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The Americanization of Emily

James Garner (Actor), Julie Andrews (Actor), Arthur Hiller (Director) Rated:
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Genre Comedy
Format NTSC, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, Black & White
Contributor Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Paddy Chayefsky, Keenan Wynn, Edward Binns, Arthur Hiller, William Bradford Huie, Joyce Grenfell, Julie Andrews, Liz Fraser, William Windom, James Garner, John Crawford, Douglas Henderson, Edmon Ryan See more
Language English
Runtime 1 hour and 55 minutes

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An American naval officer, in London during WW II, falls in love with his British military driver.
Genre: Feature Film-Comedy
Rating: NR
Release Date: 10-MAY-2005
Media Type: DVD

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  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ NR (Not Rated)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.4 ounces
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Arthur Hiller
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ NTSC, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen, Closed-captioned, Dubbed, Black & White
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 55 minutes
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas, James Coburn, Joyce Grenfell
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ French
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish, French
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Warner Home Video
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0007TKNGU
  • Writers ‏ : ‎ Paddy Chayefsky, William Bradford Huie
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 out of 5 stars 825 ratings

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Customers consider this movie an all-time favorite with superb acting, particularly praising Garner and Andrews' performances. The film features a World War II narrative and satirical overtones, with one customer noting Chayefsky's outstanding screenplay. Customers find the movie intelligent, with one review highlighting its thought-provoking dialogue, and consider it worth the time and money.

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128 customers mention "Movie quality"125 positive3 negative

Customers love this movie and consider it one of their all-time favorites, with one customer noting it's a marvelous World War II film.

"...That said the movie is always entertaining and carried along by the chemistry between Garner and Andrews...." Read more

"Classic movie! One of my fav's! Video/audio transfer is very good." Read more

""The Americanization of Emily" is one of the most powerful anti-war films ever made, with only one minor battle scene...." Read more

"Very entertaining movie !" Read more

67 customers mention "Acting quality"61 positive6 negative

Customers praise the acting in the film, particularly the performances of James Garner and Julie Andrews, noting their ability to make their characters seem real and believable.

"...On seeing it again I am bowled over by its strengths, the fine acting, the direction and production and most of all the screenplay, by Chayefsky,..." Read more

"...The supporting cast is good with Melvyn Douglas particularly effective in his role as Garner's superior...." Read more

"...Very enjoyable, good character development." Read more

"...It is beautifully acted, written and directed...." Read more

50 customers mention "Story quality"40 positive10 negative

Customers enjoy the movie's story, particularly its World War II narrative and romantic elements, with one customer noting it's a great war-time love story.

"...For the record, I have owned nearly all versions of this magnificent romance / war-comedy...." Read more

"...The movie is funny, has a tumultuous and touching love affair and debates major social and philosophiocal issues. As I said, a rarity." Read more

"...Not a must see, but a very, very interesting World War II narrative in the general genre of Catch 22 and with the same basic concern as Letters from..." Read more

"This is the best of Paddy Chayefsky; this is the worst of Paddy Chayefsky...." Read more

33 customers mention "Humor"33 positive0 negative

Customers enjoy the movie's satirical overtones and find it a brilliant war comedy, with one customer noting it's an excellent satire of World War II.

"...The movie is funny, has a tumultuous and touching love affair and debates major social and philosophiocal issues. As I said, a rarity." Read more

"...I can't think of any he's done better. It's funny without being farcical, and the odd relationship between Garner and Andrews is quite sweet...." Read more

"...Like Catch 22, its humor lies entirely in ironies and its pathos in the painful absurdities that tear the characters to shreds under impossible..." Read more

"...;, filled with real life qualities modified immensely by very enjoyable satirical overtones, a delightful presentation of a very real culture clash,..." Read more

31 customers mention "Writing quality"31 positive0 negative

Customers praise the writing of the movie, particularly its crisp dialogue and outstanding script, with one customer noting its realistic phrasing.

"...The audio is wonderful, with very clear dialogue, most particularly in the outdoor tea-time scene, where James Garner delivers his famous "I'm a..." Read more

"...I am bowled over by its strengths, the fine acting, the direction and production and most of all the screenplay, by Chayefsky, the only writer to..." Read more

"...It's a stunning scene. The screenplay is written by Paddy Chayefsky, who is at the very top of his game. "..." Read more

"...Douglas and Coburn also deliver fine performances. Brilliantly written by Paddy Chayefsky and directed by Arthur Hiller, the anti-war theme is..." Read more

29 customers mention "Value for money"29 positive0 negative

Customers find the movie worth the money, describing it as enjoyable, with one customer noting it keeps them involved throughout.

