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Another Film That Proves Disney Has Mastered The Art Of Recycling

Edit Inquisitr 29 Feb 2016
The first teaser trailer for the new Disney film Pete’sDragon was released earlier this week – grabbing the attention of millions of people around the world ... Pete’s Dragon ... The Don Chaffey-directed musical combined live actors and actresses with an animated dragon that served as Pete’s frequently invisible best friend ... “I don’t think we could do it any better. Honestly ... So that’s still intact....

Classic film review: "Jason and the Argonauts" (1963)

Edit The Examiner 02 Jan 2016
When someone mentions “Jason and the Argonauts,” the first thing that comes to mind are the special effects sequences featuring Ray Harryhausen’s stop motion animation ... And for a feature with a 100-minute running time, that is a bit on the thin side ... Bernard Herrmann’s rousing music score resonates with epic grandeur, but it often seems misplaced when Don Chaffey’s direction reveals a rather underpopulated adventure ... ....

Hazel Adair: Prolific writer on Emergency - Ward 10 and co-creator of Crossroads

Edit The Independent 27 Nov 2015
They collaborated on four flesh-filled sex romps (Virgin Witch, Clinic Xclusive, Can You Keep it Up for a Week" and Keep it Up Downstairs), offering her an opportunity to work with seasoned TV veterans such as Ray Austin and Don Chaffey, as well as the Hammer director Robert Young, at a time when the legit British film industry was undergoing one of its periodic downturns ... More about....

CounterPunch’s Favorite Films

Edit CounterPunch 27 Nov 2015
Originally published in August 2002 ... So we asked a few our friends to come up with a list of their own 10 favorite films ... Don’t ask us what it reveals us about the psychology of the writers. — AC / JSC ... 1 ... 2. 1956, based on a story by Jack Finney, screenplay by Daniel Mainwaring, maybe with input from Sam Peckinpah; director Don Siegel ... , 1963, written by Beverley Cross & Jan Read; directed by Don Chaffey ... , 1976, Don Siegel....

Five of the best dinosaur films

Edit The Guardian 05 Jun 2015
From the silent movie The Lost World to the groundbreaking scenes of Jurassic Park – five films that fuelled dinomania. Held in affection … John Richardson and Raquel Welch in One Million Years BC (1966). Photograph. Cine Text/Allstar/Sportsphoto Ltd. Peter Bradshaw. @PeterBradshaw1. Friday 5 June 2015 11.00 BST Last modified on Friday 5 June 2015 11.56 BST. The Lost World (1925). (dir. Harry O Hoyt) ... Related. Dinomania ... (dir ... (dir. Don Chaffey) ... ....
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