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Difference between revisions of "Jake Liebowitz: A Life in Film"
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| − | A new play by Oscar-winning writer [[Frederic Raphael]] about successful American film director Jake Liebowitz, charting the auteur's | + | A new play by Oscar-winning writer [[Frederic Raphael]] about successful American film director Jake Liebowitz, charting the auteur's lengthy career, and drawing on Raphael's own experience of writing for the cinema. With [[Eleanor Bron]] as Alexandra Crawley and [[William Hope]] and [[Jake Liebowitz]]. |
Jake Liebowitz disappears unexpectedly from his home in France, presumed dead by drowning. His friend Alexandra Crawley, a film critic who has followed the ups and downs of his career, presents a look back at his movies. But will she find the truth about his death in the films? | Jake Liebowitz disappears unexpectedly from his home in France, presumed dead by drowning. His friend Alexandra Crawley, a film critic who has followed the ups and downs of his career, presents a look back at his movies. But will she find the truth about his death in the films? | ||
| − | From his days as a kid with a movie camera in Brooklyn, on to Chicago, and finally to Hollywood, where he catches the end of the Golden Age, the play explores five decades of American | + | From his days as a kid with a movie camera in Brooklyn, on to Chicago, and finally to Hollywood, where he catches the end of the Golden Age, the play explores five decades of American filmmaking, through Jake's fast-talking, often shocking lens. |
| − | == What | + | == What Others Have said == |
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| − | If you have better images and picture credits give me an email. | + | If you have better images and picture credits, give me an email. |
== Running Time == | == Running Time == | ||
| − | 1 Episode | + | 1 Episode 1 hour 30 Minutes duration |
[[category:2013]] | [[category:2013]] | ||
Revision as of 18:37, 15 June 2025
1st Broadcast 10th August 2013 on BBC Radio 4
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Production
A Perfectly Normal production for BBC Radio 4
Synopsis
A new play by Oscar-winning writer Frederic Raphael about successful American film director Jake Liebowitz, charting the auteur's lengthy career, and drawing on Raphael's own experience of writing for the cinema. With Eleanor Bron as Alexandra Crawley and William Hope and Jake Liebowitz.
Jake Liebowitz disappears unexpectedly from his home in France, presumed dead by drowning. His friend Alexandra Crawley, a film critic who has followed the ups and downs of his career, presents a look back at his movies. But will she find the truth about his death in the films?
From his days as a kid with a movie camera in Brooklyn, on to Chicago, and finally to Hollywood, where he catches the end of the Golden Age, the play explores five decades of American filmmaking, through Jake's fast-talking, often shocking lens.
What Others Have said
Nothing Known
Cast
Alexandra Crawley Eleanor Bron
Jake Liebowitz William Hope
Benny Jeff Mash
Schumann Jeff Mash
Stanley Oppenheim Jeff Mash
Sidney Nathan Osgood
Tony Nathan Osgood
Spencer Ginsberg Nathan Osgood
Rose Laurel Lefkow
Katya Laurel Lefkow
Kathie Laurel Lefkow
Tony Price William Roberts
Mr Joseph William Roberts
Howard Slater William Roberts
George Kevin Millington
Barry Kevin Millington
Charlie Joseph Kloska
Mark Joseph Kloska
Bishop Kennedy Stephen Critchlow
Iakobos Stephen Critchlow
Joanna Denica Fairman
Elaine Denica Fairman
Nurse Denica Fairman
Candice Tanya Moodie
Barbara Tanya Moodie
Martin Eric Meyers
Sidney Eric Meyers
Rubik Michael Roberts
Max Michael Roberts
Production Crew
Not known
Recorded at
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Music composed & Arranged
Nothing Known
Comment by Dirk Maggs
Nothing Known
Cast Picture
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Running Time
1 Episode 1 hour 30 Minutes duration
