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The Pride and the Passion
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| Format | Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, Anamorphic, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
| Contributor | Flix de Poms, Theodore Bikel, Sophia Loren, Edna Anhalt, Paco El Laberinto, John Wengraf, Jay Novello, Edward Anhalt, Stanley Kramer, Julin Ugarte, C.S. Forester, Philip Van Zandt, Cary Grant, Carlos Larraaga, Jos Nieto, Earl Felton, Frank Sinatra See more |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Runtime | 2 hours and 12 minutes |
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Napoleon's forces are sweeping across Europe, and Spain is on the brink of falling to the mighty invasion. Standing alone against the onslaught is one brave fighter and his ragtag band of guerillas. Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra and Sophia Loren deliver outstanding performances in this "tense, absorbing [and] suspenseful" (The Hollywood Reporter) wartime classic. Seizing a gigantic cannon, Spanish fighter Miguel (Sinatra) plans to attack Napoleon's army by battering the walls of French-occupied Avila. But because he's untrained in complex weaponry, he must rely on the expertise ofCaptain Trumbell (Grant), a British naval officer. Allies on the battlefield, Trumbell and Miguel soon find themselves in a bitter struggle over Miguel's mistress (Loren), a sultry beauty drawn to the captain's refined ways even as they race toward the most harrowing battle of their lives.
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During Napoleon's invasion of Spain, the fate of the Spanish partisans rests with an elaborate, magnificent, and extremely heavy cannon--which the French have lost. Despite the high-wattage star power on display, this gun is the true star of The Pride and the Passion, a massive Stanley Kramer production that employs vast swatches of the Spanish countryside (and a few thousand Spaniards). And the stars? Well, they're among the biggest of their day--the only problem is, they're miscast. Frank Sinatra plays the scruffy, illiterate partisan leader, Cary Grant the uptight British captain who covets the gun for his country, Sophia Loren the peasant woman shared by both men. It says something about these effortless stars that they all look extremely uncomfortable in this movie. Grant is robbed of his humor and thus awkward (although his marvelous athleticism is much on display), and Loren is badly made-up and stuck in nobility. Sinatra fares the worst, however, including a disastrous Spanish accent, complete with rolled "r"s. Physically, the movie's pretty impressive, with some eye-filling scenes of extras pushing the heavy cannon up hill and over dale; Franz Planer's cinematography is picturesque, except in some obvious studio inserts. One big draw: the mighty, Iberian-flavored music by George Antheil, one of the composer's best scores. But you'd better like the music and the cannon, because the rest of the film hovers between the tranquilizing and the cheesy. Amazingly, it was one of the top ten box-office films of its year. --Robert Horton
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- Aspect Ratio : 1.66:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 Ounces
- Item model number : 027616875815
- Director : Stanley Kramer
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, Anamorphic, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 2 hours and 12 minutes
- Release date : May 7, 2002
- Actors : Cary Grant, Frank Sinatra, Sophia Loren, Theodore Bikel, John Wengraf
- Dubbed: : Spanish
- Subtitles: : English, Spanish, French
- Language : Unqualified, English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
- Studio : MGM (Video & DVD)
- ASIN : B000062XF1
- Writers : C.S. Forester, Earl Felton, Edna Anhalt, Edward Anhalt
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #51,973 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #698 in Military & War (Movies & TV)
- #5,383 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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What’s also funny is that the movie unknowingly promotes Maoist principles of guerilla warfare such as when Grant tells Sinatra he needs the peasants if they are going to fight the French.
On the positive side the story didn’t get bogged down in the love story which could have easily happened. It also had plenty of action scenes although many of them don’t make any sense. The opening and ending sequences were really impressive as well as they involved 100s of extras something you just don’t see in today’s movies.
Filming in Spain also offered some striking visuals. Early on in the movie for instance there are a ton of old windmills which reminds one of Don Quixote. There’s also a giant Catholic procession that looks amazing with all the colors and pageantry.
Despite the odd casting choices this was still an enjoyable film.
Oh -- and there's "The Gun," which was the title of the C. S. Forester novel, and The Gun is Sophia's only real rival (the Freudian implications eh). There's a great scene, or scenery, with windmills, and you almost expect to see Don Quixote, or Orson Welles filming his "Don Quixote" because it's likely a better picture.
ALMOST "everybody gets dead" in the necessary "final battle" but everyone dies in this movie without a hint that they have actual blood in the veins or that artillery shells can do terrible things to a human body -- like blow it apart. One doesn't expect (or want) gore all around of course (it isn't Sam Peckinpah but Stanley Kramer), but can't there be a "spot" of red; even when Cary knifes a guy neither the man nor the knife have "anything."
