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Summary: Two giants in a BIG BIG movie
Review: John Huston always wanted to make this movie and waited years for the opportunity. I'm glad he finally did the business with it, because it's something of a minor classic. Not a Sean Connery film. Not a Michael Caine film. Who would have thought these two stars could successfully be cast together. Both actors always seem to be themselves on the screen, but in MWWBK they seem to live their roles. Neither dominates the other. Both are indispensible. The photography is superb. Did I say four stars, very nearly five. I'll have to watch it again.
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Summary: One of My Favorites!
Review: This movie is an unsurpassed, old-fashioned adventure tale about friendship, and tragic, over-reaching ambition. As an adventure, it far exceeds the wildly more popular but childish Indiana Jones series.This movie follows the adventure of Daniel Dravot and Peachy Carnahan, two rakish ne'er-do-wells in the British Army in India. They leave the service, and, alone, they pack guns and supplies and head north to Kafiristan, a distant and mysterious land they've only heard tales about, to become Kings, and plunder the kingdom. When they arrive, they pit warring communities against each other. During battle, Connery's character is mistaken for a god when he is shot (in his leather bandolier), and doesn't bleed. As a result, he is made King. He is brought to the Holy City, where the holy men mistake him for "Son of Sekander," that is, the Son of Alexander The Great. They prostrate themselves before him, and give him access to Alexander's treasure, which they have guarded for centuries. Instead of taking the money and running, however, Connery gets big-headed, gets to liking the role of King, and wants to stay and administer his kingdom, which he does, and does well, it seems. As you would expect, that's not the end of the story...but I don't want to give any more away. This movie is also humorous. It certainly isn't a comedy, but the heroes joke with one another, and the humor arises from their relationship, their fondness for one another, not from improbably comic situations. This is a grand movie that treats grand themes, and it is worth seeing over and over again. I can't recommend it enough.
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Summary: not a classic, but a fun film
Review: Michael Caine and Sean Connery are superb. They go from one misfortune to another in this adventure and the actors play off one another great as they try to succeed in getting the loot. Although this film is not what I would call a classic, its really fun and the cinematography is well shot. I reccommend this film.
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Summary: It was good, but not outstanding!
Review: I know that the satire was in the book, but I did not like it because it was overblown. This took out a lot of the sence of danger that Connery and Caine faced in their adventure. Caine steels the show for most of the movie, until the second half, then Connery comes alive.
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Summary: Great Movie.... but its a flipper!
Review: I love this movie, and while remastering the audio would have helped (perhaps) the biggest disappointment for me was that the copy I received (and perhaps all copies?) was a flipper. Turning the disk over halfway through a movie is a pain. This is the only disk I own that is a flipper... and it will be the last. From now on I'm going to check the fine print on the case or the web before I buy.
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Summary: My favorite movie
Review: Everything that you need to know about friendship, ambition, and freemasonry (hey, I needed a third thing, ok?) is contained within this film. Sean Connery and Michael Caine are, of course, brilliant. John Huston directed, so you know this ain't gonna be "Waterworld". The pacing is great and the characters feel real. I think this film achieves, in the end, more than it set out to. What starts as a nice retelling of a Kipling short story ends up as a meditation on what it really means to live one's life to the fullest. Strongly recommended.
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Summary: Would you be a King?
Review: Some movies take us outside ourselves, outside our world, and inside another self and another world where things are different. This film provides just that experience, with much of the credit going to the deeply comfortable performances of Connery and Caine as buddies who come to odds with each other and the world. If you have ever longed for adventure, wished yourself a kingdom, or lost a friend to love or greed, then you should find this film deeply enjoyable.
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Summary: The perfect pair, and Saeed Jaffrey, too!
Review: This is easily one of my favorite movies. Huston takes the standard 1930s-40s "Hollywood Empire" movie (a la GUNGA DIN, WEE WILLIE WINKIE) and brings it up to date--to the 1880s. The true face of British imperialism, in its good and evil, is brought to light through the actions of two extremely human ex-sergeants in a remote Central Asian kingdom. Connery and Caine make a terrific pair, and probably should have been nominated (and tied) for Best Actor Oscars that year. Christopher Plummer is good in his limited roles as Rudyard Kipling (I cannot believe that this same guy has played Erwin Rommel, Inca Emperor Atahualpa, the Duke of Wellington, Rudyard Kipling, AND MIKE WALLACE! ), but I should also mention the terrific Indian actor Saeed Jaffrey, who plays the Gurkha renegade Billy Fish (while admittedly looking more Indian than Gurkha), and who has appeared in a number of other good movies, including GANDHI, A PASSAGE TO INDIA, and MY BEAUTIFUL LAUNDRETTE. Maurice Jarre's music is outstanding. I can't bring myself to imagine what this movie would have been like had Huston made it with Bogart and Gable like he intended in the early 1950s (I love Bogart, but COME ON).
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Summary: A Great Adventure Movie
Review: They don't make 'em like this anymore. A brilliant adaption of Rudayard Kipling's saga of two ne' er well former British soldiers left behind in India. They are leading a life of con games when the happen upon another fellow Mason( hint), Christopher Plummer as Rudyard Kipling. The rest is pure adventure as Connery and Caine search for a lost city of jewels across land never traveled by any "outsider" since Alexander the Great (hint hint). This is a must see if you ever wish to see Micahel Caine and Sean Connery teamed with John Huston's wonderful film.
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Summary: Derring Do.
Review: This is what derring do and fun at the movies is all about. Huston had planned to make this film much earlier in his career with other actors...Its all a bonus for us that he made the film with these actors. Connery and Caine are absolutley terrific. Witty dialogue..with Saeed Jeffrey is a must..and we know that only a John Huston ,whose own life story was amazing itself, could have known how to make a film like this.
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