Mindbender (film)

Mindbender
Mindbender
Directed by	Ken Russell
Written by	Ken Russell; Yael Stern-O'Dwyer;
Produced by	Doron Eran
Starring	Ishai Golan ; Terence Stamp ;
Cinematography	Hong Manley
Edited by	John Orland; Xavier Russell;
Music by	Bob Christianson
Production; company	Major Motion Pictures
Distributed by	Showcase Entertainment
Release dates	1994(Premiere); October 2, 1996(France);
Running time	89 minutes
Countries	United States; Israel;
Language	English

Last updated April 28, 2025

Mindbender is a 1994 biographical film directed by Ken Russell, about Uri Geller.^[2]

Cast

Ishai Golan as Uri Geller
Terence Stamp as Joe Hartman
Hetty Baynes as Kitti Hartman
Idan Alterman as Shipi
Delphine Forest as Sharon
Rachel Elner as Hanna
Raffi Tavor as Uri's father
Aviva Yoel as Uri's mother
Uri Geller as himself

Production

Geller later said "Ken Russell's version was great but very exaggerated."^[3]

References

↑ A Life of the Mind Ben-David, Calev. The Jerusalem Report ; Jerusalem (Sep 8, 1994): 46.
↑ Company Town What This Show Needs Are Awards For a New Image, the Film Market Could Honor What Its Folks Do Best: [Home Edition] Bates, James. Los Angeles Times 28 Feb 1995: 4.
↑ Uri Geller wants Johnny Depp to play him in his biopic The Hindustan Times 10 June 2006: n/a.

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[1] A Life of the Mind Ben-David, Calev. The Jerusalem Report ; Jerusalem (Sep 8, 1994): 46.

[2] Company Town What This Show Needs Are Awards For a New Image, the Film Market Could Honor What Its Folks Do Best: [Home Edition] Bates, James. Los Angeles Times 28 Feb 1995: 4.

[3] Uri Geller wants Johnny Depp to play him in his biopic The Hindustan Times 10 June 2006: n/a.

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v t e Works directed by Ken Russell
Films	French Dressing (1964) Billion Dollar Brain (1967) Women in Love (1969) The Music Lovers (1971) The Devils (1971) The Boy Friend (1971) Savage Messiah (1972) Mahler (1974) Tommy (1975) Lisztomania (1975) Valentino (1977) Altered States (1980) Crimes of Passion (1984) Gothic (1986) Salome's Last Dance (1988) The Lair of the White Worm (1988) The Rainbow (1989) Women & Men: Stories of Seduction (1990) Whore (1991) Mindbender (1995) The Fall of the Louse of Usher (2002) Trapped Ashes (2006)
Documentaries	John Betjeman: A Poet in London (1959) Gordon Jacob (1959) A House in Bayswater (1959) Pop Goes the Easel (1962) Elgar (1962) Watch the Birdie (1963) Bartok (1964) The Dotty World of James Lloyd (1964) The Debussy Film (1965) Always on Sunday (1965) Don't Shoot the Composer (1966) Isadora Duncan, the Biggest Dancer in the World (1966) Dante's Inferno (1967) Song of Summer (1968) Dance of the Seven Veils (1970) William and Dorothy (1976) The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1978) The Planets (1983) Vaughan Williams: A Symphonic Portrait (1984) Ken Russell's ABC of British Music (1988) The Strange Affliction of Anton Bruckner (1990) The Mystery of Dr Martinu (1992) Elgar: Fantasy on a Composer on a Bicycle (2002)
Shorts	Peep Show (1956) Amelia and the Angel (1958) Segment "Nessun Dorma" in Aria (1987) The Insatiable Mrs. Kirsch (1993) The Lion's Mouth (2000) A Kitten for Hitler (2007)
TV movies	Prisoner of Honor (1991) The Secret Life of Arnold Bax (1992) Lady Chatterley (mini-series, 1993) Ken Russell's Treasure Island (1995) Dogboys (1998)
Related	Unrealised projects

Mindbender (film)

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Cast

Production

References

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