The Sundowners
by Fred Zinnemann
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Actor: Deborah Kerr, Dina Merrill, Glynis Johns, Peter Ustinov, Robert MitchumDirector: Fred Zinnemann
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 133 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Movie Review: Life Goes On
Summary: 4 Stars
Australia back in the 1920s, is just a tad different than it is today. Consider, your a drover and you have to bring 1200 sheep through the unforgiving outback. Doesn't sound difficult? Welcome to reality. The physical drain to perform this task would put almost anyone down and then add the personal problems faced by the drover and his wife who would really like to have her own place; but, the husband is bound by his wanderlust. See the problem? To arrive at an equitable solution is going to take a lot of give and take on the part of the people concerned. How they come to an agreement, you'll just have to see the film.
Summary of The Sundowners
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling and a race horse will all have a part in the final decision.An episodic account of a family of roving sheepherders in Australia. Paddy Carmody (Robert Mitchum) loves being "someone whose home is where the sun goes down," but his wife (Deborah Kerr) and teenage son are tired of the nomadic life and want to settle down. Director Fred Zinnemann (From Here to Eternity) takes a wonderfully laid-back approach to this likable material, emphasizing the refreshingly grown-up relationship between Mitchum and Kerr as well as the stark scenic attractions of Australia--a continent that, in 1960, was still unfamiliar terrain for the movies. Puckish, portly Peter Ustinov provides the lion's share of the comic relief. One of the high points is a sheep-shearing sequence (the normally self-assured Mitchum was so nervous about accidentally harming an animal that he required a few bottles of beer for fortification before shooting the scene). The Sundowners scored five Oscar nominations, including acting nods for Kerr and Glynis Johns, but won none. --Robert Horton
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