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Ivanhoe (1952)
Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins
Synopsis: One man's efforts to restore Richard the Lion Hearted to his throne provides many beautiful panoramic scenes of the English countryside. Based on Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Picture. One man's efforts to restore Richard the Lion Hearted to his throne provides many beautiful panoramic scenes of the English countryside. Based on Sir Walter Scott's 1819 novel. Academy Award Nominations: 3, including Best Picture. [More]
Genre: Action/Adventure
Starring: Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams
DVD Info
Release:
Feb 6, 2009
DVD Features:
- Widescreen - 1.78
Audio:
- Dolby Surround Stereo - English
Reviews
While Joan Fontaine was one of MGM's marquee beauties, she must have rued the day that Ivanhoe's other damsel went to Elizabeth Taylor, who steals Fontaine's thunder with her eyes alone.
It's an entertaining medieval costume epic that presents an inaccurate version of literature and history.
In a way the next best thing to the real Arthurian classic that Hollywood never made, with the added plus of Robin Hood and his Merry Men (if only Warrender weren't so stiff).
In this ostensibly epic tale of knights and maidens, chivalry and swordfights, there is not a single actor who does not appear surpassingly bored
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