Production Company(ies)
HBO Documentary Films, Jigsaw Productions, Sky Atlantic
 
Distributor
20th Century Fox
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy
 
MPAA / Certificate
G
 
Year of Release
1963
 

 
Genre(s)
History/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
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Cast & Crew

Jean-Pierre Bacri

Anne Alvaro

Agnès Jaoui

Gérard Lanvin

Alain Chabat

Castella

Clara

Manie

Franck Moreno

Bruno Deschamps

Jean-Pierre Bacri – Castella
Anne Alvaro – Clara
Agnès Jaoui – Manie
Gérard Lanvin – Franck Moreno
Alain Chabat – Bruno Deschamps
Brigitte Catillon – Beatrice

 

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Sidney Buchman

Walter Wanger

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
 
Writer(s)
Sidney Buchman, Carlo Mario Franzero, Ranald MacDougall, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
 
Producer(s)
Walter Wanger

 

Film Festivals
Cannes
 
Awards & Nominations
Won 4 Oscars
6 wins & 13 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Penelope Houston

Richard Brody

Peter Bradshaw

Matthew Thrift

Trevor Johnston

Sight & Sound

New Yorker

Guardian

Little White Lies

Time Out

CLEOPATRA
 All Critics (40) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (16)
 As the sets seem to grow bigger and bigger, so progressively the players dwindle.
 
 February 11, 2020
 
 Penelope Houston
 Sight & Sound
 TOP CRITIC
 Taylor inhabits the role with a focussed but uninhibited imperiousness, as when she turns Cleopatra’s entrance into Rome, aboard a giant rolling sphinx, into the ultimate red-carpet photo op.
 
 October 6, 2014
 
 Richard Brody
 New Yorker
 TOP CRITIC
 A stately but sometimes mindboggling spectacle.
 
 July 11, 2013 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Peter Bradshaw
 Guardian
 TOP CRITIC
 Melodramatic, and camp as Christmas, but nothing like the disaster its reputation suggests.
 
 July 11, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Matthew Thrift
 Little White Lies
 TOP CRITIC
 It’s a once-in-a-lifetime experience, for good and ill.
 
 July 9, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Trevor Johnston
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 For four hours this moody, glossy pantomime leadenly plods on, saying much more about the hubris and excess of old-time Hollywood thinking than the burnished glories of an ancient world.
 
 May 5, 2008 | Rating: 2/5
 
 Ian Nathan
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 Far from the sumptuous sets that reproduce antiquity with a certain authenticity, ‘Cleopatra’ is an epic spectacle to which I find nothing but an erratic and artificious result in its four hours and eleven minutes of length. [Full Review in Spanish]
 
 November 2, 2021 | Rating: 6/10
 
 Yasser Medina
 Cinemaficionados
 Worth a look…. for a single performance: Rex Harrison as Caesar.
 
 February 5, 2020
 
 Merl Edelman
 Los Angeles Free Press
 Rex Harrison is the undisputed hit of the show as a subtle and sardonic Julius Caesar…
 
 October 7, 2019
 
 Clyde Gilmour
 Maclean’s Magazine
 The spectacular scenes were confused and oddly minuscule… Still and all, there was Elizabeth Taylor. At first I was disappointed, a large statement considering my expectations. Then I realized what she was up to and didn’t regret my $1.25.
 
 August 13, 2019
 
 Dwight MacDonald
 Esquire Magazine
 To watch this film is to see the Hollywood story itself.
 
 August 16, 2017
 
 Brooke Corso
 The Monitor (McAllen, TX)
 It may not be as compelling and tightly edited as Ben-Hur, but Cleopatra is still a Hollywood epic that tells a grand story in a grand way. Save it for a night when the family feels like a four-hour spectacle.
 
 March 30, 2016 | Rating: B
 
 James Plath
 Family Home Theater…

 

Plot
In 48 B.C., Julius Caesar (Sir Rex Harrison) pursues Pompey from Pharsalia to Egypt. Pharaoh Ptolemy XIII (Richard O’Sullivan), now supreme ruler after deposing his older sister, Cleopatra VII (Dame Elizabeth Taylor), attempts to gain favor with Caesar by presenting the conquerer with the head of Pompey, borne by his governors, Pothinus (Grégoire Aslan) and Achillas (John Doucette). To win Caesar’s support from her brother, Cleopatra hides herself in a rug, which Apollodorus (Cesare Danova), her servant, presents to Caesar. The Roman is immediately infatuated. Banishing Ptolemy, he declares Cleopatra Egypt’s sole ruler and takes her as his mistress. A son, Caesarion (Loris Loddi), is born of their union. Caesar, however, must return to Italy. Although he is briefly reunited with Cleopatra during a magnificent reception for the Queen in Rome, Caesar is assassinated shortly thereafter, and Cleopatra returns to Egypt. When Mark Antony (Richard Burton), Caesar’s protégé, beholds Cleopatra aboard her elaborate barge at Tarsus some years later, he is smitten and becomes both her lover and military ally. Their liaison notwithstanding, Antony, to consolidate his position in Rome, marries Octavia (Jean Marsh), sister of the ambitious Octavian (Roddy McDowall). The marriage satisfies no one. Cleopatra is infuriated, and Antony, tiring of his Roman wife, returns to Egypt. There he flaunts his liaison by marrying Cleopatra in a public ceremony. Sensing Antony’s weakness, Octavian attacks and defeats his forces at Actium. Alarmed, Cleopatra withdraws her fleet and seeks refuge in her tomb.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
NA
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Stanley Donen Films,
 
Distributor
D3K Entertainment, UAV Entertainment, Criterion Collection, Universal Pictures, Reel Media International [us], Laserlight Entertainment
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Carré Marigny stamp outdoor market, Paris 8, Paris, France
 
MPAA / Certificate
Passed
 
Year of Release
1963
 

 
Genre(s)
Comedy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau, James Coburn, George Kennedy, Ned Glass, Dominique Minot, directed by Stanley Donen, written by Peter Stone, Marc Behm, Peter Stone, comedy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Ed Potton, Penelope Houston, G Allen Johnson, Chris Nashawaty, Ian Nathan, TIME Staff, Sean Axmaker, Brian Eggert, Rob Aldam, Norman Wilner, Rachel Wagner, MPAA rating, Stanley Donen as producer, D3K Entertainment, UAV Entertainment, Criterion Collection, Universal Pictures, Reel Media International [us], Laserlight Entertainment as distributor, English language, Paris, skiing holiday, murder, World War II, CIA, gold, French Resistance, suspense, thriller, screwball comedy, Hitchcockian, romance, black comedy
 

