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Saint Jack is a 1973 novel by Paul Theroux that was adapted into a 1979 film of the same name. It tells the life of Jack Flowers, a pimp in Singapore. Feeling hopeless and undervalued, Jack tries to make money by setting up his own bordello, and clashes with Chinese triad members in the process.
14 de jun. de 2023 · There’s a scene in Saint Jack (Peter Bogdanovich, 1979) when Jack Flowers, played with charm and grace by Ben Gazzara, returns to the Singapore Chinatown shophouse where he’s employed as a ship chandler (a go-between for local traders and foreign vessels). His reappearance there, after a sour venture running an R&R camp for the US army, feels like a defeat.
Saint Jack - Apple TV. Available on Pluto TV, Prime Video, Tubi TV, iTunes, Amazon Freevee, Plex. Jack Flowers, an American hustler in early 1970s Singapore, dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel and returning to the States to lead a life of luxury. Drama 1979 1 hr 52 min. 72%. R. Starring Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers.
Compelling character study centering on Jack Flowers (Ben Gazzara), an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small-time pimping. He dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States to live a life of luxury. Savvy but not unsavory, he strikes up a friendship with William Leigh ...
30 de nov. de 2017 · The original trailer of Saint Jack directed by PeterBogdanovich starring Ben Gazzara, Denholm Elliott, James Villiers & Joss Ackland.
1 de feb. de 2022 · Saint Jack (1979) Saint Jack was produced by Roger Corman, with whom Bogdanovich worked on the film The Wild Angels (1966); Playboy tycoon Hugh Hefner was one of Saint Jack’s executive producers. But there’s nothing exploitative about the movie: a sequence where two prostitutes dance for one of Flowers’ clients to a recording of Shirley ...
Jack Flowers is an American hustler trying to make his fortune in 1970s Singapore in small time pimping. His dreams of building a fortune by running a brothel himself and returning to the States is materialized when he is offered the opportunity by the CIA to run a brothel for the R&R activities of U.S. soldiers on leave in Singapore.
