THE RED TENT - 16mm Action - Adv Peter Finch, Sean Connery, Claudia Cardinale
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| Reference Number: Avaluer:48145352 | Film Format: 16mm |
| Genre: Action & Adventure |
Get out your reading glasses! There's a lot here on "THE RED TENT". If you are a fan of survival dramas, then this is a candidate for you to enjoy. You might also check out "INFERNO" listed elsewhere here on ebay.Storyline The commander of a failed 1928 Arctic airship expedition is remembering the events of the "Italia" airship flight, crash, and subsequent rescue efforts. The "ghosts" of people involved in the events appear in his memories to assist him in determining his guilt ...in the affair. The reminiscences are mixed with the real action: the flight of the "Italia", the air rescue operation from Kings Bay airfield, the expedition of the "Krassin" ice-breaker. A sort of human touch is added by the ever beautiful C.C. playing Malmgren's girlfriend. Written by E. KocourekUser Reviews "THE RED TENT" written by "Kirasjeri11" courtesy i.m..d.b. --"an exciting spectacle of Arctic exploration" "The Red Tent", as it was called when released in most of the world, is a fascinating historical epic of Arctic exploration. In the 1920's, Italian General Nobile sought to be the first to fly over the North Pole in a dirigible, of all things! Much of the movie focuses on these efforts; unfortunately, the winds kick up and the air ship is ripped apart. Surviving crewmen end up in various locations on the ice and then procede to battle the elements and polar bears. The great arctic explorer Raoul Amundsen is called in as are the Soviets who pick up radio messages of the disaster; an ice breaker is then dispatched to assist in the rescue. Yes, it is an involved and realistiuc spectacle. Peter Finch is very good as Nobile, and so is Connery as Amundsen - and it's an historic well-known fact that the first man to reach the South Pole, Amundsen, vanished in his attempt to save Nobile. Of note is that the story is recounted in flashback much later in a sort of trial of Nobile in his home in Rome, as characters living and dead appear to confront or defend him. Whether or not Nobile was reckless or had bad luck, or just over reached himself, is for the viewer to determine from putting the stories together. Somewhat long and over-involved this is still an engrossing account of an epic Arctic disaster and the heroic rescue attempts that followed. If you see it, GRAB it.
"Caught Up In Politics" written by "bkoganbing" – courtesy I.m.d.b. "The Red Tent chronicles the series of polar disasters beginning with the crash of the dirigible piloted by Italian General Umberto Nobile trying to make a historic air crossing of the North Pole. Nobile is played by Peter Finch in this epic film that unfortunately due to a bad publicity campaign and an indifference to the subject by western audiences made this historic Russian-Italian jointly produced film a financial disaster. That's a pity because photographically it's one of the finest things ever put on celluloid stock. There are some absolutely breathtaking shots of the frozen tundra and the performances of the actors battling the elements are first rate. Maybe a straight narrative might have been better instead of having the aged Nobile confronting some angry spirits of the past. Nobile was still alive when this film came out, he would die in 1978 still a figure of controversy. The dream with the angry spirits is a device frankly ripped off from George Bernard Shaw's St. Joan. Maybe the film could be best compared to William Wellman's Island in the Sky that starred John Wayne. The fictional characters there are mostly rescued and held together by Duke's leadership. Of course some thirty years advance in aviation and no political interference helped Wayne's men. And Island in the Sky is a work of fiction. Maybe it wouldn't be so if men of science could simply be men of science without answering to competing ideologies. Nobile and his men got caught up in the politics of the time. Politics claimed a lot of their lives and the lives of Roald Amundsen and party who vanished in a rescue attempt. Nobile also made some bad choices and had some bad choices forced on him by Mussolini's fascist government. He was also a man out of his element, he was great aviation pioneer, but not a polar explorer. He paid with his reputation, some of his party paid with their lives. Sean Connery has a small role as Roald Amundsen and I wish we had more of him here. Finch has a very effective scene with Claudia Cardinale the widow of one of his men where she takes him to task. Hardy Kruger does a fine job as the aviator presenting Finch with a very disagreeable choice. I'd recommend seeing it, but only on the big screen.
