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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Michael Curtiz |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 28 December, 1935 |
| MANUFACTURER: | MGM (Warner) |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Action / Adventure, Feature Film-action/Adventure, Movie |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616147035 |
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Customer Reviews of Captain Blood
Wow Its hard to say enough good things about this movie. I have so many favorite Flynn pictures, Robin Hood, They Died With Their Boots On, it is impossible to know if this is my favorite. I also love The Sea Hawk, so I am not even sure it is my favorite of his pirate movies. Flynn is teamed again with Olivia de Havilland, who is always perfect for him. I think she does a wonderful job, though I prefer the teaming in They Died With Their Boots on. Captain Blood is an English doctor who get caught up in an English civil war and is unjustly imprisoned and sold into slavery. He manages to escape and turns to a life of piracy. There are enough twists and turns to keep it fun, and tons of great battles and swordplay. This is a gem.
Errol Flynn, Errol Flynn
Feared by the bad, loved by the good: Captain Blood, Captain Blood. With his band of men. The man that every boy with his heart in the right place would want to be. Incomparably dashing, handsome, noble, skilled with wit and sword, athletic, generous, tender and brave. He'll right every wrong, stand up for freedom and justice, save a fair maiden, scorn riches and puncture villains. Sigh. Why isn't there anyone like him these days ?
The Film that Made Errol Flynn a Star
This was Errol Flynn's first big film, and he is dazzling in it. Michael Curtiz and MGM were not able to get the actors they wanted for the part of Captain Blood (at the top of the list was Robert Donat), and took an enormous risk in hiring this unknown, inexperienced young man, as the star of the film. The results are fantastic, and "Captain Blood" was a huge success, and is perhaps the best swashbuckler ever made. Olivia de Havilland had only played minor roles before her part as Arabella, the niece of the evil Col. Bishop (Lionel Atwill), and this film also established her career. She is sweet and lovely, and the scene where Blood and Arabella finally confess their love for one another is unforgettable. They make a gorgeous pair, and were to make 7 more films together.
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>The plot centers around a doctor (Blood), who is unfairly sentenced by a corrupt judge for being "a rebel against the king". His life is spared, and he is sent to Port Royal, Jamaica, to be sold as a slave, and after escaping, piracy becomes his only means of existence. "And thus Captain Blood began his piracy...with a ship, a handful of men, and a brain." Basil Rathbone is marvelous as the bad guy Captain Levasseur, and the swordplay on a rocky shore between Blood and Levasseur (Laguna Beach substituting for Jamaica) is superb. Others in the supporting cast include J. Carrol Naish and Guy Kibbee.
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>With fast paced direction by Curtiz, a stupendous debut film score by classical composer Erich Wolfgang Korngold, and cinematography by Hal Mohr, with clever use of miniatures in the seafaring scenes, this film will stand the test of time for generations to come. Nominated by the Academy for Best Picture and Sound, total running time is 120 minutes. DVD extras include an interesting featurette, with commentary by film historian Robert Osborne, among others.
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