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Summary: I love this movie!
Review: The film "Mister Roberts" has everything.Great Story, great cast, great meaning. If I had my choice of only a dozen movies to recommend to anyone, this would be one of them. After fifty years, it's still an inspiring story of how sometimes small, seemingly insignificant details and the consideration of the human factor contribute to effective leadership. In fact, this film is still in use as a motivational tool in the U.S. Naval Services. I highly recommend this movie.
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Summary: I love this movie!
Review: The film "Mister Roberts" has everything. Great Story, great cast, great meaning. If I had my choice of only a dozen movies to recommend to anyone, this would be one of them. After fifty years, it's still an inspiring story of how sometimes small, seemingly insignificant details and the consideration of the human factor contribute to effective leadership. In fact, this film is still in use as a motivational tool in the U.S. Naval Services. I highly recommend this movie.
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Summary: I love this movie!
Review: The film "Mister Roberts" has everything. Great Story, great cast, great meaning. If I had my choice of only a dozen movies to recommend to anyone, this would be one of them. After fifty years, it's still an inspiring story of how sometimes small, seemingly insignificant details and the consideration of the human factor contribute to effective leadership. In fact, this film is still in use as a motivational tool in the U.S. Naval Services. I highly recommend this movie.
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Summary: Good Special Features
Review: The Special Features really add to the DVD, including the Ed Sullivan / Henry Fonda TV specials. The commentary by Jack Lemmon is great also. The DVD is a must for any fans of this movie!
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Summary: Goodnight Ensign Pulver
Review: The U.S.S. Reluctant has set sail on her final voyage. The U.S.S. Hewell was the actual 250-ton cargo ship at the naval base at Midway, which doubled for the U.S.S. Reluctant used to film MISTER ROBERTS. Henry Fonda was Lieutenant (jg) Doug Roberts or just known as beloved Mister Roberts to his crew. Mister Roberts was a man of dignity and honor who just wanted to do his part in the war. Instead Mister Roberts is rendered impotent on the U.S.S. Reluctant commanded by a hot-tempered, eccentric basically uneducated Captain brilliantly played by James Cagney. The script under the tenure of director John Ford mixed his usual comic military camaraderie with the despair of the sailors stuck in remote out of action sea-lanes and ports during World War II in the South Pacific. In effect the Captain represents the enemy to the crew and the dregs of the naval officer corps to Mister Roberts. The ever stoic Roberts finds solace in the crew (Ward Bond, Nick Adams, Harry Carey Jr., Ken Curtis, Perry Lopez, Tige Andrews and many others), a fatherly William Powell as Doc and Jack Lemmon as Ensign Pulver. Jack Lemmon won an Oscar for his role as the knee-jerk compulsive and glib wheeler-dealer Ensign Pulver. The Captain shows no compassion for the crew and it seems that his only real feelings are for a palm tree he keeps on deck. As events unfold and personalities clash into a final confrontation and the realities of war hit home it is the unlikely Ensign Pulver who does a 180-degree turn at the film's closing shot. Henry Fonda, William Powell, Ward Bond, Nick Adams, Ken Curtis and even the Captain James Cagney among many other members of the crew of the U.S.S. Reluctant have now left us. Today I read of Jack Lemmon. I suppose the 'Order of the Palm Leaf' has now been passed from the hand of its final owner and now rests below the calm blue waters of the South Pacific. As the U.S.S. Reluctant turns its final bend into the sunset we say, "Goodnight Mister Roberts, Goodnight Ensign Pulver. Godspeed."
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Summary: One of the BEST Casts EVER!!
Review: This excellent war comedy/movie will always be one of my personal favorites. Based on the WWII guideline, the basic premise is a rather anal boat captain trying to make "ship shape" a merchant/transport type ship. (in the Pacific).
From an original play of Broadway, starring Hendy Fonda to the big screen. (My parents saw this Play on Broadway on their honeymoon and I still have the Playbill) So naturally I am biased.
Start with an assembled cast second to none.
Henry Fonda (Wry humor..this movie IS him.)
William Powell (The thin man returns...his sarcasm is perfect here)
James Cagney (Does his talent ever end? One of his best roles)
Lemmon (Ensign Pulver), shows his talent for the site gag and, lets say, driftiness, early. This perfomance spawned a few sequels on Pulver alone.
If you were ever in the Navy, you will see Cagney's Performance as uncanny, and see a little bit of each actor in your own experience.
This is meant to be seen in its entirety. Its not cut to pieces for TV, and when seen in this format is like a new movie, meant to be seen from start to finish.
Highly recommended, and will be seen again and again
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Summary: All-time Favorites!
Review: This funny and insightful comedy-drama is one of my all-time favorite World War II movies, right up there with Casablanca. Wars, like life, are filled with tragedy AND comedy, as well as excitement AND boredom.--Diana Dell, author, "A Saigon Party: And Other Vietnam War Short Stories."
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Summary: Awesome movie, and I don't even like war movies
Review: This is a fantastic movie. I have only seen it on VHS but am dying for the DVD release. If it is fabulous on video, imagine what DVD quality and extras can bring. If you want to see a WW2 flick that is non violent and has plenty of comic relief check it out. Tear-jerker ending though, even for the "tough guys". Excellent performances by Jack Lemmon and Henry Fonda. Great during these patriotic times.
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Summary: A true CLASSIC!
Review: This is a great story...and with a cast that includes Henry Fonda in the title role, Jimmy Cagney as an irratable and envious Ship's Captain, Jack Lemmon as the immortalized Ensign Pulver and William Powell as the wordly ship's physician, it is a great film as well. It's a tale that spins a number of universal stories, all at the same time. Primarily, it's the story of Mr. Roberts (Henry Fonda) stuck on a supply ship and bemoaning his missing the war. It's also the story of Cagney's character, an aging Captain, who's seen tons of "college boys" pass him over during his career. In Roberts, he sees the chance to even out the scales by keeping the college educated Roberts stuck on the USS Liberty. Moreover it's the story of Jack Lemmon's character, Ensign Pulver, who is forced to mature when he's thrust into the vacuum left after Mr. Roberts finally gets his transfer. The backdrop for all this is the story of men under the stress of war...in the case of supply ships like the Liberty, that stress is set in the boredom, monotony and incessant hard labor with only rare and fleeting opportunities to blow off steam. This is a great flick. It entertains us with the most entertaining subject of all...the flaws and foibles inherant in human nature.
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Summary: Great Movie
Review: This is a great war movie although it's not about the aspect of war that we usually see in Hollywood. There's an explosion, but it's not from enemy action. You see aircraft carriers, battleships and destroyers but they are off in the distance. This movie is set on a cargo ship (of all places). It deals with the efforts of one man trying to get into the war and his battles with his tyrannical commanding officer who was played brilliantly by James Cagney.
I'd have to say the best scene in the movie is when the SP guy is telling about the things the crew did on the island during liberty. But the coolest scene is the look on James Cagney's face at the end of the movie.
This one is one that I can watch over and over again.
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