Entertaining mr sloane is a hilarious and deliciously black comedy, based on joe ortons sharp, witty and controversial play of the same name. Georgie fame somebody stole my thunder entertaining mr. George music p 1970, mono other versions 5 of 5 view all. This is my alltime favourite film and while i am delighted to see it in high. Jan 26, 2012 for 1970 this film does seem edgy and even controversial in certain parts. Entertaining mr sloane is a 1970s black comedy directed by douglas hickox. Kath beryl reid is watching a funeral in notably inappropriate dress whilst devouring a lollipop. Orton, john kingsley joe 19331967, playwright oxford. Beryl reid gay marriage ceremony a canterbury film date. Sloane 1970 danske undertekster email this blogthis. As the brother and sister both seek salaciously incorporate sloan. Keth beryl reid is a lonely, middleaged woman living in the london suburbs with her ageing father kemp alan webb.
When ed has gone, kath puts on a negligee and invites sloane into the lounge. Movie trailer for joe ortons entertaining mr sloane. It was dark blackly dark, and funny as hell, and full of the most joyous and brilliant language. Ed and sloane bond over mutual interests the navy, the gym, sports, bodybuilding. Sloane 1970 is a comedy, horror movie starring beryl reid and harry andrews.
Download rare classic and selected films, request on classic movies. Joe orton was on record as saying he thought marriage was a rather toxic institution, so here he subverts the whole thing to become a way to trap people, as well as an excuse for sentimental but meaningless ritual. Sloane begins with a dowdy, fortyish woman named kath showing her middleclass home to a prospective lodger, a streetwise and coarse twentyyearold boy named sloane whom she had met that afternoon in the public library. Entertaining mr sloane is a play by the english playwright joe orton. John sloane s country seasons 2015 mini wall calendar full book download. With a cast of four beryl reid and harry andrews as kath and ed, the twisted siblings, peter mcenery as mr sloane, and alan webb as da da this play almost survives intact, and is very well played. Il unita e pieno in svizzera il 7 settembre 1969 da redline technology per suo tipo lance, tossito a luogo film individuale di 66. A guide to entertaining mr sloane, the 1970 film about an amoral man. A middleaged sexhungry lady picks up a young man in the local cemetery and brings him home. For 1970 this film does seem edgy and even controversial in certain parts. Published fifty years after the premiere of entertaining mr sloane in 1964, and with a new introduction, this anniversary edition offers an opportunity. Having the house in the middle of a cemetery instead of a. Entertaining mr sloane modern classics kindle edition by.
Much of the short, sharp shock of joe ortons life is captured in entertaining mr sloane, as the extras on these dvd rereleases. Ed offers to make sloane his chauffeur, complete with leather uniform, and warns him against kath. Aug 25, 2017 directed by douglas hickoxsilvio narizzano, 1970. If john osborne was the original angry young man of british theatre in the 1950s, then joe orton was probably the naughty young man of the 1960s. Sloane 1970 cast and crew an english landlady beryl reid and her brother harry andrews like their lodger, a young killer called mr. He also completed a film script for the beatles, up against it, which was never produced though his work was later represented on screen by indifferent versions of entertaining mr sloane, 1969, and loot, 1970. Movie trailer for joe ortons entertaining mr sloane rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Ed tells kath that he will be paying for sloanes board and lodging. Oct 09, 20 movie trailer for joe ortons entertaining mr sloane rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Nov 23, 2015 buy john sloane john sloane s country seasons 2015 mini wall calendar full book download. The film follows the story of a brother and sister who become entangled with an debauched miscreant named sloane who is more than he seems. Entertaining mr sloane 1970 douglas hickox, beryl reid.
Nov 06, 2019 watch entertaining mr sloane full movies 1970 online stream download in hd bluray highquality english subtitle. Wandering home she comes across a half naked man lying on a grave. Having the house in the middle of a cemetery instead of a garbage dump i think is a mistake because it takes away a point orton wanted to make with his dialogue. Mary evans studiocanal films ltd alamy stock photo. The film of entertaining mr sloane gets the style and tone right but the rhythms are sometimes a little off. He is recognized by kemp dadda as the murderer of kemps former employer, whereupon sloane murders kemp.
