Swashbuckler
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Actor: Beau Bridges, Geneviève Bujold, James Earl Jones, Peter Boyle, Robert ShawBrand: Universal Studios
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Live, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1999-01-05
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of Swashbuckler
Movie Review: Great actors having a lark
Summary: 5 Stars
Something for everyone here...For starters, it has a film score by John Addison that is by turns juanty, quirky, creepy, heroic and sweepingly romantic. The cast includes the velvety voices of James Earl Jones, Robert Shaw, Genevieve Bujold, and Geoffery Holder (actor/dancer/costume designer/composer famous for his 7-up commericals and numerous voice-overs, including Burton's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.") Anjelica Houston, aptly named "The Woman of Dark Visage", never speaks a word. There is sword play all over the place, much of it done with wide shots - as opposed to today's barrage of tight shots which leaves you feeling like the actors didn't have time to really learn the choreography and the director decided to fake it by cutting in close and often. The characters are acted in heroic proportion: Shaw is the brash, leering outlaw who finds himself uncomfortably in love with a steely girl who is part aristocrat and part spitfire. Boyle's greedy Lord Durant is suitably sleazy and it's hard to decide which is more disgusting - watching him fondle a young boy or the spectacle of Durant getting in his hairy back waxed clean. The film boasts an impressive cast of great actors from another era, all of whom look like they're having more fun than a kid on the first day of summer vacation.
Those of a strongly feminist bent may experience discomfort at the brothel scene, or the swordfight in which Bujold's character loses both her dignity and her modesty at the point of Ned's rapier. (Much like Catherine Zeta-Jones in Zorro.) There are other moments in the film that might overstep both taste and political correctness, depending on your world view. For me, it's such a lark that I don't particularly care. I've always loved this movie for what it is - a romping, stomping, rollicking tall tale of clever brigands and the lovers/villians who cross their path.
Summary of Swashbuckler
SWASHBUCKLER - DVD MoviePractically a nonstop brawl between pirates and anybody who gets in their path, this lighthearted, high-energy 1976 movie set in 18th century Jamaica is short on an actual story but thick with stunts and swordplay. Robert Shaw stars as the bawdy, swaggering pirate Red Nel Lynch, whose lusty crew of thieves comes to the aid of Lynch's right-hand man and close pal (James Earl Jones), then helps a beleaguered noblewoman (Genevieve Bujold) whose father and property have been seized by a local tyrant (Peter Boyle). Plot details are pretty much relegated to filling in the spaces between rollicking scenes of flying fists and gleaming blades, and a sort-of love story between Shaw and Bujold never gets the chance to go anywhere for all the orchestrated scuffling. Boyle's performance as a Basil Rathbone-style villain has got to be the least persuasive role of his career, but there are compensations, particularly Bujold's feisty turn as the heroine and a kooky scene in which Shaw and Jones amuse each other by trading dirty limericks. Directed by James Goldstone (Winning). The DVD release includes production notes, cast and filmmakers' bios, a theatrical trailer, and Web links. --Tom Keogh
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