The Lion's Mouth
The Lion's Mouth is a 2000 film directed by Ken Russell. It was known as Leonmania.[1]
Russell made it in his own house for his own money for a budget of 20,000 pounds.[2] It launched Russell on a series of self financed "underground" films, a return to the sort of movies he made at the start of his career.[3][4]
During the making of the film Russell said "I haven't enjoyed the experience of making a film since Amelia and the Angel. Everything in between had its ups and downs, but somehow I think this is really me, this film... I'm totally responsible for it and I didn't want to do it any other way."[5]
Plot
The film was inspired by the Reverend Harold Davidson, the Rector of Stiffkey, a rector in the 1930s who helped prostitutes.
Cast
- Diana Laurie as Josephine Heatherington
- Ken Russell as Ken the Clown
- Tulip Junkie as Nippy / Lion
- Emma Millions as Tart / Androcles
- Nipper as The dog
Production
When no actor seemed suitable for the role of the vicar, Russell decided to change the film to be a Citizen Kane style investigation of a journalist into the history of the vicar.[3]
References
- ^ "Ken Russell article Lions Mouth".
- ^ Ken Russell left to make home movies in garage: Richard Brooks Arts Editor. Sunday Times;4 Feb 2001: 10.
- ^ a b "The Lion's Mouth". Ken Russell Tribute page.
- ^ Flanagan, Kevin M. (3 August 2009). Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Mannerist. Scarecrow Press. p. 58. ISBN 9780810869554.
- ^ LIGHTS, LAWNMOWER, CAMCORDER, ACTION Sweet, Matthew. The Independent 2 Oct 2000: 6,7,8.
External links
- The Lion's Mouth at IMDb
- Lion's Mouth at Letterbox DVD
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Works directed by Ken Russell
- French Dressing (1964)
- Billion Dollar Brain (1967)
- Women in Love (1969)
- The Music Lovers (1971)
- The Devils (1971)
- The Boy Friend (1971)
- Savage Messiah (1972)
- Mahler (1974)
- Tommy (1975)
- Lisztomania (1975)
- Valentino (1977)
- Altered States (1980)
- Crimes of Passion (1984)
- Gothic (1986)
- Salome's Last Dance (1988)
- The Lair of the White Worm (1988)
- The Rainbow (1989)
- Women & Men: Stories of Seduction (1990)
- Whore (1991)
- Mindbender (1995)
- The Fall of the Louse of Usher (2002)
- Trapped Ashes (2006)
- John Betjeman: A Poet in London (1959)
- Gordon Jacob (1959)
- A House in Bayswater (1959)
- Pop Goes the Easel (1962)
- Elgar (1962)
- Watch the Birdie (1963)
- Bartok (1964)
- The Dotty World of James Lloyd (1964)
- The Debussy Film (1965)
- Always on Sunday (1965)
- Don't Shoot the Composer (1966)
- Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966)
- Dante's Inferno (1967)
- Song of Summer (1968)
- Dance of the Seven Veils (1970)
- William and Dorothy (1976)
- The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1978)
- The Planets (1983)
- Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait (1984)
- Ken Russell's ABC of British Music (1988)
- The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner (1990)
- The Mystery of Dr Martinu (1992)
- Alice in Russialand (1994)
- Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle (2002)
- Peep Show (1956)
- Amelia and the Angel (1958)
- Segment "Nessun Dorma" in Aria (1987)
- The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch (1993)
- The Lion's Mouth (2000)
- A Kitten for Hitler (2007)
- Prisoner of Honor (1991)
- The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992)
- Lady Chatterley (mini-series, 1993)
- Ken Russell's Treasure Island (1995)
- Dogboys (1998)
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