Product Details

• Actors: Anouk Aimée, Dirk Bogarde, Robert Forster, Anna Karina, Philippe Noiret
• Directors: George Cukor, Joseph Strick
• Writers: Andrew Sarris, Lawrence B. Marcus, Lawrence Durrell
• Producers: Kathryn Hereford, Pandro S. Berman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Key Video
• VHS Release Date: February 12, 1987
• Run Time: 116 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6301798031
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #258,876 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another forgotten jewel, July 14, 2005

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This review is from: Justine [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Somebody can reply me why there isn't a dvd print of this fabulous piece of retrocinema? Do it now,masters of the film rights!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Mediocre, lavish but empty but compelling, October 10, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Justine [VHS] (VHS Tape)

George Cukor's impossibly ambitious version of Lawrence Durrell's superb "Alexandria Quartet" (of which "Justine" is only the first volume) is quite mediocre, lavish but empty, but compelling in a strange way. It is garish kitsch but just when you want to totally discount it, the performances pull you in. It is colorful, well-cast and generally well acted: Ana Karina is actually quite wonderful as the belly dancer Melissa; Dirk Bogarde (Pursewarden) , Philipe Noiret (Pombal), and John Vernon (Nessim) are equally good. Look for those fine actors Michael Dunn and Abraham Sofaer in tiny roles. Filmed in Tunisia, Cukor took over from the feckless Joseph Strick who destroyed Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer" only the year before.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A trio of fine performances!, May 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Justine [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Distilling Durrell's complex novel was an impossible task, as Cukor's attempt shows. The renowned Hollywoood director inherited the project from Joseph Strick. Not quite the unmitigated disaster some critics claim it to be. Anouk Aimee is beautiful to look at, but it is the triad of Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Noiret and Anna Karina which stands out. Karina is especially touching as the doomed bellydancer Melissa--a performance overlooked by Oscar voters in 1968!