King Solomon's Mines
by Compton Bennett
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Actor: Deborah Kerr, Richard Carlson, Stewart GrangerDirector: Compton Bennett
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-01-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: 67225
Studio: Warner Home Video
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- Before there was an Indiana Jones, there was Allan Quartermain, the stalwart hero of H. Rider Haggard'sic 1885 novel that's been filmed four times. Stewart Granger portrays Quartermain in this 1950 adaptation that was nominated for the Best Picture Academy Award* and won Oscars* for Color Cinematography and Film Editing. Deborah Kerr plays the prim Englishwoman who hires Quartermain to lead the hu
Movie Reviews of King Solomon's Mines
Movie Review: SEVERAL SCENES ARE TRULY AMAZING
Summary: 5 Stars
This film is not to be confused with others by the same title. This is the only KING SOLOMON'S MINES that is worth watching, and it is amazing. It is Stewart Granger's first American film. Warner Bros. was looking for an English actor to replace Errol Flynn as their swashbuckling hero, and man did they hit pay dirt. Between this film and SCARAMOUCHE, Granger established himself as just that: lady's man, man's man, action hero par excellence in both contemporary and costume roles. My only complaint is the gray above his temples, which was added by the make-up and hair department. I never did like that feature because I thought it made him look too old - but he certainly doesn't act that way.
Deborah Kerr is also excellent as the woman-out-of-her-element. She provides the over-reactions to everything from giant centipedes to natives spearing each other. She and Granger start out at odds with one another, as he leads her into the jungle to look for her father, who went in search of the famed King Solomon's Mines. But they end up in each other's arms - big surprise. But the journey along the way is more than entertaining, with several scenes that are downright amazing.
First of all, there is a native village like nothing ever seen before, and authentic in every detail. The "architecture" is like something out of a designer's dream, as are the costumes and hairdos. No costume or hair designer could have come up with anything this exquisite. Since most of the film was shot on location in Africa, I believe the village and natives were real. Nevertheless, they're unbelievably wonderful, and show the people as anything but primitive, unless it's Primitive Modern.
Second, there is a stampeding scene that, even though I've seen it, I still can't believe. Not only are there tens of thousands of animals participating in a real stampede (wonder what their union rates were); there are also quite a few shots of the animals leaping over Granger and party, who are hunkered down behind some low-lying rocks. I cannot for the life of me figure out how they filmed this, because these are real African animals and they are really leaping over Granger and his party. Because of the primitive nature of many of the special effects from this period, you can usually tell when something is being faked. But not this: these animals really are leaping in front of and over the party - or it sure seems that way. At any rate, it's impressive, as is most of the film.
They don't make movies like this anymore, and you're not going to see this kind of African footage in any other film past, present or future. So enjoy this well-made classic.
Waitsel Smith
Summary of King Solomon's Mines
KING SOLOMON'S MINES - DVD MovieAdventure yarns don?t come more ripping than King Solomon?s Mines, the classic Great White Hunter tale. Novelist H. Rider Haggard?s hero, Allan Quatermain (Stewart Granger), reluctantly agrees to lead an Englishwoman (Deborah Kerr) and her brother (Richard Carlson) deep into uncharted territory in Africa, in search of the lady?s lost husband. What follows is a cavalcade of boys? adventure stuff: charging rhinos, cannibals, an incredible wildlife stampede, and the back-of-the-neck-tingly thrill of venturing into unmapped lands. The location shooting, including tribal rituals, is marvelous throughout, and the movie manages to pack a great deal of material into 102 minutes without ever seeming rushed. A remake of a 1937 film, King Solomon?s Mines was itself remade badly, with Richard Chamberlain, in 1985, and Quatermain was essayed by Sean Connery in League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, but purists will prefer Stewart Granger?s stalwart-yet-sardonic hero--his career never quite got over the role. --Robert Horton
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