The Young Lions 1958 Movie Review
The Young Lions is a 1958 war drama film directed by Edward Dmytryk, based upon the 1949 novel of the same name by Irwin Shaw, and starring Marlon Brando, Montgomery Clift, and Dean Martin.
It was nominated for three Academy Awards.
Cast
* Marlon Brando as Christian Diestl
* Montgomery Clift as Noah Ackerman
* Dean Martin as Michael Whiteacre
* Barbara Rush as Margaret
* Hope Lange as Hope
* May Britt as Gretchen Hardenberg
* Maximilian Schell as Captain Hardenberg
Parley Bear as Brandt
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Mean Streets 1973 Movie Review
Mean Streets
Directed by Martin Scorsese
Screenplay by Martin Scorsese Mardik Martin
Story by Martin Scorsese
Produced by Jonathan T. Taplin
Cast
Robert De Niro as John "Johnny Boy" Civello
Harvey Keitel as Charlie Cappa
David Proval as Tony DeVienazo
Amy Robinson as Teresa Ronchelli
Victor Argo as Mario
Richard Romanus as Michael Longo
Cesare Danova as Giovanni Cappa
George Memmoli as Joey
Jeannie Bell as Diane
Harry Northup as Soldier
David Carradine as Drunk
Martin Scorsese as Jimmy Shorts
Cinematography Kent L. Wakeford
Edited by Sidney Levin
Release date October 14, 1973
Running time 112 minutes
Country United States[1]
Languages English, Italian, Neapolitan
Budget $650,000
Box office $3 million[2]
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Hlute 1971 Movie Review
My review of Klute released in 1971
Directed by Alan J. Pakula
Written by Andy Lewis Dave Lewis
Produced by Alan J. Pakula
Cinematography Gordon Willis
Edited by Carl Lerner
Music by Michael Small
Award Category Recipient(s) Result Ref.
Academy Awards Best Actress Jane Fonda Won
Best Original Screenplay Andy Lewis and Dave Lewis Nominated
British Academy Film Awards Best Actress in a Leading Role Jane Fonda Nominated
Edgar Allan Poe Awards Best Motion Picture Screenplay Andy Lewis and Dave Lewis Nominated
Fotogramas de Plata Best Foreign Movie Performer Jane Fonda Won
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Won [
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture Andy Lewis and Dave Lewis Nominated
Gotham Independent Film Awards Classic Film Tribute Award Klute Won
Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actress Jane Fonda Won
London Film Critics' Circle Awards Best Director Alan J. Pakula Won
NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture Donald Sutherland Won
Outstanding Actress in a Motion Picture Jane Fonda Won
National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Actress Won
New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actress Won
Writers Guild of America Awards Best Drama – Written Directly for the Screen Andy Lewis and Dave Lewis Nominated
Production company
Gus Productions
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date June 23, 1971[1]
Running time 114 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $2.5 million
Box office $12.5 million[2]
Cast
Jane Fonda as Bree Daniel
Donald Sutherland as John Klute
Charles Cioffi as Peter Cable
Roy Scheider as Frank Ligourin
Dorothy Tristan as Arlyn Page
Rita Gam as Trina
Vivian Nathan as the psychiatrist
Nathan George as Trask
Shirley Stoler as Momma Reese
Jean Stapleton as Goldfarb's secretary
Veronica Hamel as a model (uncredited)
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8 and a half 1963 Movie Review
Fellini's masterpiece
Cast
Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, a film director
Anouk Aimée as Luisa Anselmi, Guido's wife
Rossella Falk as Rossella, Luisa's best friend and Guido's confidante
Sandra Milo as Carla, Guido's mistress
Claudia Cardinale as Claudia, a film star Guido casts as his Ideal Woman
Simonetta Simeoni as young girl
Guido Alberti as Pace, a film producer
Mario Conocchia as Mario Conocchia, Guido's production assistant
