JILL LAWLESS, The Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Director Ken Russell got Oliver Reed and Alan Bates to wrestle naked, turned Vanessa Redgrave into a demonic nun and cast Ringo Starr as the pope. Critics and mainstream audiences often hated his films. Actors and admirers loved him.
The iconoclastic British director, whose death at age 84 was announced Monday, made films that blended music, sex and violence in a potent brew.
Only a few of his movies were commercial...
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