Lord Jim (1965)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Richard Brooks

Writers:

Richard Brooks (written by)
Joseph Conrad (novel)

Release Date:

25 February 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama

Tagline:

Between Suez and the China Sea.... ...many nameless men live and die unknown!

Plot:

After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman (Peter O'Toole) lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Based on Joseph Conrad's novel written in 1900.

Plot Keywords:

Naval Officer | Merchant Marine | Inquiry | Lifeboat | Warlord

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards.

US TV Schedule:

Sat. July 25

8:30 AM

TCM

Cast

Peter O'Toole	...	Lord Jim
James Mason	...	Gentleman Brown
Curd Jürgens	...	Cornelius (as Curt Jurgens)
Eli Wallach	...	The General
Jack Hawkins	...	Marlow
Paul Lukas	...	Stein
Daliah Lavi	...	The Girl
Akim Tamiroff	...	Schomberg
Juzo Itami	...	Waris (as Ichizo Itami)
Tatsuo Saito	...	Du-Ramin
Andrew Keir	...	Brierly
Jack MacGowran	...	Robinson
Eric Young	...	Malay
Noel Purcell	...	Captain Chester
Walter Gotell	...	Captain of Patna
Rafiq Anwar	...	Moslem Leader (as Rafik Anwar)
Marne Maitland	...	Elder
Newton Blick	...	Doctor
A.J. Brown	...	Magistrate
Christian Marquand	...	The French Officer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Richardson	...	The sailor (uncredited)
Nam Siphan	...	The Girl (uncredited)
Suon	...	Ruon (uncredited)
Vivienne Ventura	...	(uncredited)

Directed by
Richard Brooks

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Richard Brooks		written by
Joseph Conrad		novel

Produced by
Richard Brooks	....	producer (uncredited)
Jules Buck	....	associate producer (uncredited)
Peter O'Toole	....	associate producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Bronislau Kaper

Cinematography by
Freddie Young		(photographed by) (as Frederick A. Young)

Film Editing by
Alan Osbiston

Production Design by
Geoffrey Drake

Art Direction by
Ernest Archer
William Hutchinson		(as Bill Hutchinson)

Costume Design by
Phyllis Dalton

Makeup Department
Gordon Bond	....	hair stylist
Charles E. Parker	....	chief makeup artist (as Charles Parker)

Production Management
René Dupont	....	production manager
Timothy Burrill	....	production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Stevenson	....	second assistant director
Roy Stevens	....	assistant director
John Sullivan	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Eddie Fowlie	....	property master

Sound Department
Paddy Cunningham	....	sound recordist
Chris Greenham	....	sound editor
Bob Jones	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Cliff Richardson	....	special effects
Wally Veevers	....	special effects
Fred Heather	....	special effects (uncredited)
Garth Inns	....	special effects (uncredited)
Curly Nelhams	....	special effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Nosher Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ernest Day	....	camera operator
Robin Browne	....	clapper loader: second unit (uncredited)
Mike Fox	....	focus puller: second unit (uncredited)
Maurice Gillett	....	supervising electrician (uncredited)
Skeets Kelly	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Kenneth J. Withers	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
John Wilson-Apperson	....	wardrobe supervisor

Music Department
Mantle Hood	....	musical advisor: oriental music (as Professor Mantle Hood, UCLA)
Muir Mathieson	....	conductor
Peter Zinner	....	music editor

Other crew
Arthur Knight	....	story editor
Angela Martelli	....	continuity
Dith Pran	....	translator

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Corporation
• Keep Films (as A Keep Films Co-Production)

Distributors

• Columbia Pictures (1965) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1972) (USA) (TV) (pan/scan)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1983) (USA) (video)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Trading Post

Runtime:

154 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.20 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (35 mm prints) | 70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints)

Certification:

UK:PG | Finland:K-12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:U (original rating)

Filming Locations:

Angkor Wat, Cambodia

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Dith Pran, the New York Times stringer who was the subject of the film The Killing Fields (1984), worked with the crew as a translator.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Lord Jim's lone crew member deserts him on the river, Jim chooses to carry on alone. Before he starts to row, the boat begins moving.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Desperation (2006) (TV)

Not half bad!!

Peter O'Tooles eyes are disturbingly blue. Lots of visual detail, good cinematography, cheap special effects. It moves slowly and doesn't really explain the motivations of the main character very well. O'Toole is good but oblique. The movie doesn't really pick up until Eli Wallach shows up. He is quite good, cheerfully cruel and sadistic, and I think he may have taken things from this role that he later expanded on in The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. Curt Jurgens is delightfully seedy, a sweaty and cowardly drunk who needs a haircut. I don't know anything about the rating system here but I'm giving it a seven for just for watchability.