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10 July 1942 (USA)
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From the Man who Made "The Best Picture of 1941" more
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The spoiled young heir to the decaying Amberson fortune comes between his widowed mother and the man she has always loved. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for 4 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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(21 articles)
Me And Orson Welles Review
(From FilmShaft.com. 25 November 2009, 11:38 AM, PST)
Hollywood and Its Antecedents: Michael Mann's "The Last of the Mohicans"
(From The Auteurs. 14 November 2009, 5:30 PM, PST)
(From FilmShaft.com. 25 November 2009, 11:38 AM, PST)
Hollywood and Its Antecedents: Michael Mann's "The Last of the Mohicans"
(From The Auteurs. 14 November 2009, 5:30 PM, PST)
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Joseph Cotten | ... | Eugene |
| Dolores Costello | ... | Isabel |
 | Anne Baxter | ... | Lucy |
 | Tim Holt | ... | George |
 | Agnes Moorehead | ... | Fanny |
| Ray Collins | ... | Jack |
| Erskine Sanford | ... | Roger Bronson |
| Richard Bennett | ... | Major Amberson |
 | Orson Welles | ... | Narrator (voice) |
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88 min | 148 min (original cut) | 131 min (preview)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
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USA:TV-PG |
South Korea:15 |
USA:Approved (PCA #7800) |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:S |
Germany:12 |
UK:U
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After a disastrous preview, it was clear to the suits at RKO that the film was too long, too dense and too sombre. Welles, however, had decamped to Brazil where he was in the midst of working on a film called "It's All True" (which was never completed). Welles had been shipped out there under the auspices of Nelson Rockefeller, one of the chief shareholders in RKO, to make a film boosting US-South American wartime relations. With him out of the way, however, the onus of re-cutting and trimming the film fell on editor Robert Wise.
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Crew or equipment visible: Towards end of long tracking shot with George and Lucy in horse-drawn carriage, portion of rear end of camera car and some sort of filmmaking equipment briefly enters left side of frame.
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Narrator: The magnificence of the Ambersons began in 1873. Their splendor lasted throughout all the years that saw their midland town spread and darken into a city. In that town, in those days, all the women who wore silk or velvet knew all the other women who wore silk or velvet...
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Narrator: The magnificence of the Ambersons began in 1873. Their splendor lasted throughout all the years that saw their midland town spread and darken into a city. In that town, in those days, all the women who wore silk or velvet knew all the other women who wore silk or velvet...
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Featured in The Long Day Closes (1992)
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The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo
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The fate of this almost magnificent film must rank as one of the greatest tragedies in the history of the cinema. viewing it in its present state is like looking at the Venus Di Milo, or at a beautiful Greek vase that has been shattered. One can only admire the fragments...and what gorgeous fragments they are: Major Ambersons heartbreaking meditation by the fireplace,the quarrel between Eugene Morgan and Georgie about the Automobile, Isabel's death, Agnes Moorehead's magnificent performance, the splendor of the Amberson mansion, and the ballroom scene. Perhaps someday, some powerful computer might be able to reconstruct the missing footage from stills and from Welles script...perhaps. Until that almost impossible moment, one can only envy the handful of men and women who were able to see it whole, and to understand what they were seeing.