Cast & Crew

Cary Grant

Audrey Hepburn

Walter Matthau

James Coburn

George Kennedy

Peter Joshua

Regina ‘Reggie’ Lampert

H. Bartholemew

Tex Panthollow

Herman Scobie

Cary Grant – Peter Joshua
Audrey Hepburn – Regina ‘Reggie’ Lampert
Walter Matthau – H. Bartholemew
James Coburn – Tex Panthollow
George Kennedy – Herman Scobie
Ned Glass – Leopold W. Gideon

 

Stanley Donen

Peter Stone

Stanley Donen

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Stanley Donen
 
Writer(s)
Peter Stone, Marc Behm, Peter Stone
 
Producer(s)
Stanley Donen

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
3 wins & 9 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Ed Potton

Penelope Houston

G. Allen Johnson

Chris Nashawaty

Ian Nathan

Times

Sight & Sound

San Francisco Chronicle

Entertainment Weekly

Empire Magazine

CHARADE
  All Critics (52) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (49) | Rotten (3)
  Directed with an arched eyebrow by Stanley Donen, the film was released just weeks after John F Kennedy’s assassination, giving shellshocked Americans a welcome bite of Hollywood candyfloss.
 
  April 12, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Ed Potton
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Charade allows itself to get slightly tangled up in its own plot.
 
  March 3, 2020
 
  Penelope Houston
  Sight & Sound
  TOP CRITIC
  Few thrillers create as much sheer joy and happiness as Charade, in which Cary Grant spoofs his Alfred Hitchcock persona, Audrey Hepburn exudes her usual magnetic charm, and Paris is as scenic as ever.
 
  March 3, 2020
 
  G. Allen Johnson
  San Francisco Chronicle
  TOP CRITIC
  If you haven’t seen Charade, you really need to.
 
  March 17, 2011 | Rating: A-
 
  Chris Nashawaty
  Entertainment Weekly
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s glossy, charming, silly, and far too self-aware to be at all thrilling.
 
  February 4, 2009 | Rating: 3/5
 
  Ian Nathan
  Empire Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  What’s going on is sort of confused.
 
  February 4, 2009
 
  TIME Staff
  TIME Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  It’s a lark of a thriller in the manner of Hitchcock’s ‘To Catch a Thief’ and ‘North by Northwest,’ with a sparkling wit and the visual grace of a director who can turn action into dance…
 
  June 3, 2022
 
  Sean Axmaker
  Stream on Demand
  It’s almost a cliche at this point to call Charade the best Alfred Hitchcock film not directed by Hitchcock. Yet, there’s an undeniable truth behind the claim.
 
  February 17, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  Takes a script which would grace a Hitchcock film and allows its two stars to revel in pulling it apart.
 
  February 10, 2021
 
  Rob Aldam
  Backseat Mafia
  Honestly, if you’re looking for a glossy, weightless diversion, this is a fine one.
 
  November 10, 2020
 
  Norman Wilner
  NOW Toronto
  Quick and quippy and fun
 
  October 19, 2020
 
  Rachel Wagner
  Rachel’s Reviews (YouTube)
  Since the plot does not bear close tracking, let me note simply that Cary Grant still looks imperishable, Audrey Hepburn still looks like a Givenchy foundling, and the entire affair is carried off as a mild joke upon itself.
 
  March 3, 2020
 
  Joan Didion
  Vogue…

 

Plot
In what’s been called ‘the best Alfred Hitchcock film which he didn’t direct,’ a man is thrown off a train, and when the police locate his wife, it turns out she knew nothing about him – not even his real name. After her are four men, who insist she’s in possession of a huge amount of money which they believe to be theirs. If she doesn’t give it to them, she’ll be killed.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn’s sparkling chemistry is at the center of some perfectly orchestrated mayhem.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Titanus Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma Société Générale de Cinématographie
 
Distributor
20th Century Fox
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Palazzo Valguarnera Gangi, Piazza Croce dei Vespri, Palermo, Sicily, Italy
 
MPAA / Certificate
PG
 
Year of Release
1963
 

 
Genre(s)
History/Drama
 
Keyword(s)
The Leopard, PG, History, Drama, 2h 45m, directed by Luchino Visconti, written by Suso Cecchi d’Amico, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Luchino Visconti, starring Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale, Alain Delon, Paolo Stoppa, Rina Morelli, Romolo Valli, produced by Goffredo Lombardo, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Scott Tobias, Variety Staff, Ty Burr, Eric Henderson, Keith Uhlich, Derek Malcolm, Joanne Laurier, Dwight MacDonald, Lee Cassanell, Sean Axmaker, Cole Smithey, epic battles, sumptuous costumes, ballroom waltz, unification of Italy, aristocratic Sicilian family, social changes, political clout, war hero nephew, beautiful daughter, maintained comfort, Lavish, wistful, regret, crumbling empire, Don Fabrizio, wrong side of history, magnificent film, splendidly acted, large cast, munificently outfitted, engrossing machinations, opulent scenery, sumptuous, regional authenticity, fine drama, Tolstoy, tragic figure, harsh realities, revolutions, clarity, dying nobility, brash, young replacements, revolutionaries, sympathy, costumes, locations, fantastic cast, restrained, spectacular film
 

Cast & Crew

Burt Lancaster

Claudia Cardinale

Alain Delon

Paolo Stoppa

Rina Morelli

Prince Don Fabrizio Salina

Angelica Sedara

Bertiana

Tancredi Falconeri

Don Calogero Sedara

Burt Lancaster – Prince Don Fabrizio Salina
Claudia Cardinale – Angelica Sedara, Bertiana
Alain Delon – Tancredi Falconeri
Paolo Stoppa – Don Calogero Sedara
Rina Morelli – Princess Maria Stella Salina
Romolo Valli – Father Pirrone

 

Luchino Visconti

Suso Cecchi d’Amico

Goffredo Lombardo

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Luchino Visconti
 
Writer(s)
Suso Cecchi d’Amico, Pasquale Festa Campanile, Enrico Medioli, Massimo Franciosa, Luchino Visconti
 
Producer(s)
Goffredo Lombardo

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
10 wins & 6 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Scott Tobias

Variety Staff

Ty Burr

Eric Henderson

Keith Uhlich

AV Club

Variety

Boston Globe

Slant Magazine

Time Out

THE LEOPARD
  All Critics (48) | Top Critics (22) | Fresh (47) | Rotten (1)
  The film aches with regret over a crumbling empire, but its feelings are complicated by the wise prince, who recognizes his place on the wrong side of history.
 
