1979 film Meetings with Remarkable Men Original Movie Poster Folded as originally issued, measures 27" x 40". Meetings with Remarkable Men is a 1979 British film directed by Peter Brooks and based on the book of same name by Greek-Armenian mystic, G. I. Gurdjieff, first published in English in 1963. Shot on location in Afghanistan (except for dance sequences, which were filmed in England), it starred Terence Stamp, and Dragan Maksimovic as the adult Gurdjieff. The film was entered into the 29th Berlin International Film Festival, in competition for the Golden Bear award.