tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54898802104195890152024-02-08T01:20:19.152+00:00The Adventure Films PodcastGaren Ewing and Murray Ewing venture into the perilous world of Adventure Films! In each podcast we explore one of ten classic adventure films to discover what makes it so thrilling, compelling, and adventurous!Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-46785703930251122252021-02-20T00:05:00.003+00:002021-02-20T00:31:33.978+00:00War Film 10: The Bridge On the River Kwai (1957)For our final podcast in the <i>War Films</i> series, we turn to David Lean's WWII prisoner of war drama set in Burma in 1943. Starring Alec Guinness, William Holden, Jack Hawkins and Sessue Hayakawa, the film was based on the novel by French author Pierre Boulle and was produced by Sam Spiegel. It won seven Oscars, four British Academy Film Awards, and three Golden Globes. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (32.7 MB, 1 hour 17 mins).
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Recorded Sunday 14 February 2021, edited by Murray Ewing.Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-25606893011838903062018-07-22T16:59:00.001+01:002020-01-02T14:52:53.302+00:00War Film 9: Kagemusha (1980)In the Japanese Sengoku period, a diminishing number of daimyos battle to see who will unite the country and become Shogun. The Takeda clan is headed by the immoveable Shingen, fighting the combined forces of Nobunaga and Tokugawa. When Shingen is mortally wounded, his generals bring in a double - a <i>kagemusha</i> - to keep the clan from collapsing and their enemies on their toes. A magnificent return to form for the emperor of film, Akira Kurosawa, with Tatsuya Nakadai taking on the roles of the feared Takeda daimyo and his low-caste double. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (27.4MB, 1 hour 15 mins).<br />
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Recorded Monday 16 July 2018, edited by Garen Ewing.<br />
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Purchase the film from Amazon UK: Downfall | <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Kagemusha-Blu-ray-Region-Tatsuya-Nakadai/dp/B00FYPI148/" target="_blank">Blu Ray</a> | <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00AHHVQL8/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00AHHVQL8&linkCode=as2&tag=thesecondangl-21" target="_blank">DVD</a> | (1980).Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-47432080853243034952018-04-11T22:42:00.000+01:002018-04-14T23:12:58.414+01:00War Film 8: Downfall (Der Untergang, 2004)In the final days of the Third Reich, Hitler rants and raves in the confines of his bunker while his Generals get ever more desperate and the Soviet army closes in. Partially based on the memoirs of one of Hitler's secretaries, Traudl Junge, Bruno Ganz turns in a weighty performance as one of the last century's most devastating figures in this bleak look at the fall of Nazism, and of Berlin, from German director Oliver Hirschbiegel. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (29.9MB, 1 hour 12 mins).<br />
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Recorded Sunday 8 April 2018, edited by Murray Ewing.<br />
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<i>Notes and Errata:</i> The Battle of Berlin saw the Russians enter the city with about 6,250 tanks, though they had around 20,000 in the vicinity; the Germans ended up with just 40 battle-ready tanks to use in the suburbs. An information board was put up at the site of the bunker in the lead-up to the 2006 World Cup, hosted by Germany. The scene where General Krebs tries to make a deal with the Russians was with General Chuikov, not Marshal Zhukov. Downfall didn’t win an Oscar but was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film in 2005 (won by The Sea Inside). The other actor I was trying to remember in, um, Remember (2015) was Martin Landau.<br />
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Recorded Monday 30 May 2016, edited by Murray Ewing.<br />
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<i>Notes and Errata:</i> The Geneva Convention came into force in 1931, so was in effect during WWII. 'I Was Monty's Double' was a real-life account written by M. E. Clifton James and published in 1954; it was adapted into a film in 1958 and included a scene at the end where the Germans attempt to kidnap the false Monty.<br />
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Purchase the DVD from Amazon UK: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00004R82V/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00004R82V&linkCode=as2&tag=thesecondangl-21">The Eagle Has Landed</a> (1976).Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-36829986624419342192016-04-09T01:12:00.002+01:002018-04-14T23:15:11.291+01:00War Film 6: Zulu (1964)Detailing one of the outstanding small actions of the Nineteenth Century, <i>Zulu</i> tells the story of the small band of British soldiers who defended the mission outpost of Rorke's Drift against up to 4000 Zulu warriors. Starring Stanley Baker, Michael Caine and Jack Hawkins, it's a timeless favourite - "with some guts behind it". Click the image below to listen to the podcast (27.5MB, 1 hour 16 mins).<br />
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Recorded Saturday 2 Apr 2016, edited by Garen Ewing.<br />
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<i>Notes & Errata:</i> First Boer War, 1880-81; Second Boer War, 1899-1902. And how could we forget ... "Don't throw those bloody spears at me!" was from <i><a href="http://adventurefilmspodcast.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/adventure-film-2-man-who-would-be-king.html">The Man Who Would Be King</a>.</i><br />
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Recorded Saturday 16 January 2016, edited by Garen Ewing.<br />
