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February 10, 2004 "Please retry" | — | 1 |
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Genre | Drama, War, Drama Classic |
Format | Multiple Formats, NTSC, Dubbed, Subtitled, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, Collector's Edition See more |
Contributor | May Wynn, E.G. Marshall, Stanley Kramer Co., Inc., Jose Ferrer, Stanley Kramer, Van Johnson, Tom Tully, Edward Dmytryk, Humphrey Bogart, Fred MacMurray, Robert Francis See more |
Language | English, French |
Runtime | 2 hours and 5 minutes |
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Nominated for seven Academy Awards® in 1954, including Best Picture and Best Actor, THE CAINE MUTINY is a classic film about the unstable Captain Queeg (Humphrey Bogart) and his tumultuous command of an old minesweeper and her weary crew. On the high seas during the dramatic battles of World War II, Queeg’s by-the-book approach pushes his crew and his popular second-in-command, Lt. Maryk (Van Johnson), to the breaking point. After a series of questionable orders, Maryk confronts Queeg when he orders the ship directly into the path of a deadly typhoon. Maryk invokes naval code and relieves Queeg of his command, forcing the crew to mutiny. Once safely back in port, Maryk is court-martialed for treason, setting off a tense trial that exposes the true state of Queeg’s mind. Nominated for Best Actor, Humphrey Bogart gives a searing performance as he is systematically broken down in this classic tale of military conduct in a time of war.
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Humphrey Bogart is heartbreaking as the tragic Captain Queeg in this 1954 film, based on a novel by Herman Wouk, about a mutiny aboard a navy ship during World War II. Stripped of his authority by two officers under his command (played by Van Johnson and Robert Francis) during a devastating storm, Queeg becomes a crucial witness at a court martial that reveals as much about the invisible injuries of war as anything. Edward Dmytryk (Murder My Sweet, Raintree County) directs the action scenes with a sure hand and nudges his all-male cast toward some of the most well-defined characters of 1950s cinema. The courtroom scenes alone have become the basis for a stage play (and a television movie in 1988), but it is a more satisfying experience to see the entire story in context. --Tom Keogh
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Special features on The Caine Mutiny (Collector's Edition) are dominated by a fascinating, two-part documentary, Inside The Caine Mutiny. Guest speakers--including Richard Pena from the Film Society of Lincoln Center and writer-producer Ken Bowser--recall how The Caine Mutiny's producer, Stanley Kramer, was in the vanguard of a new breed of independent filmmaker working on a contract basis with the aging studio system. Kramer had been losing money for Columbia's irascible, longtime head, Harry Cohn, but proved very profitable on Caine, making up for other losses. More important, Kramer--whose overall career receives some valuable commentary here--proved prescient in his choice of material. He picked up rights to Herman Wouk's novel of Caine while reviews of the book were coming in mixed, and long before the story would pick up some major prizes down the line. Still, there were obstacles ahead, especially from the U.S. Navy, which didn't want to participate in a tale about a fictional mutiny. There's also a lot of discussion about the film's strong casting, especially Humphrey Bogart in a bluntly honest yet sympathetic performance, Van Johnson taking a marvelous break from light comedy, Jose Ferrer in a memorable role as a Navy attorney, and Fred MacMurray playing against type as a disaffected intellectual. Some very interesting comments are made about the film's director, Edward Dmytryk, a once-blacklisted talent who became a friendly witness during the U.S. governments witch hunt for suspected Communists in entertainment, and whose films reflect that change in stance from the 1940s to the 1950s. --Tom Keogh
Product details
- Aspect Ratio : 1.85:1
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : NR (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 2.56 ounces
- Item model number : 43396163249
- Director : Edward Dmytryk
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, NTSC, Dubbed, Subtitled, Closed-captioned, Color, Widescreen, Collector's Edition
- Run time : 2 hours and 5 minutes
- Release date : May 8, 2007
- Actors : Humphrey Bogart, Jose Ferrer, Van Johnson, Fred MacMurray, Robert Francis
- Dubbed: : French
- Subtitles: : English, French
- Producers : Stanley Kramer
- Language : Unqualified, French, English
- Studio : Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- ASIN : B000MGTQ7K
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #9,344 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #113 in Military & War (Movies & TV)
- #844 in Kids & Family DVDs
- #962 in Action & Adventure DVDs
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Anyway, The Caine Mutiny was made at the tail end of the "movie star era", so there's a danger of being dazzled by the "Boggie aura" and not being objective about the actions of the troubled Capt.Queeg, or even noticing the good job Bogart does in the role.
Fred McMurray too, has a powerful screen presence and he plays the devious Lt. Tom Keefer with a darkness not seen since his Walter Neff in "Double Indenity;" a complete contrast to his fatherly, "My Three Sons" personae. Yet McMurray's "star appeal" can also obscure his "thinking preformance" - he clearly lets you read every "shifty" thought on Keefer's face. Keefer only verbalises his true colors (no pun) when he "'fesses up" to a "yellow streak 10 miles wide," after Maryk corners him into seeing Admiral Halsey about Queeg.
