Hornblower: The Examination for Lieutenant (1998) (TV)

User Rating:

8.2/10   

Director:

Andrew Grieve

Writers:

Mike Cullen (screenplay)
C.S. Forester (novels)

Release Date:

11 April 1999 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | War

Plot:

While Lt. Hornblower studies for his promotion exam, he is distracted by the serious supply problems that face his crew.

Plot Keywords:

Plague | Horatio Hornblower | Quarantine | Promotion | Bubonic Plague

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Ioan Gruffudd	...	Acting Lt. Horatio Hornblower
Robert Lindsay	...	Capt. Sir Edward Pellew
Denis Lawson	...	Capt. 'Dreadnought' Foster
Ian McNeice	...	Tapling
Andrew Tiernan	...	Bunting
Jonathan Coy	...	Lt. Bracegirdle
Ian McElhinney	...	Capt. Hammond
Paul Copley	...	Matthews
Chris Barnes	...	Finch
Sean Gilder	...	Styles
Simon Sherlock	...	Oldroyd
Colin MacLachlan	...	Master Bowles
Rupert Holliday-Evans	...	Steward
Frank Boyce	...	Midshipman Cleveland
Peter Corey	...	HM Consul Duras
Simon Slater	...	Cmdr. Morris
Frank Rozelaar-Green	...	Spanish captain
Jonathan Aris	...	Clerkly officer

Directed by
Andrew Grieve

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mike Cullen		screenplay
C.S. Forester		novels

Produced by
Andrew Benson	....	producer
Pavel Douvidzon	....	associate producer: Russia
Delia Fine	....	executive producer
Vernon Lawrence	....	executive producer
Stepan Pojenian	....	associate producer: Russia
Peter Richardson	....	line producer

Cinematography by
Neve Cunningham		(uncredited)

Film Editing by
Keith Palmer

Production Design by
Andrew Mollo

Art Direction by
Mike Joyce

Set Decoration by
Christian Huband

Costume Design by
John Mollo

Production Management
Lorraine Goodman	....	production supervisor
Philip Leach	....	executive in charge of production
Andrew Wood	....	production manager
Tatyana Shakhgeldyan	....	production manager: Russia (uncredited)
Sasha Stratievsky	....	assistant production manager (uncredited)
Viktor Taranov	....	production manager: Russia (uncredited)
Sasha Voronin	....	unit manager (uncredited)
Yulia Zhuravleva	....	assistant production manager: Russia (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Valentina Plugaru	....	assistant director

Art Department
Gerry Graham	....	painter
Dean Hawley	....	painter
Brian Henry	....	property master
Mickey Spence	....	plasterer
Alan Sprawson	....	stand-by carpenter
Ilia Iovu	....	assistant art director (uncredited)
Ian Murray	....	chargehand rigger (uncredited)

Sound Department
Michael Crouch	....	dubbing editor
Colin Martin	....	dubbing mixer
Julie Ankerson	....	foley artist (uncredited)
Dave Sloss	....	foley recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Graham Aikman	....	special effects assistant: pyro supervisor
Jeremy Lovett	....	special effects senior technician: model unit
Dima Stesenko	....	special effects supervisor: russian crew (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Roy Field	....	director of photography: model unit
Martin Gutteridge	....	model unit director
Mark Thomas-Stubbs	....	digital effects

Stunts
Oleg Botin	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Keith Mead	....	grip

Editorial Department
Matthew Tucker	....	assistant film editor
Marc Eskenazi	....	on-line editor (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Oleg Gres	....	unit transportation coordinator (uncredited)
Vladimir Skakun	....	unit transportation coordinator: Russia (uncredited)

Other crew
Anna Callaghan	....	production assistant
Dani Gordon	....	assistant to producer
Pauline Granby	....	production accountant
Amanda Lean	....	script supervisor
Gerry Savage	....	unit nurse
Adele Steward	....	production coordinator
Chris Tarry	....	assistant accountant
Zhuravleva Julia	....	production assistant: Russia (uncredited)
Zinaida Kravchenko	....	production accountant (uncredited)
Teodor Matveev	....	army supervisor: Russia (uncredited)
Lina Merculova	....	production coordinator: Russia (uncredited)

Production Companies

• A&E Television Networks (in association with)
• Ecou Films (participation)
• Meridian Broadcasting
• United Film and Television Productions

Distributors

• A&E Home Video (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• A&E Home Video (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• A&E Television Networks (1999) (USA) (TV)
• Cinema Club (2002) (UK) (VHS)
• Cinema Club (2003) (UK) (DVD)
• ITV DVD (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Independent Television (ITV) (1998) (UK) (TV)

Other Companies

• Celtic/Picture Palace  series developed by
• East-West Creative Association  filming undertaken with the assistance of
• Turk Phoenix Ltd.  boats provided by

Also Known As:

Horatio Hornblower: The Fire Ship (USA)

Runtime:

USA:93 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Yalta, Crimea, Ukraine

Company:

A&E Television Networks

Quotes:

Acting Lt. Horatio Hornblower: Where's Mr. Tapling?
Matthews: He refuses to rise from his bunk, sir.
Acting Lt. Horatio Hornblower: Does he indeed?
[Below decks]
Acting Lt. Horatio Hornblower: Good morrow, Mr. Tapling! When shall you grace us with your presence above decks?
Tapling: Never. There is no point.
Acting Lt. Horatio Hornblower: The Moors have come to fetch their gold.
Tapling: The Moors? Don't let them aboard, set sail at once.
Acting Lt. Horatio Hornblower: The gold is theirs by right.
Tapling: I will not see them, send one of the men.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Followed by Hornblower: Loyalty (2003) (TV)

Soundtrack:

The British Man-of-War

A disappointment???

Having seen the first in the series of 4 movies, I was quite eager to see the next installment of the saga! Well, I have to admit that I was disappointed after seeing it! Disappointed not in the overall production value of the movie, because that was as terrific as the first movie, but in the story department! The story was very flat with almost no tension! In the first movie you had conflicts on several levels like the way of life on the ship, the arguments between the crew, the looming of war...and finally the hate until death between Hornblower and a crew member! In this movie you had almost the exact story items i.c. Hornblower rescues, Hornblower being lucky, Hornblower being alone with a little crew on a boat/ship...even the end of the movie where the captain thanks Hornblower is the same! Conclusion: beautiful movie with a flat story! Hopefully the next movie will have a different structure!