Bruno Agostini as Bruno Agostini, the production director
Cesarino Miceli Picardi as Cesarino, the production supervisor
Jean Rougeul [fr] as Carini Daumier, a film critic
Mario Pisu as Mario Mezzabotta, Guido's friend
Barbara Steele as Gloria Morin, Mezzabotta's new young girlfriend
Madeleine Lebeau as Madeleine, a French actress
Caterina Boratto as a mysterious lady in the hotel
Eddra Gale as La Saraghina, a prostitute
Eugene Walter as an American journalist
Mary Indovino as Maya, the clairvoyant
Ian Dallas as Maurice, Maya's assistant
Giuditta Rissone as Guido's mother
Annibale Ninchi [it] as Guido's father
Edy Vessel as a mannequin
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About Schmidt 2002 Movie Review
About Schmidt 2002
Directed by Alexander Payne
Screenplay by Alexander Payne Jim Taylor
Based on About Schmidt by Louis Begley
Produced by Michael Besman Harry Gittes
Cinematography James Glennon
Edited by Kevin Tent
Music by Rolfe Kent
Running time 124 minutes
Budget $30 million[1]
Box office $105.8 million[1]
Cast
Jack Nicholson as Warren R. Schmidt
Kathy Bates as Roberta Hertzel
Hope Davis as Jeannie Schmidt
Dermot Mulroney as Randall Hertzel
June Squibb as Helen Schmidt
Howard Hesseman as Larry Hertzel
Harry Groener as John Rusk
Connie Ray as Vicki Rusk
Len Cariou as Ray Nichols
Matt Winston as Gary Nordin, Warren's successor
Phil Reeves as Minister in Denver
Awards
75th Academy Awards
Best Actor Jack Nicholson Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Kathy Bates Nominated
56th British Academy Film Awards
Best Actor Jack Nicholson Nominated
60th Golden Globe Awards
Best Motion Picture – Drama Nominated
Best Director Alexander Payne Nominated
Best Screenplay Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor Won
Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Jack Nicholson Won
Best Supporting Actress Kathy Bates Nominated
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Alfie 1966 Movie Review
Alfie 1966
Directed by Lewis Gilbert
Screenplay by Bill Naughton
Based on Alfie
by Bill Naughton
Produced by Lewis Gilbert
Cast
Michael Caine as Alfie Elkins
Shelley Winters as Ruby
Millicent Martin as Siddie
Vivien Merchant as Lily Clamacraft
Jane Asher as Annie
Julia Foster as Gilda
Shirley Anne Field as Carla
Eleanor Bron as the Doctor
Denholm Elliott as the Abortionist
Alfie Bass as Harry Clamacraft
Graham Stark as Humphrey
Murray Melvin as Nat
Sydney Tafler as Frank
Queenie Watts (uncredited) as the Blonde Pub Singer
Pauline Boty (uncredited) as Laundress
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Love With A Proper Stranger 1963 movie Review
Love With A Proper Stranger
Directed by Robert Mulligan
Writing Credits Arnold Schulman ... (written by)
Cast
Natalie Wood ... Angie Rossini
Steve McQueen ... Rocky Papasano
Edie Adams ... Barbie
Herschel Bernardi ... Dominick Rossini
Anne Hegira ... Beetie
Harvey Lembeck ... Julio Rossini
Mario Badolati ... Elio Papasano
Penny Santon ... Mama Rossini
Elena Karam Elena Karam ... The Woman
Virginia Vincent Virginia Vincent ... Anna
Nina Varela ... Mrs. Columbo
E. Nick Alexander ... Guido Rossini
Marilyn Chris ... Gina
Augusta Ciolli Augusta Ciolli ... Mrs. Papasano
Wolfe Barzell Wolfe Barzell ... The Priest
Tom Bosley ... Anthony Columbo
Academy Awards, USA 1964
Nominee Best Actress in a Leading Role Natalie Wood
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen Arnold Schulman
Best Cinematography, Black-and-White Milton R. Krasner
Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White
Hal Pereira Roland Anderson Sam Comer Grace Gregory
Best Costume Design, Black-and-White Edith Head
Golden Globes, USA 1964
Nominee Best Actress - Drama Natalie Wood
Best Actor - Drama Steve McQueen
Laurel Awards 1964
Nominee
Golden Laurel Top Drama
4th place.
