- Meetings with Remarkable Men (film)
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Meetings with Remarkable Men 
VHS coverDirected by Peter Brook Produced by Stuart Lyons Written by G. I. Gurdjieff (book)
Peter BrookStarring Dragan Maksimovic Terence Stamp Music by Laurence Rosenthal Cinematography Gilbert Taylor Editing by John Jympson Distributed by Enterprise Pictures Ltd Release date(s) 1979 Running time 108 minutes Country United Kingdom Language English Meetings with Remarkable Men is a 1979 British film directed by Peter Brook[1] and based on the book of the same name. Shot on location in Afghanistan (except for dance sequences, which were filmed in England), it starred Terence Stamp, and Dragan Maksimovic as the adult G. I. Gurdjieff. The film was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
The plot involves Gurdjieff and his companions' search for truth in a series of dialogues and vignettes, much as in the book. Unlike the book, these result in a definite climax—Gurdjieff's initiation into the mysterious Sarmoung Brotherhood. The film is noteworthy for making public some glimpses of the Gurdjieff movements.[3]
Selected cast
- Dragan Maksimovic as G. I. Gurdjieff
- Terence Stamp as Prince Lubovedsky
- Athol Fugard as Professor Skridlov
- Gerry Sundquist as Karpenko
- Donald Sumpter as Pogossian
- Tom Fleming as Father Giovanni
- Martin Benson as Dr. Ivanov
- Colin Blakely as Tamil
- Mikica Dimitrijevic as Young Gurdjieff
- Roger Lloyd Pack as Pavlov
- Warren Mitchell as Gurdjieff's Father
- Bruce Purchase as Father Maxim
References
- ^ Brook, Peter (September 1987). The shifting point, 1946-1987. Harper & Row. ISBN 9780060390730. http://books.google.com/books?id=1PtTAAAAMAAJ. Retrieved 14 April 2011.
- ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Meetings with Remarkable Men". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079542/awards. Retrieved 2010-08-15.
- ^ Panafieu, Bruno De; Needleman, Jacob; Baker, George (September 1997). Gurdjieff. Continuum International Publishing Group. pp. 28–. ISBN 9780826410498. http://books.google.com/books?id=GV0dhZxB91EC&pg=PA28. Retrieved 14 April 2011. "A brief glimpse of the dances appears at the very end of the motion picture about Gurdjieff, Meetings with Remarkable Men, produced and directed in 1978 by Peter Brook, with a screenplay by Peter Brook and Jeanne de Salzmann"
External links
Categories:- 1979 films
- British films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Peter Brook
- 1970s drama films
- 1970s British film stubs
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