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 (Unknown); 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
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DVD Review: old time Hollywood movie
Summary: 4 Stars
I was surprised by the negative reviews of this. As a baby boomer, I saw this 1952 movie, loosely based on Hemingway, when I was 13 and watching Saturday Night at the Movies -- which played 50s Fox movies on prime time when I was young. This was the top grossing movie of 1952!
Gregory Peck is in Africa with his latest wife (the vibrant Susan Hayward), and he's possibly dying from an injury he received from a hippo. (Vultures are gathering, waiting for him.) As he keeps slipping in and out of consciousness, he remembers the women in his life.
First and foremost is Cynthia, played by Ava Gardner in one of her best performances (along with excellent work in "Mogambo," "Bhawanhi Junction," and "Night of the Iguana"). The poster/reviewer who called her "vapid" is unfair, or just doesn't respond to her.
Peck and Gardner meet in a smoky Paris club, fall in love, and he drags her off to bull fights and safaris in Africa, both of which she hates. Gardner is glamorous and distinctive, and is very sympathetic and convincing as her relationship with Peck starts to unravel.
She doesn't tell him when she gets pregnant -- which triggers a pointed but funny line from a doctor: after Peck says "what baby?", the doctor says: "don't you two people talk to one another?" She starts to drink and disappears.
Peck then hooks up with a wealthy contessa - the intriguing Hildegarde Neff, a German actress with a sexy, throaty voice; and the contessa, in an upsetting scene, keeps Peck from getting a message from the missing Cynthia. Finally, Peck meets Susan Hayward,who's emotionally "healthier" than Gardner, and who in Africa almost WILLS Peck to continue living. Hayward's acting style is hard-hitting and on the nose -- but the notes she hits are genuine. I like her. I enjoy this film, especially the three actresses.
I have an older, cheaper dvd -- not great, but acceptable. The person whose dvd keeps starting over is clearly dealing with a damaged dvd, and should have sent it back for another copy. (Or you can try cleaning them, gently, with dish detergent, drying them very carefully with a soft cloth - a tip from netflix.)
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