Top Female Dramatic Performance
Natalie Wood
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The Good The Bad and The Ugly 1966 Movie Review
My review of this classic spaghetti western directed by Sergio Leone
Directed by Sergio Leone
Writing Credits Luciano Vincenzoni & Sergio Leone ... (story)
Agenore Incrocci (as Age) & Furio Scarpelli ... (screenplay)
Luciano Vincenzoni & Sergio Leone ... (screenplay)
Cast
Eli Wallach ... Tuco
Clint Eastwood ... Blondie
Lee Van Cleef ... Sentenza / Angel Eyes
Aldo Giuffrè ... Alcoholic Union Captain
Luigi Pistilli ... Father Pablo Ramirez
Rada Rassimov ... Maria
Enzo Petito ... Storekeeper
Claudio Scarchilli ... Mexican Peon
John Bartha ... Sheriff
Livio Lorenzon ... Baker
Antonio Casale ... Jackson / Bill Carson
Sandro Scarchilli ... Mexican Peon
Benito Stefanelli & Aldo Sambrell Member of Angel Eyes' Gang
Angelo Novi ... Monk
Antonio Casas ... Stevens
Al Mulock ... One-Armed Bounty Hunter
Sergio Mendizábal ... Blonde Bounty Hunter
Antonio Molino Rojo ... Capt. Harper
Lorenzo Robledo ... Clem
Mario Brega ... Cpl. Wallace
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A Patch Of Blue 1965 Movie Review
My appreciation of this 1965 movie
Director: Guy Green
Producer: Pandro S. Berman, Guy Green
Screenwriter: Guy Green
Based on Be Ready with Bells and Drums 1961 novel by Elizabeth Kata
Cast
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Sidney Poitier as Gordon Ralfe
Shelley Winters as Rose-Ann D'Arcey
Elizabeth Hartman as Selina D'Arcey
Wallace Ford as Ole Pa
Ivan Dixon as Mark Ralfe
Elisabeth Fraser as Sadie
John Qualen as Mr. Faber
Kelly Flynn as Yanek Faber
Debi Storm as Selina, age 5
Renata Vanni as Mrs. Favaloro
Saverio LoMedico as Mr. Favaloro
Casey Merriman as Casey M
Academy Awards
Best Actress Elizabeth Hartman
Nominated
Best Supporting Actress Shelley Winters Won
Best Art Direction - Black-and-White George Davis, Urie McCleary, Henry Grace and Charles S. Thompson Nominated
Best Cinematography - Black-and-White Robert Burks Nominated
Best Music Score - Substantially Original Jerry Goldsmith Nominated
British Academy Film Awards Best Foreign Actor Sidney Poitier Nominated
Best Motion Picture - Drama Pandro S. Berman and Guy Green Nominated
Best Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama Sidney Poitier Nominated
Best Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama Elizabeth Hartman Nominated
Golden Globe Awards
Best Director - Motion Picture Guy Green Nominated
Best Screenplay - Motion Picture Nominated
New Star of the Year - Actress Elizabeth Hartman Won
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The Pawnbroker 1964 Movie Review
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Written by Morton S. Fine
David Friedkin
Based on The Pawnbroker
by Edward Lewis Wallant
Produced by Philip Langner
Roger Lewis
Ely Landau
Cast
Rod Steiger – Sol Nazerman
Geraldine Fitzgerald – Marilyn Birchfield
Brock Peters – Rodriguez
Jaime Sánchez – Jesus Ortiz
Thelma Oliver – Ortiz's girl
Eusebia Cosme - Mrs. Ortiz (Jesus' mother)[8]
Marketa Kimbrell – Tessie
Baruch Lumet – Mendel
Juano Hernández – Mr. Smith
Linda Geiser – Ruth Nazerman
Nancy R. Pollock – Bertha
Raymond St. Jacques – Tangee
Charles Dierkop – Robinson
Morgan Freeman – Man on Street (uncredited)[9]
Tony Lawrence – Cop (uncredited)[10]
+ Film Clip at the end of the review
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Tom Jones 1963 Movie Review
A baudy comedy
TOM JONES (MOVIE)
Produced and directed by Tony Richardson; written by John Osborne, based on the novel by Henry Fielding; cinematographer, Walter Lassally; edited by Anthony Gibbs; music by John Addison; production designer, Ralph Brinton; released by Lopert Pictures. Running time: 135 minutes.
