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Alexander Mackendrick (1912–1993)

Auteur de On Film-making: An Introduction to the Craft of the Director

16 oeuvres 475 utilisateurs 7 critiques

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Œuvres de Alexander Mackendrick

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Date de naissance
1912-09-08
Date de décès
1993-12-22
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Lieu de naissance
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Lieu du décès
Los Angeles, California, USA

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Great New York setting, the star power of Curtis and Lancaster, and some great cutting dialogue still don't add up to a great film. Psychologically, it remains more than a bit artificial, but watching the scheming press agent Curtis try to find success by suckling up to famous columnist, and all around bad person, Lancaster, by breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz guitarist is still a good deal of fun. (Lancaster is no Scarface; however, although it would have been good to see him with a chainsaw.) Martin Milner (Adam 12) as the love interest is the world's least convincing jazz guitarist, but he fares better in the dramatic scenes such as his confrontation with Lancaster or scenes with Lancaster's daughter played by Susan Harrison. Lots of other familiar faces here as well, and NYC, Times Square, and surroundings never looked better on b&w film than they do here.… (plus d'informations)
½
 
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datrappert | 1 autre critique | Mar 29, 2022 |
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 – during WWII – was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year. (fonte: Imdb)
 
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MemorialeSardoShoah | Jan 2, 2022 |
A little old lady is unknowingly involved in a heist.

2.5/4 (Okay)

It's enjoyable, but something about it didn't quite connect for me. I felt like I didn't get a good read on most of the characters early enough in the movie, and their "development" later was just sudden changes out of nowhere.

(Jun. 2021)
 
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comfypants | 2 autres critiques | Jun 25, 2021 |

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Œuvres
16
Membres
475
Popularité
#51,908
Évaluation
4.0
Critiques
7
ISBN
20
Langues
3

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