"...Very enjoyable, good character development." Read more

"...to Andrew's superior attitude towards Americans - it's worth rewinding and watching again." Read more

"...version of this black and white film was crisp and clear - a delight to watch. Highly recommended." Read more

"...It is one of my favorite movies of all time and well worth your time to watch it." Read more

22 customers mention "Intelligence"22 positive0 negative

Customers appreciate the movie's intelligence, finding it interesting and insightful, with one customer highlighting its thought-provoking dialog and another noting how it debates major social and philosophical issues.

"...has a tumultuous and touching love affair and debates major social and philosophiocal issues. As I said, a rarity." Read more

"With James GArner and Julie Andrews, how could it be bad? An interesting and different view of the effects of war and the Americans in England..." Read more

"...An intelligent, memorable, and hauntingly beautiful cinematic experience." Read more

"...The story has a special twist and is worth a watch - gives one plenty to contemplate...." Read more

19 customers mention "Performance"16 positive3 negative

Customers praise the performances in the movie, particularly noting Garner's scoundrel character.

"Emily, played by Julie Andrews and James Garner put out a wonderful performance and turn on the chemistry...." Read more

"...Douglas and Coburn also deliver fine performances...." Read more

"...Supporting all this are wonderful, understated, intelligent performances by all the leads in what is a fantastic cast, terrific screenwriting and..." Read more

"...I have hardly seen or heard of this movie before. It is Julie Andrews best performance. And she doesn't even sing...." Read more

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    5.0 out of 5 stars Version Comparison For A 5 Star Film
    Reviewed in the United States on December 30, 2018
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    As usual, I am not reviewing for plot and content, as most of you already know whether this is a film you would enjoy. This is just my standard comparison, for those considering a purchase.

    For the record, I have owned nearly all versions of this magnificent romance / war-comedy. I will not bore you with the details of the VHS and two DVDs owned previously, except to say that, if you are looking for the standard SD presentation, like my father who truly can't see well enough for HD to make any difference, then the best DVD version is ASIN B00OIKJHRA which is the Warner Archive release from 2014 or, if you want to view via streaming, the digital copy in SD is the same version, looking ever so slightly less good than that DVD. I do recommend for any SD consumer, in this case, that DVD, as it is the best SD source. Now, on to the HD....

    If you are like me and want the best presentation possible, for both picture and sound, then you are going HD on everything you can and have been for about a decade. I can't blame you. I've done the same thing. When it comes to this classic, you might think that, because it is in black & white, the high-definition issue wouldn't matter as much. Well, on some, that is true, not due to any problem with transferring absent complex color schemes but, sadly, due to the condition of the original celluloid film stock for so many of our beloved classics. However, when it comes to film storage, Warner actually took the time to store correctly, back in the day, and, as a result, had a wonderful master from which to source this restoration. They took the time to restore The Americanization of Emily, fully, back in 2014, from that master recording. They then took their newly sourced master and used it to produce a Blu-ray and Digital HD version, as well as the SD versions mentioned previously.

    The result, as to the Blu-ray, is a picture almost without equal, in the B & W world. Warner's restoration artists hand removed dirt and debris, rather than overusing a digital program that could accidentally remove fine detail and film grain in the process, and the result is a clean and crisp image with fine detail in faces and backgrounds, without the loss of grain that makes a film look like a film. They encoded the disc at around 30 mbps, which means they put more data on that disc than is typical for a B & W film, actually as much as you usually see with a high quality colorized film. As a result, the image is very clear and the gray-scale color scheme has far more variation in tone and shading, making it a stunning picture, even for a film in good old black & white.

    The audio is wonderful, with very clear dialogue, most particularly in the outdoor tea-time scene, where James Garner delivers his famous "I'm a coward" speech, which I had never fully heard before the new transfer premiered on TCM, before it was put out on disc for purchase. It sounded, in viewing it years ago, quite soft and a bit muddled. In the Blu-ray version, it is clear and the strength of his voice comes through in a way it previously had not.

    As to special features, the Blu-ray has a partial audio commentary from the aging Director, a short featurette filmed at the time, concerning the setting up for the big Normandy scene, and a trailer.

    When it comes to the Digital HD version, it is the same transfer from the Blu-ray, simply presented at a slightly lower bitrate, which, for anyone who doesn't know, translates into a slight loss of visual clarity. When dealing with HD, many people can't tell the difference. Having viewed both, I can, but, it is only a slight difference. So, if you opt for a Digital HD copy, you are losing a tiny bit of that fine detail but, really, nothing else in quality, however, the Digital version does not have those few special features. Honestly, I could have done without that commentary and been just fine.