Directed by
Tony Richardson
Writing Credits
John Osborne ... (screenplay)
Henry Fielding ... (based on the novel by)
Cast (in credits order) verified as complete
George Devine George Devine ... Squire Allworthy
Rachel Kempson Rachel Kempson ... Bridget Allworthy
Angela Baddeley Angela Baddeley ... Mrs. Wilkins
Joyce Redman Joyce Redman ... Jenny Jones / Mrs. Waters
Jack MacGowran Jack MacGowran ... Partridge
Albert Finney Albert Finney ... Tom Jones
Diane Cilento Diane Cilento ... Molly Seagrim
Wilfrid Lawson Wilfrid Lawson ... Black George
John Moffatt John Moffatt ... Square
Peter Bull Peter Bull ... Thwackum
David Warner David Warner ... Blifil
Freda Jackson Freda Jackson ... Mrs. Seagrim
Redmond Phillips Redmond Phillips ... Lawyer Dowling
Hugh Griffith Hugh Griffith ... Squire Western
Susannah York Susannah York ... Sophie Western
James Cairncross James Cairncross ... Parson Supple
Edith Evans Edith Evans ... Miss Western
Patsy Rowlands Patsy Rowlands ... Honor
Mark Dignam Mark Dignam ... Lieutenant
Julian Glover Julian Glover ... Northernton
Avis Bunnage Avis Bunnage ... Landlady, George Inn
Rosalind Knight Rosalind Knight ... Mrs. Fitzpatrick
Lynn Redgrave Lynn Redgrave ... Susan, Upton Inn
George A. Cooper George A. Cooper ... Mr. Fitzpatrick
Jack Stewart Jack Stewart ... MacLachlan
Joan Greenwood Joan Greenwood ... Lady Bellaston
Rosalind Atkinson Rosalind Atkinson ... Mrs. Miller
David Tomlinson David Tomlinson ... Lord Fellamar
Micheál MacLiammóir Micheál MacLiammóir ... Narrator (voice) (as Micheál Mac Liammóir) With: Albert Finney (Tom Jones), Susannah York (Sophie Western), Hugh Griffith (Squire Western), Dame Edith Evans (Miss Western), Joan Greenwood (Lady Bellaston), Diane Cilento (Molly), and Joyce Redman (Mrs. Waters).
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This Sporting Life 1963 Movie Review
Great movie by Lindsay Anderson - his debut as a director
Director Lindsay Anderson
Production Company Independent Artists
Producer Karel Reisz
Screenplay and original novel David Storey
Director of Photography Denys Coop
Music Roberto Gerhard
Cast:
Richard Harris (Frank Machin);
Rachel Roberts (Mrs Margaret Hammond);
Alan Badel (Weaver);
William Hartnell (Johnson);
Colin Blakely (Maurice Braithwaite)
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The Outrage 1964 Movie Review
THE OUTRAGE; 1964
creenplay by Michael Kanin; based on the Japanesa Daiei film "Rashomon," directed by Akira Kurosawa, and the play "Rashomon," by Fay and Michael Kanin; directed by Martin Ritt,
produced by A. Ronald Lubin
time: 95 minutes.
Cast
Juan Carrasco . . . . . Paul Newman
Husband . . . . . Laurence Harvey
Wife . . . . . Claire Bloom
Con Man . . . . . Edward G. Robinson
Preacher . . . . . William Shatner
Prospector . . . . . Howard da Silva
Sheriff . . . . . Albert Salmi
Indian . . . . . Paul Fix
Judge . . . . . Thomas Chalmers
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Hud 1962 Movie Review
Hud 1962
Director: Martin Ritt
Producer: Irving Ravetch, Martin Ritt
Screenwriter: Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr.
Cast
Paul Newman as Hud Bannon, the arrogant, self-centered son of rancher Homer Bannon: To prepare for the role, Newman worked for 10 days on a Texas ranch, sleeping in a bunkhouse.[4] For his Texas accent, he was coached by Bob Hinkle, who coached James Dean for his role as Jett Rink in Giant.[5]
Melvyn Douglas as Homer Bannon: Hud's father, Lonnie's grandfather, and owner of the Bannon ranch:[6] Although Paramount was doubtful about casting him due to his heart condition, Martin Ritt insisted that he was the right actor for the role.[7]
Brandon deWilde as Lonnie Bannon, Hud's teenaged nephew who idolizes him: DeWilde, a former child actor, was best known at the time for his award-winning role in Shane.[8]
Patricia Neal as Alma Brown, the Bannons' housekeeper: Ritt decided to cast Neal (whom he had met at the Actors Studio) when he was impressed by her performance in The Untouchables episode "The Maggie Storm Story". The actress signed for $30,000;[6] although she had third billing and 22 minutes of screen time, the film had a major impact on her career.[9]
Whit Bissell as Mr. Burris
Crahan Denton as Jesse
John Ashley as Hermy
Val Avery as Jose
George Petrie as Joe Scanlon
Curt Conway as Truman Peters
Sheldon Allman as Mr. Thompson
Pitt Herbert as Mr. Larker
Carl Low as Mr. Kirby
Robert Hinkle as Radio Announcer Frank
Don Kennedy as Charlie Tucker
Sharyn Hillyer as Myra
Yvette Vickers as Lily Peters
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A Child Is Waiting 1963 Movie Review
A Child Is Waiting is a 1963 American drama film written by Abby Mann based on his 1957 Westinghouse Studio One teleplay of the same name. The film was produced by Stanley Kramer and directed by John Cassavetes. Burt Lancaster portrays the director of a state institution for mentally handicapped and emotionally disturbed children, and Judy Garland is a new teacher who challenges his methods.
