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Lions Love (Original title)Lions Love and Lies (Working title)
Date: 1969 (Copyright)

Country: USA

Directed by: Agnès Varda

Production company billing: ©1969. Max L Raab Productions Inc Lions Love by Agnès Varda. [end]
Synopsis: Actors in Hollywood were once called lions. Occupying a Hollywood house Viva, Jerome Ragni and James Rado are actors in love. Into this menage à trois come group of filmmakers who improvise a film based on their lives.Synopsis: The film includes scenes from Michael McClure's play The Beard. Cast reads: '....Hal Landers, some kids and a television set.' Crew reads: 'the play The Beard by Michael McClure staged by Rip Torn played by Billie Dixon, Richard Bright and mannequins'

Genre:
Drama

Subject:
Cinema
Releases
Date: 13 October 1969Country: USARelease type: unknownFormat: not specified - Colour - TechnicolorRuntime: 110 mins Length: 9900 Feet
Date: 1972Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: not specified

Credits (25)
©: Max L Raab Productions Inc, Produced by: Agnès Varda, Presented by: Max L. Raab, Production: Jacques Trois, Production: Lynne Littman, John John, Production Manager: Jack Wright Iii, Assistant Director: Lynne Littman, Written by: Agnès Varda, Camera: Steve Larner, Camera: Lee Alexander, Rusty Roland, Editing: Robert Dalva, Carolyn Hicks, Art Director: Jack Wright Iii, Laboratory: CFI, Colour by: Technicolor, Music: Joseph Byrd, Sound: George Alch, Sound: Andy Babbish, Sound: George Porter, Historical Materials/Script Consultant: Carlos Clarens, [Written] by: Michael McClure, Staged by: Rip Torn
Cast (14)
Viva (Viva), Jim Rado (Jim), Jerry Ragni (Jerry), Shirley Clarke, Carlos Clarens, Eddie Constantine, Max Laemmle, Steve Kenis, Hal Landers (.), Billie Dixon (Jean Harlow), Richard Bright (Billy the Kid), Agnès Varda, Peter Bogdanovich, Jim Morrison
Articles held in BFI Reuben Library (8)
In: Films and Filming v18 n4 January 1972  Pages: 51-52
Title: [Films and Filming - v18 n4 January 1972: no known title]Language: English

In: Monthly Film Bulletin v39 n456 January 1972  Page: 9
Title: [Monthly Film Bulletin - v39 n456 January 1972: no known title]Language: English

In: Image et Son n247 February 1971  Pages: 96-102
Title: [Image et Son - n247 February 1971: no known title]Article type: InterviewLanguage: French
Description: Interview with director and some of the actors.

In: Variety 24 Sep 1969  Page: 15
Title: [Variety - 24 Sep 1969: no known title]Language: English

In: The Hollywood Reporter v208 n22 31 Oct 1969  Page: 8
Title: [The Hollywood Reporter - v208 n22 31 Oct 1969: no known title]Language: English

In: Cahiers du Cinéma n214 Jul/Aug 1969  Pages: 12-3
Title: [Cahiers du Cinéma - n214 Jul/Aug 1969: no known title]Language: French

In:   Pages: 123-124
Title: [ - : no known title]

In:   Pages: 4,50-51
Title: [ - : no known title]
Description: Review and interview with director.


Books held in BFI Reuben Library (1)
Title: Greenhorns: foreign filmmakers interpret America
Author: KAGAN, Norman  Pages: 171p.
Description: LIONS OF LOVE pp. 129-144 MADE IN U.S.A. pp. 87-110 MIDNIGHT COWBOY pp. 111-127 The MODEL SHOP pp. 45-66 POINT BLANK pp. 23-44 TAKING OFF pp. 67-86 ZABRISKIE POINT pp. 1-22