The Long Ships

The Long Ships
by Jack Cardiff

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Actor: Oskar Homolka, Richard Widmark, Rosanna Schiaffino, Russ Tamblyn, Sidney Poitier
Director: Jack Cardiff
Brand: Sony
DVD: Region Code 99
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Japanese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.20:1
Running Time: 125 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-06-24
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures

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Movie Review: Memories do not serve you well
Summary: 1 Stars

Well I remember seeing this film on televison in the 1960s and thought this was great. But after watching it again, man were Richard Widmark and Sidney Potier slumming. I had always rated it on the same level as Kirk Douglas' The Vikings not even close. Really hoky, poor costuming, acting a real low level. I guess it was most done to show off Richard's legs for the most part. Viking ship in the wide sceens obviously a model. I guees this one should have remained a memory.

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Summary of The Long Ships

Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 05/27/2008 Run time: 125 minutes Rating: Nr

Looking for a rousing Viking adventure that's cheesy and entertaining? The Long Ships is just the movie for you. As England's greatest color cinematographer, Jack Cardiff had filmed 1958's The Vikings, so he was well-prepared to direct this exciting, occasionally grisly mini-epic (a British/Yugoslavian coproduction, filmed in Yugoslavia), which received mixed-to-favorable reviews when released in 1964. Back then, it was a perfect matinee marvel if you were young and impressionable, and it's still worth its weight in hot buttered popcorn. While that most contemporary of actors, Richard Widmark, is clearly out of place as a maverick Norse warrior, he's sufficiently valiant as he guides his Viking brother (Russ Tamblyn, still hot from West Side Story) and a long-ship full of warriors in search of a huge, solid-gold bell coveted by Mansuh (Sidney Poitier), a Moorish prince obsessed with retrieving the legendary bell at any cost. Treacherous maelstroms, lovely damsels, corny battles, and casual humor make The Long Ships a lot of fun--like a Ray Harryhausen adventure without the animated creatures. (Oh, and Mr. Poitier? James Brown called... he wants his hair back.) --Jeff Shannon

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