  December 11, 2013
 
  Scott Tobias
  AV Club
  TOP CRITIC
  A magnificent film, munificently outfitted and splendidly acted by a large cast dominated by Burt Lancaster’s standout stint in the title role.
 
  February 23, 2012
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  The film is a long, rich sigh at the end of the day, one that only Don Fabrizio can hear.
 
  November 24, 2011 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Ty Burr
  Boston Globe
  TOP CRITIC
  The Leopard is more than a tad too pleased by its own spots, but in this case the source material and its director’s intentions were almost accidentally an appropriate match.
 
  December 30, 2010 | Rating: 3/4
 
  Eric Henderson
  Slant Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  Two-plus hours of engrossing machinations and opulent scenery point the way to the pièce de résistance: a 45-minute gala scene that the Almighty himself would approve as a luxuriant prelude to the Rapture.
 
  December 22, 2010 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Keith Uhlich
  Time Out
  TOP CRITIC
  The film is one of the most sumptuous ever made in Europe.
 
  September 1, 2010 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Derek Malcolm
  London Evening Standard
  TOP CRITIC
  Visconti’s epic is a work of astonishing proportions. The breadth and depth of his treatment of the subject matter is on a scale almost unimaginable in recent cinema.
 
  March 1, 2021
 
  Joanne Laurier
  World Socialist Web Site
  To transpose a book into a movie means to destroy the form of the original in order to re-create the effect in another medium… Visconti has preserved the form without apparently suspecting it had any meaning.
 
  August 13, 2019
 
  Dwight MacDonald
  Esquire Magazine
  Lancaster’s portrayal is fantastic throughout. The man bleeds gravitas from his bewhiskered face to his shiny shoes… Even though the sets are some of the most spectacular and lavish ever committed to celluloid, he manges to usurp them.
 
  November 5, 2018 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Lee Cassanell
  CineVue
  [Burt Lancaster’s] confidence, his gravitas, and his understated cat-like grace as he walks through the world as if he owned it, creates a character of great authority and even greater melancholy.
 
  January 5, 2018
 
  Sean Axmaker
  Stream on Demand
  [VIDEO ESSAY] Lancaster’s every movement and facial expression transmits the text and subtext of his Italian character with a sense of regional authenticity that is beguiling.
 
  December 10, 2013 | Rating: A+
 
  Cole Smithey
  ColeSmithey.com
  A fine drama that Tolstoy would endorse, remarkable for relying not on conflict between the uncle and the nephew but rather on their thorough devotion to each other.
 
  June 13, 2013 | Rating: 81/100
 
  Dan Jardine
  Cinemania…

 

Plot
In the 1860s, a dying aristocracy struggles to maintain itself against a harsh Sicilian landscape. The film traces with a slow and deliberate rhythm the waning of the noble home of Fabrizio Corbero, Prince of Salina (the Leopard) and the corresponding rise to eminence of the enormously wealthy ex-peasant Don Calogero Sedara. The prince himself refuses to take active steps to halt the decline of his personal fortunes or help build a new Sicily, but his nephew Tancredi, Prince of Falconeri, swims with the tide and assures his own position by marrying Don Calogero’s beautiful daughter Angelica. The climatic scene is the sumptuous 40-minute ball in which Tancredi introduces Angelica to society.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Burt Lancaster’s portrayal as Prince Don Fabrizio Salina is “fantastic throughout” and he “bleeds gravitas from his bewhiskered face to his shiny shoes.”
 

 
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Production Company(ies)

 
Distributor
NA
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate
TV-MA
 
Year of Release
1963
 

 
Genre(s)
Horror
 
Keyword(s)
starring Julie Harris, Claire Bloom, Richard Johnson, Russ Tamblyn, Lois Maxwell, Fay Compton, directed by Robert Wise, written by Nelson Gidding, horror, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Pauline Kael, Ian Freer, James Powers, Ian Nathan, Variety Staff, Jonathan Rosenbaum, David Reddish, Robin Richards, David Nusair, Janet Graves, J.R Southall, Sarah Boslaugh, produced by Robert Wise, G MPAA rating, haunted mansion, Hill House, psychic phenomena, supernatural, character study, psychological, Eleanor, Theodora, Dr John Markway, Luke Sanderson, Mrs Sanderson, ESP, black and white, widescreen, queer love story, thriller, monsters, blood, internal monologues, disturbed mind, distorted perceptions, parapsychology, cinematography, sound design, special effects, suspense, tension, terror
 

Cast & Crew

Julie Harris

Claire Bloom

Richard Johnson

Russ Tamblyn

Lois Maxwell

Eleanor “Nell” Lance

Theodora “Theo”

Dr. John Markway

Luke Sanderson

Grace Markway

Julie Harris – Eleanor “Nell” Lance
Claire Bloom – Theodora “Theo”
Richard Johnson – Dr. John Markway
Russ Tamblyn – Luke Sanderson
Lois Maxwell – Grace Markway
Fay Compton – Mrs. Sanderson

 

Robert Wise

Nelson Gidding

Robert Wise

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Robert Wise
 
Writer(s)
Nelson Gidding
 
Producer(s)
Robert Wise

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Pauline Kael

Ian Freer

James Powers

Ian Nathan

Variety Staff

New Yorker

Empire Magazine

Hollywood Reporter

Variety

Chicago Reader

THE HAUNTING
 All Critics (45) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (39) | Rotten (6)
 An elegantly sinister scare movie, literate and expensive (though basically a traditional ghost story), with those two fine actresses Claire Bloom and Julie Harris.
 
 July 6, 2022
 
 Pauline Kael
 New Yorker
 TOP CRITIC
 Wise brilliantly uses black and white widescreen to strand his characters in odd-shaped rooms or corridors, making the watcher’s eye skitter frantically over the letterbox screen to catch every ingeniously rendered detail.
 
 September 8, 2020 | Rating: 5/5
 
 Ian Freer
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 When The Haunting digs into the internals of its story, summons its spirits and lets them play havoc with cold reason, it has a power and fervor unmatched by any film ghost stories.
 
 November 2, 2018
 
 James Powers
 Hollywood Reporter
 TOP CRITIC
 Properly creepy, unlike like the dodgy remake.
 
 September 25, 2007 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Ian Nathan
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 The artful cinematic strokes of director Robert Wise and staff are not quite enough to override the major shortcomings of Nelson Gidding’s screenplay.
 
 September 25, 2007
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Pretty effective when it came out; it may be a little stiff in the joints by now, but it’s still a much better scare show than the recent stinker remake.
 
