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Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Image Entertainment
EAN: 9780780025752
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 078002575X
Label: Criterion
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 MonoEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Criterion
MPN: PMIDHOR140D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion
Release Date: June 04, 2002
Running Time: 95 minutes
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: November 11, 1958
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Studio: Image Entertainment Release Date: 06/04/2002 Run time: 95 minutes
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Alec Guinness was in the full bloom of his stardom when he suggested, scripted, and starred in this wonderfully odd 1958 adaptation of Joyce Cary's novel. As Gulley Jimson, a gravel-voiced, antisocial painter, whose artistic drive is as single-minded (and as self-absorbed) as a terrier's, Guinness sketches one of his carefully constructed marvels. The film has a bumpily episodic structure, but when it works, it really works: Gulley inhabiting (and mostly destroying) a penthouse apartment when the upper-crusty owners go on holiday for six weeks, or marshaling an army of apprentices to create a masterpiece on a giant wall in a condemned building. Departing from the novel, Guinness concocted the movie's madcap ending, which is guaranteed to bring a smile. Adding verve is the music, adapted from Prokofiev's Lieutenant Kijé, which fits Gulley like the paint under his dirty nails. The artworks, vivid and thick, are by John Bratby. --Robert Horton
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Rating:  -
"The Horse's Mouth,"(1958), is another brisk comic masterpiece of English cinema from the 1950's; a particularly rare one, as it is in color. It stars the hugely talented Alec Guinness, who led a number of these comedic achievements (The Ladykillers;Kind Hearts and Coronets - Criterion Collection), as well, of course, as many serious films (The Bridge on the River Kwai;Star Wars Trilogy). In this particular case, "Horse's Mouth," Guinness also wrote the film for the screen, adapting it from the ... Read More
Rating:  -
Having been a reader of the novel The Horse's Mouth for the past fifty= years, I came to the file with high expectations of seeinga version of what I had been imagining over the years. Guinness' work had always been first class and I expected him to do a decent job of Gulley Jimson and Cary's story. Disappointment! The film is a travesty of the story and I was unable to sit through the whole film.
Two stars for the photography, none for the acting.
Rating:  -
I was recommended this movie by some friends of mine who share my obsession with the cinema. It was one of those comedies they said I just needed to see, for even if it's not perfect (which it isn't), when it hits its mark it is better than most. I have to say that I agree with that statement. The film isn't always as smooth as it should be, but in the moments where everything comes together there can be found such stellar perfection one cannot help but adore the film in its entirety. Sometimes ... Read More
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This movie is different from others of the same time period starring Alec Guinness (Lavendar Hill Mob, Lady Killers, Kind Hearts and Coronets). The Horse's Mouth is funny and outrageous, but has a serious side that comes through beautifully. Fascinating liner notes shed light on the whole production, which was very controversial at the time. You will never find this one at a chain video store!
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This is my favorite Guinness film, and one of the drollest social satires of all time. Guinness plays an artist who scrapes by in a delightful series of scams on upper class twits, arguing with exes and a little help from a menagerie of eccentric friends.
The movie is a character study brought to life by Guinness. He is simply compelling, the supporting cast is superb. The closest I've seen to the spirit of "Horses Mouth" is "Withnail and I" which is another favorite, but pales comapred ... Read More
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