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| Director: John Huston
Actors: Theodore Bikel, Humphrey Bogart, Walter Gotell, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Marner
Studio: Castaway Pictures
Category: DVD
List Price: $16.98
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Rating:  53 reviews
Sales Rank: 822
Format: Color, Dvd, Import, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 0
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 105 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 4897007031085
ASIN: B000GJ2882
Theatrical Release Date: 1951
Release Date: October 31, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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 AFRICAN QUEEN, where art thou in a US edition? July 4, 2009
Norm de Plume (North Hollywood, CA USA)
I wish someone could explain why THE AFRICAN QUEEN has had no DVD release in the US. The last version I got was a laser disc commemorative box from CBS/FOX 1993. In Technicolor, perfectly good. What's the problem? Copyright issues? As I recall, it was a loooonnnngg time coming to laser disc as well. My rating is for the film, not the import edition - can't review that because I am waiting for a US DVD.
Just one of John Huston's great films, but one of the best June 30, 2009
Dennis Littrell (SoCal)
There are three primary reasons you might want to see this old black and white classic.
First it is a beautiful and touching love story. Strait-laced teetotaler (and maiden sister of a preacher) Rose Sayer (Katharine Hepburn) meets a kind of ordinary joe who is a handyman deluxe sort of guy, Charlie Allnut (Humphrey Bogart) a man who is a bit crude and likes to swill his gin. They're in the middle of Africa during the Great War. Her brother has been killed, the Germans have the natives where they want them and, well, Charlie has an old river boat and offers to give the high-toned woman a ride.
There is nothing quite like the sparks that fly from opposite poles. And yes, opposites do attract, but of course it takes them awhile to feel the magnetic force. The beautiful thing about this love story is how Charlie proves his mettle and wins her heart--a heart never won before--by sheer gumption and by finding the courage he never knew he had--egged on and inspired by her relentless strength of character. The moment that she realizes, despite all the differences between them, that she loves him is beautifully and exactingly captured by John Huston's superb direction.
The second reason to see this cinematic masterwork is the performance by Katherine Hepburn. She has given many outstanding performances; there is hardly an actor anywhere held in higher esteem, nor one who has had a more lasting and admired career. I have seen many of her movies but never have I seen her better. She is just perfect for the part and delivers every line with style and a deep understanding of her character. She allows us to understand that Rose's crazy, naive beliefs about what is possible infect Charlie to the extent that he becomes something more than himself, and it is that self that she falls madly in love with.
The third reason is the inspired performance by Humphrey Bogart. This is not the usual worldly-wise, tough guy that Bogart usually plays. Instead he is an ordinary, though pragmatic joe who knows his limitations. He didn't last this long as a self-styled river boat captain without taking certain precautions in what he would venture and what he would not. Yet, so taken with the relative status and the exquisite high-toned righteousness of Miss Rose Sayer, he is able to do things that ordinarily he wouldn't try. And when she falls in love with him, he is amply rewarded, and the audience loves it.
I should add that shots of the boat, the African Queen, and of the animals along the river and in the river seemed authentic and atmospherically perfect even though I've seen a couple hundred much more modern African nature videos.
By the way, this movie contains the famous quote, spoken by Miss Hepburn: "Human nature, Mr. Allnut, is what we were put on this earth to rise above."
One more thing to add: the movie was adapted by C.S. Forester and James Agee from Forester's novel. Those are two of the best writers to ever work a Hollywood screenplay, and it shows. The dialogue and the development of character and story are exquisitely done so that one is lost in the events and only returns to the real world when the movie ends.
Truly, they don't make them like this anymore.
Great Seller June 25, 2009
Branbdon R. Dill (California)
The item was promptly shipped and arrived exactly as it had been represented by the seller.
 NOT EXCITING. June 5, 2009
TOKYO JO
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
HUMPHEY BOGART IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ACTORS AND HIS ACTING IN THIS MOVIE IS SUPERB AS USUAL. THE MOVIE AS A WHOLE IS CORNY AND UNREALISTIC. NO DOUBT, IT WILL APPEAL TO SOME PEOPLE. A 12 OLD CHILD, A PERSON WHO DOES NOT WANT TO GET SCARED, A PERSON THAT WANTS TO LAUGH.
 Bad - Subtitles April 27, 2009
Erik Wiedenman (NC, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was led to this product by a title search in Amazon. When I receieved & opened it I discovered that it was a subtitled version for Chinese. The subtitles can't be turned off & are very distracting. To add insult to injury, it is badly subtitled, with wording that is clearly wrong.
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