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Summary: John Hustons Best.
Review: A remarkable Movie.Truly one of John Hustons best, if not his very best(along with Chinatown). A must see. Sean Connerey and Michael Caine are magnificent. Christopher Plummer as Rudyard Kipling also shines in this movie not to be missed. John Wingfield
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Summary: "God's Holy Trousers!"
Review: Without a doubt one of the very, very best action/adventure films ever made, this stirring epic just gets better with age! John Huston's direction is so very perfect here, and his "view" of this classic tale is one of the best to make it to the big screen. The ingenious casting of Michael Caine and Sean Connery pays off bigtime as these two put on an acting clinic that is a beauty to behold. Why they have not paired up again since this masterpiece is a real mystery, because the chemistry here is absolutely undeniable. Bold, hilarious, seriously touching and eventually tragic, this is one whale of an adventure! Peachy (Caine) and Danny's (Connery) bantor is infectious, their comradeship and committment to one another is undeniable, and their grand story is one for the ages! Besides the outstanding twosome of Caine and Connery, watch for a truly masterful performance by the incredible Saeed Jaffrey, whose character of Billy Fish is a major portion of the glue that binds this baby altogether. And not to be forgotten, the always excellent Christoper Plummer, almost unrecognizable in his Rudyard Kipling makeup, is simply outstanding as the sometimes amused, sometimes shocked Kipling. Unbelievably beautiful settings, incredible music, and some of the best performances yet filmed await the viewer here. You will, like I did, find yourself absolutely spellbound as Michael Caine's character, Peachy, slowly and breathlessly relates his tale to Kipling, his narration becoming the movie itself. Great stuff!
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Summary: An Excellent Film
Review: The highest praise I can give for this movie is that it was better even than Kipling's original short story. I know that this is heresy, as Rudyard Kipling is considered one of the greatest writers in the English language, but having recently read the work and watched the film a second time, I can only conclude that the latter is better. The pacing, character development, and dialogue actually heightened the drama of the already masterful tale. Fully worthy of five stars.
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Summary: Connery Classic
Review: You won't find a better or more entertaining movie than this one...that is, if you like Sean Connery (much as he was in the Great Train Robbery) and Rudyard Kipling's special prose and prowess as a teller of tales. The DVD is disappointing only in the scene that was omitted...the one, near the end. Alas for such an omission. Still...an excellent addition to the collection. Good viewing on a rainy Saturday afternoon or a snowy winter weekend!
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Summary: Incredible
Review: This movie is simply one of the best films with some of the greatest characters in any movie with one of the greatest stories and scripts of any movie ever.
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Summary: stupid
Review: here you have one of the greatest movies ever made, a wonderful tory, you set the dvd into the machine and, amazingly, without any packaging warning, you have to flip the dvd to watch it in its entirety. why time warner continues to distribute so many of these flaws dvd products is beyond me but i strongly recommend no one buy these screwed up products until they correct the problem by re-releasing the dvd on a one-sided version. just plain stupid.
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Summary: Deservedly a classic
Review: One of those films that you can watch again and again and still get more out of it every time. The flawless performance from the entire cast, the scenery and the cinematography all go to make a movie that has grown beyond its origins in an otherwise obscure short story by Rudyard Kipling and the memoirs of an almost forgotten American adventurer. My favourite film.
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Summary: Connery and Caine: how can you go wrong?
Review: This is by far one of the most impressive movies my eyes have ever seen. The magnificant scope is truly amazing. Caine and Connery live up to their names by their performances. The two men head off to become Kings of unchartered lands. What befalls them are humor, triumph, greed, and loss. The individuals and circumstances the men become involved in are one of a kind. The magic of Huston is clearly seen by the images presented on screen. Shots that are near impossible in today's filmmaking world should be savored in this movie. You can almost hear his booming voice giving the men advice on their roles. As with many other films, greed does play a key factor in the shaping the Peachy and (more importantly) Daniel. Their quest began for riches and then the tastes of power began to emerge. Never wanting to let go or knowing when to leave becomes a dangerous issue for the two. This is film for all to see. My only complaint is that the DVD actually had to be turned over in the middle of the film. This is a throwback to the early laserdisc players of the 80's.
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Summary: Travelling Lodge 4276 the Four and Fit!
Review: "I must get a message to a man who'll be travelling through Mahbar Junction on the Bombay mail on the night of the 24th..." With the exception of Jack Carter, Michael Caine's Peachy Carnahan has to be one of the actor's finest characterisations in cinema (Indian train passenger: "Mr. Clatterburydas failed entrance examination, Calcutta University, 1863, a writer of correspondence for the illiterate general public", Michael Caine: "Shudd-uup!") Likewise, Sean Connery's Danny Drabot is a perfectly realised impression of "The Man Who Would be King". Put them both together with Chris Plummer and a Rudyard Kipling story brought to the screen by John Huston and you've got a winner. As Peachy says: "I've an educated taste in whisky and women, waistcoats and bills of fare. Though I've had few chances to exercise it lately. 'Cause them that govern spend all their time making up new laws to stop men like you and me getting any. And who's loss is it anyway? Why England's of course..!" "For the sake of the widow's son". Exactly.
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Summary: Great movie, but a shot was cut
Review: This is one of my favorite films and I've owned it on VHS, Laser, and now DVD. I'm sorry to see that they cut the shot between Daniel's fall from the rope bridge and Peachie's narration to Rudyard Kipling. The scene was brief, and simply showed Daniel falling into the chasm, but that was the scene that really underscored Peachie's description of "falling for twenty thousand miles". They did a nice job of fading this shot out - you'd never know if you didn't remember the original movie. Oh well, I've still got the laserdisk if I want to see the true version.
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