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Recorded Sunday 8 Feb 2015, edited by Garen Ewing (with apologies for the delay!)<br />
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Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-22540259854761992112014-09-20T23:05:00.002+01:002018-04-14T23:19:30.915+01:00War film 1: The Guns of Navarone (1961)<div style="background-color: white; color: #2d2d2d; font-weight: normal; margin: 0.75em 0px 0px; position: relative;">
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Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-52975498810063879922014-09-06T23:25:00.000+01:002014-09-07T22:16:29.715+01:00The War Films PodcastBack in 2011 my brother Murray and I spent several months discussing ten favourite adventure films (you can still listen to them from <a href="http://adventurefilmspodcast.blogspot.co.uk/search/label/Adventure">this blog</a>). Recently we decided to tackle another category, considering several and eventually settling on war films.<br />
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<i>It Happened Here (1964) : Zulu (1964)</i></div>
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<i>The Eagle Has Landed (1976) : Downfall (2004)</i></div>
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<i>Kagemusha (1980) : The Bridge On The River Kwai (1957)</i></div>
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Because I (Garen) chose the ten adventure films, I gave Murray preference over the category this time. I really thought he'd go for horror, SF or fantasy; I also suggested martial arts and war, and he surprised me by opting for war, partially because it's not something either of us have looked into that much - which is sort of why we're doing it.<br />
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Most of the films have come from my collection as I am something of war film fan. It was difficult to choose ten and leave out some other favourites (<i>The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, Ill Met By Moonlight, Saving Private Ryan, The Four Feathers, The Great Escape, Tora Tora Tora!, Where Eagles Dare ...</i>). We were quite strict with our definition of the genre, initially also considering films such as <i>Casablanca</i> and <i>Starship Troopers</i> but deciding a narrower definition would limit our already-numerous options.<br />
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As before there'll be no regular schedule for these - watch me on <a href="https://twitter.com/garenewing">Twitter</a> for announcements - but the first one should appear within two or three weeks, and then whenever we're able from then on. I hope you'll tune in!Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-26165262603695426752011-12-20T12:54:00.001+00:002016-01-24T18:05:42.393+00:00Adventure film 10: The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)Our quest to examine ten classic adventure films reaches its conclusion with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071569/">The Golden Voyage of Sinbad</a> (1974), Ray Harryhausen's fantasy epic starring John Phillip Law, Tom Baker, Caroline Munro, and the six-armed goddess of death and destruction, Kali. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (25.6 MB, 1 hour 10 mins).<br />
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Recorded Monday 12 December 2011, edited by Murray Ewing.<br />
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<i>Notes & Errata:</i> Tom Baker's merchant seaman card is reproduced on page 341 of <i>Tracing Your Ancestors in the Public Record Office</i> (2002) by Amanda Bevan; he was discharged from service in 1958. Hammer's Rasputin film was <i>Rasputin the Mad Monk</i> (1966), starring Christopher Lee as Rasputin. The 'Sinbad vs. Dinosaurs' film Harryausen worked up the concept for was titled <i>King of the Geniis</i> (1970). The 1970s <i>Thief of Baghdad</i> was a made-for-TV production from 1978 (though we definitely saw it at the cinema!), it starred Roddy McDowall and also featured Terence Stamp, Ian Holm and Peter Ustinov. In his <i>Film Fantasy Scrapbook</i> (1989) Harryhausen describes the Kali statue as an eight-foot bronze statue (just thought I'd mention it :-))<br />
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Recorded Sunday 20 November 2011, edited by Murray Ewing.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Notes & Errata:</span> The Hammer version of <i>She</i> was 1965. <i>She</i> was indeed the first film to use the newly designed Hammond organ in its musical score (from an interview with composer John Morgan). Rider Haggard's <i>King Solomon's Mines</i> was published in 1885, two years before <i>She</i>. The dance director for <i>She</i> was Benjamin Zemach. In the book Kallikrates is married to Amenartas. A sabre-toothed tiger appeared in Ray Harryhausen's <i>Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger</i> (1977). Kay Nielsen was Danish.<br />
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Purchase the DVD from Amazon UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002DFE0C4/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=rainboworchid-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B002DFE0C4">She</a> (1935)Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-16824639628371648952011-09-08T09:55:00.000+01:002016-01-24T18:06:05.708+00:00Adventure film 8: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)The definitive adventure film for a generation, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082971/">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a> (1981) spawned a prequel, two sequels and a television series. Harrison Ford stars as Indiana Jones alongside Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies and Denholm Elliot. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (26.2 MB, 1 hour 12 mins).<br />
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Recorded Monday 29 August 2011, edited by Murray Ewing.
