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Despite its success among critics, the film was a box office failure, grossing $2.6 million worldwide against a production budget of $6 million. Waves grossed a total of $1.7 million in the United States. [2] In its limited opening weekend, the film made $134,333 from four theaters, a per-venue average of $33,583. [22]
The Other Side of the Mountain is a 1975 American drama romance film based on the true story of ski racing champion Jill Kinmont. The film was titled A Window to the Sky in the United Kingdom. [3] In early 1955, Kinmont was the national champion in slalom, and was a top U.S. prospect for a medal in the 1956 Winter Olympics, a year away.
Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination is a book by British writer Robert Macfarlane published in 2003 about the history of human fascination with mountains. The book takes its title from a line by the poet Gerard Manley Hopkins and combines history with first-person narrative.
The film was placed 7th in the list of top-grossing movies in the USA in 1944.. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times commented, inter alia: "Paramount and its favored son, Bing Crosby aren't going precisely the same way that they went in Mr. Crosby's last picture ('Going My Way')—and everyone knows which way that was—but they are taking an agreeable turn together in "Here Come the Waves ...
Mary Hocking (8 April 1921 - 17 February 2014) was a British writer who published 24 novels between 1961 and 1996.. Hocking was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School for Girls, Acton, London.
The Happening is a 2008 science fiction thriller film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan.It stars Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo, and Betty Buckley and revolves around an inexplicable natural disaster causing mass suicides.
The Story of Film: An Odyssey is a 2011 British documentary film about the history of film, presented on television in 15 one-hour chapters with a total length of over 900 minutes. It was directed and narrated by Mark Cousins , a film critic from Northern Ireland , based on his 2004 book The Story of Film .
The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction finds the movie limited by its low budget and its origins as a stage play, but noted it explores some of the same themes as the later A Clockwork Orange. TV Guide found the movie had some very interesting parts, but that the movie was ultimately unsuccessful. It praised the work of Walken, but found the ...