 September 25, 2007
 
 Jonathan Rosenbaum
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 The Haunting endures as a horror classic, albeit one that doesnt quite the credit it deserves as an unusual queer love story. Heres a movie both scary and romantic as Hell.
 
 March 20, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
 David Reddish
 Queerty
 The Haunting is a genuine thriller, directed and acted superbly.
 
 June 29, 2021
 
 Robin Richards
 The Ladder
 The Haunting eventually moves into a static midsection that grows less and less interesting as time progresses…
 
 January 16, 2021 | Rating: 2/4
 
 David Nusair
 Reel Film Reviews
 The horror stories filled with monsters and dripping blood are just kid stuff in comparison with this skillfully made thriller.
 
 October 26, 2020
 
 Janet Graves
 Photoplay
 For the possible overuse of internal monologues and Julie Harris’ overwrought but riveting performance as Eleanor, The Haunting still stands up as a relevant and effective study of both the psychology and parapsychology of its themes.
 
 November 10, 2017 | Rating: 8/10
 
 J.R. Southall
 Starburst
 …one of the most fascinating aspects of The Haunting is the multiple interpretations available for many events, which might be supernatural, or might be the product of a disturbed mind or distorted perceptions.
 
 February 6, 2017 | Rating: 8/10
 
 Sarah Boslaugh
 Playback:stl…

 

Plot
Explores a group of siblings who, as children, grew up in what would go on to become the most famous haunted house in the country. Now adults, and forced back together in the face of tragedy, the family must finally confront the ghosts of their past, some of which still lurk in their minds while others may actually be stalking the shadows of Hill House.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The Haunting stars Julie Harris as Eleanor “Nell” Lance and Claire Bloom as Theodora “Theo”.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Caviar Flat 7 Productions, Ward Four
 
Distributor
Columbia Pictures, RCA/Columbia, Criterion Collection, Columbia TriStar Home Video
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)

 
MPAA / Certificate

 
Year of Release
1963
 

 
Genre(s)
Fantasy
 
Keyword(s)
starring Todd Armstrong, Nancy Kovack, Gary Raymond, Honor Blackman, Nigel Green, Laurence Naismith, Douglas Wilmer, directed by Don Chaffey, written by Jan Read, Beverley Cross, fantasy, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Dave Kehr, Ian Nathan, Variety Staff, Tom Milne, Howard Thompson, Mike Massie, Nathanael Hood, Christopher Lloyd, Phil Hall, Jamie S Rich, Adrian Turner, Film4 Staff, G MPAA rating, produced by Charles H Schneer, stop-motion animation, Greek mythology, adventure, quest, Golden Fleece, Pelias, Hera, Hercules, Acastus, saboteur, goddess, Columbia Pictures, RCA/Columbia, Criterion Collection, Columbia TriStar Home Video, mono sound mix, flat aspect ratio
 

Cast & Crew

Todd Armstrong

Nancy Kovack

Gary Raymond

Honor Blackman

Nigel Green

Jason

Medea

Acastus

Hera

Hercules

Todd Armstrong – Jason
Nancy Kovack – Medea
Gary Raymond – Acastus
Honor Blackman – Hera
Nigel Green – Hercules
Laurence Naismith – Argos

 

Don Chaffey

Jan Read

Charles H. Schneer

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Don Chaffey
 
Writer(s)
Jan Read, Beverley Cross
 
Producer(s)
Charles H. Schneer

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
NA
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Dave Kehr

Ian Nathan

Variety Staff

Tom Milne

Howard Thompson

Chicago Reader

Empire Magazine

Variety

Time Out

New York Times

JASON AND THE ARGONAUTS
 All Critics (45) | Top Critics (6) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (5)
 Special-effects buffs generally cite this 1963 effort by Ray Harryhausen as the master’s masterpiece, and his work does a great deal to enliven the tired plot and vacuous stars.
 
 December 5, 2014
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 For sheer old-fashioned, childhood rekindling adventure you really can’t go past it.
 
 November 27, 2012 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Ian Nathan
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 The $3 million film has a workable scenario and has been directed resourcefully and spiritedly by Don Chaffey, under whose leadership a colorful cast performs with zeal.
 
 March 26, 2009
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Great fun, as these things go, with a Bernard Herrmann score to boot.
 
 June 24, 2006
 
 Tom Milne
 Time Out
 TOP CRITIC
 This absurd, unwieldy adventure — if that’s the word — is no worse, but certainly no better, than most of its kind.
 
 May 9, 2005
 
 Howard Thompson
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 Though a worthy addition to the series of fantasy films adorned with Harryhausen’s animation, the characters and creatures don’t make the list of his most iconic concoctions.
 
 August 24, 2020 | Rating: 5/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 But what puts it over the top is a strange sense of melancholy pervading the machismo heroics.
 
 April 12, 2020 | Rating: 9/10
 
 Nathanael Hood
 Unseen Films
 Jason and the Argonauts exists now mostly as a fine piece of nostalgia. Viewed clearly, it’s a poorly-made collection of fantastical tropes. Through rose-colored glasses, though, it’s a vibrant, colorful masterpiece of cheese.
 
 October 10, 2018 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Christopher Lloyd
 The Film Yap
 Great old-fashioned fun, spiced with imaginative Ray Harryhausen’s special effects.
 
 January 7, 2016 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Phil Hall
 Examiner.com
 “Jason and the Argonauts” features some of Harryhausen’s most memorable stop-motion creations, including the giant bronze statue Talos and a creepy army of swordfighting skeletons.
 
 April 7, 2014 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Jamie S. Rich
 Oregonian
 Made while Hollywood was plundering Roman history at vast expense, this British picture went further back in time and created a niche of its own.
 
 November 18, 2013 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Adrian Turner
 Radio Times
 The Gone With The Wind of stop-frame animation.
 