Directed by John Cassavetes
Produced by Stanley Kramer
Written by Abby Mann
Music by Ernest Gold
Cinematography Joseph LaShelle
Edited by Gene Fowler, Jr.
Robert C. Jon
Cast
Burt Lancaster as Dr. Matthew Clark
Judy Garland as Jean Hansen
Gena Rowlands as Sophie Widdicombe Benham
Steven Hill as Ted Widdicombe
Lawrence Tierney as Douglas Benham
Bruce Ritchey as Reuben Widdicombe
John Marley as Holland
Paul Stewart as Goodman
Elizabeth Wilson as Miss Fogarty
Barbara Pepper as Miss Brown
Keith and Kerry Simon as infant Ruben
Billy Mumy as boy counting Jean's pearls
Juanita Moore as Julius' Mother
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The Savage Innocents 1960 Movie Review
the savage innocence
Directed by Nicholas Ray
Screenplay by Nicholas Ray
Hans Rüesch / Franco Solinas (adaptation)
Based on Top of the World by Hans Rüesch
Produced by Maleno Malenotti
Cinematography Peter Hennessy Aldo Tonti
Edited by Eraldo Da Roma Ralph Kemplen Jolanda Benvenuti
Music by Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Cast
Anthony Quinn as Inuk
Yoko Tani as Asiak
Nikki van der Zyl as Asiak's voice
Peter O'Toole as the First Trooper
Robert Rietti as the First Trooper's voice
Carlo Giustini as the Second Trooper
Lee Montague as Ittimargnek
Marco Guglielmi as the Missionary
Anna Wong as Hiko
Kaida Horiuchi as Imina
Anthony Chinn as Kiddok
Michael Chow as Undik
Marie Yang as Powtee
Andy Ho as Anarvik
Yvonne Shima as Lulik
Francis de Wolff as Trader
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he Apartment 1960 Movie Review
+ scene featuring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine + Trailer for the Apartment from 1960 movie starring Jack Lemmon, Shirley MacLaine and Fred McMurray
Directed by Billy Wilder
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The Criminal 1960 Movie Review
EDirected by Joseph Losey
Produced by Nat Cohen
Screenplay by Alun Owen
Music by John Dankworth
Cinematography Robert Kraske
Cast
Stanley Baker as Johnny Bannion
Sam Wanamaker as Mike Carter
Grégoire Aslan as Frank Saffrion
Margit Saad as Suzanne
Jill Bennett as Maggie
Rupert Davies as Edwards
Laurence Naismith as Mr Town
John Van Eyssen as Formby
Noel Willman as Prison Governor
Derek Francis as Priest
Redmond Phillips as Prison Doctor
Kenneth J. Warren as Clobber
Patrick Magee as Barrows
Robert Adams as Judas
Kenneth Cope as Kelly
Patrick Wymark as Sol
Jack Rodney as Scout
John Molloy as Snipe
Brian Phelan as Pauly Larkin
Paul Stassino as Alfredo Fanucci
Jerold Wells as Warder Brown
Tom Bell as Flynn
Neil McCarthy as O'Hara
Keith Smith as Hanson
Nigel Green as Ted
Review
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The Sundowners 1960 Movie Review
Set in Australia this movie about Sundowners stars Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum and Peter Ustinov
The Sundowners is a 1960 Technicolor comedy-drama[5] film that tells the story of a 1920s Australian outback family torn between the father's desires to continue his nomadic sheep-herding ways and the wife and son's desire to settle in one place. The Sundowners was produced and directed by Fred Zinnemann, adapted by Isobel Lennart from Jon Cleary's 1952 novel of the same name, with Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns, Mervyn Johns, Dina Merrill, Michael Anderson Jr., and Chips Rafferty.[6][2]
In 2019, FilmInk cited it among "50 meat pie Westerns".[7][8]
At the 33rd Academy Awards, it was in the running for Best Picture, and Kerr was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Johns for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Zinnemann for Best Director, and Lennart for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, with no Academy wins.
