Valentino ★★ 1977 (R) Another one of director Russell's flamboyantly excessive screen biographies, this time of silent screen idol Rudolph Valentino (Nureyev). The details hardly matter but the movie is told in flashback from Valentino's funeral to his beginnings as a dance instructor and his eventual success as a screen lover. Nureyev is noticeably stiff in his screen debut but at least he possesses some charisma. 127m/C VHS. GB Rudolf Nureyev, Leslie Caron, Michelle Phillips, Carol Kane, Felicity Kendal, Seymour Cassel, Peter Vaughan, William Hootkins, Huntz Hall, David de Keyser, Alfred Marks, Anton Diffring;
Director:
Ken Russell;
Writer:
Mardik Martin, Ken Russell, John Byrum;
Writer:
Peter Suschitzsky;
Cameo:
Ferde Grofe Jr.
