Columbia Pictures
Not part of a collection.
Lord Jim
Lord Jim blasts the screen with breathless adventure!
After being discredited as a coward, a 19th century seaman lives for only one purpose: to redeem himself. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2000.
- Original title
- Lord Jim
- Language
- EN
- Country
- US,GB
- Budget
- —
- Revenue
- —
CinemaSerf
Sep 5, 2024 · via TMDB
There is much of his TE Lawrence performance in Peter O'Toole's eponymous characterisation of William Conrad's 19th Century sailor. He is cashiered out of the service on grounds of cowardice after being forced to abandon some Muslim pilgrims amidst a storm at sea. Many years on, when he manages to thwart some would-be maritime saboteurs, he allies with trader "Stein" (Paul Lukas) and sets off up river to help some locals who are being enslaved by the "General" (Eli Wallach) and his drunken, cowardly pal "Cornelius" (Curd Jürgens). Battles ensue before "Jim" finds himself further embroiled in the machinations of James Mason's "Brown" on the hunt for some gold and.... Essentially this film (as was the book) is about redemption. "Jim" constantly regrets his earlier, hasty, actions and will stop at nothing to demonstrate that a coward he isn't. Richard Brooks keeps this film moving along quickly with plenty of attention to the gist (if not always the detail) of the book. The episodic nature of the narrative allows the other characters - including Jack Hawkins' "Marlow" - to play their parts for twenty or minutes or so before the plot moves on to pastures a bit new and so it is rarely dull. The production standards are high, and O'Toole, Wallach and especially Jürgens are on good form throughout. I enjoyed this.
Wuchak
Sep 15, 2020 · via TMDB
_**Lawrence of the Jungle**_ In the late 1800s, a gallant officer in the English merchant service (Peter O'Toole) falls prey to cowardice in a weak moment and is ousted to drift from job to job until he is inspired to help a Southeast Asian village purge a cruel general (Eli Wallach), hoping for redemption. The peripheral cast includes Paul Lukas, Jack Hawkins, Curd Jürgens, Daliah Lavi and James Mason. Richard Brooks’ “Lord Jim” (1965) is heavily boiled-down from the superfluous prose of Joseph Conrad's 1900 novel and comes across as overly sentimental and melodramatic. The fictitious village of Patusan is located in Malaysia in the book where the population is largely Muslim while in the movie, which was made in 1964 when the Vietnam situation was escalating, Patusan is deftly moved several hundred miles north to mainland Southeast Asia where the population is Buddhist. At its heart, this is an exploration of the negative effects of fear and the thin line between cowardice and heroism, which is reminiscent of “They Came to Cordora” (1959), but with the setting and general tone of “The Ugly American” (1963), albeit 60+ years in the past. With O’Toole playing a character that helps a ragtag group of idealist indigenous people you can’t help but think of “Lawrence of Arabia” (1962) transferred to the jungle. But “Lord Jim” comes across awkward and boring by comparison, not to mention more old-fashioned even though it’s newer by a few years. The ending is questionably done and leaves a bad taste. On the positive side, some elements are well done, even artistic, and clearly influenced Coppola’s outstanding “Apocalypse Now” (1979). The movie runs 2 hours, 34 minutes, and was shot in Lantau Island, Hong Kong; Angkor Wat, Cambodia; and Malacca, Malaysia. Studio work was done at Shepperton Studios, Surrey, England. GRADE: C
User reviews courtesy of TMDB.
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home
Amazon Video
Apple TV Store
Google Play Movies
YouTube
Fandango At Home
Peter O'Toole
Lord Jim
James Mason
Gentleman Brown
Curd Jürgens
Cornelius
Eli Wallach
The General
Jack Hawkins
Marlow
Paul Lukas
Stein
Daliah Lavi
The Girl
Akim Tamiroff
Schomberg
Jūzō Itami
Waris
Tatsuo Saitō
Du-Ramin
Andrew Keir
Brierly
Jack MacGowran
Robinson
Ric Young
Malay
Noel Purcell
Captain Chester
Walter Gotell
Captain of Patna
Marne Maitland
Elder
A. J. Brown
Magistrate
Christian Marquand
French Officer
Freddie Young
Director of Photography
Richard Brooks
Director
Peter O'Toole
Associate Producer
Richard Brooks
Producer
Bronislau Kaper
Original Music Composer
Joseph Conrad
Novel
Richard Brooks
Writer
Ta třetí
Nargual Review: The Movie
A Man of the Arts
Viola
The Godfather Part II
Sano Sansar
Once Upon a Time in America
The Prestige
Stalker
Das Boot
All About Eve
Ugetsu
Za ranních červánků
Grounded in Love
Rebecca
The Miracle Worker
Downfall
All Quiet on the Western Front
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
The Leopard
Jaws
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
The Hustler
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
The Last Samurai
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
The Name of the Rose
Letters from Iwo Jima
Behind the Headlines
Eyes Wide Shut
Man on Fire
Still Alice
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
The Experiment
Jackie Brown
Bridge to Terabithia
Murder She Said
The Last Letter from Your Lover
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Little Women
Operation Petticoat
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Clueless
Beau Travail
Baptists at Our Barbecue
Spark
Starship Troopers
From Russia with Love
Notes on a Scandal
The Tin Drum
The Snow Walker
The Last Detail
Mad Love
Street Angel
Meet the Robinsons
The Prisoner of Zenda
Election
The Reckless Moment
Sand Dollar Cove
The Bone Collector
Chopper
The Cement Garden
One Night with the King
Candyman
Spider
To Die For
On Her Majesty's Secret Service
Kiss the Girls
Apt Pupil
The Man Who Fell to Earth
Golden Door
The Work and the Glory II: American Zion
Losing Isaiah
Soledad's Shawl
Fifteen Boys Adrift
Reportáž psaná na oprátce
Copying Beethoven
Escape to Witch Mountain
Noli Me Tángere
Hawaii
Primary Colors
Bat★21
Sleepless
Partition
Hammett
Moonraker
Cheaper by the Dozen 2
The Gate
Kleks Academy
Smetana
Anita and Me
Something Is About to Happen
Solaris
Return from Witch Mountain
Cutthroat Island
Tierra del fuego
The Nameless
Eugenie de Sade
Fair Wind to Java
Fifteen Year Old Captain
Jirimpimbira: An African Folk Tale
The Stranger in My Home
Murder in the Cassava Patch
Blue Rodeo
Le Divorce
Samson and the Sea Beasts
Veerabhadra
Yefon
Zeitoun
Endurance: The Story of Ernest Shackleton
The Making of a Superhero Musical
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
Andersonvillský proces
A. Rimbaud
Counting Miracles
Zlatý drak
Fablehaven
7 Miles Out
Mistr a Markétka
My Policeman
Mutiny on the Bounty
Papillon
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
Deliverance
From Here to Eternity
An Officer and a Gentleman
Limbo
Ship of Fools
Flyboys
Fifty Shades Darker
Moonfleet
Black Gold
The Beach
The Lost City of Z
Walking Tall
W.E.
Castaway
Play Dirty
Supercross
End of the Spear
Black Sea
Vesper
End of Sentence
China Seas
The Blue Lagoon
White Mischief
Love Me Love Me
Maria's Lovers
Blood Alley
Baywatch: Hawaiian Wedding
She's So Lovely
Feb 25, 1965
