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55 Days at Peking (1963)
79 stemmen | gemiddelde 3,51
mijn stem:
Drama / Oorlog
150 minuten
geregisseerd door Nicholas Ray
met Charlton Heston, Ava Gardner en David Niven
Peking, 1900. De Britten hebben de macht, tot ongenoegen van de keizerin en haar garde, de Boxers. Reeds twee jaar komen ze in opstand en tijdens een hete zomer wordt het duidelijk dat een bloederige weerstand van de bezetters onvermijdelijk is. Keizerin Tsu Hsi heeft het lot van alle buitenlandse delegaties in handen, maar neemt pas een beslissing, wanneer de Duitse ambassadeur door de fanatieke Boxers vermoord wordt. Voor majoor Lewis en alle andere delegaties begint een lange uitputtende strijd tegen de rebellen en de keizerlijke troepen.
[permalink] geplaatst op 17 juli 2006, 16:23 uur
[permalink] geplaatst op 21 september 2006, 11:21 uurDeze Nicholas Ray-film is nu uit op DVD. Blijft een beetje onderbelicht hier op MM.
De soundtrack van Dimitri Tiomkin wordt overal geroemd.
Bron
The film, which was shot in Spain, needed thousands of Chinese extras, and the company sent scouts throughout Spain to hire as many as they could find. The result was that many Chinese restaurants in Spain closed for the duration of the filming because the restaurant staff - often including the restaurant's owners - was hired away by the film company. The company hired so many that for several months there was scarcely a Chinese restaurant to be found open in the entire country.
Best grappig.
The production was troubled almost from the beginning. It ran into financial troubles, there were conflicts among the cast, and director Nicholas Ray argued so violently with producer Samuel Bronston that he eventually walked off the set and quit the picture, and soon afterward suffered a severe heart attack. Andrew Marton and Guy Green finished directing the picture, uncredited.
Minder grappig.
De soundtrack van Dimitri Tiomkin wordt overal geroemd.
Bron
The film, which was shot in Spain, needed thousands of Chinese extras, and the company sent scouts throughout Spain to hire as many as they could find. The result was that many Chinese restaurants in Spain closed for the duration of the filming because the restaurant staff - often including the restaurant's owners - was hired away by the film company. The company hired so many that for several months there was scarcely a Chinese restaurant to be found open in the entire country.
Best grappig.
The production was troubled almost from the beginning. It ran into financial troubles, there were conflicts among the cast, and director Nicholas Ray argued so violently with producer Samuel Bronston that he eventually walked off the set and quit the picture, and soon afterward suffered a severe heart attack. Andrew Marton and Guy Green finished directing the picture, uncredited.
Minder grappig.
[permalink] geplaatst op 23 mei 2007, 20:01 uurFisherKing schreef:
De soundtrack van Dimitri Tiomkin wordt overal geroemd.
De soundtrack van Dimitri Tiomkin wordt overal geroemd.
En de bron hiervan?
Bij lange na niet een van zijn geroemde scores. Verder vind ik de muziek persoonlijk redelijk.