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Notes & Errata:</span> <i>Romancing the Stone</i> was released in 1984. The Richard Chamberlain <i>King Solomon's Mines</i> was released in 1985 and <i>Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold</i> was released in 1986.<br />
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Purchase the DVD from Amazon UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B0014CDVEU/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=rainboworchid-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B0014CDVEU">Raiders of the Lost Ark</a> (1981)Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-29240759034791323192011-08-15T14:53:00.008+01:002016-01-24T18:06:16.798+00:00Adventure film 7: Lost Horizon (1937)"Let's hope we all find our Shangri-La" ... so goes the closing thought of Frank Capra's <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0029162/">Lost Horizon</a> (1937) – a beautifully shot adaptation of James Hilton's 1933 lost world novel starring Ronald Coleman, Jane Wyatt, John Howard, H. B. Warner, Edward Everett Horton and Thomas Mitchell. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (25.7 MB, 1 hour 10 mins).
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Recorded Saturday 13 August 2011, edited by Murray Ewing.
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Notes & Errata:</span> The composer whose music is played on the ship and who Conway met a student of is Chopin (I said I thought it began with an 'o', recalling the dominant sound, I suppose). The book 'Stones of Enchantment' by Wyndham Martyn was published in 1948.
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Recorded Sunday 24 July 2011, edited by Murray Ewing.
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Purchase the DVD from Amazon UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002KAIVSG/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=rainboworchid-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B002KAIVSG">Time Bandits (1981).</a>Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-74967625759678759472011-07-20T12:29:00.005+01:002016-01-24T18:06:40.532+00:00Adventure film 5: Lawrence of Arabia (1962)Something a little different - biopic, history, politics - with David Lean's cinema classic, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056172/">Lawrence of Arabia</a>, starring Peter O'Toole, Omar Sharif, Anthonies Quinn and Quayle, and Jack Hawkins. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (30.5 MB, 1 hour 24 mins).<br />
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Recorded Sunday 17 July 2011, edited by Murray Ewing.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Notes & Errata:</span> Just to confirm two facts I mentioned but felt unsure about - I was correct that the Prime Minister was David Lloyd George when Lawrence was an advisor to Churchill (in 1921), and the US did indeed enter WWI in 1917.<br />
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Purchase the DVD from Amazon UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000053W4R/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=rainboworchid-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000053W4R">Lawrence of Arabia (1962).</a>Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-9764475560298579512011-07-01T02:13:00.014+01:002016-01-24T18:07:06.845+00:00Adventure film 4: The Hidden Fortress (1958)Master of Japanese film Akira Kurosawa gives us our fourth adventure film with the "100% entertainment" of <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051808/">The Hidden Fortress</a> (1958), starring Toshiro Mifune, Misa Uehara, Minoru Chiaki and Kamatari Fujiwara. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (23.8 MB, 1 hour 5 mins).<br />
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Recorded Sunday 26 June 2011, edited by Murray Ewing.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Notes & Errata:</span> Rashomon won the Venice Film Festival Golden Lion in 1951.<br />
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Purchase the DVD from Amazon UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B000060NZA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=rainboworchid-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B000060NZA">The Hidden Fortress (1958).</a>Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-47712546937659243612011-06-16T16:39:00.007+01:002016-01-24T18:07:17.213+00:00Adventure film 3: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)John Huston makes his second appearance in our ten adventure films with <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040897/">The Treasure of the Sierra Madre</a> (1948), based on the novel by B. Traven and starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (23.2 MB, 1 hour 3 mins).<br />
