| Release Date: 23 March 2010 | Year: 1951 |
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African Queen
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 IMDb Top 250 - #112 AFI Top 100 - #17 |
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| Price: £16.99 |
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| Starring: | Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn, Peter Bull, Robert Morley, Theodore Bikel | |||||
| Director: | John Huston | |||||
| Studio: | Paramount | |||||
| Age Rating: | Not Rated | |||||
| Running Time: | 105 mins. | |||||
| Languages: | English, French, Spanish | |||||
| Subtitles: | English, French, Spanish | |||||
| Aspect Ratio: | 4:3 Full Frame | |||||
| Audio: | Mono | |||||
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| Features: | Embracing Chaos: Making The African Queen—This comprehensive documentary takes a look back at the production with commentary about the cast, the challenges of the filming locations and how the spectacular cinematography impacted the industry overall. Includes on-camera interviews with notable Hollywood icons, critics and crew members from the film including Martin Scorsese, Tony Huston, Richard Schickel and more, plus never-before-seen archival images and home movie footage provided by the estate of cinematographer Jack Cardiff. | ||||
| Synopsis: | After years of wooing director John Huston via good reviews, film critic James Agee was given a chance to write the screenplay for a Huston picture. Adapted from a novel by C.S. Forester, The African Queen stars Humphrey Bogart in his Oscar-winning portrayal of Charlie Allnut, the slovenly, gin-swilling captain of a tramp steamer called the i African Queen /i , which ships supplies to small East African villages during World War I. Katharine Hepburn plays Rose Sayer, the maiden-lady sister of a prim British missionary (Robert Morley). When invading Germans kill the missionary and level the village, Allnut offers to take Rose back to civilization. She can't tolerate his drinking or bad manners; he isn't crazy about her imperious, judgmental attitude. However it does not take long before their passionate dislike turns to love. Together the disparate duo work to ensure their survival on the treacherous waters and devise an ingenious way to destroy a German gunboat. The African Queen may well be the perfect adventure film, its roller-coaster storyline complemented by the chemistry between its stars. The profound difficulties inherent in filming on location in Africa have been superbly documented by several books, including one written by Katharine Hepburn. Screenwriter Peter Viertel incorporated some of the African Queen anecdotes in his i roman a clef /i about a Huston-like director/adventurer, White Hunter, Black Heart. | ||||
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