अपनी भाषा में प्लॉट जोड़ेंAn American Naval Officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.An American Naval Officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.An American Naval Officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.
- निर्देशक
- लेखक
- स्टार
- 2 ऑस्कर के लिए नामांकित
- 6 कुल नामांकन
फ़ीचर्ड समीक्षाएं
James Coburn character takes seriously a delusional Admiral (the great Melvin Douglas) who conceives of a "Tomb of the Unknown Sailor" Coburn assigns a devoutly un-heroic James Garner to storm Normandy Beach to film and retrieve the body of the first sailor killed on D-Day. In an unforgettable scene, a very intoxicated Keenan Wynne is assigned to the project and responds by saying "I may be drunk, but I'm not THAT drunk!".
The writing and dialog are some of the most intelligent and clever that you will ever see in a movie. Near the end of the movie, Julie Andrew gives a brilliant speach that takes Garner's anti-heroic philosophy and spins it back to him in a clever and unexpected way.
Listen to Charlie's speech about how he got there. He started off by going to war with all the ideals of any other Marine, but in the teeth of war he realized he wasn't the man he thought he was and "the glory" certainly wasn't worth it. Charlie is a coward, but not a deserter. He has priorities, which he lists to Emily.
Garner does a fine job in communicating the role of an outwardly selfish and uncaring man struggling hard to suppress his principles.
Julie Andrews' Emily is just the person to bring those principles out. And James Coburn is outstanding as the one person who actually takes the admiral's plan for a sailor to be the first casualty on Omaha Beach seriously.
Very good acting by all. Fine comic performances in a film that is easily overlooked by today's audiences because it isn't the type of humor that hits you over the head with a baseball bat to make its point. Instead, it uses characterization and intelligence.
How sad we are that we are no longer required to think about movies, since so many of them have no thought behind them other than making money.
"The Americanization of Emily" is definitely worth a look if you like smart, intelligent characters with something to say.
Watching this movie reminds one of why James Garner and Julie Andrews became stars. They are both extremely likable and have good chemistry together. Garner's character, Charlie Madison, is just a rift on his Maverick TV personae, but is well suited to the character. Andrews, in a non-singing role, is luminescent. She plays a British war widow the way all Americans think of British women. It is a classic portrayal. The star of this film though, is the script by Paddy Chayefsky. Snappy, witty dialog and that strong dose of black humor amply illustrate why Chayefsky should be considered on of the finest script writers of all time. This is equal to his work in Network.
The DVD extras are sparse. There is a 6 minute 1964 MGM featurette on the filming of the Omaha Beach scene. It is only notable by comparison of Mr Garner's treatment during filming to how today's over-indulged, ego-inflated, and under-whelming movie stars are treated. Recommended.
क्या आपको पता है
- ट्रिवियाJames Garner said that this was his favorite of his movies.
- गूफ़The women's hairstyles, dress fashions, makeup and shoes are all strictly 1964 not 1944.
- भाव
Lt. Cmdr. Charles E. Madison: You American-haters bore me to tears, Ms. Barham. I've dealt with Europeans all my life. I know all about us parvenus from the States who come over here and race around your old cathedral towns with our cameras and Coca-Cola bottles... Brawl in your pubs, paw at your women, and act like we own the world. We overtip, we talk too loud, we think we can buy anything with a Hershey bar. I've had Germans and Italians tell me how politically ingenuous we are, and perhaps so. But we haven't managed a Hitler or a Mussolini yet. I've had Frenchmen call me a savage because I only took half an hour for lunch. Hell, Ms. Barham, the only reason the French take two hours for lunch is because the service in their restaurants is lousy. The most tedious lot are you British. We crass Americans didn't introduce war into your little island. This war, Ms. Barham to which we Americans are so insensitive, is the result of 2,000 years of European greed, barbarism, superstition, and stupidity. Don't blame it on our Coca-Cola bottles. Europe was a going brothel long before we came to town.
- क्रेज़ी क्रेडिटThe three women that James Coburn sleeps with are collectively credited as "The Three Nameless Broads (in order of appearance)".
- कनेक्शनFeatured in MGM Is on the Move! (1964)
टॉप पसंद
- How long is The Americanization of Emily?Alexa द्वारा संचालित
विवरण
- रिलीज़ की तारीख़
- कंट्री ऑफ़ ओरिजिन
- भाषा
- इस रूप में भी जाना जाता है
- Nunca comprarás mi amor
- फ़िल्माने की जगहें
- Mandalay Beach, ऑक्सनार्ड, कैलिफोर्निया, यूएसए(D-Day landing scenes)
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बॉक्स ऑफ़िस
- बजट
- $27,00,000(अनुमानित)
- चलने की अवधि1 घंटा 55 मिनट
- रंग
- ध्वनि मिश्रण
- पक्ष अनुपात
- 1.85 : 1