The Comedians
A cynical Welsh hotel owner secretly romances a diplomat's wife in Haiti, under the violent reign of the despot "Papa Doc" Duvalier.
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DVD-R Details
- ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.40:1
- Run Time: 2 hours, 32 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: June 30, 2020
- Originally Released: 1967
- Label: Warner Archives
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness & Peter Ustinov | |
Performer: | Paul Ford, Lillian Gish, Georg Stanford Brown, Roscoe Lee Browne, Gloria Foster, Zakes Mokae, Cicely Tyson, Raymond St. Jacques & James Earl Jones | |
Directed by | Peter Glenville | |
Screenplay by | Graham Greene | |
Composition by | Laurence Rosenthal | |
Art Direction by | François de Lamothe | |
Produced by | Peter Glenville | |
Director of Photography: | Henri Decaë |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 4/5 --
Underrated version of Graham Greene's novel with a strong cast.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
A sadly inept adaptation of Graham Greene's novel.
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Time Out
Rating: C+ --
Uninspired political drama.
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Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Rating: 2.5/5 --
It is conventional and obvious, indeed, and is rendered no better or more beguiling by some rather superfluous additions of amorous scenes.
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New York Times
At such moments of transcendent drama -- and there are enough to make it worthwhile -- The Comedians is easily forgiven its other sins.
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TIME Magazine
Rating: 2.5/4 --
At 156 minutes, it seems interminable.
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TV Guide
A plodding, low-key, and eventually tedious melodrama.
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Variety
Product Description:
Yet another of the Taylor/Burton sagas which seem to have running times as long in length as the relationship is tenuous. Political drama adapted by Graham Greene from his novel, about an odd assortment of characters living and coping in 1960s Haiti, under the regime of dictator "Papa Doc" Duvalier, and his infamous secret police, the Ton Ton Macoute.
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- Sales Rank: 25,270
- UPC: 883929713172
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