Rosebud (1975)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Otto Preminger

Writers:

Paul Bonnecarrere (novel)
Joan Hemingway (novel)

Release Date:

24 March 1975 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Thriller | Action

Plot:

In a bold coup a Palestinian terrorist group capers the yacht Rosebud and kidnaps the 5 millionaires daughters on it...

Plot Keywords:

High Society | Kidnapping | Debut Film | Middle East | Terrorism

Cast

Peter O'Toole	...	Larry Martin
Richard Attenborough	...	Edward Sloat
Cliff Gorman	...	Yafet Hemlekh
Claude Dauphin	...	Charles-Andre Fargeau
John V. Lindsay	...	Sen. Donnovan
Peter Lawford	...	Lord Carter
Raf Vallone	...	George Nikolaos
Adrienne Corri	...	Lady Carter
Amidou	...	Kirkbane
Joseph Shiloach	...	Hacam (as Yosef Shiloach)
Brigitte Ariel	...	Sabine
Isabelle Huppert	...	Helene Nikolaos
Lalla Ward	...	Margaret
Kim Cattrall	...	Joyce Donnovan
Debra Berger	...	Gertrude

Runtime:

Germany:121 min | USA:126 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:M | West Germany:18 (nf) | UK:15 (DVD rating) | Finland:K-16 | Netherlands:18 | Norway:16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Bastia, Haute-Corse, France

Company:

Oting SA

Trivia:

Claude Dauphin was cast as Fargeau after a number of French actors of equal rank in cinema passed.

Movie Connections:

References Citizen Kane (1941)

Soundtrack:

I Guess the Lord Must Be in New York City

Yes, its as bad as you have heard

Here is even more evidence of the decline of director Otto Preminger in the 1970's. His penultimate film is egregiously horrific. This suspense thriller lacks both suspense and thrills. The films hackneyed script by Preminger's no talent progeny just barely surpasses the ham-fisted direction that Otto delivers.Perhaps he let his son direct most of this movie too. It certainly looks like the work of a complete amateur. Unlike many of his other failures, which are at least interesting to watch, this film has no redeeming value at all. The first problem is the way the film plods along. At times we just wonder if this story is ever going to get moving. Secondly, all of the somnolent actors look like they are lost and confused. Finally none of the characters we are suppose to be sympathetic towards deserve are sympathy. They seem either banal or puerile. Is it any wonder Mitchum turned down this stinker!