Saint Jack

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Saint Jack is a 1979 film directed by Peter Bogdanovich, a character-driven drama about an American pimp in Singapore adapted from Paul Theroux’s novel.

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Saint Jack canonical 5
Saint Jack (1973 novel) 1
Saint Jack (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf feature film
film
adaptationType novel adaptation
authorOfSourceWork Paul Theroux
basedOn Saint Jack self-linksurface differs
surface form: Saint Jack (novel)
cinematographyBy Robbie Müller
colorProcess color
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Peter Bogdanovich
distributor New World Pictures
editedBy Verna Fields
William Reynolds
filmingFormat 35 mm film
filmingLocation Singapore
filmMovement New Hollywood
filmRatingSystem MPAA film rating system
surface form: MPAA
genre character-driven drama
drama film
hasSourceMaterial Saint Jack self-linksurface differs
surface form: Saint Jack (1973 novel)
leadActorPlays Ben Gazzara as Jack Flowers
leadCharacterName Jack Flowers
mainCharacterOccupation pimp
musicBy Chinatown Band
narrativeFocus life of an American pimp in Singapore
narrativeForm character study
notableFor controversial subject matter in Singapore
on-location shooting in Singapore
originalLanguage English
portrays expatriate life in Asia
sex work in Singapore
producer Hugh Hefner
Peter Bogdanovich
protagonistNationality American
releaseDecade 1970s
releaseYear 1979
runtimeMinutes 112
screenplayBy Howard Sackler
Peter Bogdanovich
settingLocation Singapore
sourceMaterialPublicationYear 1973
starring Ben Gazzara
Denholm Elliott
George Lazenby
Joss Ackland
timePeriodSetting 1960s
1970s

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Peter Bogdanovich notableWork Saint Jack
Peter Bogdanovich directed Saint Jack
Denholm Elliott notableWork Saint Jack
Saint Jack basedOn Saint Jack self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Saint Jack (novel)
Saint Jack hasSourceMaterial Saint Jack self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Saint Jack (1973 novel)
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Ben Gazzara notableWork Saint Jack