The Four Feathers | 
| Director: Zoltan Korda
Actors: John Clements, Ralph Richardson, C. Aubrey Smith, June Duprez, Allan Jeayes
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
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Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 571
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Original Recording Reissued, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0792844602
UPC: 027616807236
EAN: 9780792844600
ASIN: 0792844602
Theatrical Release Date: August 3, 1939
Release Date: April 4, 2000
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| Editorial Reviews:
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Far too many film versions of the The Four Feathers have been made over the years, which is especially surprising considering that this 1939 Korda brothers production is surely definitive. The film simultaneously celebrates and pokes fun at British imperialism, showing the kind of dogged stiff-upper-lippery that forged an Empire, but also the blinkered attitudes and crass snobbishness of the ruling classes (and those accents--did people ever really talk like that?). Whatever political subtext may or may not be read into it, though, the film is best celebrated for its magnificent vistas: partially made on location in the Sudan, as well as at the famous Denham Studios, this is British cinema from the days when it thought to rival Hollywood for sheer spectacle. Vincent Korda's production design and the glorious early color cinematography are helped greatly by fellow Hungarian emigre Miklos Rozsa's epic score. John Clements is the notional hero, the man who determines to show the world that he is not a coward after resigning his commission (even though it would surely have saved everyone a lot of bother if he had just stuck with it) but the film is stolen by Ralph Richardson, magnificent as an officer struck blind and led to safety by Clements' Harry Faversham. The later scenes when Richardson's Capt. Durrance realizes the truth and its implications are the most poignant and emotionally truthful in the film. C. Aubrey Smith is delightful as the old buffer who relives his battles on the dinner table; to a modern audience, however, the "blackface" casting of John Laurie as the Khalifa strikes a discordant note. But adjusting some expectations for its vintage, this is a triumph of derring-do and far and away the most gripping version of this oft-told story on film. --Mark Walker
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| Customer Reviews: Read 43 more reviews...
 The Four Feathers September 14, 2008
Sidney Bayer (Escondido, CA)
I first saw this movie with my older brother in 1939, when it was released.
I was nine years old then and I can't count the times I'd been able to see it again and again when it would be released in the theaters over the years.
Now with modern tech. were able to see it again whenever we want.
I think this is a great movie and a beautifully filmed one also.
What else can I say?
I just love it and you will too when you see it.
Life Changing Film August 30, 2008
Dr. Robert B. Lynch (Palominas, Arizona, USA)
I was 8 years old when I saw this film in 1939. I wanted to become a man of honor such as Harry Faversham. Near the same time I also saw the "Prisoner of Zenda." Those two films changed my life. After high school I was accepted at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy and graduated in the top fifth of my Class of 1955 B.S. Marine Engineering. This led me to a career as a rocket engine designer/manager for 15 years followed by law school and 32 years as a sole practitioner CA attorney, 4 years as Judge of the Superior Court, Pro Tem and 2 years Presiding Judge of Municipal Court in AZ. I am also a Major, U.S. Army, Ret. Driven by two films about HONOR!
 better four feathers December 12, 2007
Joseph W. Reed (St. Petersburg, FL USA)
A classic genre film of subsection Empire: pieces of it show up in Westerns, Costume Picture and so on: blind in the desert, called a coward by his fellow officers, saved by a bloke in disguise, BASHIBAZHOUKS. SEE IT.
 great movie September 3, 2007
Carolyn Sariego (Oakville, Wa USA)
sorry to say that the vhs movie did not work in 3 of my machines. The tracking was off. Had to ship back to vendor.
The Four Feathers May 14, 2007
Richard A. Harriott (Columbus, Oh USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
A fairly good version, although rather stilted in execution. The best of the remakes is the Alexander Korda production starring Anthony Steele and re-titled, "Storm Over the Nile", which, unfortunately, is not available. RH
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