Plot
Irish-Australian Paddy Carmody (Robert Mitchum) is a sheep drover and shearer, roving the sparsely populated outback with his wife Ida (Deborah Kerr) and son Sean (Michael Anderson, Jr.).[2] They are sundowners, constantly moving, pitching their tent whenever the sun goes down. Ida and Sean want to settle, but Paddy has wanderlust and never wants to stay in one place for long. While passing through the bush, the family meet refined Englishman Rupert Venneker (Peter Ustinov) and hire him to help drive a large herd of sheep to the town of Cawndilla. Along the way, they survive a dangerous bushfire.
Mrs. Firth (Glynis Johns), who runs the pub in Cawndilla, takes a liking to Rupert. He takes to spending nights with her, but like Paddy, he has no desire to be tied down.
Ida convinces Paddy to take a job at a station shearing sheep; she serves as the cook, Rupert as a wool roller, and Sean as a tar boy. Ida enjoys the company of Jean Halstead (Dina Merrill), their employer's lonely wife. When fellow shearer Bluey Brown's (John Meillon) pregnant wife Liz (Lola Brooks) arrives unannounced, she sees the young woman through her first birth.
Ida is saving the money the family earns for a down payment on a farm that they stayed at for a night on the sheep drive. Although Paddy has agreed to participate in a shearing contest against someone from a rival group, he decides to leave six weeks into the shearing season. Ida persuades him to stay. He loses the contest to an old veteran.
Paddy wins a lot of money and a racehorse playing two-up. Owning such an animal has been his longstanding dream. They name him Sundowner and enter him, with Sean as his jockey, at local races on their travels after the shearing is done. Sean and Sundowner win their first race.
Ida finally convinces a still reluctant Paddy to buy the farm on which Sean and she have their hearts set, but he loses all the money Ida saved in a single night of playing two-up. By way of apology, he tells her that he has found a buyer for Sundowner if he wins the next race. The money would recoup their down payment. Although Sundowner wins, he is disqualified for interference, and the deal falls through. Nevertheless, Paddy's deep remorse heals the breach with Ida, and they resolve to save enough to buy a farm one day.
Cast
Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr
Peter Ustinov
Academy Award Nominee, Supporting Actress, 1960
Glynis Johns
Robert Mitchum
Deborah Kerr
Deborah Kerr as Ida Carmody
Robert Mitchum as Paddy Carmody
Peter Ustinov as Rupert Venneker
Glynis Johns as Mrs. Firth
Dina Merrill as Jean Halstead
Chips Rafferty as Quinlan
Michael Anderson Jr. as Sean Carmody
Lola Brooks as Liz Brown
Wylie Watson as Herb Johnson
John Meillon as Bluey Brown
Ronald Fraser as Clint Ocker
Gerry Duggan
Leonard Teale
Peter Carver
Dick Bentley as Evan Evans
Mervyn Johns as Jack Patchogue. Mervyn Johns is the father of Glynis Johns.
