CompleteMartialArts.com - Ivanhoe (1982)
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List Price: $14.95
Our Price: $99.94
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Starring: James Mason, Anthony Andrews, Sam Neill, Michael Hordern, Olivia Hussey
Directed By: Douglas Camfield
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Average Customer Rating:  
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780800105891
Format: Color
ISBN: 0800105893
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: 1994-06-24
Running Time: 142
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 1982-02-23
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Editorial Reviews:
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This 1982, 180-minute television remake of the original MGM feature, produced 30 years before, is the rare makeover of a classic that works quite well under its own steam. Anthony Andrews plays the disinherited knight who returns from the Third Crusades and is determined to raise the ransom to free a kidnapped King Richard (Julian Glover). With his bid rebuffed by his estranged father (Michael Hordern), and the affection of the latter's ward, Rowena (Lysette Anthony), compromised, Ivanhoe looks toward the generosity of the beautiful Rebecca (Olivia Hussey)--whose father (James Mason) he rescued from anti-Semitic Normans--for help. But a plot by faithless friends to discredit Ivanhoe, and his subsequent partnership with Robin Hood (David Robb) to save the day, keep this story from slowing down even for a minute. Originally a miniseries, this production has enough breadth to provide lots of breathing room for the script and cast to mine all the drama they can from Sir Walter Scott's novel. This is also a great-looking movie, with wall-to-wall pageantry, superb costumes--the works. --Tom Keogh
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Summary: The 1982 Ivanhoe Movie - Very Well Done
Comment: For one whom has read the book, the movie captures the essence of the story - chivalry, romance, prejudice, and action. The actors in the movie did an excellent job. The character Ivanhoe was well portrayed and the relationship between Rebecca and Ivanhoe was well developed and believable. The movie addressed all the key activities within the book and succeeded in presenting the story without the audience feeling like the story was being rush.
The down side is that the movie may only be available in a VHS version. VHS does have a tendency to age and the clearness of the video and audio may be affected. It would be nice to have a DVD version of the movie available. Even though the movie may only be available in a VHS version -the positive aspects of the movie outlined above still result in this movie receiving a highly positive recommendation for purchase.
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Summary: surprisingly disappointing...
Comment: I am so SAD about having to say negative things about this film. I'm a devout disciple of Ivanhoe, and a mesmerized fan of Anthony Andrews, so it feels like treachery to say that I've never been so disappointed in a film...What a CAST. But such meaningless drivel for dialog... True, this version DID include Athelstane, but to what purpose? He added nothing, he was totally incidental---well, blast it, WILFRED was incidental...And, bless her heart, that cute little girl didn't look remotely Saxon...And lovely Olivia looks more as if she's distressed and confused by the quality of the production than by deep love for Wilfred or impending immolation...By the time they tie her to the stake, she looks like she just wants out under any circumstance. I BELIEVED Elizabeth Taylor in the old version---I WANTED to believe Olivia Hussey, but I couldn't.
If he'd had the lines to work with, Sam Neill could have had us rolling on the floor in tears of sympathy at his death... but I didn't even CARE...And WHAT was the deal with Robin Hood? He looked like Cary Elwes in "Men in Tights." So sad. Such a waste. But I'm ANGRY about their little implication at the end of the film that Ivanhoe really had a hard time choosing between Rebecca and his own beloved Rowena! Shame on these writers.I'm going back to poor ol' wooden but handsome Robert Taylor. And weeping as I go. I gave it a star for decent subject matter and I admit I graded extra hard because there was so much there to work with and the result was tasteless mush.
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Summary: 14-year-old's impression
Comment: I'm 40 now, but saw this as a fourteen-year old girl. What I remember:
-Sam Neill was a thrilling villain--handsome, diabolical,and exciting. One of Britain's underestimated talents (see him in My Brilliant Career also--another favorite at 14).
-Olivia Hussey, one of the world's most beautiful women, was poignant and admirable in her defence against above villain. If the Olivia name craze hadn't taken place, I would have named my daughter Olivia because of her. (I also didn't because I only had sons. Oh, yeah.) Catch her as Juliet in Romeo & Juliet or as Mary in Jesus of Nazareth.
-My friends thought the actor who played Ivanhoe was "a babe" ("hot" in today's terminology) but he didn't make much of an impression on me at the time. (Fortunately, I do prefer nice men now.)
I'm hoping to show my sons this movie as soon as they're old enough. I remember it as a great film.
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Summary: Ivanhoe - 1984 mini series
Comment: Perhaps the greatest adaptation of the Sir Walter Scott classic, brimming with adventure,pageantry,costumes and lush cinematography.One of my all time favourites.But the true winners being the exquisite acting of the likes of James Mason and the elegant Olivia Hussey.Please release this movie on DVD soon, I can think of scores of others who will snap up a copy.
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Summary: Best Version of Ivanhoe
Comment: This is the best version of "Ivanhoe" to be dramatized, and its not because it is completely true to the novel (although its close enough). This version is great because it contains the slight adaptations to the story of "Ivanhoe" that everyone has wanted to see: Ivanhoe himself not so anti-Semitic as to deny his tenderness towards Rebecca, a generous Isaac of York, Brian de Bois Guilbert truly carried away by his love for the beautiful healer, and other subtle changes. In addition it has all of the colorful pageantry, fast-paced action, sword-fights, jousts, and battles that will get your adrenaline pumping. Sam Neill is superb as Guilbert, selfish, creepy, handsome and yet redeemed in the end. (Note: there are some DVD versions of this movie floating around, but you'll have to look hard for them.)
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