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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Michael Curtiz |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 01 July, 1940 |
| MANUFACTURER: | MGM (Warner) |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, EP, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Action / Adventure, Drama, Feature Film-action/Adventure, Movie |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 027616734730 |
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Customer Reviews of Sea Hawk (1940)
Best of the Flynn Swashbucklers This was the last of the Errol Flynn swashbucklers that began with CAPTAIN BLOOD. In my mind, it is also the best of them. <
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>Flynn plays captain Geoffrey Thorpe, an English privateer under the reign of Elizabeth I. His mission is the liberate Spanish treasure and English prisoners held as slaves on Spanish galleys and galleases. It anyone's guess which he prefers but the whole situation is sticky since England and Spain are not at war. The Armada is still a few years in the future. Many English seaman are sure that it is coming but are having trouble making Her Majesty believe it really will be used against England. <
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>Court intrigue plays its part. One of the Queen's ministers is a traitor in the service of Spain. He is doing everything he can to thwart the work of the Sea Hawks, the privateers that serve in place of a navy. Claude Raines plays the Spanish ambassador and does a great job of playing something other than a one dimensional villain. He has his good points as well. One of these is his niece, played by Brenda Marshall. She is Flynn's love interest and is a nice replacement for Olivia DeHaviland. Alan Hale plays the sidekick as is obligatory in any Flynn movie. <
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>All of the supporting cast is, however, just support. This film is a vehicle for Flynn to show off, be daring, get the girl and play the hero. He never takes himself too seriously and that just lends to the air of fun. He is a rakish and roguish character that everyone can appreciate. <
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>One of the nice things about this one is that by the time it was made, Flynn had learned how to fence. The action sequences are some of the best he ever shot and the cinematography of them is splendid as well. The image of the two swordsmen slashing their way across the throne room as their shadows engage in the same but larger than life duel on the wall is one of the great scenes out of Hollywood. <
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>This DVD has some nice extra features on it. It contains the original newsreel, cartoon and short subject that the original film were released with. It also has a nice restrospective of the SEA HAWK. It's a nice package all around. <
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In Magnificent Black and White!
A true swashbuckler, with all the necessary elements - slavery, abeautiful woman who gets seduced by goodness, the best swordsman in all England and the Seven Seas! All in glorious B&W!
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>And all of the necessary cliche's: Swinging on ropes to borad the enemy ships; the betrayal by a royal insider, the escape, and one of the best sword fights ever filmed!
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>Hooray for Michael Curtiz!
The Sea Hawk
Along with "Captain Blood" (1935), this is the quintessential Errol Flynn swashbuckler: a good old-fashioned sword-fest, with plenty of intrigue and derring-do. Joined by character players Claude Rains, Donald Crisp and Flora Robson (superb as the Queen), "Hawk" remains an exhilarating experience, with a lusty Erich Korngold score and incredible sets (two full-size ship replicas were built for the production). Bracing as the sea air.