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Overview

User Rating:
7.3/10   1,792 votes
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Director:

Arthur Hiller

Writers:

Paddy Chayefsky (screenplay)
William Bradford Huie (novel)

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Release Date:

27 October 1964 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | War more

Tagline:

Why did Emily call Charlie the most immoral man she'd ever met? more

Plot:

An American soldier's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission. full summary | add synopsis

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more

NewsDesk:
(7 articles)

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Scenes We Love: The Americanization of Emily
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User Comments:

Excellent, funny, sad, sexy more (45 total)

US TV Schedule:

Wed. Nov. 184:00 PMTCM   


Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Garner ... Lt. Cmdr. Charles Edward Madison

Julie Andrews ... Emily Barham

Melvyn Douglas ... Adm. William Jessup

James Coburn ... Lt. Cmdr. Paul 'Bus' Cummings
Joyce Grenfell ... Mrs. Barham
Edward Binns ... Adm. Thomas Healy
Liz Fraser ... Sheila
Keenan Wynn ... Old Sailor
William Windom ... Capt. Harry Spaulding
John Crawford ... Chief Petty Officer Paul Adams
Douglas Henderson ... Capt. Marvin Ellender
Edmon Ryan ... Adm. Hoyle
Steve Franken ... Young Sailor
Paul Newlan ... Gen. William Hallerton
Gary Cockrell ... Lt. Victor Wade
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Additional Details

Also Known As:

Emily (USA) (reissue title)
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Runtime:

115 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System) | Stereo

Certification:

UK:X | Australia:G (TV rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #20611) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Spain:13 | West Germany:16 | Finland:K-7 (new rating: 2001) | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:11 | Australia:PG

Filming Locations:

London, England, UK more


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

James Garner says that this is his favorite of his movies. more

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The airplane that takes the Admiral back home bears a USAF roundel (i.e., red strip inside the "wings") three years before there was a "USAF". more

Quotes:

Lt. Cmdr. 'Bus' Cummings: Well Sir, we wanted a hero. Now we've got one.
Adm. William Jessup: You don't send a man to his death because you want a hero.
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Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Bob Newhart Show: The Modernization of Emily (#2.17)" (1974) more

Soundtrack:

Emily more


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33 out of 36 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent, funny, sad, sexy, 24 September 2002
9/10
Author: funkyfry from Oakland CA

This excellent film combines humor and drama in ways I've never seen before. Far from heavyhanded in either department, its notable trait is a kind of circular irony that runs through the film, becoming even more profound in the film's final scenes. Garner plays a man whose ideal is cowardice and self-service. Face dfinally with having to become and official "hero" and wanting no part of it, he has to realize that to be true to himself he has to play this role -- the nobility of any grand gesture of honesty in his cowardice would be too utside of his character! Andrews is magnificent and more sexy than usual as Emily, a girl afraid to have any man who's not a coward! No sentimentality, just good old dark irony. Very well written. Good film!

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