Interview jessica chastain joue elisabeth sloane dans le film miss sloane. Sep 04, 2017 entertaining mr sloane is a dark relationship comedy that is deliberately unacceptable and, at the same time, utterly hilarious. Sloanthe first radio production of joe ortons notoriously successful play first staged in 1964. Sloane, a handsome, sexy and completely amoral young man, joins kaths household as a lodger and proceeds to manipulate her and her brother, ed. With beryl reid, harry andrews, peter mcenery, alan webb. The film clearly belongs to her, but theres solid ensemble work allround by andrews a throwawaydelivery expert, mcenery as a rare, genuine bisexual in film even if he comes off as gay for pay, and webb. By the time it was broadcast, entertaining mr sloane had been produced at the. There is also eds pink cadillac that he drives around, which i got a real kick out of. Filmed version of joe ortons irreverent comedy, starring beryl reid. When she meets the attractive sloane peter mcenery sunbathing on a tombstone in the cemetery near her home, she invited him to become her lodger. Despite its success in performance, and being hailed by sir terence rattigan as the best first play hed seen in thirty odd years, it was not until the london production of loot in 1966 less than a year before joe ortons untimely death that theatre audiences and critics began to more fully appreciate the originality of ortons elegant. Entertaining mr sloane is probably ortons most censorbaiting play, dealing with such issues as homosexuality, nymphomania, sadism, and murder. This was the second adaptation of the play, the first having been developed for british television and broadcast by itv on 15 july 1968. Entertaining mr sloane is a threeact play written in 1963 by the english playwright joe orton.
Sloan is british black comedy based on the infamous play of the same name. Sloane also contains what must be one of the first same sex marriages on film. Sloane 1970 an english landlady beryl reid and her brother harry andrews like their lodger, a young killer called mr. Sloane is a savagely comic attack on bourgeois values and social hypocrisy. Entertaining mr sloane is a 1970 british black comedy film directed by douglas hickox.
Sloane is a 1970 black comedy directed by douglas hickox and based on the 1964 play of the same title by joe orton. Sloane, a handsome, sexy and completely amoral young man, joins kaths household as a lodger. One of ortons more unusual talents was the ability to sustain such plots all the way to a tight conclusion, and entertaining mr sloane is a splendid example of that. Entertaining mr sloane modern classics kindle edition. One day she encounters the handsome and sexy sloane peter mcenery languidly sunbathing on a tombstone in the cemetery near her home. Entertaining mr sloane was his first play, beginning as an experimental production at the arts theatre club, london, in 1964, when sloane was played by dudley sutton and peter vaughan took the role of ed. Ed tells kath that he will be paying for sloane s board and lodging. The screenplay by clive exton is based on the 1964 play of the same title by joe orton. The gay erotic subtext is quite strong especially the way the camera scans sloanes tan, half naked body. Kath almost immediately hints to sloane that she is willing to have sex with him and reveals that she once. Sloane is a 1970 black comedy directed by douglas hickox and based on the 1964 play of the same title by joe orton kath beryl reid is a lonely, middleaged woman living in the london suburbs with her ageing father kemp alan webb. Entertaining mr sloane 1970 peter mcenery, beryl reid, date. If people like this movie, its for the sheer oddness, not because it has any of the qualities evinced by the play. It was first produced in london at the new arts theatre on 6 may 1964 and transferred to the west ends wyndhams theatre on 29 june 1964.
Although the details of its plot may at times seem stark and horrifying, the play itself is blackly. The screenplay by clive exton is based on the 1964 play of the same. Sloane weasels his way into the lives of a middleaged brother and sister, while trying to disguise the truth about his unpleasant past. Fresh from similarly scandalous adaptation the killing of sister george, reid brings something to the film that is all her own. Kath beryl reid is a bored, middle aged woman living in the suburbs with her aging father kemp alan webb. Entertaining mr sloane 1970 peter mcenery, beryl reid. Sloane 1970 phone pc touch mac os x application mobile macbook. Entertaining mr sloane 1970 douglas hickox, beryl reid, harry. Entertaining mr sloane 1970 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Sloane 1970 douglas hickox on allmovie an attractive young charmer by the name of mr. Entertaining mr sloane is a dark relationship comedy that is deliberately unacceptable and, at the same time, utterly hilarious. Watch entertaining mr sloane full movies 1970 online streamdownload in hd bluray highquality english subtitle.
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