Movie: Nostromo: David Lean's Impossible Dream

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José Sacristán
José Sacristán

Self - Narrator (voice)

Jon Apaolaza
Jon Apaolaza

Self

Georges Corraface
Georges Corraface

Self

Benjamín Fernández
Benjamín Fernández

Self

Robert Hampson
Robert Hampson

Self

Christopher Hampton
Christopher Hampton

Self

Hugh Hudson
Hugh Hudson

Self

Sandra Lean
Sandra Lean

Self

Francine Stock
Francine Stock

Self

Richard Torné
Richard Torné

Self

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    Documentary about David Lean's unfinished attempt of adapting Joseph Conrad's novel Nostromo.

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    2017-12-02

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