The Americanization of Emily ( Emily )

The Americanization of Emily (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Emily
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
116 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1964 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Arthur Hiller

Written By:
Paddy Chayefsky
William Bradford Huie

Actors:
James Garner ..... Lt. Cmdr. Charles Edward Madison
Julie Andrews ..... Emily Barham
Melvyn Douglas ..... Adm. William Jessup
James Coburn ..... Lt. Cmdr. Paul 'Bus' Cummings
Joyce Grenfell ..... Mrs. Barham
Edward Binns ..... Adm. Thomas Healy
Liz Fraser ..... Sheila
Keenan Wynn ..... Old Sailor
William Windom ..... Capt. Harry Spaulding
John Crawford ..... Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
Douglas Henderson ..... Capt. Marvin Ellender
Edmon Ryan ..... Adm. Hoyle
Steve Franken ..... Young Sailor
Paul Newlan ..... Gen. William Hallerton
Gary Cockrell ..... Lt. Victor Wade

Synopsis:

The lively but somehow slightly distasteful The Americanization of Emily stars James Garner as a WWII naval officer who happens to be a craven coward. While his comrades sail off to their deaths, Garner makes himself scarce, generally hiding out in the London flat of his lothario navy buddy James Coburn. Garner falls in love with virtuous war widow Julie Andrews (the 'Emily' of the title), but she can't abide his yellow streak. Meanwhile, crack-brained admiral Melvyn Douglas decides that he needs a hero--the first man to die on Omaha Beach during the D-Day Invasion. Coburn is at first elected for this sacrifice, but it is the quivering Garner who ends up hitting the beach. He survives to become a hero in spite of himself, winning Andrews in the process. Paddy Chayefsky's script, based on the novel by William Bradford Huie, attempts to extract humor out of the horrors of war by using broad, vulgar comedy instead of the light satirical touch that would seem to be called for. Americanization of Emily was Julie Andrews' second film; it should have led to a steady stream of adult-oriented roles, but the box-office clout of Mary Poppins and The Sound of Music consigned her to 'wholesome family entertainment'.

During the build-up to D-Day in 1944, the British found their island hosting many thousands of American soldiers who were 'oversexed, overpaid, and over here'. That's Charlie Madison exactly; he knows all the angles to make life as smooth and risk-free as possible for himself. But things become complicated when he falls for an English woman, and his commanding officer's nervous breakdown leads to Charlie being sent on a senseless and dangerous mission.

In wartime London, the aide to an American admiral is ordered to make a film of the D-Day landings and show that the first dead man on the beaches is a sailor, which will thus raise the profile of the US Navy.

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