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25/04/2008

John Hurt talks about Indiana Jones, Alien and his film The Oxford Murders, a heady mix of maths, philosophy and murder; plus the Iraq war on screen.

John Hurt, the star of Elephant Man, Alien and The Naked Civil Servant discusses his career and his new movie which centres around Wittgenstein and homicide.

Nigel Floyd reviews the early work of one of the godfathers of American independent cinema Jim Jarmusch.

Cinema And The Iraq War: Kimberly Pierce's new film, Stop-Loss, is the latest in a long line of movies about the conflict in Iraq, including Paul Haggis' In The Valley Of Elah and Grace Is Gone starring John Cusack. The Film Programme talks to Pierce, Haggis and Cusack about their motives for making these controversial pictures.

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Fri 25 Apr 2008 16:30
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  • JOHN HURT

    John Hurt, the star of Elephant Man and The Naked Civil Servant talks about his career.

    Duration: 08:15

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  • Fri 25 Apr 2008 16:30
    成人快手 Radio 4

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