The Sand Pebbles (1966)

Regisseur:

Robert Wise

Drehbuchautoren:

Richard McKenna (novel)
Robert Anderson (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

20. Dezember 1966 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romanze | Kriegsfilm

Werbezeile:

THE STORY OF MEN...men who disturbed the sleeping dragon of China as the world watched in terror!

Plot:

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of...

Plot Keywords:

Offscreen Killing | Pregnant Woman Murdered | Roadboatmovie | Friendship | USA

Filmpreise:

Nominated for 8 Oscars. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Throughly enjoyable.

US TV Schedule:

Tue. July 29

6:30 AM

AMC

Besetzung

Steve McQueen	...	Holman
Richard Attenborough	...	Frenchy
Richard Crenna	...	Collins
Candice Bergen	...	Shirley
Emmanuelle Arsan	...	Maily (as Marayat Andriane)
Mako	...	Po-han
Larry Gates	...	Jameson
Charles Robinson	...	Ensign Bordelles
Simon Oakland	...	Stawski
Ford Rainey	...	Harris
Joe Turkel	...	Bronson
Gavin MacLeod	...	Crosley
Joe Di Reda	...	Shanahan (as Joseph di Reda)
Richard Loo	...	Major Chin
Barney Phillips	...	Franks

Alternativ:

Kanonenboot am Yangtse-Kiang (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for violence and sexual material.

Länge:

179 Min | UK:243 Min (BBFC submission before censorship) | Sweden:193 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch | Mandarin

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

2.20 : 1

Tonverfahren:

70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System)

Altersfreigabe:

Iceland:16 | Canada:14A (video rating) | Norway:11 (DVD rating) (2006) | Brazil:14 | USA:Approved (certificate #21310) (original rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 (re-rating) (2000) | West Germany:16 | UK:A (original rating) (cut) | Singapore:PG

Drehorte:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Robert Wise Productions

Dies und das:

The movie was intended as an allegory for the Vietnam War.

Pannen:

Crew oder Equipment sichtbar: Apparatus for simulating the gunshot wound in Richard Crenna's back, called a squib, is quite visible as he runs away from the camera in the China Light courtyard.

Dialogzitate:

[Jake Holman (Machinist Mate 1st Class ) teaching Po-han (Engine Room coolie) the engine room]
Jake Holman: Valve.
Po-han: Wow.
Jake Holman: Valve.
Po-han: Wow.
[points to valve, more emphatically]
Po-han: Wow.
Jake Holman: Yeah, okay... wow.
[pointing to another valve]
Jake Holman: Main steam stop valve.
[...]

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Throughly enjoyable.

"The Sand Pebbles" was a throughly enjoyable movie. The setting was exotic and the story engaging. Though it starred Steve McQueen, who did an excellent job, its strength was the ensemble acting with a very talented cast including Richard Crenna, Richard Attenborough, Mako and Candice Bergen. The story was nicely involved and, though it portrayed the sailor's prejudices, did not feel condescending toward the Chinese as many war-type movies do. The men were caught up in the turbulent times and many of the conflicts portrayed seem to come more from troubled psyches. It is not Ramboish macho crap. I found the portrayals of the people and times entertaining. I had read the book so maybe I read more into the movie than others seeing it cold. It was a very good movie and well worth a watch.