Tell Me Lies
Peter Brook’s provocative anti-Vietnam War 1960s protest piece.
1968-02-02 | 118 minutes
Plot Summary
Adapted and directed by Peter Brook from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s ‘production-in-progress US’, this long-unseen agitprop drama-doc – shot in London in 1967 and released only briefly in the UK and New York at the height of the Vietnam War – remains both thought-provoking and disturbing. A theatrical and cinematic social comment on US intervention in Vietnam, Brook’s film also reveals a 1960s London where art, theatre and political protest actively collude and where a young Glenda Jackson and RSC icons such as Peggy Ashcroft and Paul Scofield feature prominently on the front line. Multi-layered scenarios staged by Brook combine with newsreel footage, demonstrations, satirical songs and skits to illustrate the intensity of anti-war opinion within London’s artistic and intellectual community.
Cast
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Mark JonesMark
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Robert Langdon LlyodBob
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Pauline MunroPauline
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Peggy Ashcroft
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Patrick Wymark
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Paul Scofield
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Barry StantonFilm Editor 1
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Henry WoolfFilm Editor 2
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Glenda JacksonGlenda
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John HusseyEnglish Actor Playing American Embassy Official
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Tom DribergParty Guest
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Ivor Seward RichardParty Guest
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Michael WilliamsParty Guest
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Marjie LawrenceParty Guest
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Leon LissekParty Guest
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