The Comedians (1967) |
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| Director(s) | Peter Glenville |
| Producer(s) | Peter Glenville |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance |
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Richard Burton
(as Brown)
Elizabeth Taylor
(as Martha Pineda)
Alec Guinness
(as Major H. O. Jones)
Peter Ustinov
(as Ambassador Manuel Pine...)
Paul Ford
(as Smith)
Lillian Gish
(as Mrs. Smith)
James Earl Jones
(as Dr. Magiot)
Cicely Tyson
(as Marie Therese)
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The Comedians (1967) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Peter Glenville and produced by Peter Glenville.
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To get Elizabeth Taylor to do the film at a "bargain" salary, producer/director Peter Glenville told her that he had offered it to Sophia Loren. She promptly cut her customary $1 million salary in half and signed on.
Average Shot Length = ~11.6 seconds. Median Shot Length = ~11.4 seconds.
This is the first film where Richard Burton was paid more than his wife, Elizabeth Taylor. Burton got $750,000 while Taylor, the first actor to receive a $1 million fee for a single picture, settled for a mere half-a-million.