The Yellow Rolls Royce
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Movie Reviews of The Yellow Rolls Royce
Movie Review: Yellow Rolls Royce
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is as fresh and wonderful as it was released in 1965. A young Shirley McClaine and Ingrid Bergman are perfect in their roles.Movie Review: the yellow rolls royce
Summary: 5 Stars
top actors in 3 top stories about a rolls royce
highly recommended to those who like classics
Movie Review: Ingrid, Rex, Shirley and Jeanne take a spin in The Yellow Rolls-Royce
Summary: 4 Stars
Following up his delicious, star-studded "The V.I.P.'s", screenwriter Terence Rattigan crafted another fun ensemble piece, THE YELLOW ROLLS-ROYCE (1964), which follows the adventures of said automobile as it travels through three sets of owners.
The story opens in London, where Lord Charles Frinton (Rex Harrison) buys the Rolls-Royce as a belated anniversary gift for his wife Eloise (Jeanne Moreau), but the car comes to symbolise much more, when Charles discovers Eloise cavorting in the backseat with an old colleague (Edmund Purdom) during the Ascot races.
We switch locations to Italy, where vacationing American gangster Paolo Maltese (George C. Scott) finds the car in an auto showroom. His bleach-blonde moll Mae (Shirley MacLaine) takes an instant liking to it, and when Paolo is called back to the States to attend to "business", Mae travels down to the Italian coast, where she has a passionate fling with gigolo Stefano (Alain Delon).
Finally, we meet up with eccentric socialite Gerda Millett (Ingrid Bergman), who is asked by penniless Yugoslavian partisan Davich (Omar Sharif), to be smuggled across the border. As Gerda and Davich dodge Nazi bullet-fire--with yapping lapdog Duchess in tow--could romance also bloom?
THE YELLOW ROLLS-ROYCE is a rollicking good time. I thoroughly every minute of it; though especially the exciting final story with Ingrid Bergman. Perhaps because I've developed a renewed fascination for her lately. She delivers a fun-loving performance, and looks to have had a ball filming her scenes.
There are sadly no extras, apart from the trailer. I would have loved the inclusion of the original promotional featurette ("The Car That Became a Star"), but just having the movie on DVD is cause for celebration. Recommended.
Movie Review: Shirley MacLain and Art Carney steal the film
Summary: 4 Stars
I was 13 when this movie was first released. I was very excited at the time, it seemed so sophisticated. Now after many years, it was a nice experience to see the film on DVD. Film making has changed dramatically and this film is a great example of the big films of the early 1960s which were filled to overflowing with big name stars in a highly accessible and understandable plot and script. Today the film may seem formulaic, predictable, and somewhat shallow - but it is still highly entertaining. The first part of this tri-part film stars Rex Harrison and Jeanne Moreau as Lord and Lady Frinton. Lord Frinton seems to have missed all the cues that his wife was no longer interested in him and had found a younger lover. Edmund Purdom plays the younger man. The third part of the film stars Ingrid Bergman and Omar Scharif as an American millionaires and a Yugoslavian rebel. This section is a bit far-fetched as this rich spoiled widow becomes a radiant freedom fighter using her yellow Rolls to carry rebels to fight the invading Italians in World War II. The second part of the film is actually the strongest. It is the story of a gangster returning to Italy with his Miami girlfriend, played by Shirley MacLain. She gradually falls for an extremely handsome and charming gigolo, played by Alain Delon. Art Carney is fantastic as the mobster's right-hand man. He is perfect and he, Delon, and MacLain give the best performances in the film. This is highly recommended, especially for younger folks who may have never heard of this old classic.Movie Review: Charming classic
Summary: 4 Stars
I have waited decades to own this movie and finally it is available on DVD.
I rate it 4 stars because in all honesty, 5 stars implies "as good as it gets" and while its wonderful, its obviously not a Citizen Kane or a Bicycle Thief, but that having been said, it was an absolute amust for my collection.
The movie takes you on a tour of europe, from the life of a British Aristocrat, to the italian vacation of an american gangster, to the mountains of WWII era yugoslavia, and its a really wonderful journey. Rex Harrison is simply superb, and british director Asquith's familiarity with Britain and the English aristocracy of the time and its ways, makes the British portion of the movie the most detailed, accurate and authentic, and will entertain anglophiles, but George C Scott, Shirley Maclain, and Ingrid Bergman carry off the rest of it to perfection. They, helped along by the wonderful camera work, the locations and the sensitive story line, really make make for pleasurable diverting entertainment.
I wish it had been released as a Blu-ray, but for now I am just happy that they finally released this disc.
Fans of Rex Harrison must see this! For everyone else, its a wonderful, lighthearted adventure movie that looks at early 20th century europe with actors who are a real pleasure to watch.