to transport lucy to the austrian city of innsbruck. A prisoner of war working at a zoo gets the chance to escape from the germans, so he does and he takes with him the elephant that hes been caring for. Hinnibal brooks 1969 dvd world war ii action comedy audio.
Feb 08, 2001 so said ridley scott when he was first asked to direct hannibal, the longawaited sequel to the silence of the lambs. Voir en hannibal brooks 1969 vf gratuit film complet. In fact, it lost around 7 million dollars after it was released. Jan, 2014 many thanks to hardtroopz for reminding me what a great film this one is. Todays deals your gift cards help whole foods registry sell disability customer support. The next adaptation was 1991s the silence of the lambs, which was directed by jonathan demme and was the first film to feature anthony hopkins in the role of hannibal lecter, which was remade as sangharsh in 1999.
The film was released theatrically in the usa on 18 june 1960. The musicthe mgm soundtrack treasury is not packaged with a deluxe book. Theres an epic filmseries to be made from carthaginian. Oliver reed stars in this 1969 movie as an escaped british pow, struggling over the alps in his attempt to reach. At the end of the movie, hannibal escapes and leaves clarice behind. A pow in world war ii is put to work in a munich zoo, looking after an asian elephant. Why is the ending to the film adaptation of hannibal. The scenery is gorgeous, the acting is light and the. Nov 11, 2012 hannibal brooks 1968 directed by michael winner 102 min.
When the german caretaker is killed in a bombing raid, brooks is put in charge and directed to take the elephant to safety in ausria. Hannibal brooks 1968 entgleiste hier fur dreharbeiten zum film hannibal brooks ein mit sperrholzpanzern beladener zug. When he is captured, reeds character, hannibal brooks, volunteers to work at the munich zoo and becomes the caretaker for the zoos elephant, lucy. Shame it is not in the prime video library which is the reason i had to buy the dvd. World war ii is a barrel of laughs as pacifist pow reed teams with pollard to escape germany for switzerland with an. It is based on the furnished room 1961, laura delrivos debut novel, which was adapted for the screen by willis hall and keith waterhouse. From director michael winners early unpredictable period comes this curates egg of a ww ii movie aimed, apparently, at families and counterculture fans of bonnie and clyde second banana michael. Many thanks to hardtroopz for reminding me what a great film this one is. Hannibal, a ring name of devon nicholson born 1982, canadian professional wrestler. Pollard and wolfgang preiss the film follows a prisoner of wars attempt to escape from nazi germany to switzerland during world war ii, accompanied by an asian elephant. View hannibal brooks profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Hannibal brooks 1969 stream and watch online moviefone.
Hannibal brooks 1969 dvd region 1 playable in north america the us, canada, mexico, etc. Gc1xjwz hannibal brooks traditional cache in vorarlberg. How ridley scotts hannibal came to be made film the guardian. Pollard karin baal 1969 a pow in germany whose work detail is the zoo learns to take care of the elephants, which eventually aids in his escape. Hannibal brooks ganzer film online ansehen deutsch 1969 german online download hannibal brooks 1969 deutsch stream online anschauen kkiste, hannibal brooks 1969 german stream online anschauen kinox, film hd stream deutsch kostenlos online schauen hannibal brooks 1969 ganzer film german online anschauen, kompletter inhalt. Part of the joy of these old films is seeing the film grain which is particularly apparent when projected on a big screen. Its a regular size geocache, with difficulty of 2, terrain of 2. Hannibal, based on the life on the carthaginian general.
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