''The Lion's Mouth'' is a 2000 film directed by Ken Russell. It was known as Leonmania. Russell made it in his own house for his own money for a budget of 20,000 pounds. It launched Russell on a series of self financed "underground" films, a return to the sort of movies he made at the start of his career. During the making of the film Russell said "I haven't enjoyed the experience of making a film since ''

Amelia and the Angel ''Amelia and the Angel'' is a 1958 British film directed by Ken Russell. It was his second completed film after ''Peep Show''. The movie was seen by Huw Wheldon and led to his offering Russell a full-time job. Plot A schoolgirl, Amelia, attempts ...

''. Everything in between had its ups and downs, but somehow I think this is really me, this film... I'm totally responsible for it and I didn't want to do it any other way."LIGHTS, LAWNMOWER, CAMCORDER, ACTION Sweet, Matthew. The Independent 2 Oct 2000: 6,7,8.

Plot

The film was inspired by the Reverend Harold Davidson, the Rector of Stiffkey, a rector in the 1930s who helped prostitutes.

Cast

*Diana Laurie as Josephine Heatherington *Ken Russell as Ken the Clown *Tulip Junkie as Nippy / Lion *Emma Millions as Tart / Androcles *Nipper as The dog

Production

When no actor seemed suitable for the role of the

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, Russell decided to change the film to be a '' Citizen Kane'' style investigation of a journalist into the history of the vicar.

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