Sir Ridley Scott on Kingdom of Heaven, Howard Schuman on Seven Brides for Seven Brothers and John Maybury on The Jacket.
Sir Ridley Scott
Francine Stock talks to the director Ridley Scott about his new film Kingdom of Heaven. The crusader epic stars Orlando Bloom as a young French blacksmith who travels to Jerusalem to join a Crusade. Ridley Scott's previous films include Alien, Blade Runner, Thelma and Louise and Gladiator.
Kingdom of Heaven, certificate 15, is in cinemas now.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Critic Howard Schuman celebrates the musical Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, which is being released on a special edition DVD. In Stanley Donen's 1954 film Howard Keel plays the eldest of seven brothers from the backwoods of Oregon who venture into town to find themselves wives.
Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, certificate U, is released on DVD on 16 May 2005.
The Jacket
Francine Stock discusses the new thriller The Jacket, with the film's director John Maybury. Adrien Brody, the Oscar winning actor from The Pianist, plays Jim Starks a soldier gravely injured in the first Iraq campaign in 1991. Back home in Vermont Starks is institutionalised in a mental hospital after being involved in a crime he is unable to remember.
The Jacket, certificate 15, is released in cinemas on 13 May 2005.
