Elephant Walk
by William Dieterle
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DVD Cover Information
Actor: Abner Biberman, Abraham Sofaer, Dana Andrews, Elizabeth Taylor, Peter FinchDirector: William Dieterle
Brand: Ff
Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs
Editor: George Tomasini
Producer: Irving Asher
Writer: John Lee Mahin
Writer: Robert Standish
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Color, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-07-12
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Elephant Walk
Movie Review: "Elephant Walk" An "Almost" Epic of Drama & Intrigue!
Summary: 5 Stars
This sweeping, almost epic film, opens in a quaint little book store in London, England. Colonial tea planter John Wiley (Peter Finch), is visiting England at the end of World War II, and during his visit to the book store, he encounters "love at first sight" with lovely English rose Ruth (Elizabeth Taylor) and after their wedding (which the viewer never sees the courtship or the wedding) he takes her home to Elephant Walk, Ceylon. A vast plantation of beauty and wealth, where the local elephants have a grudge against the plantation house blocking their ritual route to the "elephant graveyard." Ruth's delight with the tropical wealth and luxury of her new home is tempered by isolation as the only white woman in the district. She's challenged by the silently hostile plantation servant Appuhamy (Abraham Sofaer) and the memory of her husband's dead father, who is very much kept alive by constant "toasts" and "traditions," that Ruth notices effects her husband badly and seems to be pulling him away from her! As time goes by, Ruth finds her world spinning into chaos as her husband's occasional imperious arrogance is becoming more resentful and cruel. Ruth finds a mutual physical attraction with plantation manager Dick Carver (Dana Andrews) who see's his friend , John, becoming more distant with Ruth. As Ruth struggles with her emotions "Elephant Walk" is threatened by an outbreak of cholea and by the hovering, ominous menace of the hostile elephants...
Gorgeous photography, sets, and costumes abound in this richly entertaining tale of romance, adventure, and suspense as the viewer is swept into a world of challenging circumstances that is beautifully filmed in glorious technicolor! Each time I watch this film, I am thoroughly entertained and find so many things to like about it! The stage sets of the planatation house are breathtaking! With ivory staircases, ornately carved designs in the walls, ceiling, and doors throughout, with beautifully detailed furnishings. Everything works to accomplish the films overall look as more of an "epic film" than just a two hour melodrama. There's a variety of details and elements to "Elephant Walk" that makes it such an entertaining watch, including- Elizabeth Taylor's gowns by Hollywood costuming legend, Edith Head, are stunning! The mystery of "what's behind the massive locked door?" in the plantation house! The creepy acting servant Appuhamy speaking to John's dead father at his tomb! "Elephant Walk" works on so many levels to bring it's story to an exhilarating finale that you'll want to see it again! Beautifully presented on DVD with a great print and audio! A must own DVD for all classic movie lovers and especially Elizabeth Taylor fans!!
Summary of Elephant Walk
THE YOUNG BRIDE OF A RICH PLANTER FINDS HERSELF THE ONLY WHITEWOMAN AT ELEPHANT WALK TEA PLANTATION, BRITISH CEYLON.Similar DVD Movies
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