The Sundowners
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Movie Reviews of The Sundowners
Movie Review: Just see it - you won't regret it!
Summary: 5 Stars
Fred Zinnemann's on the top of his game with much better form with The Sundowners, one of those films that's so good that there's really not much to say about it other than to reiterate what a total delight it is to watch. It's a perfect mixture of great albeit largely invisible craftsmanship and extreme likability, managing to fill its cast from top to bottom with people you'd want to spend time with in a film without a single mean bone in its body that somehow manages to avoid turning into sentimental slop. Robert Mitchum and Deborah Kerr, both sporting very passable Aussie accents, are a perfectly matched pair who truly do seem to belong to each other despite their differences while Peter Ustinov's scene-stealing Remittance Man who becomes part of their extended family by default is all the more memorable for not giving into the actor's instinctive tendency to overplay his hand (his scene about the captain's hat or his definition of being cashiered as "a promotion from the army to civilian life" are throwaway standouts). One of the best times I've had watching a movie for ages.
Along with a good transfer, the DVD also includes the original trailer and a four-minute black and white behind the scenes short narrated by the author of the novel the film is based on.
Movie Review: The Sundowners 1960
Summary: 5 Stars
* First-Rate . The Entire Cast is Exellent * It's tough driving 1.200 sheep across 400 miles of hostile outback but for drovers Paddy and Ida Carmody and Son Sean , it's the only job there is . Poor in possession , they're rich in freedom , adventure and love . Four-time Academy Award winner Fred Zinnermann (1907-1997) directs this warmhearted tale of 1920 Australia . Robert Mitchum (1917-1997) and Deborah Kerr (1921-) play Paddy and Ida , a devoted couple suddenly at odds . She and Sean ( Michael Anderson Jr 1943 - ) want a farm of their own . But settling down is more than Paddy untethered spirit can bear . THE SUNDOWNERS earned five oscars nominations including Best Picture , won Kerr the New York Film Critics Best actress Award and made Mitchum the National Board of Review Best Actor choice for this and HOME FROM THE HILL (1960) say g'day to a movie treasure . High Quality Transfer . Highly Recommended .Movie Review: Great Aussie Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
I have been waitng for the release of this DVD for a very long time. I first saw the movie in 1960 and also watched it every time it was shown on television in Australia. The film is based on the original novel by well known Australian author Jon Cleary (which I might add that I have a copy of all his 32 books) Jon is 90 years old and his latest book entitled "Four-Cornered Circle" has just been released. I can't recommend this movie enough, it is a GEM. It was made in the early days of the film industry in Australia and it was necessary to include well known international film stars such as Mitchum, Kerr, Ustinov and Johns in order to sell on the international market back in those days. Most of the other actors were Australians. This is not the case anymore as Australian films now stand on their own two legs. Great movie, go out and buy a copy, you will not regret it.Movie Review: One Of The Great Family Films
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm sure everybody has written about the setting, the story, and the stars. I'll just limit myself to the fact that every once in awhile hollywood stumbles and whines and staggers its way into doing every element of a motion picture right and it happened here in spades. It is perfect. And few films are. Enjoy it with your loved ones and share something special. This was my late Mother's all time favorite film and I enjoyed it when I was ten, and twenty, and thirty, and fifty, and now almost 70 and each decade has brought something new to my appreciation of the work of art it is. I sincerely hope the cast and crew and especially Fred Zinnemann knew what they had accomplished with their little film. It's a great family friendly affirmation of what it's all about!Movie Review: Australia in the 1920's
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an excellent movie about an Australian Family of Drovers (Cowboys) who travel Australia in their horse and cart in the 1920's, moving mobs of sheep around Australia and doing other farming jobs, such as shearing. As an Australian, I found this movie to be very authentic and a good example of what rural life would have been like in 1920's Australia. Australia has moved on since the 1920's and now in the 21st Century most Australians live in cities or towns and the Australian economy is much less dependant on farming. When I was younger I spent alot of time on farms and I could imagine what some of the sheep and cattle stations (ranches) would have been like in their hey day. I was also impressed with the actors in this movie, who did a very good job.