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Summary: Thumbs Up
Review: A good movie with some slow pacing to make it drag here and there, but an original tale with the charmismatic Peter O'Toole doing brillant work, with wonderful stunt flying by Frank Tallman. An adventure movie with a literary feel to it, which is what you don't get much of these days. END
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Summary: Unique WWII Fiction
Review: A merchant seaman seeks to destroy a German submarine crew in South America to avenge the slaughter of his shipmates. Peter O'Toole is Seaman-machinist Murphy, a sardonic Irishman who miraculously survives a massacre by German submariners who unmercifully gun down Royal Navy sailors in the water after torpedoing their ship. Murphy is rescued by a Quaker medical mission on the shores of a coastal river used by the Germans to hide their boat. Local Indians later rescue the merchant ship's pilot who discloses that his seaplane is recoverable. The Germans discover there is a survivor at the mission and the submarine commander executes the pilot while Murphy is retrieving the plane. Murphy resolves to wage war single-handedly against the Germans.
Murphy's War is a very unique World War II story about an unlikely warrior who takes on overwhelming odds, and controversial when Germany is close to surrendering and ending the war in the Europe. The movie features some exciting flying scenes as Murphy learns to operate the airplane, as well as some surprising changes when he and the Germans fight to the bitter end.
The DVD release is excellent-much better than the old video tape edition.
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Summary: Rebuttal For Ripoff Of African Queen
Review: After viewing this film I was left with mixed emotions, yet I feel it safe to state the Peter O Toole was great in the aforementioned film. Also I feel it is unfair, to slam this film... It did drag a bit in parts, but what film action or otherwise doesnt suffer from this malady. Best regards.
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Summary: Murphy's War
Review: An enjoyable film that keeps your attention. A survivor of a ship (Peter O'Toole) and a wounded comrade, (torpedoed by a German submarine), make it to a nearby island, where they are nursed back to health. In the meantime the commander of the submarine realizes that the two British made it to shore.
O'Toole after seeing his comrades gunned down in the water declares all out war against the submarine once he is fit again.
Helmut Griem of "The McKenzie Break," (another fine war film), unfortunately has a small part as the sub's commander. I don't see any parallel between this film and, "The African Queen," other than both film's showed quite a bit of water :), and I have seen each of the film's several times. It's a different war film; and that's always refreshing... If your looking for hard to find war film's check out "Men In War" with Robert Ryan and Aldo Ray (A well done anti-war action film). Hopefully "The Naked and the Dead" with Cliff Robertson, and Aldo Ray will also be put to DVD soon.
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Summary: Murphy's War
Review: An enjoyable film that keeps your attention... Murphy (Peter O'Toole) is the sole survivor of his crew that has been destroyed by a German U-Boat in the closing days of World War II. He lands on a forgotten island and begins to plot his vengence. He wishes to sink the U-Boat that has floated up by means of any method imaginable to him, and sets about to make the courageous attempt, assisted by Louie, the islands Government Admistrator. The DVD transfer is beautiful, reminding you of the backdrop location of the movie "African Queen." If your a collector of war films. Add this one to your collection.
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Summary: "I Know The Feeling. If It Ain't Nailed Down It's Mine."
Review: Awesome movie but not much for bonus features unless you consider subtitles bonus material. Plot: Late WWII. Murphys' ship sunk by German U-boat. Survivors brutally shot up in the water. The rest of movie either goes into Murphys' personality or deals with the U-boat trying to kill Murphy or vice-versa. This is the only movie (Except "The Empire Strikes Back" and "The Omega Man") that I am madly in love with that has an ending that I normally don't like. Has some one-liners including my favourite, "I Know The Feeling. If It Ain't Nailed Down It's Mine." If you like fictional movies that have a WWII storyline this is for you. Cheers.
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Summary: Another lost filmic gem saved by DVD.
Review: Being an avid film buff I can't understand why I had never seen, or heard of, this self contained veritable masterpiece of anti-war movie making. I picked this up at my local Australian Kmart (yuck) with a bunch of other forgotten films of "antiquity" and it was the best twelve bucks I ever spent.
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Summary: Language not present
Review: Contrary to what is indicated, the film does not contain a French track. Attention, ce film ne contient pas la piste française indiquée dans le détail de l'édition.
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Summary: Language not present
Review: Contrary to what is indicated, the film does not contain a French track. Attention, ce film ne contient pas la piste française indiquée dans le détail de l'édition.
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Summary: Adventure in revenge.....
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this movie, not only because of the intense portrayal by Peter O'Toole as Murphy, but also because of the interesting story line. If one has to make an example of single minded pursuit of an objective, this movie is one of the best. It is an uncluttered adventure in revenge for a British seaman, one of two survivors of a ship sent to the bottom by a German U-boat, who's crew was cold-bloodedly massacred while in the water. Good aerial photography, coupled with a good supporting cast and one period song. Near the end of the movie, the philosophical and moral questions thrown by an exasperated Louis (played by Phillipe Noiret) to an unlistening Murphy says more about why it was entitled "Murphy's War."
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