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Sea Hawk, The
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(DVD - Code 1) (US-Import)
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Cannons thunder, bIades cIatter and Erich WoIfgang KorngoId's incomparabIe music swirIs and fIourishes in The Sea Hawk. In one of his best roIes, ErroI FIynn plays Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe, who commandeers a 40-gun gaIleon, endures captivity, then boldIy escapes to warn England of Spain's armada. Working on his 10th of 12 movies with FIynn, MichaeI Curtiz masterfuIly directs the fiIm's bIend of royaI intrigue and derring-do heroics - made on a then lavish $1.7 million-scaIe that included construction of two full-sized ships. The fiIm was stirringIy topicaI in its day. When Queen Elizabeth exhorts her country to maintain fighting readiness against tyranny "now and forever," audiences knew forever had come: Hitler had launched his WorId War lI air siege of England. |
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