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Otto Preminger's 1960 adaptation of Leon Uris's novel is a sprawling 220-minute tale of the founding of modern Israel, starring Paul Newman as a Resistance leader. The film works best as an example of Preminger's estimable skill with all levels of drama and action, but as a reflection upon history it is compromised by stereotypes, unpersuasive relationships, and a certain moral ambivalence about issues related to the subject. There are good and exciting sequences, however, particularly one involving an effort to break through a British blockade and get to the homeland. --Tom Keogh
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EXODUS
Genre: Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD
SKU:GMDB2222055
Genre: Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD
SKU:GMDB2222055
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By John Seger
Format:DVD
Ok, yes, watch this film for it's haunting tale of war..But the reason I love this film is the love story of characters Dov and Karen, played by Sal Mineo and Jill Haworth. Their onscreen chemistry is heartbreaching. Sal Mineo won an Oscar Nomination(his 2nd) in "Exodus", and he also won the Golden Globe award in "Exodus" for best supporting actor. Mineo was robbed as he should have also won the OSCAR!
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Kona
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Format:VHS Tape
As the story opens in Cyprus, several hundred Jewish refugees have just been taken off a boat headed for Palestine and incarcerated in a British prison camp. Jewish activist Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman) decides to stage a mass escape and send them all to Palestine on a new ship, which is dubbed "Exodus." On board the ship are teen refugees Karen and Dov (Sal Mineo) and Kitty Freeman (Eva Marie Saint), an American nurse.
It was a formidable task trying to transfer the huge novel to the screen, and it isn't completely successful. Newman is an odd choice, but gives a good performance as the stalwart hero. Saint is completely wrong for her part; she's unattractive and unappealing. The script doesn't help either; their so-called romance is practically non-existent. Sal Mineo was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his convincing portrayal of a child who survived the Warsaw ghetto.
The soundtrack by Ernest Gold is magnificent and the movie is actually filmed on location. While it may be a disappointment to those who have read the book, "Exodus" is still interesting and even inspiring.
It was a formidable task trying to transfer the huge novel to the screen, and it isn't completely successful. Newman is an odd choice, but gives a good performance as the stalwart hero. Saint is completely wrong for her part; she's unattractive and unappealing. The script doesn't help either; their so-called romance is practically non-existent. Sal Mineo was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for his convincing portrayal of a child who survived the Warsaw ghetto.
The soundtrack by Ernest Gold is magnificent and the movie is actually filmed on location. While it may be a disappointment to those who have read the book, "Exodus" is still interesting and even inspiring.
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2.0 out of 5 stars
Great Talents Wasted on a Propaganda Epic
What a shame that the great talents and exceptional male beauty of Paul Newman and Sal Mineo were wasted on a tendentious Zionist propaganda epic such as this film. Read more
Published on Feb 16 2011 by Gerald Parker
1.0 out of 5 stars
If I could, Id give it no stars
I have loved Paul Newman for as long as I can remember. I used to think he could do no wrong....till I saw this. This film is complete fluff, full of revisionist history. Read more
Published on May 28 2010 by S. Gale
5.0 out of 5 stars
good stuff
This movie like me has not aged well but I enjoyed it nonetheless.It looks dated and the acting is hammy beyond belief but it was shot on location so it was like a mini holiday in... Read more
Published on Sep 20 2009 by Patricia Davison
1.0 out of 5 stars
Good Movie..Bad Transfer
I can't understand how this transfer slipped thru. Terrible sound and the picture is the worst I've ever seen, totally out-of-focus, almost impossible to watch without getting a... Read more
Published on Sep 9 2006 by chuck canuk
1.0 out of 5 stars
Where are the pompadours?
Remember the gladiator movies from the 1950's where all the men wore pompadour hairstyles? If this movie had been made five years earlier we would have seen Paul Newman with puffy... Read more
Published on May 27 2004
3.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful and tragic
This tale of the subjugation of the Palestinian people will appeal to hard-core Israelites, but will seem amazingly brutal to those of us who still harbor questions about the... Read more
Published on May 19 2004
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Slice of History!!!
This is one of the best films of all time. With Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, and Lee J. Cobb, and Sal Mineo, among the ensemble cast, it doesn't get any better than this. Read more
Published on Mar 5 2004 by Gregory Nyman
1.0 out of 5 stars
One star is too much for this movie, stick with the novel.
Leon Uris masterfully tells the story of the millenia old Jewish struggle for independence and freedom from repression, anti-semitism, attrocity, terror, and the creation of the... Read more
Published on Nov 7 2003
3.0 out of 5 stars
Great Movie but poor transfer to DVD
The movie itself is what I expected, having seen it before. It is a captivating epic motion picture faithful to the book by Leon Uris. Read more
Published on Oct 7 2003 by Solomon Fried
2.0 out of 5 stars
Hollywood: PLEASE REMAKE EXODUS!!!!
The novel Exodus by Leon Uris was by far the better experience. The 1960 version did not dare to touch upon the deep morality of the book, nor the fact that Ari Ben Canaan was an... Read more
Published on Aug 31 2003 by Francis R. Boyle
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