Friday, March 13, 2015

Green Mansions 1959


Green Mansions


     This film is based on a 1904 novel by W.H. Hudson.  The time period is 1959 and the story of a woman who lives in the Venezuelan jungle and she is called Rima the Bird Girl.  The local native tribe of this area has captured Abel and there was a chance he would be killed by them.  He is in this area because he has heard there may be gold and he wants to finance an uprising against the brutal Venezuelan government in Caracas.  Rebels have taken charge, Abel was nearly killed and his father was killed.  He saw the Chief has gold and he sees Rima has gold.  He just needs to convince them to tell him where he can find gold.
     I could not get interested in this film.  It seems so hazy and farfetched, you wonder if you drank too much caffeine, your eyes are not seeing clearly or your brain is not working?  2* (I didn't like this movie) 
104 min, Adventure directed by Mel Ferrer with Audrey Hepburn, Anthony Perkins, Lee J. Cobb, Seesue Hayakawa, Henry Silve, Nehemiah Persoff, Michael Pate, Estelle Hemsley.
Note:  Imdb 5.6 out of 10, 31% audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 3.7* out of 5* with 54 reviews.
Special Note:  At the time of filming, Audrey Hepburn was married to the director Mel Ferrer.  It was one of the few critical and box office failures of her career.  There was a loss of $2,430,000 at the box office.






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