 November 18, 2013
 
 Film4 Staff
 Film4…

 

Plot
One of the most legendary adventures in all mythology is brought to life in Jason and the Argonauts, an epic saga of good and evil. As a mere boy Jason, the heir to the kingdom of Ancient Greece, witnesses the murder of his father at the hands of his ruthless uncle, Pelias. After narrowly escaping death, Jason flees his home and returns twenty years later to reclaim the throne. Upon learning of his return, Pelias sentences him to death. To save his life, Jason promises to deliver the most coveted gift of the gods to his uncle, the Golden Fleece. Joined by the Argonauts, a stout-hearted crew of sailors, he embarks on a perilous voyage to capture the Fleece and fulfill his destiny.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
No goofy or funny or odd comments were found in the Fresh Kernels database for Jason and the Argonauts.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Pakula-Mulligan Brentwood Productions,
 
Distributor
Universal Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical, Theatrical (Limited)
 
Filming Location(s)
Monroeville, Alabama, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Approved
 
Year of Release
1963
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, John Megna, Brock Peters, Robert Duvall, directed by Robert Mulligan, written by Harper Lee, Horton Foote, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Kate Muir, Andrew Sarris, Marc Lee, Joe Morgenstern, Roger Ebert, Dave Kehr, Anton Bitel, Sarah Brinks, Joanne Laurier, Marlene Matouk, Nicholas Bell, MPAA rating, produced by Alan J Pakula, message movie, social conscience, racism, stereotyping, lawyer, court case, Cult of Childhood, Negro Problem, tortoiseshell glasses, cream linen suit, sober-minded, earnest, gripping drama, time capsule, historical horror, American classic film canon, child’s-eye view, southern bigotry, toxic arguments, contemporary identity politics advocates, suspenseful music, stunning visuals, thrilling music, topnotch adaptation, timeless literary classic, outstanding courtroom scene
 

Cast & Crew

Gregory Peck

Mary Badham

Phillip Alford

John Megna

Brock Peters

Atticus Finch

Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch

Jem Finch

Charles Baker ‘Dill’ Harris

Tom Robinson

Gregory Peck – Atticus Finch
Mary Badham – Jean Louise ‘Scout’ Finch
Phillip Alford – Jem Finch
John Megna – Charles Baker ‘Dill’ Harris
Brock Peters – Tom Robinson
Robert Duvall – Arthur ‘Boo’ Radley

 

Robert Mulligan

Harper Lee

Alan J. Pakula

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Robert Mulligan
 
Writer(s)
Harper Lee, Horton Foote
 
Producer(s)
Alan J. Pakula

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Won 3 Oscars
14 wins & 16 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Kate Muir

Andrew Sarris

Marc Lee

Joe Morgenstern

Roger Ebert

Times

Village Voice

Daily Telegraph

Wall Street Journal

Chicago Sun-Times

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
  All Critics (67) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (62) | Rotten (5)
  Peck’s performance, in tortoiseshell glasses and a cream linen suit, is mesmerizing and serious.
 
  February 23, 2016
 
  Kate Muir
  Times (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  “To Kill a Mockingbird” relates the Cult of Childhood to the Negro Problem with disastrous results.
 
  February 22, 2016
 
  Andrew Sarris
  Village Voice
  TOP CRITIC
  As Mulligan so deftly demonstrates, the story is in the characters, their failings and fragility, their heroism and nobility of spirit.
 
  February 3, 2015 | Rating: 5/5
 
  Marc Lee
  Daily Telegraph (UK)
  TOP CRITIC
  Justly celebrated.
 
  August 13, 2011
 
  Joe Morgenstern
  Wall Street Journal
  TOP CRITIC
  To Kill a Mockingbird is a time capsule, preserving hopes and sentiments from a kinder, gentler, more naive America.
 
  July 25, 2011 | Rating: 2.5/4
 
  Roger Ebert
  Chicago Sun-Times
  TOP CRITIC
  Harper Lee’s child’s-eye view of southern bigotry gains something in its translation to the screen by Robert Mulligan, who knows exactly where to place the camera to catch a child’s subjective experience.
 
  July 25, 2011
 
  Dave Kehr
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  After the film’s pivotal court case is over, a coda takes place on one long October night, in which all the film’s themes of crime, prejudice and scapegoating come together in a moment of autumnal horror.
 
  October 21, 2021
 
  Anton Bitel
  BFI
  Atticus is certainly an idealistic character, but he is also a struggling father and lawyer. Gregory Peck’s performance in the film is perfect for the character.
 
  April 1, 2021
 
  Sarah Brinks
  Battleship Pretension
  The movie takes on a new significance, however, in light of the toxic arguments of contemporary identity politics advocates.
 
  February 17, 2021
 
  Joanne Laurier
  World Socialist Web Site
  It’s so very dramatic and dynamic; it’s homey without being corny, it’s excellent entertainment on any level.
 
  January 13, 2021
 
  Marlene Matouk
  Tampa Bay Times
  As it stands, the film is one of the most significant examples of historical horror in the American classic film canon.
 
  November 19, 2020
 
  Nicholas Bell
  IONCINEMA.com
  One of the greatest films of all-time.
 
  September 26, 2020 | Rating: 4.0/4.0
 
  Richard Propes
  TheIndependentCritic.com…

 

Plot
Small-town Alabama, 1932. Atticus Finch (played by Gregory Peck) is a lawyer and a widower. He has two young children, Jem and Scout. Atticus Finch is currently defending Tom Robinson, a black man accused of raping a white woman. Meanwhile, Jem and Scout are intrigued by their neighbours, the Radleys, and the mysterious, seldom-seen Boo Radley in particular.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Gregory Peck’s performance as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird is considered mesmerizing and serious by critics.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
John Ford Productions,
 
Distributor
CIC-Taft Home Video, Paramount Pictures
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Janss Conejo Ranch, Thousand Oaks, California, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Approved
 
Year of Release
1962
 

 
Genre(s)
Western
 
Keyword(s)
Western, John Ford, James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Vera Miles, Edmond O’Brien, Andy Devine, Willis Goldbeck, James Warner Bellah, Dorothy M Johnson, CIC-Taft Home Video, Paramount Pictures, Mono, Flat (1.37:1), 1962, 2h 2m, $2.99, $3.99, Senator Stoddard, Tom Doniphon, Hallie Stoddard, Liberty Valance, Dutton Peabody, Marshal Link Appleyard, reviewed by Jake Cole, Richard Brody, Roger Ebert, Variety Staff, Dave Kehr, Steven D Greydanus, Carey-Ann Pawsey, Danielle Solzman, Matt Brunson, Ernesto Diezmartinez, MPAA rating, revisionist western, classic leading men, rich story, director at the peak of his craft, finest Westerns ever filmed, bleak, romantic, American political movie, classical composition, power dynamics, nuanced take, defining Western, demythologize the west, black and white, interiors
 

Cast & Crew

James Stewart

John Wayne

Vera Miles

Lee Marvin

Edmond O’Brien

Ransom Stoddard

Tom Doniphon

Hallie Stoddard

Liberty Valance

Dutton Peabody

James Stewart – Ransom Stoddard
John Wayne – Tom Doniphon
Vera Miles – Hallie Stoddard
Lee Marvin – Liberty Valance
Edmond O’Brien – Dutton Peabody
Andy Devine – Marshal Link Appleyard

 

John Ford

James Warner Bellah

Willis Goldbeck

John Ford

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
John Ford
 
Writer(s)
James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck, Dorothy M. Johnson
 
Producer(s)
Willis Goldbeck, John Ford

 

Film Festivals
Cannes
 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 Oscar
4 wins & 4 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Jake Cole

Richard Brody

Roger Ebert

Variety Staff

Dave Kehr

Slant Magazine

New Yorker

Chicago Sun-Times

Variety

Chicago Reader

THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE
  All Critics (51) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (48) | Rotten (3)
  John Ford regularly made such clear-eyed, unsentimental assessments of the Old West and the lies that forged its mythology that one may wonder how the concept of a “revisionist western” ever took root when the original was already so bleak.
 
