Paul Theroux - Turner Classic Movies

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Chinese Box (1997)

Saint Jack (1979)

Christmas Snow (2010)

Source Material (From Novel)

The Mosquito Coast (1986)

Source Material (From Novel)

Half Moon Street (1986)

Source Material (From Novel)

Saint Jack (1979)

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Saint Jack (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Always A Good Investment

Saint Jack (1979) -- (Movie Clip) No No, Kong Hong!

Biography

Filmography

Writer (Feature Film)

Chinese Box (1997)

Saint Jack (1979)

Misc. Crew (Feature Film)

Christmas Snow (2010)

Source Material (From Novel)

The Mosquito Coast (1986)

Source Material (From Novel)

Half Moon Street (1986)

Source Material (From Novel)

Saint Jack (1979)

Source Material (From Novel)

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Saint Jack (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Open, Always A Good Investment Opening with a pan mighty close to 360 degrees, director Peter Bogdanovich, back in the orbit of old friend producer Roger Corman, buys himself a big slice of Singapore, and introduces Ben Gazzara as the title character and his relations with gofer Gopi (Joseph Noël), in Saint Jack, 1979, from Paul Theroux’s novel and screenplay with Bogdanovich and Howard Sackler.

Saint Jack (1979) -- (Movie Clip) No No, Kong Hong! Ben Gazzara (title character who, we’re learning, is an honest pimp with a cleaner legit job) entertains Hong Kong businessman Leigh (Denholm Elliott) with a visit to his Singapore Brit barfly friends, Joss Ackland, James Villiers (as voluble Froggett), Rodney Bewes and Mark Kingston, in Peter Bogdanovich’s Saint Jack, 1979.

Saint Jack (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Good Lover Bad Husband Ben Gazzara (the title character, a benevolent American ex-pat pimp in Singapore) takes care of an older friend helping him finance his own new brothel, then has an interview with a prospective professional (Monika Subramanian), in Peter Bogdanovich’s Saint Jack, 1979, with the popular Louis Armstrong recording of Oscar Peterson’s “Basin Street Blues.”

Saint Jack (1979) -- (Movie Clip) Nothing To Do With The Animal At the Singapore airport Ben Gazzara (title character), executing an errand for his Chinese businessman boss, works his contacts and picks up English Leigh (Denholm Elliott), Andrew Chua driving the cab, Peter Bogdanovich directing from the script he co-wrote with novelist Paul Theroux and Howard Sackler, in Saint Jack, 1979.

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