The Fallen Idol / Outcast of the Islands - 2-DVD Set

The Fallen Idol / Outcast of the Islands - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Venice Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
188 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Filmographies
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1948 - 1952 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Carol Reed

Written By:
Graham Greene
Joseph Conrad
William Fairchild

Actors:
Ralph Richardson ..... Baines
Michèle Morgan ..... Julie
Sonia Dresdel ..... Mrs. Baines
Bobby Henrey ..... Phillipe
Denis O'Dea ..... Inspector Crowe
Jack Hawkins ..... Detective Ames
Walter Fitzgerald ..... Dr. Fenton
Dandy Nichols ..... Mrs. Patterson
Joan Young ..... Mrs. Barrow
Karel Stepanek ..... First Secretary
Gerard Heinz ..... Ambassador
Torin Thatcher ..... Policeman
James Hayter ..... Perry
Geoffrey Keen ..... Detective Davis (as Geoffrey Keene)
Bernard Lee ..... Detective Hart
Ralph Richardson ..... Captain Tom Lingard
Trevor Howard ..... Peter Willems
Robert Morley ..... Elmer Almayer
Wendy Hiller ..... Mrs. Almayer
Kerima ..... Aissa
George Coulouris ..... Babalatchi
Wilfrid Hyde-White ..... Vinck (as Wilfred Hyde White)
Frederick Valk ..... Hudig
Betty Ann Davies ..... Mrs. Williams
Dharma Emmanuel ..... Ali
Peter Illing ..... Alagappan
A.V. Bramble ..... Badavi
Annabel Morley ..... Nina Almayer
James Kenney ..... Ramsey
Marne Maitland ..... Mate

Synopsis:

The Fallen Idol (1948) ***English, French audio and Spanish subtitles***
Adapted from the Graham Greene story The Basement Room, director Carol Reed's The Fallen Idol is told almost completely from a child's eye view-but it isn't a children's story.

Outcast of the Islands (1952) ***English audio and Spanish subtitles***
The clash of cultures seen in Outcast of the Islands, is displaced between the Europeans (Trevor Howard plays a Dutchman), Wendy Hillier, Robert Morley and Ralph Richardson. The other, native is occupied by the partially blind Babalatchi (George Coulouris) and Aissa (Kerima) and a multitude of nameless indigenous characters. The opponents to the whites and, to a lesser extent, of the natives are the Arabs, led by Abdullah.

The Fallen Idol (1948) ***English, French audio and Spanish subtitles***
Adapted from the Graham Greene story The Basement Room, director Carol Reed's The Fallen Idol is told almost completely from a child's eye view-but it isn't a children's story. Young Bobby Henrey idolizes household butler Ralph Richardson. Therefore, when it seems as though Richardson might be implicated in a murder, Bobby does his best to throw the police off the track. The boy succeeds only in casting even more suspicion upon Richardson. As the story progresses, Henrey's hero worship is eroded by Richardson's shifty behavior, and even more so when the boy discovers that the butler's boasts of previous heroism are just so much hot air. The ending of the film differs radically from Greene's story. While it would seem that director Reed was merely paying homage to the 'happy ending' philosophy (hardly likely, given the doleful climaxes of such films as Odd Man Out and The Third Man), the director had very solid reasons for altering the story: he was more fascinated by the concept of the boy's imagination nearly sending his idol to the gallows, rather than having the butler entrapped by facts. And though the ending is happy for the boy, the butler's fate is much more nebulous.

Outcast of the Islands (1952) ***English audio and Spanish subtitles***
The clash of cultures seen in Outcast of the Islands, is displaced between the Europeans (Trevor Howard plays a Dutchman), Wendy Hillier, Robert Morley and Ralph Richardson. The other, native is occupied by the partially blind Babalatchi (George Coulouris) and Aissa (Kerima) and a multitude of nameless indigenous characters. The opponents to the whites and, to a lesser extent, of the natives are the Arabs, led by Abdullah. The struggle by all three groups for mastery of the economic opportunities of these territories is crystallised in attempts by Willems, an involuntary exile to satisfy his own needs, who along the way compromises his livelihood.

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