There is an interesting association with cowardice and the color yellow here; we have Queeg, throwing the yellow dye marker in panic and running from duty and Keefer's calculating, "too smart to be brave" yellow as he runs from responsibility - who then, is the true coward and why?
Van Johnson is on "safe" ground; Lt. Steve Maryk, is an extension of his own affable, fair minded self, a qualilty that prevents him from understanding that Keefer's duplicity and deflected hatred of the Navy will make him legally culpable of mutiny.
José Ferrer is a commanding screen presence at any time, and he makes Lt. Barney Greenwald seem to have been there for the entire picture. Ferrer plays his final scene with intimidating indignation - he has been drinking he says, to assuage "his guilty conscience" and we learn for the first time of his dilemma in defending Maryk.
Still you can put meditations on the complexities of human nature aside if you want and take "The Caine Mutiny" as pure wartime action, but you'd miss the little payoffs. It took me a long time, for example, to notice one small give-away detail; the dismissal of Comdr. DeVriess (Tom Tully) as a "slack" commanding officer by the rather affectless Robert Francis as Ens. Willis Seward Keith. The J.G.'s assessment seemed valid enough - until I noticed DeVriess timing Maryk's, perfomance on the paravanes with a stop-watch!
DeVriess had the maturity and experience to know how and when to get the best out of his command, but he will not push his "tired crew" and "beaten up tub that ought to be melted down for razor blades," beyond their frayed limits. A "slack" commander, Willie? Sometimes you just have to trust the captain to steer the right course, even if you don't!
The moral complexity of the mutiny on the Caine is further complicated by Queeg's honesty and humility in seeking "constructive loyalty" from his officers after the "yellow stain" incident. His officers' rejection of his plea raises questions about subordination to lawful authority.
Greenwald carefully avoids these explosive issues in the court-martial, but not so with Keefer at the "joyful celebration." He elicits support from Maryk, "You're an honest man, Steve. Tell me, do you think it would have necessary for you to have taken command if you'd given Queeg the loyalty and support he deserved?" ~ (powerful stuff.)
The Caine Mutiny is great war film: good to see it out on DVD. Also the commentary track and the extra features have a lot on interesting information on the problems in Hollywood with falling ticket sales and the reasons why war films were popular at the time.
THe two extras on the blacklist and especially about Edward Dmytryk, the only one of the Hollywood 10 who eventually "named names," were interesting as well as references to Elia Kazan and his use of Terry Malloy in "On the Waterfront" to justify his own testemony before HUAC.
The men and women in this movie were well-rounded, self-deceptive about their own motivations (as are we all), fragile, complicated, brave, cowardly. I felt more human after watching it! Thank you, Herman Wouk!
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本作の紹介はモノクロ写真が多いが、紛れもなくカラー作品で、残念ながらDVDには日本語吹替はないが、ハンフリー・ボガートの肉声を訊かない手はない。
ストーリーは米国海軍老朽掃海艦ケイン号で、クイーグ艦長とマリク副長ら乗組員との間の不協和が高じて、太平洋上の暴風雨の夜に判断力を喪失した艦長からの権限剥奪と言う、反乱行為にも取られかねない事件の顛末を描いたもの。
本当は訓練士官ウィリー・キースが主役で、メインは彼が海軍の男に成長する過程を追っており、彼が理想とする軍への価値観が一皮剥けるイベントがこの反乱事件と言う設定だ。
全編は大きく三章に分かれ、それぞれ違った楽しみ方が出来る。第一章が前任艦長デブリース少佐による荒くれ放任型の艦統率、第二章が新任クリーグ少佐による規律重視のガチガチ型の艦統率による混乱と反乱、そして第三章がその反乱容疑への特別軍事法廷だ。
偏執症に苛まれたボガートの圧倒的演技と、士官達の緊迫感が交錯する中盤は特に目が話せない。自分の命を預けるボスなだけに乗組員達の苦悩が良く解る。
軍事法廷では副長側弁護役のホセ・フェラー演じるグリーンウォルド大尉と、艦長側検査官のE・G・マーシャル演じるチャーリー大尉との論戦がスリリングだ。特にマーシャルは映画「12人の怒れる男」で冷静な論陣を張ってヘンリー・フォンダを散々に苦しめた証券ブローカー役で、その鋭利な風貌だけでも抜群のラスボス感だ。
メインテーマである「強い組織とは何か」「男が惚れる男の条件」「トップの孤独と猜疑心」「組織崩壊の生々しいメカニズム」等は、現代企業に其のまま当て嵌まる。遡ること65年前、マネジメント理論を説いた戦争ドラマが既に存在していた事が驚きだ。
ボガート艦長や裏切り者を反面教師にしての戒めや、デブリース艦長やマリク副長からの示唆は、組織人で有る限り一生涯忘れないだろう。腹に響く本当の良作に出逢えました。