  May 16, 2022
 
  Jake Cole
  Slant Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  There’s much to say about it; the simplest is that it’s both the most romantic of Westerns and the greatest American political movie.
 
  April 29, 2013
 
  Richard Brody
  New Yorker
  TOP CRITIC
  There is a purity to the John Ford style. His composition is classical. He arranges his characters within the frame to reflect power dynamics — or sometimes to suggest a balance is changing.
 
  December 30, 2011 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Roger Ebert
  Chicago Sun-Times
  TOP CRITIC
  John Ford and the writers have somewhat overplayed their hands. They have taken a disarmingly simple and affecting premise, developed it with craft and skill to a natural point of conclusion, and then have proceeded to run it into the ground.
 
  July 7, 2010
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  A great film, rich in thought and feeling, composed in rhythms that vary from the elegiac to the spontaneous.
 
  April 24, 2009
 
  Dave Kehr
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  A remarkably complex and nuanced take on the Western.
 
  October 29, 2008 | Rating: A-
 
  Steven D. Greydanus
  Decent Films
  TOP CRITIC
  One of the most beloved Westerns ever made. This is due to many reasons – story, cast, direction, etc.
 
  May 29, 2022 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Carey-Ann Pawsey
  Orca Sound
  As The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance marks its 60th anniversary, it is a defining Western and the best of John Ford’s later career.
 
  May 17, 2022 | Rating: 4.5/5
 
  Danielle Solzman
  Solzy at the Movies
  Merely one of the greatest Westerns ever made.
 
  May 30, 2021 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Matt Brunson
  Film Frenzy
  “A masterpiece”. [Full review in Spanish]
 
  December 31, 2020 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Ernesto Diezmartinez
  Letras Libres
  Long before Watergate-era cynicism about the media set in, we were told with a wink by perhaps the West’s principal mythologist to be skeptical about everything we had been told.
 
  July 23, 2020
 
  Kyle Smith
  National Review
  Hence, contrary to expectations of realist films, this western stands out for how comprehensive a town and a world it manages to build around its central event.
 
  July 1, 2020
 
  CJ Sheu
  Review Film Review…

 

Plot
When Senator Ransom Stoddard returns home to Shinbone for the funeral of Tom Doniphon, he recounts to a local newspaper editor the story behind it all. He had come to town many years before, a lawyer by profession. The stage was robbed on its way in by the local ruffian, Liberty Valance, and Stoddard has nothing to his name left save a few law books. He gets a job in the kitchen at the Ericson’s restaurant and there meets his future wife, Hallie. The territory is vying for Statehood and Stoddard is selected as a representative over Valance, who continues terrorizing the town. When he destroys the local newspaper office and attacks the editor, Stoddard calls him out, though the conclusion is not quite as straightforward as legend would have it.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
John Wayne and James Stewart, two of Hollywood’s most iconic leading men, star in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Element Pictures, Film 4 Film Nation Entertainment,
 
Distributor
United Artists
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Dunn’s River Falls, Ocho Rios, St. Ann, Jamaica
 
MPAA / Certificate
PG
 
Year of Release
1962
 

 
Genre(s)
Action/Adventure
 
Keyword(s)
starring Sean Connery, Ursula Andress, Joseph Wiseman, Jack Lord, Zena Marshall, Eunice Gayson, directed by Terence Young, written by Ian Fleming, Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood, produced by Albert R Broccoli, Harry Saltzman, action, adventure, PG, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Dave Kehr, Variety Staff, Bosley Crowther, Nell Minow, Nick Cramp, Kim Newman, Sean T, Kal X A, Mr N, Jeff B, James Bond 007
 

Cast & Crew

Sean Connery

Ursula Andress

Joseph Wiseman

Jack Lord

Zena Marshall

James Bond

Honey Ryder

Dr. No

Felix Leiter

Miss Taro

Sean Connery – James Bond
Ursula Andress – Honey Ryder
Joseph Wiseman – Dr. No
Jack Lord – Felix Leiter
Zena Marshall – Miss Taro
Eunice Gayson – Sylvia Trench
Terence Young – Director
Albert R. Broccoli – Producer
Harry Saltzman – Producer
Ian Fleming – Writer
Richard Maibaum – Writer
Johanna Harwood – Writer

 

Terence Young

Ian Fleming

Albert R. Broccoli

Harry Saltzman

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Terence Young
 
Writer(s)
Ian Fleming, Richard Maibaum, Johanna Harwood
 
Producer(s)
Albert R. Broccoli, Harry Saltzman

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
4 wins & 4 nominations
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Dave Kehr

Variety Staff

Bosley Crowther

Nell Minow

Nick Cramp

Chicago Reader

Variety

New York Times

Movie Mom

BBC.com

DR. NO
 All Critics (60) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (57) | Rotten (3)
 All of the elements of the formula are there, but in pleasing moderation.
 
 October 13, 2008
 
 Dave Kehr
 Chicago Reader
 TOP CRITIC
 An entertaining piece of tongue-in-cheek action hokum.
 
 March 1, 2007
 
 Variety Staff
 Variety
 TOP CRITIC
 Of course, it’s nonsense — pure, escapist bunk, with Bond, an elegant fellow, played by Sean Connery, doing everything (and everybody) that an idle day-dreamer might like to do.
 
 May 9, 2005
 
 Bosley Crowther
 New York Times
 TOP CRITIC
 October 9, 2003 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Nell Minow
 Movie Mom
 TOP CRITIC
 It is a fine start to a series which has provided the moviegoing public with some cinematic gems.
 
 June 19, 2001 | Rating: 3/5
 
 Nick Cramp
 BBC.com
 TOP CRITIC
 With a debut like this, it’s no wonder that it spawned one of the biggest franchises ever.
 
 January 1, 2000 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Kim Newman
 Empire Magazine
 TOP CRITIC
 The first movie to feature Ian Fleming’s iconic secret agent seems almost quaint when compared to the pictures that followed, but that’s hardly meant as a knock.
 
