The Name of the Rose (1986)
Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
14th-century Franciscan monk William of Baskerville and his young novice arrive at a conference to find that several monks have been murdered under mysterious circumstances. To solve the crimes, William must rise up against the Church's authority and fight the shadowy conspiracy of monastery monks using only his intelligence; which is considerable.
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Jean-Jacques Annaud and his writing partner Alain Godard ("Enemy at the Gates," "The Name of the Rose") have created a dual fable reminiscent of the tales of Kipling.
Although Annaud and screenwriter Alain Godard (The Name of the Rose) tiptoe around the subject of sex, discreetly showing tigers mating, they aren’t shy when it comes to their feelings about animal abuse.
Jean-Jacques Annaud's ("The Name of the Rose"/"The Bear"/"Quest for Fire"/"Seven Years in Tibet") Two Brothers is intended to be a family-value entertainment children's story.
Did you know … Director Annaud's other films include “Quest for Fire,” “The Name of the Rose,” “The Bear,” “The Lover” and “Seven Years in Tibet.”
The story of The Nun takes cues from the drama mystery film The Name of the Rose starring Sean Connery and a young Christian Slater.
Witness the stunted 1986 screen version of Umberto Eco's densely bibliophilic "The Name of the Rose," and the atrocious hash that Roman Polanski's 1999 fiasco, "The Ninth Gate," made of Arturo Pérez-Reverte's brilliant "The Club Dumas."
Working from Umberto Eco's 1980 novel, Jean-Jacques Annaud crafts a thoughtful and entertaining murder mystery predicated on intellectual debate (and much more palatable than offspring like The Da Vinci Code).
AntiTrust works because of a combination of strong acting, a smart script written by Howard Franklin (writer of Someone to Watch Over Me and The Name of the Rose ), and deft directing by Peter Howitt ( Sliding Doors ).
Peter Howitt directs from a screenplay by Howard Franklin (The Name of the Rose).
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Perlman is used to lots of makeup after his noted performance as a mad monk in “The Name of the Rose” and his Golden Globe-winning performance as the beast in the TV series “Beauty and the Beast.”
His simian jawline and reptile eyes have adorned projects from The Name of the Rose to City of Lost Children to del Toro’s own Cronos and Blade II, and his sand-and-glue bark has made him a second fortune in voice-over work.
“The Name of the Rose” and TV’s “Brother Cadfael” had monks investigating crimes, logically and rationally, in a time of superstition.
It’s not one of the great Middle Ages movies, not on a par with “The Name of the Rose,” “The Advocate,” “The Reckoning” or “The Secret of Kells.”
In that regard, director and co-writer Jean-Jacques Annaud ("Seven Years in Tibet," "The Bear") and fellow screenwriter Alain Godard ("The Name of the Rose," "Quest For Fire") have fashioned not just a singular romantic relationship, but something of a love triangle, although that gives the late developing situation a bit more gravity than it really exudes.
Joseph Fiennes! Rachel Weisz!) as Russian soldiers, and all of this directed by the Frenchman (Jean-Jacques Annaud), who made "The Name of the Rose," well, it gives you pause, doesn't it, monsieur, mein Freund, mate, dude or comrade?
The screenplay (Jean-Jacques Annaud and Alain Godard of "The Name of the Rose") does not overly glorify or vilify either side of the conflict.
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Perlman, a busy actor whose credits include The Name of the Rose, Romeo is Bleeding, and last year's Cronos, is entirely credible as the simple strong man driven to his quest by love for a child.
In addition to Marty's atrocious jokes, we're treated to corpse licking, leisure suits, accordion playing, sex with grossly obese women and a collection of the ugliest human beings this side of the monks in The Name of the Rose .