Alternate VersionsShowing all 3 itemsThe version released in the Soviet Union was significantly longer and featured an alternate score by composer Aleksandr Zatsepin instead of the score by Ennio Morricone used in the shorter European/American version. In the U.S. version, after the pictorial fade-out, and at the head of the end credits there is a message that reads, "This film is inspired the the polar expedition of the airship "Italia" under the command of General Umberto Nobile which was overwhelmed by natural forces and crashed on the ice after achieving new records for Artic exploration by air." The final bars of Ennio Morricone's score play out over the Paramount logo. This film was released in two primary versions. The version released in Russia was presented in a Sovscope 70 70mm roadshow version running over 2 1/2 hours (prints of various running times reportedly existed). The non-Russian speaking cast members were dubbed into Russian. For the rest of the world there was created an "International Version" which was cut down to 121 minutes, had the 2.20:1 Sovscope 70 format cropped to 1.66:1 spherical widescreen, and had the original score replaced with one by noted Italian composer Ennio Morricone. This version used the original English language voice tracks of the lead actors.
ABOUT THIS PRINT - You are bidding on a standard ratio 16mm print. It is not letterboxed, nor is it a "scope" print. So anyone can run this print. Pictures are from the actual print being offered. There are virtually no scratches, lines (except those that are "faked" in the newsreel recreations at the start.ALSO - the titles are credits do not appear until nearly 20 minutes into the film so don't think they are missing from this print. Film stock is LPP / No warpage or V.S.
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"Caught Up In Politics" written by "bkoganbing" – courtesy I.m.d.b. "The Red Tent chronicles the series of polar disasters beginning with the crash of the dirigible piloted by Italian General Umberto Nobile trying to make a historic air crossing of the North Pole. Nobile is played by Peter Finch in this epic film that unfortunately due to a bad publicity campaign and an indifference to the subject by western audiences made this historic Russian-Italian jointly produced film a financial disaster. That's a pity because photographically it's one of the finest things ever put on celluloid stock. There are some absolutely breathtaking shots of the frozen tundra and the performances of the actors battling the elements are first rate. Maybe a straight narrative might have been better instead of having the aged Nobile confronting some angry spirits of the past. Nobile was still alive when this film came out, he would die in 1978 still a figure of controversy. The dream with the angry spirits is a device frankly ripped off from George Bernard Shaw's St. Joan. Maybe the film could be best compared to William Wellman's Island in the Sky that starred John Wayne. The fictional characters there are mostly rescued and held together by Duke's leadership. Of course some thirty years advance in aviation and no political interference helped Wayne's men. And Island in the Sky is a work of fiction. Maybe it wouldn't be so if men of science could simply be men of science without answering to competing ideologies. Nobile and his men got caught up in the politics of the time. Politics claimed a lot of their lives and the lives of Roald Amundsen and party who vanished in a rescue attempt. Nobile also made some bad choices and had some bad choices forced on him by Mussolini's fascist government. He was also a man out of his element, he was great aviation pioneer, but not a polar explorer. He paid with his reputation, some of his party paid with their lives. Sean Connery has a small role as Roald Amundsen and I wish we had more of him here. Finch has a very effective scene with Claudia Cardinale the widow of one of his men where she takes him to task. Hardy Kruger does a fine job as the aviator presenting Finch with a very disagreeable choice. I'd recommend seeing it, but only on the big screen.
Alternate VersionsShowing all 3 itemsThe version released in the Soviet Union was significantly longer and featured an alternate score by composer Aleksandr Zatsepin instead of the score by Ennio Morricone used in the shorter European/American version. In the U.S. version, after the pictorial fade-out, and at the head of the end credits there is a message that reads, "This film is inspired the the polar expedition of the airship "Italia" under the command of General Umberto Nobile which was overwhelmed by natural forces and crashed on the ice after achieving new records for Artic exploration by air." The final bars of Ennio Morricone's score play out over the Paramount logo. This film was released in two primary versions. The version released in Russia was presented in a Sovscope 70 70mm roadshow version running over 2 1/2 hours (prints of various running times reportedly existed). The non-Russian speaking cast members were dubbed into Russian. For the rest of the world there was created an "International Version" which was cut down to 121 minutes, had the 2.20:1 Sovscope 70 format cropped to 1.66:1 spherical widescreen, and had the original score replaced with one by noted Italian composer Ennio Morricone. This version used the original English language voice tracks of the lead actors.
ABOUT THIS PRINT - You are bidding on a standard ratio 16mm print. It is not letterboxed, nor is it a "scope" print. So anyone can run this print. Pictures are from the actual print being offered. There are virtually no scratches, lines (except those that are "faked" in the newsreel recreations at the start.ALSO - the titles are credits do not appear until nearly 20 minutes into the film so don't think they are missing from this print. Film stock is LPP / No warpage or V.S.
Warning to International bidders, I can only ship if you are a member of ebay's international shipping program.
