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'''''The Lion's Mouth''''' is a 2000 film directed by [[Ken Russell]]. It was known as '''Leonmania'''.<ref>http://www.iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-article-lions-mouth.html</ref>
'''''The Lion's Mouth''''' is a 2000 film directed by [[Ken Russell]]. It was known as '''Leonmania'''.<ref>http://www.iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-article-lions-mouth.html</ref>


Russell made it in his own house for his own money around 20,000 pounds.<ref>Ken Russell left to make home movies in garage: [3GN Edition]
Russell made it in his own house for his own money for a budget of 20,000 pounds.<ref>Ken Russell left to make home movies in garage:
Richard Brooks Arts Editor. Sunday Times;4 Feb 2001: 10.</ref> 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.<ref name="ken"/><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=a4D0zF-2v8YC&pg=PA58&lpg=PA58&dq=%22lion%27s+mouth%22+%22ken+russell%22&source=bl&ots=cuStDDCfzj&sig=ACfU3U2kIYwZlz9j_4SxP7AchQVEkUD3ew&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmufiNipXlAhXQup4KHZt_CIw4ChDoATAAegQIBxAB#v=onepage&q=%22lion's%20mouth%22%20%22ken%20russell%22&f=false|page=58|title=Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Manneristfirst=Kevin M.|last= Flanagan|publisher=Scarecrow Press|date= Aug 3, 2009}}</ref>
Richard Brooks Arts Editor. Sunday Times;4 Feb 2001: 10.</ref>


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."<ref>LIGHTS, LAWNMOWER, CAMCORDER, ACTION Sweet, Matthew. The Independent; London (UK) [London (UK)]22 Oct 2000: 6,7,8.</ref>
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."<ref>LIGHTS, LAWNMOWER, CAMCORDER, ACTION Sweet, Matthew. The Independent 2 Oct 2000: 6,7,8.</ref>
==Plot==
The film was inspired by the [[Harold Davidson|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.<ref name="ken">{{cite web|url=http://www.iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-tv-gorsewood.html|title=The Lion's Mouth|website=Ken Russell Tribute page}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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The Lion's Mouth is a 2000 film directed by Ken Russell. It was known as Leonmania.[1]

Russell made it in his own house for his own money for a budget of 20,000 pounds.[2] 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.[3][4]

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."[5]

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.[3]

References

  1. ^ http://www.iainfisher.com/russell/ken-russell-article-lions-mouth.html
  2. ^ Ken Russell left to make home movies in garage: Richard Brooks Arts Editor. Sunday Times;4 Feb 2001: 10.
  3. ^ a b "The Lion's Mouth". Ken Russell Tribute page.
  4. ^ Flanagan (Aug 3, 2009). Ken Russell: Re-Viewing England's Last Manneristfirst=Kevin M. Scarecrow Press. p. 58.
  5. ^ LIGHTS, LAWNMOWER, CAMCORDER, ACTION Sweet, Matthew. The Independent 2 Oct 2000: 6,7,8.
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