Top cast:Richard Gere,Diane Lane,Olivier Martinez
Director:Thomas H. Ince
Genre:Fantasy
Region:Vietnam
Year:2013
Storyline:The campy and decadent (trashy) film came about as an adaptation of Richard O""Brien""s British stage-show musical in 1973 (that premiered in London’s Chelsea district)."Major star Kirk Douglas [Note: Richard Burton and James Mason were also considered for the role], with his own production company (Bryna), insisted on pushing ahead with financing for the unpopular film project (this was Bryna""s second film following afterThe Indian Fighter (1955)) and played the lead role as lawyer-trained Colonel Dax compelled to defend hree of his court-martialed men against hopeless odds.Lady Brandon""s remaining fortune is based upon the possession of a family jewel and heirloom, a magnificent sapphire called the "Blue Water," kept in a secret hiding place behind the fireplace where Catholic priests were hidden to escape Cromwell""s persecution: "This is called the Priest""s Refuge.Instead of leading the landing craft to the line of departure (at the 1,000 yards off-shore mark), Queeg ordered a yellow dye-marker to be thrown overboard to guide the stranded landing crafts to the beach""s landing zone, and then prematurely pulled he ship back to retreat from the line of fire and abandon the mission (far beforethe 1,000 yards off-shore mark, at 2,500 yards).