As Disney quietly disappears huge swathes of film history into its vaults, I'm going to spend 2020 celebrating Twentieth Century Fox and the Fox Film Corporation's films, what one might call their output if only someone were putting it out.***"Like watching Shirley Temple pull the wings off a fly," was one critic's evocative summary of A High Wind in Jamaica (1965), Alexander Mackendrick's disturbingly faithful rendition of Richard Hughes' striking novel.The book had been a passion project of Mackendrick for years, and he'd tried unsuccessfully to set it up at Ealing, the little British studio which had launched his career, but the story, in which a crew of anachronistic Victorian pirates find themselves inadvertent abductors of a family of schoolchildren, was much too strange and upsetting for producer Michael Balcon. You see, the children utterly destroy the pirates. It was a variation on the theme of "lethal innocence...
- 10/29/2020
- MUBI
Similar News
Disney Must Pay $345K for Unlicensed 2017 ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Digital Effects
- 4/21/2024
- by Mike Phalin
- Pirates & Princesses
Alloy Entertainment Ups Elysa Koplovitz Dutton To EVP, Theatrical Film Production
- 4/15/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Film Academy Museum, Slammed for Initial Oversight, Will Debut Permanent Exhibition on Hollywood’s Jewish Founders in May
- 4/11/2024
- by Scott Feinberg
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Roman Polanski Rape Trial Set For Next Year; Director Accused Again Of Assaulting A Minor In 1970s, Oscar Winner Served At His Paris Home
- 3/12/2024
- by Dominic Patten
- Deadline Film + TV
The Most Disgusting Oscars Event is a Permanent Stain on The Academy That’s Even More Despicable Than Will Smith Slapping Chris Rock
- 3/10/2024
- by Nishanth A
- FandomWire
6 Most Controversial Oscar Decisions That Will Make Your Blood Boil for the Sheer Disrespect
- 3/10/2024
- by Ariane Cruz
- FandomWire
IMDb.com, Inc. takes no responsibility for the content or accuracy of the above news articles, Tweets, or blog posts. This content is published for the entertainment of our users only. The news articles, Tweets, and blog posts do not represent IMDb's opinions nor can we guarantee that the reporting therein is completely factual. Please visit the source responsible for the item in question to report any concerns you may have regarding content or accuracy.
More to explore
‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Casts Thandiwe Newton (Exclusive)
- 4/23/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety - TV News
Terry Carter, ‘Battlestar Galactica’ and ‘McCloud’ Actor, Dies at 95
- 4/23/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety - Film News
‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ Trailer: Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds Fight to the F—ing Death in Raunchy MCU Debut
- 4/22/2024
- by Diego Ramos Bechara
- Variety - Film News
Netflix to Present Sneak Peek of New Wallace & Gromit, Zack Snyder’s ‘Twilight of the Gods’ at Annecy
- 4/22/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
‘Lord of the Rings’ Owner Embracer to Separate Into Three Standalone Publicly Listed Entities
- 4/22/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran and K.J. Yossman
- Variety - Film News
Meg Bennett, Soap Opera Actress and Writer, Dies at 75
- 4/21/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Chuwi Is the Voice of a New Puerto Rican Generation
- 4/23/2024
- by Juan Arroyo
- Popsugar.com
Camila Mendes on Why We Need More Latine Representation in Rom-Coms
- 4/22/2024
- by Brenda Barrientos
- Popsugar.com
Saraciea Fennell: "The Black Girl Survives in This One" Is the Representation I Didn't See in Horror Books
- 4/22/2024
- by Saraciea Fennell
- Popsugar.com
Tell Me Más: Bodine Talks New Album "Quemo Lento" and Growing From Hardships
- 4/22/2024
- by Juan Arroyo
- Popsugar.com
Ethan and Maya Hawke Almost Abandoned ‘Wildcat’ After Discovering Flannery O’Connor’s Racist Letters
- 4/23/2024
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
‘The Ritual’: Al Pacino & Dan Stevens To Lead New Exorcism Film Coming Out In 2025
- 4/23/2024
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
Eddie Redmayne Lives a ‘Monastic’ Life for Broadway’s ‘Cabaret’: Lay’s Chips for Lozenges and ‘the Most Painful Massage’
- 4/23/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
Glen Powell Says Sydney Sweeney Orchestrated Meta ‘Anyone but You’ Marketing Campaign
- 4/23/2024
- by Samantha Bergeson
- Indiewire
Why Everyone Is Talking About Netflix’s ‘Baby Reindeer’
- 4/23/2024
- by Proma Khosla
- Indiewire
‘Deadpool and Wolverine’ Trailer: Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds Fight to the F—ing Death in Raunchy MCU Debut
- 4/22/2024
- by Diego Ramos Bechara
- Variety - Film News
Ethan and Maya Hawke Almost Abandoned ‘Wildcat’ After Discovering Flannery O’Connor’s Racist Letters
- 4/23/2024
- by Chris O'Falt
- Indiewire
‘The Ritual’: Al Pacino & Dan Stevens To Lead New Exorcism Film Coming Out In 2025
- 4/23/2024
- by Christopher Marc
- The Playlist
Post Malone Partners With Michael Bay and Brad Fuller’s Platinum Dunes, Vault Comics For New IP Universe
- 4/23/2024
- by Katcy Stephan
- Variety - Film News
Eddie Redmayne Lives a ‘Monastic’ Life for Broadway’s ‘Cabaret’: Lay’s Chips for Lozenges and ‘the Most Painful Massage’
- 4/23/2024
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Indiewire
‘Wednesday’ Season 2 Casts Thandiwe Newton (Exclusive)
- 4/23/2024
- by Joe Otterson
- Variety - TV News
Terry Carter, ‘Battlestar Galactica’ and ‘McCloud’ Actor, Dies at 95
- 4/23/2024
- by Lexi Carson
- Variety - Film News
Netflix to Present Sneak Peek of New Wallace & Gromit, Zack Snyder’s ‘Twilight of the Gods’ at Annecy
- 4/22/2024
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Terry Carter Dies: ‘Battlestar Galactica’ & ‘McCloud’ Star Was 95
- 4/23/2024
- TV Insider
Terry Carter, McCloud and Original Battlestar Galactica Star, Dead at 95
- 4/23/2024
- by Andy Swift
- TVLine.com