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13 January 2002 (USA)
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The spoiled rotten and utterly unlikable rich kid George Amberson becomes horrified when his recently...
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'Wc' UK Premiere at Portobello Film Festival
(From IFTN. 1 September 2009, 7:27 AM, PDT)
A&E Defends Ambersons Remake
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 13 December 2001)
(From IFTN. 1 September 2009, 7:27 AM, PDT)
A&E Defends Ambersons Remake
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 13 December 2001)
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Audio/visual unsynchronized: During George and Lucy's sleigh ride in town, George's lips frequently do not match what he's saying.
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George Amberson Minafer:
i'm sorry Mr. Morgan but you're not welcomed here. not today or any other day. now please leave!
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Version of Pampered Youth (1925/I)
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Perhaps "Magnificent Ambersons" should have been left undisturbed in its first screen adaptation. A&E certainly does not have the integrity or vision of, say, HBO, to undertake the kind of "restorative" project this billed itself to be. Their invariably insensitive and consistently maladroit placement of commercial breaks during their "fine arts" programming alone merits eternal damnation. In this instance, in spite of all the hype, there was no reason to expect anything of worth from them. (Let's not forget that Pride and Prejudice wasn't really theirs).
Reading through the reviews posted I feel compelled to defend Jonathan Rhys-Myers as an actor. He is a very fine one, and has given many compelling performances, e.g., Gormenghast, Velvet Goldmine, Ride with the Devil, The Governess, etc. Much can be expected from him. Perhaps he needed a stronger guiding hand in Ambersons. Let us not forget that a task of the director is to ensure performances play off well within context..... there are dailies where certain things should leap as obvious. This does not invalidate JR-M's obviously controversial interpretation, but it does definitely place blame on the director for allowing incongruity of such high order.
Jonathan is a talented man. This movie is but a blip.