Ken Annakin

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RFIFrench weekly magazines review 14 October 2018RFIThe satirical weekly Le Canard Enchaîné compares the long wait for Macron's cabinet reshuffle to Ken Annakin's 1962 epic war film The Longest Day. Le Canard says the spectacular walkout by the young president's mentor Gerard Collomb as Interior ...and more »

VOGUE Paris (press release)10 movies set on a desert island to watch this summerVOGUE Paris (press release)As summer finally rolls around, holiday fever is beginning to mount. For those already dreaming of white sand and rippling turquoise water, here are 10 movies filmed on desert islands to watch whilst you wait for your next vacation. […]

Yorkshire PostBletchley Park codebreaker from Yorkshire who helped crack Enigma dies at 104Yorkshire PostThe other three included future film-maker Ken Annakin, director of Battle of the Bulge. Despite the unfolding horror around him, he recalled that the greatest danger came from a small Yorkshire terrier which lived up the road. It was, he said, a […]

Hull Daily MailRichest man hit the heights at his Beverley school - but not for what you might thinkHull Daily MailKen Annakin pictured outside Beverley's former Picture Playhouse. Prolific film director Ken Annakin is best known for Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines. Other famous films directed by Annakin, who died in Beverly Hills […]

MousePlanetThe Story of Tarzan's TreehouseMousePlanetDirected by Ken Annakin (whose name inspired George Lucas to create an Anakin Skywalker character) and shot in Tobago (in the Caribbean) and Pinewood Studios (outside London), the film recounts a large Swiss family on their way to New Guinea whose ...

The Best TV Shows & Movies Leaving Netflix February 2018/FILMProducer Darryl F. Zanuck assembled several directors (Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Gerd Oswald) to direct various different portions of the film, with a huge ensemble cast that includes John Wayne, Kenneth More, Richard Todd, Robert ...

LaughingPlace.comTCM's Treasures from the Disney Vault: December 2017LaughingPlace.comThis was Director Ken Annakin's first Disney film of many and his other credits include Third Man on the Mountain and Swiss Family Robinson. While produced after it, Disney's adaptation was unable to dethrone Errol Flynn's The Adventures of Robin Hood ...and more »

Konbini USThese 150 Films Have The Quentin Tarantino Seal Of ApprovalKonbini USThe Dirty Dozen, Robert Aldrich (1967); Kiss Me Deadly, Robert Aldrich (1955); Battle of the Bulge, Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki, Gerd Oswald and Darryl F. Zanuck (1962); Deep Red, Dario Argento (1975); Black Sabbath, Mario Bava (1963) ...and more »

Ken Annakin: 1914-2009 -- An AppreciationThe Hollywood Interview (blog)I wrote her a quick email: "Are you, by chance, related to the director Ken Annakin?" I got a quick reply "Sure am. He's my dad!" It just happened that Annakin's most famous film, "The Longest Day," was getting a special edition DVD release from 20th ...