 September 25, 2021 | Rating: 3.5/4
 
 Matt Brunson
 Film Frenzy
 It’s like a prototype requiring polishing; and more than twenty subsequent films would keep reshaping and perfecting that template.
 
 August 24, 2020 | Rating: 6/10
 
 Mike Massie
 Gone With The Twins
 This is the birth of Bond and the beginning of something special.
 
 July 16, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
 Kelechi Ehenulo
 Confessions From A Geek Mind
 Stylish, armed with handsome production values, and sporting a confident lead actor, Dr. No is a strong entry point, elemental in kickstarting the global phenomenon we know and love.
 
 March 27, 2020
 
 Jake Tropila
 Film Inquiry
 This is the first of lan Fleming’s droll, nasty and absorbing spy thrillers to reach the screen. It augurs well for the future of the series.
 
 October 7, 2019
 
 Clyde Gilmour
 Maclean’s Magazine
 The first half hour I took to be a fairly good spoof on sex-espionage films in general… Then James Bond lands on Dr. No’s atomic island and science fiction takes over with lethal results in every sense of the word.
 
 August 12, 2019
 
 Dwight MacDonald
 Esquire Magazine…

 

Plot
James Bond 007 is Britain’s top agent, and is on an exciting mission, to solve the mysterious murder of a fellow agent. The task sends him to Jamaica, where he joins forces with Quarrel and a loyal C.I.A. Agent, Felix Leiter. While dodging tarantulas, “fire breathing dragons”, and a trio of assassins, known as “the three blind mice”. Bond meets up with the beautiful Honey Ryder and goes face to face with the evil Dr. No.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
The Fresh Kernels database doesn’t say anything goofy or funny about the film, but it does mention that Ursula Andress makes a memorable entrance in a bikini.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Participant First Look Media, Anonymous Content
 
Distributor
MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., United Artists
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Compass Restaurant – 208 W. 70th Street, New York City, New York, USA
 
MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for violence and some language
 
Year of Release
1962
 

 
Genre(s)
Drama
 
Keyword(s)
starring Frank Sinatra, Laurence Harvey, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury, Henry Silva, James Gregory, directed by John Frankenheimer, written by George Axelrod, political thriller, satire, brainwashing, Korean War, communism, patriotism, hero, nightmares, plot, box office, budget, MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., United Artists, produced by John Frankenheimer, George Axelrod, reviewed by Peter John Dyer, James Powers, Peter Bradshaw, Jonathan Rosenbaum, Variety Staff, Bosley Crowther, Rene Jordan, Brian Eggert, Norman Wilner, Jordan M Smith, Mike Massie, Clyde Gilmour, PG-13, drama, English, 2h 6m, critic reviews, audience score, The Boat, The Conversation, In the Heat of the Night, The Day of the Jackal, Malcolm X, rent/buy from $3.99, Frank Sinatra as Major Bennett Marco, Laurence Harvey as Raymond Shaw, Janet Leigh as Eugenie Rose Chaney, Angela Lansbury as Mrs Iselin, Henry Silva as Chunjin, James Gregory as Senator John Yerkes Iselin
 

Cast & Crew

Frank Sinatra

Laurence Harvey

Janet Leigh

Angela Lansbury

Henry Silva

Major Bennett Marco

Raymond Shaw

Eugenie Rose Chaney

Mrs. Iselin

Chunjin

Frank Sinatra – Major Bennett Marco
Laurence Harvey – Raymond Shaw
Janet Leigh – Eugenie Rose Chaney
Angela Lansbury – Mrs. Iselin
Henry Silva – Chunjin
James Gregory – Senator John Yerkes Iselin
Director – John Frankenheimer
Producers – John Frankenheimer, George Axelrod
Writer – George Axelrod

 

John Frankenheimer

George Axelrod

John Frankenheimer

George Axelrod

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
John Frankenheimer
 
Writer(s)
George Axelrod
 
Producer(s)
John Frankenheimer, George Axelrod

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award
1 win & 12 nominations total
 
Academy Awards

Top Reviews

Peter John Dyer

James Powers

Peter Bradshaw

Jonathan Rosenbaum

Variety Staff

Sight & Sound

Hollywood Reporter

Guardian

Chicago Reader

Variety

THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE
  All Critics (61) | Top Critics (13) | Fresh (59) | Rotten (2)
  Its unreal characters [are] essentially relevant to ourselves in the Cold War, its extravagant fears for the future rooted logically in the recent past.
 
  March 6, 2020
 
  Peter John Dyer
  Sight & Sound
  TOP CRITIC
  The direction and acting are good, so interest is maintained. Frankeheimer’s handling of the early sequences, in which he attempts and succeeds in creating on film the corruption of the mind, is imaginative filmmaking.
 
  March 1, 2018
 
  James Powers
  Hollywood Reporter
  TOP CRITIC
  Don’t bother with Jonathan Demme’s toothless 2004 remake; the rereleased classic cold war thriller from 1962 by John Frankenheimer packs a harder punch.
 
  April 16, 2010 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Peter Bradshaw
  Guardian
  TOP CRITIC
  powerful experience, alternately corrosive with dark parodic humor, suspenseful, moving, and terrifying.
 
  May 7, 2008
 
  Jonathan Rosenbaum
  Chicago Reader
  TOP CRITIC
  Every once in a rare while a film comes along that works in all departments, with story, production and performance so well blended that the end effect is one of nearly complete satisfaction. Such is The Manchurian Candidate.
 
  May 7, 2008
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  The Manchurian Candidate pops up with a rash supposition that could serve to scare some viewers half to death — that is, if they should be dupes enough to believe it, which we solemnly trust they won’t.
 
  May 20, 2003 | Rating: 2.5/5
 
  Bosley Crowther
  New York Times
  TOP CRITIC
  An outstanding reminder of the dramatic force of black and white cinema. [Full review in Spanish]
 
  June 15, 2022
 
  Rene Jordan
  El Nuevo Herald (Miami)
  Life has rarely imitated art in more fantastic, catastrophic, and wildly suspicious ways than with The Manchurian Candidate.
 
  February 23, 2022 | Rating: 4/4
 
  Brian Eggert
  Deep Focus Review
  John Frankenheimer’s cracked masterpiece…
 
  November 10, 2020
 
  Norman Wilner
  NOW Toronto
  The Manchurian Candidate rings of relevancy while remaining a supreme example of a well made suspense thriller.
 
