THE FIXER – Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde
The Fixer (1968)
Direction: John Frankenheimer
Screenplay: Dalton Trumbo, from Bernard Malamud’s 1966 novel
Cast: Alan Bates, Dirk Bogarde, Georgia Brown, Hugh Griffith, Elizabeth Hartman, Ian Holm, David Opatoshu, David Warner, Carol White
In 1969, director John Frankenheimer declared that he felt "better about The Fixer than anything I’ve ever done in my life." Considering Frankenheimer’s previous output — Seven Days in May, the much admired The Manchurian Candidate — it is hard to believe that the director was being anything but a good PR man for his latest release.
Adapted from Bernard Malamud’s National Book Award- and Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (which itself was based on the real story of Jewish bricklayer Mendel Beiliss), The Fixer is an overlong, overblown, and overwrought contrivance that, [...]
by Andre Soares | October 28, 2004
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Tags: Alan Bates, Bernard Malamud, Dalton Trumbo, Dirk Bogarde, Film Reviews, John Frankenheimer, Mendel Beiliss, Oscar 1968, Oscar Movies, Political Movies, Religion, The Fixer
