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In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group captures the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the millionaires five daughters on it. At first they demand film clips to be shown on major European TV stations. Undercover agent Martin is hired to hunt the terrorists down.
CinemaSerf
Nov 19, 2024 · via TMDB
On paper, Otto Preminger has assembled quite a decent cast for this, but sadly neither he nor them can make much headway against some really dreadful writing. Peter O'Toole ("Martin") is drafted in to try to rescue five girls kidnapped from the yacht of arms-dealer "Fargeau" (Claude Dauphin) by a PLO cell under the leadership of zealous Brit "Sloat" (Richard Attenborough). The story lurches along with lots of clunky set-piece action scenarios and some terrorists about as menacing as yesterday's milk; the star is well off his game and the film looks as if nobody involved had ever made one before. Even the supporting cast - Raf Vallone, Peter Lawford and an almost unrecognisable Kim Catrall add nothing to the sloppily directed nonsense. At over two hours, it struggles from start to finish to engage - and I'm afraid really is not worth the effort of sitting watching it.
adorablepanic
Apr 2, 2020 · via TMDB
A major critical and commercial flop for United Artists in 1975, Otto Preminger's ROSEBUD is fascinating in a 'What the hell happened here?' kind-of way. Theodore Gershuny documented the troubled production in his 1980 book, "Soon To Be A Major Motion Picture", which is an enlightening read. In short: An old school director/dictator ran head-first into Murphy's Law, resulting in a film where everything and everyone feels off. Relegated to the CBS Late Movie for its American television premiere and (as of April 2020) still unreleased stateside on any physical home video format, this ones main value comes from the realization that you're watching a once major director (and his A-list cast) firmly bottom out.
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Peter O'Toole
Larry Martin
Richard Attenborough
Edward Sloat
Cliff Gorman
Yafet Hemlekh
Claude Dauphin
Charles-André Fargeau
John V. Lindsay
Sen. Donnovan
Peter Lawford
Lord Carter
Raf Vallone
George Nikolaos
Adrienne Corri
Lady Carter
Amidou
Kirkbane
Yosef Shiloach
Hacam
Brigitte Ariel
Sabine
Isabelle Huppert
Helene Nikolaos
Lalla Ward
Margaret
Kim Cattrall
Joyce Donnovan
Debra Berger
Gertrude
Françoise Brion
Melina Nikolaos
Klaus Löwitsch
Hans Schloss
Hans Verner
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Georges Beller
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Mark Burns
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Maria Machado
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Ori Levy
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Paul Bonifas
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Patrick Floersheim
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Gib Grossac
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Elisabeth Kaza
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Otto Preminger
Director
Otto Preminger
Producer
Laurent Petitgirard
Original Music Composer
Roy Clarke
Script Consultant
Mar 24, 1975
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