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A Farewell To Arms [DVD] [1957]

DVD ~ Rock Hudson
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  • Actors: Rock Hudson, Jennifer Jones, Vittorio De Sica, Elaine Stritch, Oscar Homolka
  • Directors: Charles Vidor
  • Format: PAL
  • Language English
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
  • DVD Release Date: 9 May 2005
  • Run Time: 152 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B0007G9JQS
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,030 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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An American in the Italian Army is wounded in action. He is nursed back to health by a pretty nurse. A remake of the 1932 original.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Lavish and engaging but ultimately unmoving remake, 26 Feb 2006
By Trevor Willsmer (London, England) - See all my reviews
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The 1957 version of A Farewell to Arms is a mixture of the best and worst of David O. Selznick. On the plus side is the no expense spared lavishness of the whole production, with great Italian locations, great production design, a good supporting cast (including an excellent Vittorio de Sica, Alberto Sordi and Elaine Stritch) and a cast of thousands. On the debit side, there’s some hokey love scenes and the miscasting of Selznick’s private leading lady Jennifer Jones, lisping her way through an awkward British accent while seemingly impersonating a rather large bunny rabbit that somehow got a job as a nurse.

Charles Vidor lacks Frank Borzage’s sensual romanticism, but despite some surprisingly clumsy comedy, Ben Hecht’s script is much darker and more mature than you’d expect, with the grim retreat sequences and their aftermath far darker than anything in the Gary Cooper version. That said, the gay subtext to Rinaldi’s friendship is almost completely absent, something that seems all the more noticeable with Rock Hudson playing the object of his affections (but that’s hindsight for you). It’s never particularly moving, but it’s entertaining storytelling and it looks great in its original CinemaScope ratio.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A farewell to two and a half hours!, 10 Oct 2009
By Kerry Thomas "king of wishful thinking" (Merthyr Tydfil, South Wales.) - See all my reviews
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I watched this film on a wet afternoon some years ago and was blown away by rock Hudson's acting. Wow! The film is also long enough to move at it's own pace,two and a half hours. I would never usually have watched this type of film but on this occasion i felt i had to stay watching until the end. A must-buy for film fans.
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