The Snows of Kilimanjaro
by Henry King
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Actor: Ava Gardner, Gregory Peck, Susan HaywardDirector: Henry King
Brand: WESTLAKE ENTERTAINMENT INC
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language)
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-11-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Westlake Entertainment
DVD Reviews of The Snows of Kilimanjaro
DVD Review: Snows of Kilimanjaro
Summary: 3 Stars
This movie took a lot more acting than a lot of Gregory Peck's movies, but it is not my favorite.DVD Review: THE STUDIO VERSION......AT LAST
Summary: 5 Stars
AT LAST THE 20TH CENTURY FOX VERSION TO REPLACE ALL THOSE PUBLIC DOMAIN, INCOMPLETE SLOPPY VERSIONS..........GREGORY PECK. SUSAN HAYWARD, AVA GARDNER......DARRYL F. ZANUCK'S 20TH CENTURY FOX.....ONE OF THE BEST DVDS..........HIGHLY RECOMMENED........IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT I WOULD SAY YOU ARE IN FOR QUITE A CINEMATIC TREAT..........GARY JASINKONIS......EAST NORTHPORT, NEW YORK.........SUSAN HAYWARD FOREVER...........
DVD Review: A good movie...overall
Summary: 4 Stars
Perhaps it's because I've always admired Hemingway and his works, but I found this glossy studio effort more enjoyable than it really is judging from other reviews. Hemingway's deceptively simple style of prose belied an understanding of human nature at odds with the macho exterior Papa presented to the world, and whether intentional or not, this film manages to capture something of Hemingway's style while largely failing in terms of dramatic content.
DVD Review: The Sun Also Rises
Summary: 5 Stars
I ordered three movies: The Sun Also Rises, The Snows of kilimanjaro and A Farewell to Arms. The movies are great. Amazon sent the movies in two shipments. The first shipment contained The Sun Also Rises and the Snows of Kilimanjaro, and the second shipment included A Farewell to Arms. Amazon charged me shipment costs twice. Why? The statement that came with the first shipment stated that the other item will be shiped at no additional shipping cost. That was a lie. What you going to do about that? This is not first time it happened. Next time if I order anything, please send ship them in one package.DVD Review: top Hemingway adaptation
Summary: 4 Stars
THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO was producer Darryl F. Zanuck's prestige production for 1952. Based around several of Ernest Hemingway's stories, it gave Gregory Peck the chance to play one of his most intriguing roles and also showcased Ava Gardner in one of her best performances.
Acclaimed author Harry Street (Gregory Peck) lies severely wounded and dazed on the African plains with his patient wife Helen (Susan Hayward), awaiting a rescue flight. Floating in and out of conciousness, he recalls his early life and the women who shared it with him. Themes of fate and thwarted love are constant in Hemingway's works; in THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO, those themes are explored with an almost poetic reverence.
Ava Gardner plays Harry's steadfast but ultimately doomed first love Cynthia Green; Hildegard Neff is his grasping, possessive mistress, the Countess Liz. Susan Hayward provides a wonderful gravity as his eventual wife Helen. Gregory Peck plays Harry in the great tradition of his deeply-flawed heroes.
Despite it's success with audiences and critics (plus two Academy Award nominations), Ernest Hemingway disliked the movie because he felt it poached from too many of his collective works to pad out the story, most notably "Fiesta" and "A Farewell to Arms".
Previously only available in horrid Public Domain prints, THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO is now thankfully back in the catalogue with a legitimate studio release from Fox. It might be a very wise idea for people to upgrade, the picture quality is superb and the overall package is very nice.
Description of The Snows of Kilimanjaro
SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO THE (DVD MOVIE)Several pieces of Hemingway fiction fold together for this pastiche movie, in which a writer (Gregory Peck) lies on the slope of Africa's famous mountain and thinks back on his life while awaiting medical attention. "Africa" in this case is a back-screen projection; fortunately, the majority of the film is told through flashbacks set in France, Spain, and other parts of the Dark Continent. Peck's relationships with various women (played by Susan Hayward, Ava Gardner, and Hildegard Knef) are at the center of his recollections, but the overall thesis is a very Hemingway-esque summary of the responsibility of a writer to get at the truth. --Tom Keogh
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