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The Snows Of Kilimanjaro [DVD] [1952]
 
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The Snows Of Kilimanjaro [DVD] [1952]

DVD ~ Gregory Peck
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Gregory Peck, Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, Hildegard Knef, Leo G. Carroll
  • Directors: Henry King
  • Writers: Casey Robinson, Ernest Hemingway
  • Producers: Darryl F. Zanuck
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English, French, Spanish
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Whe Europe Limited
  • DVD Release Date: 23 Feb 2004
  • Run Time: 114 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0001MIQSU
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 25,459 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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This lavish, big-budget blockbuster combined tales from Ernest Hemingway's life with Papa's already famous autobiographical novel of the same name. As Harry (Gregory Peck) lies wounded and delirious in an African campsite at the foot of the snow-covered slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, he recounts the story of his life in a series of flashbacks. Writing, women, and big-game hunting--these are the things that have defined and dominated his existence. In pursuit of all three, he has travelled the globe from the salons of Bohemian Paris to the battlefields of Spain to the plains of Africa. Now, in the shadow of the great mountain and his own approaching death from gangrene, he tries to make sense of his failures. Few Hemingway novels play as well onscreen as they do on paper, but under the direction of Henry King, star Peck turns in an inspired performance. Susan Hayward plays Harry's devoted beau, while Harry himself pines for the love he lost in Cynthia (Ava Gardner). The romantic, sentimental, qualities embedded in the fine script are driven home by Bernard Herrmann's brilliant score. Cinema managers actually feared that audiences would stay away from the film because they couldn't pronounce Kilimanjaro, but the film turned out to be one of the biggest hits of 1952.

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22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent adaptation of Hemingway short story, 14 Jul 2001
By derek@dsouthall.fsworld.co.uk (Ashton-under-Lyne UK) - See all my reviews
This adaptation of the Hemingway short story was one of the biggest hits of 1952. Superbly filmed in Technicolor, on locations in Africa, Paris and Spain, it follows the fortunes of writer Harry Street and the women in his life. Gregory Peck gives one of his best performances as the writer, and Ava Gardner is very lovely and moving as Cynthia, his one true love. Susan Hayward, as his put-upon wife Helen, dominates the picture's closing sequences with her sensitive, intelligent acting. The kind of picture, with the kind of stars - they didn't come much bigger than Peck, Hayward and Gardner in 1952 - that Hollywood wouldn't begin to know how to make today.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Not The Best Print of a Mediocre Film, 8 Dec 2005
By father2 "father2" (England Europe) - See all my reviews
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This film is based on the Ernest Hemingway novel The Snows Of Kilimanjaro. Gregory Peck plays the part of a writer, Harry Street, who is a wounded hunter on safari in West Africa. Street suffers with a fever while his long suffering wife Helen, played by Susan Hayward, tries to comfort him and keep him away from the demon drink. Street remembers the past, amid his fever, including varied adventures and past love. Gregory Peck is suitable as the romantic lead, though the big sets and artificial trees, filmed against a huge painting of Mount Kilimanjaro rob the film of the impact which the film would have possessed had the film actually been shot in Africa. Ava Gardner’s smoldering presence is a shining light in this production and one actor that helps to lift the film throughout. The three stars are for a combination of the film’s quality and for the quality of this DVD, which leaves a lot to be desired. Quite frankly this DVD looks like a direct transfer from a poor print and there are no subtitles or any of the features we have come to expect of DVDs these days. The film itself is a missed opportunity – it could have been a classic, but for some unknown reason it is sadly unconvincing.
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