The Master of Ballantrae dvd movie.|
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List Price: $19.98 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • Dubbed • DVD-Video • Full Screen • Subtitled • NTSC In Theaters : 05 August, 1953 DVD Release : 01 July, 2003 |
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The Master of Ballantrae description Shot in Britain, the Scottish Highlands, and a quasi-Caribbean corner of Italy, The Master of Ballantrae has a goofy charm reminiscent of certain Michael Powell movies--a comparison encouraged by Jack Cardiff's magic-hour Technicolor and an exuberant costar turn for Roger Livesey. Something of an autumnal swashbuckler for Errol Flynn, it's also the last film for William Keighley, the starting director on Adventures of Robin Hood 15 years earlier. The Robert Louis Stevenson tale hop-skip-jumps through Bonnie Prince Charlie's bid to reclaim Scotland, the ensuing English crackdown, a bloody falling-out between brothers (Flynn and Anthony Steel), two overlapping romantic triangles, two assumed deaths (same guy), piracy on the high seas, yo-ho-ho in Tortuga, then back to Ballantrae for several showdowns--all in 89 minutes. Call it picaresque or just cockeyed, this amiable entertainment deserves rescuing from oblivion. Likewise the post-pretty-boy Flynn, whose jaded bonhomie plays into the quirky mix. --Richard T. Jameson |
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| As a huge Flynn fan I had never seen this film before. It certainly is not one of the best Flynn films, but it is a decent action adventure. Flynn is older and heavier looking, but still has the spark of a great leading man. The film itself is not faithful to the book, but it covers an awful lot of ground in 89 minutes. The color is very rich for a 50 year old film. The location scenes are beautiful. The stage sets are a little cheesey, but they do not take away from the overall film. If you are a Flynn fan, then this is a must buy for you. Pirates, swordplay, romance and more swordplay, everything you could want from a Flynn movie. | |
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