An American missionary and his wife travel to the exotic island kingdom of Hawaii, intent on converting the natives. But the clash between the two cultures is too great and instead of understanding there comes tragedy.
Director:
George Roy Hill
Stars:
Julie Andrews,
Max von Sydow,
Richard Harris
A fiercely independent cowboy arranges to have himself locked up in jail in order to then escape with an old friend who has been sentenced to the penitentiary.
Director:
David Miller
Stars:
Kirk Douglas,
Gena Rowlands,
Walter Matthau
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
Director:
Otto Preminger
Stars:
Gary Cooper,
Charles Bickford,
Ralph Bellamy
Drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown after many years of trying to make it in the movies. Arriving with him is a faded film star he picked up along the way, Alexandra Del Lago. ... See full summary »
Director:
Richard Brooks
Stars:
Paul Newman,
Geraldine Page,
Shirley Knight
A no account outlaw establishes his own particular brand of law and order and builds a town on the edges of civilization in this farcical western. With the aid of an old law text and ... See full summary »
A World War I soldier, rendered blind, deaf, limbless, and mute by a horrific artillery shell attack, finds a unique way of communicating with his doctors.
The theme is the founding of the state of Israel. The action begins on a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. The second part of the film is about the situation in Israel as independence is declared and most of their neighbors attack them. Written by
John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
The film has been credited with stimulating support for Zionism and the state of Israel in the United States. See more »
Goofs
Nurse Kitty Fremont inserted the earpieces backwards when listening to hear if heart sounds started after the epinephrine injection into Ari Ben Canaan's heart. The earpieces should point to the front in line with the ear canal's angle. See more »
Quotes
[first lines]
Cypriot guide:
The island of Cyprus, madame. World famous for beauty, and long, tragic history. Been conquered many times, conquered by Phoenicians, Assyrians, Persians, Macedonians; also conquered by Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Turks. Purchased from Turkey by your esteemed self, the British Empire. All Cyprus most wanted the British.
Kitty Fremont:
[correcting him]
I'm an American.
Cypriot guide:
Fond of Americans, also; we Cypriots are fond of everybody.
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Crazy Credits
Opening credits shown over a background of flames. See more »
This historical film is based on real events and Leon Uris'novel.By the late 1945, millions of bewildered and homeless Jews people were on the move-across Europe and the Far East. They were looking for somewhere to live and for many of them that meant a new country. Jews demanded a land of their own. Jewish refugees were at a British camp on their way to Palestine. The Jews on board hoped to sail to Palestine in the first 'exodus ship'. Jewish refugees struggle ashore from island of Cyprus. But the ship (led by Jewish leader Paul Newman, helped by an American widow Eva Marie Saint) will be intercepted. On many of the refugees, by a famine-strike, the conditions were appalling, overcrowded, lacking food and water.The British troops(commanded by Ralph Richardson and Peter Lawford) guard the shipload of Jews in the port, they were rounded up, to be sent to the camp.This is an exodus that succeeded. In Palestine coming so soon after the holocaust, the homeless come home, but these traumatic echoes of Auschwitz and Buchenwald inflamed Zionist feelings. 1946,1947 and early 1948 were a years in which Zionist terrorist was at its height and Independent Israel still seemed heartbreaks away. In 22 July 1946, ninety-one people died when the King David Hotel in Jerusalem was blown up by Zionists. When one of the ringleader(David Opatoshu) of the Zionist anarchist group is placed under arrest, to be taken under close guard to the camp , the movement plans the breakout. The posterior setting is the strife-ridden area of Palestine between Jewish and Arabs fighting cruelly each other.The state of Israel was born in war and spent its youth struggling for survival.The nearly established United Nations did what it could to help, establishing camps for refugees and the supervision of Great Britain over Palestine. And later a voting that declared the independence of Israel under Ben Gurion( similar role played by Lee J Cobb).
This historic film written by Dalton Trumbo is efficiently directed by Otto Preminger. Good performances from Paul Newman as obstinate Israeli leader, Ralph Richardson as commandant of British forces in Cyprus and Sal Mineo as young terrorist who won the Golden Globe for support actor. Also the sensible, emotive soundtrack by Ernest Gold won Oscar 1960 for Original Dramatic Score.Colorful and evocative cinematography by Sam Leavitt, filmed in Israel and Cyprus with spectacular production design by Richard Day. Over budgeted, as cost more than five million dollars , an incredible amount at the time.This chronicle about the post-WWII partition of Palestine will like to historical events enthusiastic.
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This historical film is based on real events and Leon Uris'novel.By the late 1945, millions of bewildered and homeless Jews people were on the move-across Europe and the Far East. They were looking for somewhere to live and for many of them that meant a new country. Jews demanded a land of their own. Jewish refugees were at a British camp on their way to Palestine. The Jews on board hoped to sail to Palestine in the first 'exodus ship'. Jewish refugees struggle ashore from island of Cyprus. But the ship (led by Jewish leader Paul Newman, helped by an American widow Eva Marie Saint) will be intercepted. On many of the refugees, by a famine-strike, the conditions were appalling, overcrowded, lacking food and water.The British troops(commanded by Ralph Richardson and Peter Lawford) guard the shipload of Jews in the port, they were rounded up, to be sent to the camp.This is an exodus that succeeded. In Palestine coming so soon after the holocaust, the homeless come home, but these traumatic echoes of Auschwitz and Buchenwald inflamed Zionist feelings. 1946,1947 and early 1948 were a years in which Zionist terrorist was at its height and Independent Israel still seemed heartbreaks away. In 22 July 1946, ninety-one people died when the King David Hotel in Jerusalem was blown up by Zionists. When one of the ringleader(David Opatoshu) of the Zionist anarchist group is placed under arrest, to be taken under close guard to the camp , the movement plans the breakout. The posterior setting is the strife-ridden area of Palestine between Jewish and Arabs fighting cruelly each other.The state of Israel was born in war and spent its youth struggling for survival.The nearly established United Nations did what it could to help, establishing camps for refugees and the supervision of Great Britain over Palestine. And later a voting that declared the independence of Israel under Ben Gurion( similar role played by Lee J Cobb).
This historic film written by Dalton Trumbo is efficiently directed by Otto Preminger. Good performances from Paul Newman as obstinate Israeli leader, Ralph Richardson as commandant of British forces in Cyprus and Sal Mineo as young terrorist who won the Golden Globe for support actor. Also the sensible, emotive soundtrack by Ernest Gold won Oscar 1960 for Original Dramatic Score.Colorful and evocative cinematography by Sam Leavitt, filmed in Israel and Cyprus with spectacular production design by Richard Day. Over budgeted, as cost more than five million dollars , an incredible amount at the time.This chronicle about the post-WWII partition of Palestine will like to historical events enthusiastic.