    I hope this helps you in finding the best version to suit your particular needs and that you enjoy the film as much as you did the first time. If this will be your first time, I am jealous.
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  • E S
    5.0 out of 5 stars A RARITY: AN ENTERTAINING AND INTELLIGENT HOLLYWOOD MOVIE
    Reviewed in the United States on August 18, 2010
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    Like many others I hadn't seen this movie in many years since it was first released in the theatres but had some fond remembrance of it. On seeing it again I am bowled over by its strengths, the fine acting, the direction and production and most of all the screenplay, by Chayefsky, the only writer to get 3 academy awards as the sole writer.

    Emily is that extremely rare item, a movie which blends entertainment with discussion of serious issues of personal and social morality. At times it becomes almost a philosophical discussion. I have read that Chayefsky liked to argue both sides of an issue and that tendency appears in this script. Of course there is no ultimate resolution of the issue of the moral issues of going to war. But Chayefsky's main point is the social damage caused by glorifying wartime sacrifice. The problem that Chayefsky raises is that in praising the conduct of those who stood up to obvious demons such as Hitler, a culture is created which makes it much easier to get into the next war which may be lest admirable. Both Chayefsky and Hiller the director were in the military during the second world war and knew whereof they spoke. This is no simple-minded diatribe against militarism but rather an insider's punch to the gut.

    This movies was written during the Vietnam war and the World War 2 setting is stand-in for that conflict just as the Korean War was a stand-in for Vietnam in MASH. But while MASH attacks the military culture it never really gets to the underlying moral issues of war and mostly plays for cheap but entertaining gags. The Vietnam conflict is long gone but we were nevertheless dragged into the similarly disasterous Iraq conflict, partly based on the very glorification of sacrfice and patriotism that Chaeyfsky attacks. Garner's trumped-up war hero status in this movie has an eery parallel in the Pat Tillman story of our own times, by the manner in which a debacle was cynically blown up by military for its own end of glorifying the military.

    President/General Eisenhower famously warned of the military-industrial complex warping the country. Chayefsky warns how patriotic sentimentality causes a similar warping of values.

    Sure there are some long speeches, but these are well-written, well acted and carry considerable impact. In a great scene, Garner's character confronts Emily's mother about the glorification of war dead and her failure to admit that her husband and son are dead, he finally causes the mother to break down and acknowledge that her husband and son are truly gone. The impact is devastating on the viewer.

    That said the movie is always entertaining and carried along by the chemistry between Garner and Andrews. Garner plays somewhat to type as the charming rascal, although here with a real edge and something important to say. Andrews plays counter her usual squeaky clean image, here being a war widow involved in serial affairs with departing soldiers.

    The movie is funny, has a tumultuous and touching love affair and debates major social and philosophiocal issues. As I said, a rarity.
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  • LJ
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great old movie!
    Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2025
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    Classic movie! One of my fav's! Video/audio transfer is very good.
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  • LALANDE Simon
    5.0 out of 5 stars Good Product.
    Reviewed in Spain on November 26, 2024
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  • Amazon Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Julie Andrews and James Garner shine in this wonderful movie.
    Reviewed in Canada on May 25, 2018
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    Yet another film I have been looking for for a very long time. A film I always have loved and to be able to get it now on blu-ray......what a treat. It looks and sounds like it was filmed yesterday. It just doesn't get any better than Julie Andrews and James Garner. And a Paddy Chayefsky script.
    What a lot of people don't I think realize is that this film was released the same year as Julie's debut in "Mary Poppins" for which she won the Oscar. But if you're old enough to remember like me...........as wonderful and memorable as "Mary Poppins" was and her performance, it's this performance that really won her the gold. A truly great satirical comedy/drama.
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  • sandra martyn
    5.0 out of 5 stars Very good enjoyable.
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 8, 2024
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    It has been a long time since seeing this movie and it has not disappointed with age. It's just as sharp and as funny and a good reminder of the stupidity of war as I remember.
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  • Brasseur
    5.0 out of 5 stars Une explication de la séduction américaine intelligemment développée!
    Reviewed in France on November 18, 2018
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    Ce film plaisant à voir est la démonstration d'une vision simplificatrice du bonheur à l'américaine. C'est un complément pour ce qui ont lu "Babitt*.
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  • Petra Frase
    3.0 out of 5 stars Leider nicht auf Deutsch
    Reviewed in Germany on September 18, 2019
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    Hatte gedacht ist auf Deutsch
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