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<a href="http://www.garenewing.co.uk/podcasts/adventure_films/AdventureFilms_03_Sierramadre.mp3"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5627276253817465474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_3pa4-43vBDlaHIha1st56_mtY1ESZRMt1ic6Pez5x6FQxWGeqmchN_cEKhiUMNikrernK2fF0L-T50mpIymEBZDOTWeyZwWg6-urhKOmP1Q9TNYJB-gXkGZzhBEcflhxkoOOfW9e29g8/s320/PodcastGraphic_03.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 320px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 320px;" /></a><br />
Recorded Sunday 12 June 2011, edited by Murray Ewing.<br />
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Purchase the DVD from Amazon UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B002L7O812/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=rainboworchid-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B002L7O812">The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948).</a>Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-46631069378304288292011-06-07T09:18:00.002+01:002018-04-14T23:20:46.742+01:00Adventure film 2: The Man Who Would Be King (1975)In this episode we talk about the 1975 John Huston film, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073341/">The Man Who Would Be King</a>, based on the short story by Rudyard Kipling. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (27.1 MB, 1 hour 15 mins).<br />
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Recorded Monday 30 May 2011, edited by Murray Ewing.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Notes & Errata</span>: 'A Touch of Zen' began filming in 1969 but wasn't completed until 1971, with 1971 being the release date.<br />
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Purchase the DVD from Amazon UK: <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00006JY3M/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=rainboworchid-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=19450&creativeASIN=B00006JY3M">The Man Who Would Be King (1975).</a>Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5489880210419589015.post-65553928592719479772011-05-31T11:49:00.001+01:002016-01-24T18:07:41.256+00:00Adventure film 1: King Kong (1933)An hour's discussion of the 1933 RKO classic, <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024216/">King Kong</a>. Click the image below to listen to the podcast (21.8 MB, 1 hour).<br />
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Recorded Sunday 8 May 2011, edited by Murray Ewing.<br />
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<span style="font-style: italic;">Notes & Errata</span>: Merian C. Cooper's direction and production partner was Ernest B. Schoedsack and Ernest's wife, the scriptwriter, was Ruth Rose. The name of the other Kong-descendant film I couldn't remember that involved Ray Harryhausen was <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty_Joe_Young_(1949_film)">Mighty Joe Young</a> (another Cooper/O'Brien collaboration).<br />
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<i><img border="0" src="https://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/blog/imagebank/adventureFilms_01.jpg" /><br />King Kong (1933) : The Man Who Would Be King (1975)<br /><img border="0" src="https://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/blog/imagebank/adventureFilms_02.jpg" /><br />The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) : Hidden Fortress (1958)<br /><img border="0" src="https://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/blog/imagebank/adventureFilms_03.jpg" /><br />Lawrence of Arabia (1962) : Time Bandits (1981)<br /><img border="0" src="https://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/blog/imagebank/adventureFilms_04.jpg" /><br />Lost Horizon (1937) : Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)<br /><img border="0" src="https://www.garenewing.co.uk/rainboworchid/blog/imagebank/adventureFilms_05.jpg" /><br />She (1935) : The Golden Voyage of Sinbad (1974)</i></center>
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I have a very specific definition for what I term an 'adventure film', though I must say it's a definition that is rather fuzzy round the edges, and I find it difficult to pin down in words. It's got something to do with having to go on a journey, maybe a quest of some kind, and it's got something to do with starting out in the ordinary and being led off into the extraordinary. It may also have something to do with genre to some degree - <i>The Lord of the Rings</i> trilogy are definitely adventure films, but I don't quite categorise them as such due to the fact they take place in a fantasy world. Likewise, <i>The Guns of Navarone</i> or <i>A Bridge Too Far</i> are adventure films but, for me, the category of 'war film' trumps the category of 'adventure film'.<br />
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If you have any suggestions for good adventure films, please do let us know!Garenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15235615048579159984noreply@blogger.com0