Molly Urquhart as Mrs. Bateman
Ewen Solon as Halstead
Max Osbiston
Mercia Barden
Production
Fred Zinnemann decided to make the film at the suggestion of Dorothy Hammerstein, the Australian-born, second wife of Oscar Hammerstein II.[1] She intended to send him a copy of the novel The Shiralee (later filmed with Peter Finch), but accidentally sent a copy of The Sundowners. He immediately bought the screen rights and decided to produce it himself.[9] According to Zinnemann's autography, Aaron Spelling was signed to write the screenplay, but was replaced by Isobel Lennart;[1] another source states the screenplay was mostly written by Jon Cleary in spite of Lennart's screen credit.[10] The ending of the film was a tribute to John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.[11] Gary Cooper was hired to play Paddy Carmody, but had to leave due to poor health. He was replaced by Robert Mitchum, who agreed to work on the film for a chance to appear with Deborah Kerr, with whom he had become good friends while making Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison. He also agreed to give her top billing, joking to the production team that they could "design a 24-foot sign of me bowing to her if you like".[12] Michael Anderson, Jr. was imported from England to play their son.[13]
Zinnemann was determined to film The Sundowners on location and vetoed Jack L. Warner's plan to shoot in Arizona or near Dallas, Texas to save money.[14] Interiors were shot at Associated British Picture Corporation Elstree Studios in England;[1][15] exteriors were shot in Australia in Carriewerloo, Cooma, Hawker, Iron Knob, Jindabyne, Nimmitabel, Port Augusta, Quorn, and Whyalla.[1][12] The "for-sale" property in the film was called Hiawatha and was on the Snowy River, just north of Old Jindabyne (now under the waters of Lake Jindabyne).[16]
Filming began in 1959.[17] Zinnemann spent 12 weeks filming scenery and sheep droving before the cast arrived in October. The weather made location filming difficult, fluctuating from hot and humid to cold and rainy. This delayed production by several weeks and caused some irritation among the cast and crew. Mitchum was often harassed by fans and eventually moved onto a boat to avoid them. Filming wrapped on 17 December 1959.[12] A number of Australian actors appeared in the supporting cast.[18]
Ray Austin was the stunt coordinator. Nicolas Roeg, who later directed films such as Walkabout, was a second unit camera operator.[19]
Reception
When the movie premiered at the Radio City Music Hall, Bosley Crowther of The New York Times called the film an "especially appropriate entertainment for the Christmas holidays"; according to Crowther:[2]
What is nice about these people and valid about this film, is that they have an abundance of freshness, openness, and vitality. The action scenes are dynamic—the scenes of driving sheep, shearing them, racing horses at a genuine 'bush country' track, and simply living happily in the great sky-covered outdoors. And the scenes of human involvements—those between the husband and the wife, of a woman having a baby, of a footloose housewife looking at a stove—are deeply and poignantly revealing of how good and sensitive people can be.
The Sundowners, marketed as a "newer version" of From Here to Eternity, was a financial failure in the United States.[12] The film reached the top 10 at the UK box office and was the third-highest grossing film of 1961 in Australia.[20]
Awards
33rd Academy Awards
Nomination for Best Film
Nomination for Best Performance by an Actress – Deborah Kerr
Nomination for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role – Glynis Johns
Nomination for Best Achievement in Directing – Fred Zinneman
Nomination for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium – Isobel Lennart[20]
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The Unforgiven 1960 Movie Review
Directed by John Huston
Produced by James Hill
Written by Ben Maddow
Alan Le May (novel)
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography Franz Planer
Edited by Russell Lloyd
Cast
Burt Lancaster as Ben Zachary
Audrey Hepburn as Rachel Zachary
Audie Murphy as Cash Zachary
John Saxon as Johnny Portugal
Charles Bickford as Zeb Rawlins
Lillian Gish as Mattilda Zachary
Albert Salmi as Charlie Rawlins
Joseph Wiseman as Abe Kelsey
June Walker as Hagar Rawlins
Kipp Hamilton as Georgia Rawlins
Arnold Merritt as Jude Rawlins
Doug McClure as Andy Zachary
Carlos Rivas as Lost Bird
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Tunes Of Glory 1960 movie Review
Great movie starring John Mills, Alec Guinness and a young Susannah York
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Two Women 1960 Movie Review
Movie Review
Two Women
Suddenly...Love Becomes Lust...Innocence becomes shame...As two women are trapped by violent passion and unforgettable terror!
US Release Date: 05-08-1961
Directed by: Vittorio De Sica
Starring
Sophia Loren as Cesira
Jean-Paul Belmondo as Michele Di Libero
Eleonora Brown as Rosetta
Carlo Ninchi as Filippo, Michele's father
Andrea Checchi as fascist
Pupella Maggio as farmer
Emma Baron as Maria
Raf Vallone as Giovanni
Bruna Cealti as refugee
Reviewed on: February 15th, 2012
Sophia Loren and Eleonora Brown in Two Women.
Two Women (La ciociara) proved to worldwide audiences that Sophia Loren was much more than just a beautiful face and curvaceous figure. Her performance as the young mother in wartime Italy earned accolades around the globe and stands as an example of some of the most indelible and powerful screen-acting of the 20th Century. In addition to being the first person to win an Oscar (Best Actress of 1961) for a role in a foreign language film she received Italy’s David for Best Actress, The BAFTA for Best Foreign Actress and the Best Actress Award at Cannes, among others.
