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1st Broadcast 10th August 2013 on [[BBC Radio 4]]
 
1st Broadcast 10th August 2013 on [[BBC Radio 4]]
  
= Director =
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== Director ==
 
[[Dirk Maggs]]
 
[[Dirk Maggs]]
  
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[[Jo Wheeler]]
 
[[Jo Wheeler]]
  
= Written by =
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== Written by ==
 
[[Frederic Raphael]]
 
[[Frederic Raphael]]
  
= Production =
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== Production ==
 
[[A Perfectly Normal production]] for [[BBC Radio 4]]
 
[[A Perfectly Normal production]] for [[BBC Radio 4]]
  
= Synopsis =
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== Synopsis ==
A new play by Oscar-winning writer [[Frederic Raphael]] about successful American film director Jake Liebowitz, charting the auteur's long career, and drawing on Raphael's own experience of writing for the cinema.
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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.
 
 
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 film-making, through Jake's fast-talking, often shocking lens.
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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 Other's Have said =
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== What Others Have said ==
 
Nothing Known
 
Nothing Known
  
= Cast =
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== Cast ==
 
Alexandra Crawley [[Eleanor Bron]]
 
Alexandra Crawley [[Eleanor Bron]]
  
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Max [[Michael Roberts]]
 
Max [[Michael Roberts]]
  
= Production Crew =
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== Production Crew ==
 
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Not known
  
= Recorded at =
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== Recorded at ==
 
Not Known
 
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= Music composed & Arranged =
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== Music composed & Arranged ==
 
Nothing Known
 
Nothing Known
  
= Comment by Dirk Maggs =
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== Comment by Dirk Maggs ==
 
Nothing Known
 
Nothing Known
 
 
 
 
= Cast Picture =
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== Cast Picture ==
If you have better images and picture credits give me an email.
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If you have better images and picture credits, give me an email.
 
 
= Running Time =
 
1 Episode  1 hour 30 Minutes duration
 
  
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== Running Time ==
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1 Episode 1 hour 30 Minutes duration
 
[[category:2013]]
 
[[category:2013]]

Latest revision as of 14:45, 5 July 2025

1st Broadcast 10th August 2013 on BBC Radio 4

Director

Dirk Maggs

Producer

Jo Wheeler

Written by

Frederic Raphael

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

Not Known

Music composed & Arranged

Nothing Known

Comment by Dirk Maggs

Nothing Known  

Cast Picture

If you have better images and picture credits, give me an email.

Running Time

1 Episode 1 hour 30 Minutes duration