The Sundowners
by Fred Zinnemann
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Actor: Deborah Kerr, Dina Merrill, Glynis Johns, Peter Ustinov, Robert MitchumDirector: Fred Zinnemann
Brand: Warner Brothers
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 133 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-01-23
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling and a race horse will all have a part in the final decision.Running Time: 133 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?DRAMA Ratin
DVD Reviews of The Sundowners
DVD 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!DVD Review: The Sundowners
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent movie; Mitchum and Kerr give excellent performances; the interface between the Australian natural sets and the soundstages are somewhat inconsistent but overall a five star movie. For 1960--SUPERB!!DVD Review: The Sundowners DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
The DVD was of very good quality and arrived ahead of time promised. I am very satisfied with DVD and and wouldn't hesitate ordering from Amazon in the future.DVD Review: Star Performances Are Better Than the Film
Summary: 3 Stars
The movie takes place in the outback of Australia. It is about an itinerant family of sheep tenders: Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchem, and friend Peter Ustinov. The scenery and the acting is far better than the movie plot itself. With lessor actors, this would have a totally boring movie, but with these fine actors, it is pretty good. I give it 4 stars for acting and 2 for everything else. A movie that should be reserved for TV.DVD Review: The Sundowners
Summary: 5 Stars
Ordered on 14 June 2009 and received on 28 June 2009, a month earlier than I expected it. Fabulous old movie. Perfect picture and colour on Samsung DVD Player, but perfect picture but black and white on Rank Arena DVD Player. Not a problem for fans of the B & W genre. Great to see the established actors and the then-upcomers wearing their "young" faces. Thoroughly enjoyable and recommend to other fans of the "golden oldies", they made wonderful classic movies back then that hold their age well.
Description of The Sundowners
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling and a race horse will all have a part in the final decision.An episodic account of a family of roving sheepherders in Australia. Paddy Carmody (Robert Mitchum) loves being "someone whose home is where the sun goes down," but his wife (Deborah Kerr) and teenage son are tired of the nomadic life and want to settle down. Director Fred Zinnemann (From Here to Eternity) takes a wonderfully laid-back approach to this likable material, emphasizing the refreshingly grown-up relationship between Mitchum and Kerr as well as the stark scenic attractions of Australia--a continent that, in 1960, was still unfamiliar terrain for the movies. Puckish, portly Peter Ustinov provides the lion's share of the comic relief. One of the high points is a sheep-shearing sequence (the normally self-assured Mitchum was so nervous about accidentally harming an animal that he required a few bottles of beer for fortification before shooting the scene). The Sundowners scored five Oscar nominations, including acting nods for Kerr and Glynis Johns, but won none. --Robert Horton
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