This is a highly personal war story as seen through the experiences of mother and daughter. Sophia Loren was only 25 at the time but she convincingly plays Cesira, the mother of a 13 year old girl. A 12 year old Eleonora Brown made her movie debut as Rosetta, the daughter. Their relationship is at the heart of the story as they wander through the war-torn, and extremely perilous, Italian countryside together. Acclaimed director Vittorio De Sica (The Bicycle Thief) does a superb job at recreating and conveying the apocalyptic atmosphere of this landscape ravaged by war.
The story is quite simple but emotionally riveting. Its theme is loss of innocence. When the movie begins bombs are raining down on Rome near the grocery store Cesira inherited after her husband’s death. We learn that she married a much older man to escape a life of poverty in the hills. In a scene that would never have made it past American censors at the time, she has a casual sexual encounter with a married friend before fleeing the city with her daughter. Cesira plans on returning to the village of her birth to wait out the war.
After arriving at their destination they encounter an idealistic young man named Michele, played by Jean-Paul Belmondo. Rosetta experiences her first crush on the noble and pure-hearted young intellectual. The war soon follows them to this remote village when German soldiers arrive and take Michele along as a guide at gunpoint. When news reaches them of Mussolini’s arrest and the arrival of Allied soldiers, Cesira and Rosetta begin the journey back to Rome.
Along the way Cesira and Rosetta stop to rest in an abandoned, gutted church. They are set upon and brutally gang-raped by a group of Moroccan soldiers in a scene that will resonate long after the movie is over. The look of stupefied terror that comes over Rosetta is chilling. You know this child will never be the same. She has learned the facts of life – and witnessed man’s cruelty - in the most horrifying way imaginable. The moment where Cesira (in her torn dress and disheveled hair) cradles her severely traumatized daughter is an iconic image in screen history (see photo).
Later when mother and daughter are back on the road they encounter several American officers in a jeep. Cesira blocks their path in the road and cries out, “Do you know what they have done those "heroes" that you command? Do you know what your great soldiers have done in a holy church under the eyes of the madonna? Do you know?” One of the officers says, “Peace, peace.” In a voice dripping with venom, Cesira replies, “Yes, peace, beautiful peace! You ruined my little daughter forever! Now she's worse than dead. No, I'm not mad, I'm not mad! Look at her! And tell me if I am mad! Rotten crazy bastards!” She then falls to her knees in the dirt while shaking a clenched fist at the soldiers as they continue heedlessly on their way. It is another iconic screen moment.
The denouement is heartbreaking. Rosetta can never regain her lost innocence, which she blames her mother for. As the title suggests she has been forced into womanhood before her time. The final shot, as the camera slowly pulls back from mother and daughter, will linger in your consciousness long after the word Fine disappears from the screen.
[4 star[s] out of 4]
Reviewed on: February 16th, 2012
Although throughout history women have been, at times, forced to be the family provider, it is traditionally a burden accepted by fathers and husbands. This was exemplified in The Bicycle Thief, where a married father goes to great lengths for a job whose income will help his family. Having a spouse and child makes a man vulnerable. A married woman is not so vulnerable, but a single mother is.
1940s Italy was a very sexist time and place. The Italian soldiers talk down to Cesira. A man on the train stares down her shirt. You may think this a bad thing, but the buxom Cesira makes it work in her favor when she wants it to. She married an older man because he had a business. She had a lover who gave her coal and a bottle of wine, as well as sexual comfort. Men on every side of the war take notice of her looks. Michele falls in love with her and helps her find food in a nearby German occupied village. She is vulnerable but she has what nature gave her to help her through it.
Her sexuality helped her at times, but it also proved to make her and her daughter extremely unprotected in a world at war. The rape scene, although not extremely graphic, is horrific. The look on the girl's face as well as the one on Cesira's are heart breaking. I am not sure who suffered more, the innocent daughter or the mother who has to carry the guilt to her grave. As the German film A Woman in Berlin (2008) showed, their fate was an unfortunate common one.
As Patrick wrote, this is an amazing performance by Sophia Loren. It is also a very personal one. She was a child in Italy, living in poverty during World War II. She did not know her father well, as her mother was his mistress as he was married to another woman. Like Cesira, Sophia married an older man, producer Carlo Ponti, who discovered her at 14 at a beauty contest. Just older than Rosetta.
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