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The Lion's Mouth
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Wikipedia article
'The Lion's Mouth' is a 2000 film directed by Ken Russell. It was known as 'Leonmania'.
Russell made it in his own house for his own money for a budget of 20,000 pounds.Ken Russell left to make home movies in garage:
Richard Brooks Arts Editor. Sunday Times;4 Feb 2001: 10. It launched Russell on a series of self financed "underground" films, a return to the sort of movies he made at the start of his career.
During the making of the film Russell said "I haven't enjoyed the experience of making a film since 'Amelia and the Angel'. Everything in between had its ups and downs, but somehow I think this is really me, this film... I'm totally responsible for it and I didn't want to do it any other way."LIGHTS, LAWNMOWER, CAMCORDER, ACTION Sweet, Matthew. The Independent 2 Oct 2000: 6,7,8.
Plot
The film was inspired by the Reverend Harold Davidson, the Rector of Stiffkey, a rector in the 1930s who helped prostitutes.
Cast
*Diana Laurie as Josephine Heatherington
*Ken Russell as Ken the Clown
*Tulip Junkie as Nippy / Lion
*Emma Millions as Tart / Androcles
*Nipper as The dog
Production
When no actor seemed suitable for the role of the vicar, Russell decided to change the film to be a 'Citizen Kane' style investigation of a journalist into the history of the vicar.
References
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