But enough of that "real stuff" -- it's Sophia, and Sophia, who takes one's breath away; can she really be so so hmmm? You like Sophia, you'll like the movie (well enough)...
But there are aspects that do shine, and make the film worthwhile; the film score (by George Antheil) echoes "Bolero", and combines romantic and militaristic themes quite effectively; the sheer spectacle of an army of extras against the visual splendor of the Spanish countryside; the climactic assault on French-occupied Ávila (the giant cannon, when finally fired, does NOT disappoint); and young Sophia Loren, more exotic and untamed than in her later 'superstar' period, here oozing sheer sex appeal and heavy-lidded desire (little wonder why Grant fell madly in love with her!).
The backstories about the production are legendary, from Grant's dogged pursuit of Loren (forcing Carlo Ponti to actually make a lasting commitment to her), to Sinatra's sulleness, as stories of Ava Gardner's wild indiscretions filled tabloids. Certainly the long location schedule and frequent delays, trying to manage thousands in key scenes, fueled the tension on the set. Yet little of this appears in the final film (even the Grant/Loren love scenes are surprisingly restrained).
I love individual moments; the final attack, of course (watch how quickly Grant leaps away the cannon each time he touches off the wick!), and Grant fulfilling Sinatra's dream; the holy pageant, as the disguised cannon passes the French garrison, unnoticed; the bullring sequence (even Sinatra's accent doesn't ruin it), as an entire town joins in to help pull the cannon. Individual scenes 'make' this film!
So I acknowledge the bad, but highly recommend the film for what it does succeed in. "The Pride and the Passion" is worth owning!
By Benjamin J Burgraff on September 19, 2009
But there are aspects that do shine, and make the film worthwhile; the film score (by George Antheil) echoes "Bolero", and combines romantic and militaristic themes quite effectively; the sheer spectacle of an army of extras against the visual splendor of the Spanish countryside; the climactic assault on French-occupied Ávila (the giant cannon, when finally fired, does NOT disappoint); and young Sophia Loren, more exotic and untamed than in her later 'superstar' period, here oozing sheer sex appeal and heavy-lidded desire (little wonder why Grant fell madly in love with her!).
The backstories about the production are legendary, from Grant's dogged pursuit of Loren (forcing Carlo Ponti to actually make a lasting commitment to her), to Sinatra's sulleness, as stories of Ava Gardner's wild indiscretions filled tabloids. Certainly the long location schedule and frequent delays, trying to manage thousands in key scenes, fueled the tension on the set. Yet little of this appears in the final film (even the Grant/Loren love scenes are surprisingly restrained).
I love individual moments; the final attack, of course (watch how quickly Grant leaps away the cannon each time he touches off the wick!), and Grant fulfilling Sinatra's dream; the holy pageant, as the disguised cannon passes the French garrison, unnoticed; the bullring sequence (even Sinatra's accent doesn't ruin it), as an entire town joins in to help pull the cannon. Individual scenes 'make' this film!
So I acknowledge the bad, but highly recommend the film for what it does succeed in. "The Pride and the Passion" is worth owning!
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I've always liked historical films and these old films stand out more to me due to there been no CGI so whenever we seeing hundreds or thousands of extras on screen I know that everything is real. Something which would make these films a lot harder to make, so my hat goes off to Stanley Kramer who creates some huge set pieces of thousands of extras. The opening scene stood out me the most as the first thing we see is a wide shot of thousands of the retreating Spanish army who have just been defeated by the French.
Frank Sinatra is a odd choice to play Miguel as he doesn't really look Spanish but I feel he does just to the role as a man who doesn't like to admit he's wrong and can never truly tell Juana how he feels for her. Juana is played by the beautiful Sophie Loren and she alone is worth seeing this movie for. Cary Grant who said he was miscast as Anthony Trumbell, but I actually think he was the best casting choice in the film he pompous accent and good looks suit his character perfectly.
The film moves along at a fast pace as we follow the large group of rebels who struggle over various terrains to get this huge cannon to Avila, they go up and down massive hills, through mountain passes and have to disguise it to get past the French forces. The film ends with a large siege at Avilla, the scene looks impressive with thousands of people storming the castle, I was a little confused as none of the Spanish attacking seemed to have any weapons.
Overall a brillant example of these old classic Hollywood movies.
Very Good DVD quality and the only extras are a trailer.






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