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In 1975, the author of A Clockwork Orange was asked to write a new 007 film. The absurd end result has stayed largely hidden – until now

Fifty years ago, a former political speechwriter saved himself from penury by writing a book about a rogue shark – and lived to regret it

The late director Norman Jewison intended his violent, dystopian sports movie as a warning. Instead it became something much more dangerous

The star of Nosferatu and Fitzcarraldo was so awful that many directors wanted him dead. But his sins went far beyond being ‘difficult’

Emma Stone's new TV drama has ended in truly bizarre and baffling style. But in 1988, the ‘Hill Street Blues in a hospital’ went one better

As the great director prepares his second film on the life of Jesus Christ, let's pray it proves much less controversial than the first

The late star was meant to play Poppins herself. Instead, she was charged with delivering a surprisingly radical political message

The bone-chilling vampire saga gave Starsky and Hutch fans quite a shock in 1979 – and remains one of the finest King adaptations ever made

Its off-colour jokes may be unpalatable to some. But the satire and humanity of this 1983 comedy make it essential holiday viewing

Released 50 years ago, the star’s last team-up with Robert Redford was a masterful crime thriller. But the con nearly didn’t come off