  October 8, 2020 | Rating: 4/5
 
  Jordan M. Smith
  IONCINEMA.com
  One of the most successful adaptations from a novel to the big screen, capably translating the paranoia and suspense Condon imparted to his literary readership.
 
  August 27, 2020 | Rating: 10/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Wildly implausible though some of its razzle-dazzle incidents may seem in retrospect, this Hollywood mystery melodrama is almost continuously exciting or amusing or both.
 
  October 11, 2019
 
  Clyde Gilmour
  Maclean’s Magazine…

 

Plot
When his army unit was ambushed during the first Gulf War, Sergeant Raymond Shaw saved his fellow soldiers just as his commanding officer, then-Captain Ben Marco, was knocked unconscious. Brokering the incident for political capital, Shaw eventually becomes a vice-presidential nominee, while Marco is haunted by dreams of what happened
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Angela Lansbury’s performance as Mrs. Iselin is considered one of the great movie villains.
 

 
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Production Company(ies)
Complete Fiction Media Rights Capital,
 
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
 
Release Type
Theatrical
 
Filming Location(s)
Bora Bora, Leeward Islands, French Polynesia
 
MPAA / Certificate
Not Rated
 
Year of Release
1962
 

 
Genre(s)
Adventure
 
Keyword(s)
Mutiny on the Bounty, Adventure, Clark Gable, Charles Laughton, Franchot Tone, Herbert Mundin, Eddie Quillan, Dudley Digges, Frank Lloyd, Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, box office, budget, reviewed by Otis Ferguson, Alistair Cooke, SMH Staff, Kate Cameron, TIME Staff, Variety Staff, Eleanor Barnes, Meyer Levin, E de S Melcher, Adventure, English, Frank Lloyd, Irving Thalberg, Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson, Nov 8, 1935, MPAA rating, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Charles Laughton as Bligh, Clark Gable as Christian, Franchot Tone as Byam, Herbert Mundin as Smith, Eddie Quillan as Ellison, Dudley Digges as Bacchus, mutiny, HMS Bounty, Tahiti, sailor, revenge, Roger Byam, producer Frank Lloyd, Irving Thalberg
 

Cast & Crew

Charles Laughton

Clark Gable

Franchot Tone

Herbert Mundin

Eddie Quillan

Bligh

Christian

Byam

Smith

Ellison

– Charles Laughton as Bligh
– Clark Gable as Christian
– Franchot Tone as Byam
– Herbert Mundin as Smith
– Eddie Quillan as Ellison
– Dudley Digges as Bacchus

 

Frank Lloyd

Talbot Jennings

Frank Lloyd

Irving Thalberg

Director

Writer

Producer

Producer

Producer

Director(s)
Frank Lloyd
 
Writer(s)
Talbot Jennings, Jules Furthman, Carey Wilson
 
Producer(s)
Frank Lloyd, Irving Thalberg

 

Film Festivals

 
Awards & Nominations
Nominated for 7 Oscars
3 wins & 13 nominations total
 
Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees
 

Top Reviews

Otis Ferguson

Alistair Cooke

SMH Staff

Kate Cameron

TIME Staff

The New Republic

Sight & Sound

Sydney Morning Herald

New York Daily News

TIME Magazine

MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY
  All Critics (43) | Top Critics (12) | Fresh (40) | Rotten (3)
  Mutiny on the Bounty is one of the best pictures that have been made, and this is largely due to the facts it was made from.
 
  February 18, 2022
 
  Otis Ferguson
  The New Republic
  TOP CRITIC
  It could boast the temporary triumphs of a strong even tempo, a decisive performance from Charles Laughton, much artful glorifying of the ship by Arthur Edeson’s camera, and several Captain Bligh Editions of The Times.
 
  January 28, 2020
 
  Alistair Cooke
  Sight & Sound
  TOP CRITIC
  The visual quality in the scenes of shipboard life — the billowing sails, the surge of the rollers, the mighty impetus of the vessel’s swing — has in it a tremendous and Infectious verve.
 
  January 27, 2020
 
  SMH Staff
  Sydney Morning Herald
  TOP CRITIC
  The case of the crew against the insane cruelty and avariciousness of Capt. Bligh is so powerfully presented that the injustice done to the men gets under one’s skin to stir up a variety of emotion.
 
  February 17, 2015
 
  Kate Cameron
  New York Daily News
  TOP CRITIC
  Despite the efforts of Producer Irving Thalberg, Director Frank Lloyd, three scenarists and $2,000,000 to give it balance, polish and direction, the picture lacks all three.
 
  February 17, 2009
 
  TIME Staff
  TIME Magazine
  TOP CRITIC
  There’s nothing to stand in the way of Mutiny qualifying for box office dynamite rating.
 
  February 19, 2008
 
  Variety Staff
  Variety
  TOP CRITIC
  Carrying with it no attempt to glorify anyone, and ending the story on a note — quite unconventional — of the villain not being punished and the hero not being rewarded, Mutiny on the Bounty seems, to the writer, genuinely real.
 
  July 13, 2021
 
  Eleanor Barnes
  Illustrated Daily News (Los Angeles)
  As a result of the redundant imagery, the momentous nature of the actual seizure – swashbuckling as it may be – doesn’t hold any surprises or much suspense.
 
  July 30, 2020 | Rating: 7/10
 
  Mike Massie
  Gone With The Twins
  Charles Laughton, with the effective dramatic art of which he is such a master, impersonates the tyrannical Bligh, depicting him in all his vindictive brutality, yet showing the courage, skill, and endurance of the man.
 
  January 27, 2020
 
  Courier Mail Staff
  Courier Mail (Australia)
  The storm shots are exciting, but the picture has little cumulative force, and misses its role as a classic record of revolt against murderous discipline.
 
  January 27, 2020
 
  Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)
  Esquire Magazine
  It is a splendid achievement, and one of which every one concerned may well feel proud.
 
  January 27, 2020
 
  E. de S. Melcher
  Washington Star
  A picture worth going a long way to see twice.
 
  July 22, 2019
 
  Ann Ross
  Maclean’s Magazine…

 

Plot
The Bounty leaves Portsmouth in 1787. Its destination: to sail to Tahiti and load bread-fruit. Captain Bligh will do anything to get there as fast as possible, using any means to keep up a strict discipline. When they arrive at Tahiti, it is like a paradise for the crew, something completely different than the living hell aboard the ship. On the way back to England, officer Fletcher Christian becomes the leader of a mutiny.
 
Trivia

 
Goofs / Tidbits
Charles Laughton’s portrayal of Captain Bligh is described as “resolute, forceful evil” by an audience reviewer.
 

 
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