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Carmen Jones

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Starring (View all)
Dorothy Dandridge Dorothy Dandridge
Carmen Jones
Pearl Bailey Pearl Bailey
Frankie
Olga James Olga James
Cindy Lou
Joe Adams Joe Adams
Husky Miller
Brock Peters Brock Peters
Sergeant Brown
Roy Glenn Roy Glenn
Rum Daniels
Nick Stewart Nick Stewart
Dink Franklin


Written by (View all)
Harry Kleiner Harry Kleiner
(screenplay)


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Saul Bass title sequence - Carmen Jones (1954)

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An average movie

5 years, 10 months ago at Jul 2 21:24
I wasn't really sure what to expect from this movie but since it was included in the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die' list, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, even though it was a decent watch, I actually had a hard time to really care about the damned thing. I don't know, maybe it was due to the fact that I saw it on the BBC without subtitles or maybe it was due to th... read more
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Description: In 1943, Oscar Hammerstein Jr. took Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, rewrote the lyrics, changed the characters from 19th century Spaniards to World War II-era African-Americans, switched the locale to a Southern military base, and the result was Carmen Jones. Dorothy Dandridge stars as Carmen Jones, tempestuous employee of a parachute factory. Harry Belafonte plays Joe (originally José), a young military officer engaged to marry virginal Cindy Lou (Olga James). When Carmen gets into a fight with another girl, she is placed under arrest and put in Joe's charge. Succumbing to her attractiveness, Joe accompanies Carmen to her old ne ... (more)
Release date: 28 October 1954
UPC: 024543018827
Tags: Musical (5), 1950s (4), Opera (3), 1954 (3), Bizet (2), Temptress (2), Fistfight (2), Corporal (2), Parachute (2), Character Name In Title (2), Desire (2), Drama (2), Nightclub (2), Belafonte (2), Unrequited Love (2), Louisiana (2), Chicago Illinois (2), All Black Cast (2), Military (2), Gymnasium (2)
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johanlefourbe posted a review 5 years, 10 months ago

An average movie

“I wasn't really sure what to expect from this movie but since it was included in the '1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die' list, I was quite eager to check it out. Well, to be honest, even though it was a decent watch, I actually had a hard time to really care about the damned thing. I don't know, maybe it was due to the fact that I saw it on the BBC without subtitles or maybe it was due to the fact that I have never been a huge fan of musicals. Furthermore, I couldn't shake the idea that the whole thing was trying to be too clever for its own good. I mean, they took a classic opera and they turned it into a modern musical with an African-American cast but did these changes really add something to this tale? Not really in my opinion. Still, the cast was pretty good and Harry Belafonte ” read more

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