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Tell Me Lies A Film about London (Original title)Make or Break (Working title)Us (Alternative title)
Date: 1967 (Copyright)

Countries: United Kingdom, USA

Directed by: Peter Brook

Synopsis: Semi-documentary about personal conscience and Vietnam. A young couple search for the truth about the Vietnam War. This involves a number of different socio-political groups in London together with sequences concerning the War.

Genre:
War

Subject:
Vietnam War (1954-1975)
Releases
Date: February 1968Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Colour and Black and White - Ektachrome - Sound - MonoRuntime: 116 mins Length: 10452 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (41)
©: Ronorus Limited, Associate Producers: K.R.S. Productions Inc. (New York), Executive Producer: Peter Sykes, Produced by: Peter Brook, Assistant to the Producer: Mary G. Evans, Stage Production 'US' Associate Director: Albert Hunt, Geoffrey Reeves, Assistant Director: Simon Hinkly, Continuity: Felicity Sykes, 'US' Adaptor of Documentary Material: Michael Kustow, Michael Scott, Stage Production 'US' Original Text: Denis Cannan, Photography: Ian Wilson, [Photography] Assisted by: Aubrey Dewar, Barry Male, Editing: Ralph Sheldon, [Assistant Editor]: Anthony Sloman, Stage Production 'US' Designer: Sally Jacobs, Processed by: George Humphries Limited (London), Stage Production 'US' Music: Richard Peaslee, [Film] Music: Richard Peaslee, Stage Production 'US' Lyrics: Adrian Mitchell, [Film] Lyrics: Adrian Mitchell, Chorus & Music Director: Michael Reeves, Orchestra Conducted by: Tony Russell, Music Recording: John Timperley, Sound: Robert Allen, [Sound] Assisted by: Eion McCann, Sound Editing: David Woodward, Technical Adviser: Stewart Kington, Technical Adviser: Andrew Lawson, Technical Adviser: Jacqueline Porcher, Technical Adviser: Clive Tickner, Assistance Gratefully Acknowledged from: Gerald Feil, Assistance Gratefully Acknowledged from: Gualtiero Jacopetti, Assistance Gratefully Acknowledged from: The Arts Laboratory, Assistance Gratefully Acknowledged from: Fiveacres Productions, Assistance Gratefully Acknowledged from: Friends' House, Assistance Gratefully Acknowledged from: Open Theatre of New York, U.F.O.
Cast (36)
Royal Shakespeare Company, Eric Allan, Mary Allen, Jeremy Anthony, Hugh Armstrong, Noel Collins, Ian Hogg, John Hussey, Glenda Jackson, Mark Jones (Mark), Marjie Lawrence, Joanne Lindsay, Leon Lissek, Robert Lloyd (Bob), Ursula Mohan, Pauline Munro (Pauline), Clifford Rose, Morgan Sheppard, Hugh Sullivan, Barry Stanton, Henry Woolf, Michael Williams, Kingsley Amis, Peggy Ashcroft, James Cameron, Stokely Carmichael, Tom Driberg, Reginald Paget, Jacqueline Porcher, Ivor Richards, Hilary Rose, Steven Rose, Paul Scofield, Peregrine Worsthorne, Patrick Wymark, Peter Brook (stage production 'US' director)