Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Genres
Overview
How the cinema industry does not respect the author's work as it was conceived, how manipulates the motion pictures in order to make them easier to watch by an undemanding audience or even how mutilates them to adapt the original formats and runtimes to the restrictive frame of the television screen and the abusive requirements of advertising. (Followed by “Filmmakers in Action.”)
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
97 min
Release Date
2005-07-17
Status
Released
Original Language
Catalan
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
6.2
Marta Belmonte
Marta
Jesús Ángel Domínguez
Jester
Víctor Jerez
Knight
Tunet Vila
Monk
Daniel Medrán
Navarrete
Antonio Regueiro
Philip II of Spain
Ramón Planas
Priest
Tomàs Mallol
Professor
Santiago Lapeira
Projectionist
Mark Schardan
Receptionist
Jaume Artigas
Technician #1
Joan Vall
Technician #2
Enric Suñol
Usher
Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Self
Arthur Penn
Self
Elliot Silverstein
Self
Giuliano Montaldo
Self
Henning Carlsen
Self
Jack Cardiff
Self
José María Nunes
Self
Liv Ullmann
Self
Luis García Berlanga
Self
Manuel De Sica
Self
Marco Bellocchio
Self
Maurizio Nichetti
Self
Miloš Forman
Self
Richard Fleischer
Self
Robert Ellis Miller
Self
Stanley Donen
Self
Sydney Pollack
Self
Vilgot Sjöman
Self
Woody Allen
Self
Burt Lancaster
Self (archive footage)
Darryl F. Zanuck
Self (archive footage)
Federico Fellini
Self (archive footage)
Fred Zinnemann
Self (archive footage)
John Huston
Self (archive footage)
King Vidor
Self (archive footage)
Orson Welles
Self (archive footage)
Raoul Walsh
Self (archive footage)
Vittorio De Sica
Self (archive footage)
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