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Rosebud (1975 film)

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Rosebud
Directed byOtto Preminger
Written byErik Lee Preminger
Produced byOtto Preminger
StarringPeter O'Toole
Richard Attenborough
Cliff Gorman
Claude Dauphin
John V. Lindsay
Peter Lawford
Raf Vallone
Isabelle Huppert
Kim Cattrall
CinematographyDenys N. Coop
Music byLaurent Petitgirard
Distributed byUnited Artists
Release date
  • March 24, 1975 (1975-03-24)
Running time
126 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Rosebud is a 1975 American action thriller film directed by Otto Preminger, and starring Peter O'Toole, Richard Attenborough, and Peter Lawford.[1] The script was by Otto's son, Erik Lee Preminger, based on the 1974 novel of the same title by Joan Hemingway and Paul Bonnecarrère [fr].

Plot

Larry Martin is a Newsweek reporter, secretly working for the CIA as he travels around the globe tasked, along with Israeli intelligence, to work for the release of five wealthy girls kidnapped by the anti-Israel terrorist Palestinian Liberation Army from the yacht Rosebud. Martin must contend with the girls' fathers, all of whom are wealthy, connected and concerned. Sloat, the extremist head of Black September, is connected with the kidnappings, and is subsequently hunted down after his plans for a centralized global terrorist network are uncovered.

Cast

Actors who played kidnap victims in a promotional image for the film. left to right: Debra Berger, Brigitte Ariel, Kim Cattrall, Isabelle Huppert and Lalla Ward.[2]

Actress Barbara Emerson, who had been cast as one of the girls,[3] was replaced during production.[4]

Production

Originally the film was set to star Robert Mitchum, but he left after disagreements with Preminger.[5] Kim Cattrall made her film debut as a teenager.

See also

References

  1. ^ "Rosebud". American Film Institute Catalog. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  2. ^ "Preminger's Starlets". The Atlanta Journal. August 14, 1974. p. 24. Retrieved November 7, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Suspense drama introduces five actresses". The Blade. Toledo, Ohio. September 11, 1974. p. P4 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Fujiwara, Chris (2008). The world and its double: the life and work of Otto Preminger. Faber and Faber. p. 400. ISBN 9780571211173.
  5. ^ Canby, Vincent (2007). "NY Times: Rosebud". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on October 24, 2007. Retrieved May 16, 2010.
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