Tell Me Lies 56 years old
Peter Brook’s provocative anti-Vietnam War 1960s protest piece.
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.
Credits
Tell Me Lies Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Bill Macy He was 45, 97 years old when he died | |
| Paul Scofield He was 46, 86 years old when he died | |
| Glenda Jackson She was 31, now 88 years old | as Glenda |
| William Morgan Sheppard He was 35, 86 years old when he died | |
| Patrick Wymark He was 41, 44 years old when he died | |
| Ian Hogg He was 21, now 35 years old | as Ian |
| Henry Woolf He was 38, now 94 years old | as Film Editor 2 |
| Eric Allan He was 27, now 84 years old | as Eric |
| Stokely Carmichael He was 26, 57 years old when he died | as Party Guest |
| Marjie Lawrence She was 36, 78 years old when she died | as Party Guest |
| Noel Collins He was 31, 74 years old when he died | |
| Peggy Ashcroft She was 60, 83 years old when she died | |
| Kingsley Amis He was 45, 73 years old when he died | as Party Guest |
| Leon Lissek He was 41, now 97 years old | as Party Guest |
| Pauline Munro | as Pauline |
| Hugh Armstrong He was 109, 67 years old when he died | as Avant-garde Actor |
| Hugh Sullivan | |
| Barry Stanton He was 27, now 83 years old | as Film Editor 1 |
| John Hussey | as English Actor Playing American Embassy Official |
| Michael Williams (actor) He was 32, 65 years old when he died | as Party Guest |
Tell Me Lies Crew
| Name | Department |
|---|---|
| Peter Brook as Director. He was 42 (now 99) years old | Directing |
| Peter Brook as Writer. He was 42 (now 99) years old | Writing |
Tell Me Lies (56 years)
Peter Brook’s provocative anti-Vietnam War 1960s protest piece.
- Release day: Friday, February 02, 1968
- Runtime: 118 minutes