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The chief rap against Objective, Burma! (of concern mainly to British observers) is that it suggests that only U.S. forces contested the Japanese in the jungles of Burma. (OK, so it's not the most accurate history lesson.) But that's small beer in view of the movie's bone-chilling portrayal of pain, sacrifice, and endurance. The jungle atmosphere is so persuasive, you'd swear it was shot on the actual locations (though in fact Walsh effectively reworked many of the same situations in Distant Drums, a sort-of Western about the Seminole War, six years later). You'll never forget the terrifying last dark night on a mountainside--or the crocodiles.... Flynn is excellent (he had given his best performance ever in Walsh's Gentleman Jim three years earlier), and he's backed by a solid cast including Henry Hull (as an aging war correspondent), James Brown, William Prince, George Tobias, and Stephen Richards (soon to change his name to Mark Stevens). Incidentally, two of the writers, Alvah Bessie and Lester Cole, were later blacklisted; see if you can spot any Commie propaganda. --Richard T. Jameson
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Raoul Walsh |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 17 February, 1945 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, Original recording reissued, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Drama, Feature Film-action/Adventure, Movie |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 012569525030 |
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Errol Flynn at his best Sure, as other reviewers have pointed out, this isn't a true story, and it doen't claim to be; as clearly stated by the producers at the start. It does depict, however, the very difficult terrain in which one had to fight any enemy in pure rain forest jungle, especially if it's in their backyard; visabilty - very limited; progress - very slow and laboured; disorientation; waterborn diseases; insects; difficulty of receiving essential supplies etc., etc. <
>There's a lot to like; the Franz Waxman score from the credits onwards gives just the "right feel", Raoul Walsh's direction provides just the right amount of emotion, sentiment and action that is appropiate for each and every scene; and he most certainly exploted the acting talents of Errol Flynn to draw out Errol's best for whatever part he was playing under Walsh's direction. (It is a great pity that Errol Flynn was very much under rated as an actor, in my opinion, and as a result he didn't get sufficient roles in which he was able to demostrate his abilities; he was essentially type cast as an action hero, romantic lead that looked good if nothing else and nothing could have been further from the truth). <
>The movie grabs you from the beginning and doesn't let up until the end; sure it is long at almost 2 1/2 hours, but not unnecessarily so. It is pure entertainment that was made at the end of WW2; so don't think too much about it, just enjoy. <
>I wonder how long we will have to wait for another actioner WW2 film to come to DVD, Desperate Journey with Errol Flynn, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Coleman, Raymond Massey and Arthur Kennedy; also directed by Raoul Walsh and with this cast you know its great entertainment!
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I remember this picture fondly from my childhood. But it's basically an updated remake of Northwest Passage. Here Japanese replace Indians. And, as partially noted above, it was remade with different settings a couple of times thereafter.
One of Errol Flynn's best roles
I know there has been a lot of criticism of this movie because of it's historical inaccuracies. Keep in mind it was made in Hollywood, which means it's entertainment with an actual non fictional story mixed in. If you want historical accuracy, watch the History Channel.
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>In this film, Flynn shows a wide range of his ability that which he was unfairly never fully respected for. There is a few scenes in it which Flynn shows his sense of humor. For example, when talking to a frightened paratrooper paralyzed by fear on his first jumping mission Flynn asks, "would you like a nice shot of bourbon?" The frigtened GI replies, "YES!" FLynn responds, "So would I". It's a good scene where you see that part of Flynn that always had that glint in his eye and just makes you(me) love him all the more. Also very serious drama in the scene where they discover the torture camps of his friend. Don't miss this one.
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