Advise and Consent
by Otto Preminger
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Actor: Charles Laughton, Don Murray, Henry Fonda, Peter Lawford, Walter PidgeonDirector: Otto Preminger
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.40:1
Running Time: 138 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-05-10
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Movie Review: Overlong Political Drama With Fine Performances
Summary: 3 Stars
An all-star cast breathes life into director Otto Preminger's somewhat ponderous adaptation of the Allen Drury novel. "Advise and Consent" (1962) would have benefited from a tighter script, but Preminger makes the most of the Washington political environment. Worth seeing for Charles Laughton's splendid final performance and Burgess Meredith's memorable turn as a lying witness.
Summary of Advise and Consent
Hearings to confirm a questionable nominee for secretary of state erupt into political gamesmanship and scandal. Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 09/19/2006 Starring: Henry Fonda Walter Pidgeon Run time: 138 minutes Rating: NrOtto Preminger expanded his vision in the 1960s with a whole series of ambitious, expansive dramas with huge casts and big themes. Advise and Consent, an examination of deal making, party politics, and congressional diplomacy in Washington's legislative halls (based on the novel by Allen Drury), is one of his best. Preminger broke the blacklist with his previous film, Exodus, and it rings through in this drama about a controversial nominee for secretary of state (a confident, stately Henry Fonda) accused of being a Communist. The nomination process becomes the center ring of the political circus, with fidgety accuser Burgess Meredith in the spotlight; devious, silver-tongued Charles Laughton cracking the whip as a southern senator with a grudge against Fonda; and party whip Walter Pidgeon lining up votes behind the scenes. Arm twisting and diplomatic hardball turns to perjury and blackmail, and a melodramatic twist gives this lesson in party politics a salacious soap opera dimension. Preminger's style has been hailed as "objective," but it's really a matter of attentiveness: he gives all the character their due and their say, eschewing heroes and villains for an exploration of people clashing over opposing goals. In fact, the weakest elements of the film are the unscrupulous populist senator played by George Grizzard and the badly dated caricatures that populate a notorious underground club. The video preserves the handsome widescreen black-and-white photography, keeping Preminger's careful and measured editing intact. --Sean Axmaker
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