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The Sand Pebbles| Media: | DVD | | Directed by: | Robert Wise | | Starring: | Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough | | Release date: | 25 May, 2004 | | List price: | $14.98 |
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King of Cool at His Best |
This was a great movie! It was even better the second time around. I can understand why it was naminated for eight Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Steve McQueen.
Candice Bergen was simly beautiful. A face so plain and yet so gorgeous. Her simple beauty illuminated the screen. Beauty and talent all in one package.
GREAT MOVIE! Five Stars + The king of Cool equals six. |
| The Sand Pebbles - Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough |
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It's Not About Vietnam, It's About Every War |
A slight correction to the reviewers who've linked this film to the Vietnam War. The novel and the decision to make the film occurred in the early sixties, before our Vietnam intervention spun out of control. The reason why this film resonates with our Vietnam experience is because it is true to life. You meddle in the affairs of other nations, and this is the mess you get.
If it resonates today with our experience in Iraq . . . well, isn't it funny how universal truths can be universally applied? |
| Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough - The Sand Pebbles |
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Provocative Film About Western Expansionism |
| This is truly an incredible film and it's amazing that it was made during the height of the Vietnam conflict knowing Hollywood's reluctance to be the least bit provocative. The makers of "The Sand Pebbles" cleverly mask their message about Western interventionalism in Eastern affairs by transplanting the setting to 1926 China when revolution was fomenting among the native population and the unfortunate foreigners were trapped in the mire. Director Robert Wise cleverly weaves a series of unrelated vignettes that gel into a satisfying piece. Ultimately, there are no easy answers. There is a sense of forboding doom that permeates this film but that doesn't make for a less compelling experience. Steve McQueen effectively anchors this film as Jake Holman, engine man on a Navy gunboat. Holman is a lifer but he also is an idealist which in effect makes him the lightning rod for the troubles that beset his ship. Richard Attenborough, who was an excellent actor before turning to directing, and Marayat Andriane are superb as the doomed couple. The underappreciated Richard Crenna gives an excellent account as the ship's beleaguered captain. This is a great film that questions the role of America in the world's affairs. |
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