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starring: Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curd Jürgens, Eli Wallach, Jack Hawkinsdirected by: Richard Brooks
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302797510
Format: Color, NTSC
ISBN: 6302797519
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: June 28, 1994
Running Time: 154 minutes
Sales Rank: 237
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: February 25, 1965
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Three years after Lawrence of Arabia, the largely impressive Lord Jim (1965) finds Peter O'Toole again essaying a self-doubting but remarkable, white Englishman who leads a foreign people against their oppressor. Based on the Joseph Conrad novel, Lord Jim is the story of a British maritime officer, Jim (O'Toole), who takes a brief post on a tramp steamer and flees in terror during a storm at sea. Dogged by a reputation for cowardice, Jim attempts to reinvent himself in his own eyes, commanding an attack against a feudal warlord (Eli Wallach) in a distant, Southeast Asian village and basking in god-like glory afterward. A sinister plot by a gentleman pirate (James Mason) sets the stage for Jim's confrontation with his true destiny. Simplified and adapted by writer-director Richard Brooks (In Cold Blood), Lord Jim sometimes feels rushed and obvious, but O'Toole's golden performance and legendary cinematographer Freddie Young's 70mm footage are outstanding. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - First-rate film version of classic sea adventure
Joseph Conrad's novel is a classic and Richard Brooks made a first-rate film version, with a great cast headed by Peter O'Toole in the early years of his career. Filmed in Super Panavasion 70 on locations in South East Asia, the film looks breathtaking in this excellent DVD transfer that has been remastered in high definition. Jack Hawkins narrates as well as appears (sadly, after he had had operations for throat cancer so his rich voice has lost some of its magic) and just when you think the ... Read More
Rating: - An old friend
It was nice to watch this film again, an old friend from my teen years. Fans of the novel know the story so I won't repeat it here. The film is true to the book for the most part, with an altered ending that brings comprehendable closure. Brooks' screenplay allows Jim redemption and purification through death, suitably in the Malay ritual of his adopted people, a nice touch. I also took as a compliment to the story the stereotyped portrayal of the Malays, as a sort-of wallpaper for the European ... Read More
Rating:  - Much better than I expected
I wouldn't have chosen this for myself, but a friend loaned it to me because the setting is Thailand, which is where we live. It's based on the novel by Joseph Conrad. Of all the authors I read in high school, I always considered him the most boring.
I haven't read this novel, however. And since it's a movie, and in Technicolor at that, why not start watching? There's no law saying I have to finish.
What we quickly learn is that Peter O'Toole, eyes so blue, is a hero wanting ... Read More
Rating: - Same class as Mutiny on the Bounty
As a child I was quite fascinated by this movie. It had all the ingredients to make it an excellent movie where one uses imagination. Made an impression on me as a boy and after seeing it again it is still enjoyable. They do not make movies like this any more. Those in the same ganre are based on special effects, this one (like Mutiny on the Bounty) are based on good story line. Gripping stuff. Highly recommended.
Rating: - lord jim
How thin the line between cowardice and honor? I think this DVD does a very good job of examining that question. A story of personal failure and the measure this one man was willing give to be able to feel his life had meaning and to find redemtion. What is your honor worth? I enjoy this movie each time I see it because it makes me ask some very tough questions.
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