The Sun Also Rises (1957)

The Sun Also Rises (1957) (DVD) (*)

$20.99

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

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

Running Time:
124

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1957 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Henry King

Written By:
Henry King
Ernest Hemingway
Peter Viertel

Actors:
Tyrone Power ..... '
Ava Gardner ..... Lady Brett Ashley
Mel Ferrer ..... Robert Cohn
Errol Flynn ..... Mike Campbell
Eddie Albert ..... Bill Gorton
Gregory Ratoff ..... Count Mippipopolous
Juliette Gréco ..... Georgette Aubin
Marcel Dalio ..... Zizi
Henry Daniell ..... Army doctor
Bob Cunningham ..... Harris
Danik Patisson ..... Marie
Robert Evans ..... Pedro Romero

Synopsis:

Paris in the 1920s. The American journalist Jake and his friends spend the time at cafes. He has a special interest in his ex-fiancée Lady Ashley. They take a vacation in Pamplona to watch the bull-fights.

For its time, The Sun Also Rises was a reasonably frank and faithful adaptation of the 1926 Ernest Hemingway novel. Its main concession to Hollywood formula was the casting of star players who were all too old to convincingly portray Hemingway's "Lost Generation" protagonists. Tyrone Power heads the cast as American news correspondent Jake Barnes, who, after incurring a injury in WW I that has rendered him impotent, relocates to Paris to escape his troubles. Barnes links up with several other lost souls, including the nymphomaniacal Lady Brett Ashley (Ava Gardner), irresponsible drunkard Mike Campbell (Errol Flynn) and perennial hangers-on Robert Cohn (Mel Ferrer) and Bill Gorton (Eddie Albert). In their never-ending search for new thrills, Barnes and his cohorts trundle off to Spain, where they participate in the annual Pamplona bull run and act as unofficial "sponsors" of handsome young matador Pedro Romero (played by future film executive Robert Evans). Additionally, Lady Brett pursues a romance with Jake, despite her engagement to the dissolute Campbell. Filmed on location in Pamplona, Paris, Biarritz and Mexico, The Sun Also Rises was budgeted at $5 million; like many "big" pictures of the era, it tended to be hollow and draggy at times. The film's best performance is delivered by Errol Flynn, though it can be argued that, in taking on the role of the hedonistic, hard-drinking, burned-out Mike Campbell, he was merely playing himself. A vastly inferior version of The Sun Also Rises was produced for television in 1984.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 10 August, 2017.