The Name of the Rose, 1986.Directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Starring Sean Connery, Christian Slater, Helmut Qualtinger, Michael Lonsdale, William Hickey, Ron Perlman, F. Murray Abraham, and Valentina Vargas.SYNOPSIS:An intellectually nonconformist friar investigates a series of mysterious deaths in an isolated abbey.Imagine, if you will, Sean Connery as a Columbo-style medieval monk investigating a series of […]
John Turturro and Rupert Everett to star in The Name of the Rose
Variety is reporting that John Turturro, Rupert Everett and young actor Damian Hardung (The Red Band Society) have been cast in a new TV adaptation of Umberto Eco’s The Name of the Rose, which is being directed by Giacomo Battiato (L’infiltre).The film will see Turturro taking on the role of William of Baskerville, the 14th […]
