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Reflections in a Golden Eye (1967) 6.8
Bizarre tale of sex, betrayal, and perversion at a military post. Director:John Huston |
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Cast
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| Marlon Brando | ... | ||
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Lt. Col. Morris Langdon
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Alison Langdon
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Anacleto
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Capt. Murray Weincheck
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Susie
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Pvt. Frank Brian
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On a U.S. Army post circa 1948, a major who is an impotent, latent homosexual is married to an infantile birdbrain who never misses an opportunity to ridicule his masculine failings. He displaces his hostility by brutally flogging her horse and she retaliates by humiliating him before a houseful of guests, repeatedly slashing him across the face with her riding crop. She is also committing adultery with the officer next door, who's wife cut off her nipples with garden shears after the death of her baby. She has sought solace in the ministrations of her effeminate houseboy. The sixth character, coveted by the major, is a darkly handsome noncom, a voyeur and lingerie-fondler, given to nightly appearances as a peeping tom in the birdbrain's bedroom and daily sessions of horseback riding in the middle of the woods stark naked. Written by filmfactsman
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Most women in her situation would do the very same thing! They just wouldn't do it as well- or as often! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 October 1967 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Spiegelbild im goldenen Auge See more »Box Office
Budget:
$4,500,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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(uncredited)
Written by Al Jolson, Buddy G. DeSylva and Vincent Rose
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John Huston wanted Patrick O'Neal, who'd previously starred in the Broadway production of Tennessee Williams' "The Night of the Iguana" for the role of Major Penderton. But Elizabeth Taylor rejected Huston's suggestion along with his alternate choices of Richard Burton and Lee Marvin; she wanted Marlon Brando. See more »Goofs
When Leonora is writing invitations to a party in her house, the amount of drink in her glass decreases between shots. See more »Quotes
Maj. Weldon Penderton: Now, a man does not flee because... um... he's fighting in an unjust cause. He does not attack because his cause is just. He flees 'cause he's the weaker. And he conquers 'cause he's the stronger. Or more to the point because his leaders made him feel stronger. Rommel... Patton, Marshall, MacArthur. They - they had it. How did they - uh... how did they make their troops believe they were stronger? Leadership is intangible... hard to measure, difficult to describe. Leadership must include a ...See more »
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"Avalon"(uncredited)
Written by Al Jolson, Buddy G. DeSylva and Vincent Rose
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"Reflections in a Golden Eye" was recognized by John Huston himself as his most important film of his late period along with "The Man who would be a King". While generally the later is accepted as his masterpiece "Reflections in a Golden Eye" is misunderstood as Huston's "misfire", as a "flop", an opinion with which I tend to disagree. What we have here is a good drama whose story is based on a book by Carson McCullers, featuring superb performances from Marlon Brando who plays a U.S. Army Major in an isolated military fort somewhere in the south, who gradually discovers his homosexuallity and Liz Taylor, simply great here in the role of his cheating wife. The film, which is basically a serious drama, turns out to be something of a cynical human comedy, due to "ridiculousness" of all of it's characters and the way the story is told by film's director - John Huston. Overall it's an intelligent film whose main theme is repression and ultimate frustration of desire with it's tragic consequences. 8/10