- Actors: James Mason, Ava Gardner, Nigel Patrick, Sheila Sim, Harold Warrender
- Directors: Albert Lewin
- Writers: Albert Lewin
- Producers: Albert Lewin, Joe Kaufmann, John Woolf
- Format: Original recording remastered, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- MPAA Rating:
- Studio: Mongrel Media
- Release Date: Aug 3 2010
- Run Time: 122 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B003MT2EJ6
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In this timeless romantic fantasy from director Albert Lewin, Ava Gardner stars as a nightclub singer vacationing in Spain, with whom all men fall hopelessly in love. But Pandora, never having known true love, is indifferent to her suitors¹ affections. Until, one evening, she swims out to a mysterious yacht and meets its captain (James Mason). Mastered in HD from the 35mm negative of the 2009 restoration, this Kino edition preserves Jack Cardiff¹s ( The Red Shoes) vivid Technicolor cinematography with breathtaking clarity.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Ava makes Madonna seem like Shwarzenneger,
By Richard, El Revistador Cosmico (Long Island, NY) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pandora and The Flying Dutchman (Full Screen) (DVD)
Ava is a true femme fatale. She oozes pheromones as Pandora.James Mason is mere flotsam in the throes of the whirlpool that is Pandora. Like any man, caught in the grip of this Charybdis, he is without hope. As is she, fated loves' victim. See the movie for a glimpse of transcendental eros. Then, whimper that your love life is truly as a pitiful shadow dancing on the walls of the cave, a flimsy whisp of the eternal as represented by these two lost souls. Then shuffle off, gloomily, as must have Leonard Maltin--pining for the Ava he can never conceive of having--in any sense of the term.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
One of the most hilariously wooden performances!!!,
This review is from: Pandora & The Flying Dutchman (VHS Tape)
The above performance I'm referring to is that of mario Cabre, Ava Gardner's toreador torch in real life at the time. In this film he gives what has got to be one of, if not the, most (although unintendedly) wooden performances in cinematic history! Gardner was involved with some of the most fascinating and talented men ever in the entertainment industry--Rooney, Shaw, Sinatra, Duff, Taylor, Scott, etc.--and it is unfortunate she did not use her influence to get any of them in her films because in this one exception with a hopeless novice, even Cabre's good looks and lithe body can't save his appallingly bad acting (also debut, by the way). Not to be missed for this alone! He makes someone like Victor Mature or George Raft seem absolutely Shakespearan!!! With that rant over, I will move on. "Pandora" is an otherworldly romance about a centuries-ago sea captain who unjsutly murdered his wife for unfaithfulness and as a result the gods have doomed him to a wretched, ghostly existence on the high seas for eternity, the only escape being if he can find a woman during his brief sojourns on earth who truly loves him and is willing to sacrifice her life, thus permitting him to finally die. James Mason gives his usual fine performance as the ghostly Dutchman, imbuing his character with vulnerability behind the cool surface. As for Ava Gardner--can one ever have enough words about her? Even if not for the painful acting of the aforementioned Cabre, this film would be worth it alone just to see the ravishing Gardner in sumptious technicolor. Surely one of the most beautiful women who even existed, she is more than believable as Pandora, the restless and disatisfied playgirl who is adored by many men and brings them ruin, but is never touched by love herself until she meets the Dutchman. A mystical romance in the mold of the depthful and haunting "The Ghost and Mrs. Muir" with that other Circe of the Cinema Gene Tierney, although "Pandora" is somewhat superficial, I found it entertaining enough and it's worth it, as I mentioned earlier, if you want to see arguably the worst acting in movie history and inarguably one of the most gorgeous women in film!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Estupendo! fantastico! me encanto!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Pandora & The Flying Dutchman (VHS Tape)
This is a super film that brings together so many good actors. It may be a little dated but with a bit of imagination it is a very acceptable way to spend a couple of hours and boring it certainly is not. To watch the film and visit Tossa de mar on the Costa Brava in Spain where it was shot is a great experience.
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