Category Archives: Charlton Heston

Quick Pix: Charlton Heston in El Cid w/Video

El Cid is a 1961 epic historical drama film directed by Anthony Mann and produced by Samuel Bronston. The film is loosely based on the life of the 11th-century Castilian knight and warlord Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar, called “El Cid” (from the Arabic al-sidi, meaning “The Lord”). The film stars Charlton Heston in the title role and Sophia Loren as El Cid’s wife Doña Jimena, spelled “Chimene” in the script and pronounced that way (shim-ain) in the film. The screenplay is credited to Fredric M. Frank, Philip Yordan and Ben Barzman, with uncredited contributions by Bernard Gordon.

The Philosophy of Baruch Spinoza (Narrated by Charlton Heston) – Audio

This is the audio of a series called “The Giants of Philosophy” (Bento de Espinosa), by professor J. Thomas Cook.

Roddy McDowall’s home movies from “Planet Of The Apes” (1968)

Roddy McDowall’s home movies showing Don Cash applying his Cornelius make-up for original “Planet Of The Apes” (1968)

Complete Classic Movie: In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

Stars: Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, Charlton Heston. An insurance investigator begins discovering that the impact a horror writer’s books have on his fans is more than inspirational.

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Complete Classic Movie: Nairobi Affair (1984)

Lee Cahill (Charlton Heston), the fairly lean and stalwart owner of a Kenyan safari camp is a former hunter, separated from his wife for years. His son, Rick (John Savage), has returned from a stint with the Green Berets in Viet Nam to help the Kenyan government track down and stop increasingly audacious and violent poachers who have been killing protected species of wildlife in Central Africa, and bring them in dead or alive. As if that wasn’t hard enough, he has to deal with his estranged father, now a safari guide, and with the woman they both love.

Complete Classic Movie: The Awakening (1980)

Stars: Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend. An archeologist discovers his daughter is possessed by the spirit of an Egyptian queen. To save mankind he must destroy her.

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Complete Classic Movie: The Four Musketeers: Milady’s Revenge (1974)

Stars: Oliver Reed, Raquel Welch, Richard Chamberlain, Michael York, Charlton Heston. The Four Musketeers defend the queen and her dressmaker from Cardinal Richelieu and Milady de Winter.

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Complete Classic Movie: Skyjacked (1973)

Stars: Charlton Heston, James Brolin, Yvette Mimieux. A mad bomber forces a jet to re-route to Moscow.

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Graphic Quotes: Charlton Heston on Guns and People w/Video

“There are no “bad guns”. Any gun in the hands of a bad man is a bad thing. Any gun in the hands of a decent person is no threat to anybody — except bad people.”

Charlton Heston “Film Is Not An Actor’s Medium” | The Dick Cavett Show

Charlton Heston discusses accepting the director’s concept when making a film despite the actors performance and the importance of the editor in constructing a narrative.