Sand Pebbles [DVD] [1966] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

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  • Actor : Steve McQueen
  • Actor : Richard Attenborough
  • Actor : Richard Crenna
  • Actor : Candice Bergen
  • Actor : Emmanuelle Arsan
  • Aspect Ratio : 16:9 - 2.35:1
  • Binding : DVD
  • Creator : Steve McQueen
  • Creator : Richard Attenborough
  • Director : Robert Wise
  • EAN : 0024543013082
  • Format : Anamorphic
  • Format : Closed-captioned
  • Format : Colour
  • Format : Dolby
  • Format : DVD-Video
  • Format : Widescreen
  • Format : NTSC
  • Label : 20th Century Fox
  • Languages : Subtitled: English, Subtitled: Spanish, Original Language: English, Original Language: French
  • Manufacturer : 20th Century Fox
  • Number Of Discs : 1
  • Number Of Items : 1
  • Package Dimensions : 0.60 inches (Height) x 7.40 inches (Length) x 0.15 pounds (Weight) x 4.70 inches (Width)
  • Product Group : DVD
  • Publisher : 20th Century Fox
  • Region Code : 1
  • Release Date : 2001-05-15
  • Running Time : 185
  • SKU : 024543013082
  • Studio : 20th Century Fox
  • UPC : 024543013082

Director Robert Wise chose to film Robert McKenna's award-winning novel The Sand Pebbles as his follow-up to the success of The Sound of Music. Shot in Taiwan and Hong Kong, the film combines historical sweep and intimate human drama in several parallel stories, all revolving around US Navy machinist's mate Jake Holman (Steve McQueen), a skilful but fiercely independent sailor who joins the "sand pebble" crew of the USS San Pablo, a Navy gunboat patrolling the Yangtze River on the eve of the Chinese revolution in 1926. The San Pablo's inexperienced captain (Richard Crenna) obsessively defends the Navy's mission-however unnecessary or unwanted--to protect American missionaries and businessmen, blind to the more dangerous implications of American involvement with China's opposing political factions. Holman is a defiant voice of humanity in this clash between outmoded values and inevitable change; his final line of dialogue ("What the hell happened?") is a tragic summation of misguided policy, expressing the film's criticism of the Vietnam War. Rather than preach, however, Wise lets McKenna's potent drama emerge from finely drawn relationships: between Holman and a young American teacher (19-year-old Candice Bergen, in her second film); between Holman and the Chinese "coolie" (Mako), whose heart-breaking fate transcends all issues of racial or political difference; and between crewmate "Frenchy" Burgoyne (Richard Attenborough) and the Chinese woman he's sworn to love and protect at all costs. Combined with the film's colourful supporting cast, adventurous scope, and climactic battle scenes, these personal dynamics bring substance and spirit to a complex story of good intentions gone awry. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

- Amazon.co.uk Review

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