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In Reply to: RE: Scorcese remastered "El Cid" coming next week posted by DWPC on January 23, 2008 at 11:51:30
the wrongfully maligned Brando film, and "Big Country," were better.
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Peck is really very good in it, plus it has an excellent supporting cast, great cinematography and an iconic score. The fight between Peck and Heston is a classic. While not in a class with Ford's best, Big Country is handsomely mounted, well directed, and terrifically entertaining.I loved Mutiny when I was a kids - I was a big fan of the book - but it hasn't held up as well for me as some others.
I could never learn to love El Cid either, although it's got its merits.
characters of Burl Ives, Charles Bickford, Peck, Chuck Connors, Jean Simmons, and Carroll Baker all were well-drawn and acted.
The cinematography was first-rate.
The score was superb.
The story was "realistic" with tragedy all around.
Very different from Ford's style, yes, but I'd argue it matched Big John's best.
The soundtrack is a classic, too-the main theme is unforgettable.
the score swells... fantastic!
No one's going to defend "El Cid" on acting or dramatic merit, but its heads and shoulders above the rest of Medieval Epic genre in spectacle and cinematic quality. Mann used 70mm very well for dramatic effect. And it has interesting story with some current interest because of the subject.
Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy - WB Yeats
performance which the other two do. Brando and Peck are hard to beat, as well as the great supporting casts.
The only two supporting roles I remember in El Cid are Sophia's right and left boobs.
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