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Terry Southern
Writer 1924 - 1995

Terry Southern

Alvarado, Texas, USA

Terry Southern (May 1, 1924 – October 29, 1995) was an American novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and university lecturer, noted for his distinctive satirical style. Part of the Paris postwar literary movement in the 1950s and a companion to Beat writers in Greenwich Village,... Read full bio →

Filmography

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6 titles
The Magic Christian

The Magic Christian

Joseph McGrath 1969 1h 32m 5.5

The world's richest man and his adopted hobo son set out to test the limits of human vanity and greed through a series of "money games".

Easy Rider

Easy Rider

Dennis Hopper 1969 1h 36m 8.0

Easy Rider is the classic cult film from the 1960’s. A road movie that embodies the feeling of being a hippie as two friends head cross-country to Mardi Grass. A controversial period film by Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda with some classic music from a generation of wanderers.

Barbarella

Barbarella

Roger Vadim 1968 1h 38m 7.3

In the far future, a highly sexual woman is tasked with finding and stopping the evil Durand-Durand. Along the way she encounters various unusual people.

The Loved One

The Loved One

Tony Richardson 1965 2h 2m 7.0

Newly arrived in Hollywood from England, Dennis Barlow finds he has to arrange his uncle's interment at the highly-organised and very profitable Whispering Glades funeral parlour. His fancy is caught by one of their cosmeticians, Aimee Thanatogenos.

The Cincinnati Kid

The Cincinnati Kid

Norman Jewison 1965 1h 42m 6.5

Filmmaking is the process of making a film.

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb

Stanley Kubrick 1964 1h 35m 8.8

An insane general starts a process to nuclear holocaust that a war room of politicians and generals frantically try to stop. A classic black and white war satire from director Stanley Kubrick starring Peter Sellers.

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