Watchable mainly for the sheer skill and drive of Preminger's direction, although at 220 minutes even that long outstays its welcome.
Exodus (1960)
Runtime: 3 hrs 38 mins
Synopsis: Based on Leon Uris' sweeping novel, EXODUS is the epic saga of the founding of Israel in the days following World War II. Paul Newman stars as an Israeli resistance fighter, a member of the Hagannah, involved in the effort to bring a group of 600 European Jews from British-blockaded Cyprus into... Based on Leon Uris' sweeping novel, EXODUS is the epic saga of the founding of Israel in the days following World War II. Paul Newman stars as an Israeli resistance fighter, a member of the Hagannah, involved in the effort to bring a group of 600 European Jews from British-blockaded Cyprus into newly-partitioned Palestine, right before the United Nations is to vote on making it a Jewish homeland. [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Lee J. Cobb, Sal Mineo, Ralph Richardson
DVD Info
Release:
Oct 1, 2009
Reviews
Propaganda masquerading as drama, it makes for a decidedly turgid viewing experience.
A stirring chronicle of Israel's struggle for independence in 1947.
In the end, one should take from this picture a shaken feeling of having been through a lot of harsh and ennobling experiences.
Intelligence applied exactly where it is most rare: in the lavish, star-studded epic.
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