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The A and E films were quite good and took a few more liberties that obviously CS Forester who did write the 1951 screenplay would have allowed. As a child, now 36, all seafaring novels were judged by the Hornblower standard. Subsequently all films are now compared to this one. I rented this movie back in the early 1980's and it disappeared for several years... totally unavailable. I think I figured out why when I was watching an 80's era Napoleon TV movie(name since forgotten) with battle scenes from THIS MOVIE!! A couple of years later the film was yet again re-released on VHS (1990?) and I pre-ordered it. Its that good... but STILL unavailable on DVD!! Naturally, its not a mega blockbuster like Master and Commander. (BTW, O'briens writing is BORING in comparison to Forester...I don't REALLY care about his characters like I do Hornblower....O'Brien seems to write another book to make another buck...just better than other's like Alexander Kent's Bolitho novels) Master and Commander was quite frankly MUCH better than the Book!
One scene to look for is Peck standing alone on his quarterdeck as Barbara leaves...he says nothing but conveys so much about his character through his brilliant ability.
One scene to look for is Peck standing alone on his quarterdeck as Barbara leaves...he says nothing but conveys so much about his character through his brilliant ability.