''The Lion's Mouth'' is a 2000 film directed by
Ken Russell. It was known as Leonmania.
Russell made it in his own house for his own money for a budget of 20,000
pounds. It launched Russell on a series of self financed "underground" films, a return to the sort of movies he made at the start of his career.
During the making of the film Russell said "I haven't enjoyed the experience of making a film since ''
Amelia and the Angel
''Amelia and the Angel'' is a 1958 British film directed by Ken Russell. It was his second completed film after ''Peep Show''. The movie was seen by Huw Wheldon and led to his offering Russell a full-time job.
Plot
A schoolgirl, Amelia, attempts ...
''. Everything in between had its ups and downs, but somehow I think this is really me, this film... I'm totally responsible for it and I didn't want to do it any other way."
[LIGHTS, LAWNMOWER, CAMCORDER, ACTION Sweet, Matthew. The Independent 2 Oct 2000: 6,7,8.]
Plot
The film was inspired by the
Reverend Harold Davidson, the Rector of Stiffkey, a rector in the 1930s who helped prostitutes.
Cast
*Diana Laurie as Josephine Heatherington
*Ken Russell as Ken the Clown
*Tulip Junkie as Nippy / Lion
*Emma Millions as Tart / Androcles
*Nipper as The dog
Production
When no actor seemed suitable for the role of the
vicar
A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pre ...
, Russell decided to change the film to be a ''
Citizen Kane'' style investigation of a journalist into the history of the vicar.
References
External links
*
Lion's Mouthat Letterbox DVD
2000 films
Films directed by Ken Russell
British short films
2000s English-language films
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