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Overview

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7.1/10   2,653 votes
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Director:
Sam Wood
Writers:
Ernest Hemingway (novel)
Dudley Nichols (screenplay)
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Release Date:
28 April 1944 (Sweden) more
Tagline:
The Most Thrilling Moment Ever Screened more
Plot:
Spain in the 1930s is the place to be for a man of action like Robert Jordan. There is a civil war going... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 8 nominations more
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Gandolfini Set To Star As Hemingway
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"the best screen adaption of any Hemingway novel" more

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Additional Details

Runtime:
170 min | USA:134 min (re-release) | USA:168 min (restored version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

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Trivia:
This film saved the famous love song "As Time Goes By" from being removed from Casablanca (1942). Ingrid Bergman began filming this movie immediately after completing Casablanca (1942). For this role, her hair was cut short. Meanwhile, for Casablanca (1942), Warner Brothers wanted to substitute another song for "As Time Goes By" and re-shoot some scenes with Bergman. However, since her hair had been cut, there would be a problem with continuity (even if Bergman wore a wig), so the idea was dropped. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: (At 49:50) Pilar says "Wait" to Jordan and Maria. It is clear that the shot has been reversed, as the bolt handle and magazine on her Krag-Jorgenson carbine (see previous entry) was on the left of the rifle, whereas this weapon was only made in right-handed versions. more
Quotes:
Robert Jordan: Are you afraid?
Maria: Not now. I love you, Roberto. Always remember. I love you as I loved my father and mother, as I love our unborn children, as I love what I love most in the world, and I love you more. Always remember.
Robert Jordan: I'll remember.
Maria: Nothing can ever part us now, can it?
Robert Jordan: Nothing, Maria.
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Featured in La société du spectacle (1973) more

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"the best screen adaption of any Hemingway novel", 2 January 2001
Author: pae-sk from Framingham Massachusets

Set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War, the prelude to WWII, this is one of the great action/adventure films of all time and the best screen adaption of any Hemingway novel. Cooper and Bergman set the sparks flying like Bogie and Bacall, and are sexier on screen without ever taking their clothes off than any of todays red hot lovers stark naked. Coop's hat alone deserves an honorary Oscar for Best Costume. Old pros like Vladimir Sokoloff, Akim Tamiroff and Fortunio Bonanova (whom film buffs will recognise as the opera coach from "Citizen Kane") keep that inimitable Hemingway dialogue moving at a brisk pace and Katina Paxinou, who copped the Best Supporting Actress award, is the embodiment of one of Hem's greatest characters. I have the 156 min version taped off cable and the added footage makes you hungry to see the whole 170 minute version (if it still exists). Don't miss this one. Four stars.

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