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The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors. The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors. The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.

Otto Preminger
Dalton Trumbo
Paul Newman
Eva Marie Saint
Ralph Richardson
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Ari Ben Canaan : This is Taha, Mukhtar of Abu Yesha. And this is Karen, Secretary of the Rooms Committee, Bungalow 12, Gan Dafna. We have no Kadi to pray for Taha's soul. And we have no Rabbi to pray over Karen. Taha should have lived a long life, surrounded by his people and his sons. And death should have come to him... as an old friend offering the gift of sleep. It came, instead, as a maniac. And Karen, who loved her life, and who lived it as purely as a flame, why did God forget her? Why did she have to stumble upon death so young? And all alone? And in the dark? We of all people... should no longer be surprised when death reaches out to us. With the world's insanity and our own slaughtered millions, we should be used to senseless killing. But I am not used to it. I cannot and will not get used to it. I look at these two people, and I want to howl like a dog. I want to shout 'murder', so that the whole world will hear it and never forget it. It's right that these two people should lie side by side in this grave, because they will share it in peace. But the dead always share the earth in peace. And that's not enough. It's time for the living to have a turn. A few miles from here, there are people who are fighting and dying, and we must join them. But I swear, on the bodies of these two people, that the day will come when Arab and Jew will share, in a peaceful life, this land that they have always shared in death. Taha, old friend, and very dear brother. Karen, child of light, daughter of Israel. Shalom.

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Based on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari Ben Canaan (Paul Newman), a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

Genre: History, Drama

Original Language: English

Director: Otto Preminger

Producer: Otto Preminger

Writer: Dalton Trumbo , Leon Uris

Release Date (Theaters): Mar 27, 1960 original

Release Date (Streaming): Sep 22, 2009

Runtime: 3h 27m

Distributor: MGM/UA Home Entertainment Inc., United Artists

Production Co: Carlyle Productions, Alpha Films

Sound Mix: Magnetic Stereo 6 Track

Aspect Ratio: 70mm

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Eva Marie Saint

Ralph Richardson

Gen. Sutherland

Barak Ben Canaan

Akiva Ben Canaan

Alexandra Stewart

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Louis R. Loeffler

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Dec. 16, 1960

THE gingerly awaited film version of Leon Uris' novel, "Exodus," which its producer-director, Otto Preminger, unveiled at the Warner Theatre last night, turns out to be a massive, overlong, episodic, involved and generally inconclusive "cinemarama" of historical and fictional events connected with the liberation of the State of Israel in 1947-1948.It also turns out to be a dazzling, eye-filling, nerve-tingling display of a wide variety of individual and mass reactions to awesome challenges and, in some of its sharpest personal details, a fine reflection of experience that rips the heart.If this rapid-fire estimation of Mr. Preminger's effort to pack the guts of Mr. Uris' corpulent novel into a three-hour-and-thirty-two-minute film seems ambiguous and perhaps indecisive, it is because the film itself is an ambiguous piece of work, and the decisions that might have rendered it more cohesive and dramatically compelling were not made by the people who should have made them-namely, Mr. Preminger and Dalton Trumbo, who wrote the script.Obviously, these two craftsmen, in all sincerity, wanted to embrace as much as they could of the three main phases of the popular novel. That is to say, they wanted to tell, first, the important story of the truly Odyssean transport of a shipload of European Jews from British blockaded Cyprus to forbidden Palestine. That is a full-scale social drama and a saga of resolution in itself, with its many vignettes of individual courage weaving into a large—well, mosaic is the word.Then they wanted to continue the threads of several parallel plots involving an assortment of major characters through the subsequent conflicts and strains that occur vis-à-vis the powerful British prior to the United Nations' partition of Palestine. And, finally, they wished to tell something of the post-partition fight of the Jews against the displaced Arabs, with respect to the major characters that remain.Opting to fill such a canvas, which was a critical decision in itself, Mr. Preminger and Mr. Trumbo took a long chance on tangling and losing some threads. With so many characters — at least seven—to be picked up and engineered through a maze of separate tensions, some of a political nature and some of a purely personal sort, and to be got through emotional situations and explosive civil war incidents, they ran the risk of being superficial and losing momentum in sequential stops and starts.They were not able to escape it entirely. The principal weakness of their film is that it has so much churning around in it that no deep or solid stream of interest evolves—save a vague rooting interest in the survival of all the nice people involved.Ari Ben Canaan, the foremost hero, who is forcefully, albeit much too neatly, played by an always well-shaved Paul Newman, is a mighty stout fellow to have around, quick and sure with the command decisions, but it is hard to gather precisely where he stands or what distinguishes him as an individual from any other fellow who would naturally be attracted to Eva Marie Saint.Miss Saint, in turn, is desperately wrought up and impressively earnest as an American widow and trained nurse who takes up with the Jewish refugees in Cyprus and goes on to fight and love with them. But she, too, lacks the depth and fullness that might be had if the film took more time with her. Say this for her, however: she does look a harassed, heat-worn girl.As for a well-bred, friendly Arab whom John Derek plays stoically, it is hard to make out what he is thinking, except that he's in a nasty jam.However, for all the interruptions and surface skimming with other characters, the film makers do manage to come out strongly—even brilliantly—in certain powerful scenes. The character of Dov Landau, a Polish terrorist, played superbly by Sal Mineo, is absolutely overwhelming in a scene where he offers himself as a candidate for the Irgun, the Jewish extremists' underground. And the character of Akiva, the Irgun leader, who is performed by David Opatoshu in a moving and unforgettable way, is also fine in this scene and others—a flaming symbol of devotion to a cause.Ralph Richardson and Peter Lawford are incisive as British military types; Jill Haworth is fresh and deeply poignant as a brave 15-year-old refugee; Lee J. Cobb is impressive (particularly in one scene with Mr. Opatoshu) as a Jewish conservative, and Felix Aylmer, Michael Wager, Martin Miller and the late Gregory Ratoff are amusing and strong as other Jews.Furthermore, Mr. Preminger has captured within the scope of his color cameras a continuously varied and vivid panorama of Cyprus and Palestine. He shot his picture in those places—most of it in the present Israel—and has spared no expense in reproducing historic events much as they occurred. The famous liberation of Jewish prisoners from the old fortress at Acre is excitingly done, and other scenes of Haganah and Irgun actions against the British and Arabs are sharp and tough.It is notable, incidentally, that Mr. Trumbo and Mr. Preminger have considerably temporized in exposing the adversaries. They have more tension between Haganah and Irgun than between Jews and British, and the Arabs seem mainly inspired to resist the partition by villainous former Nazi provocateurs.In the end, one should take from this picture a shaken feeling of having been through a lot of harsh and ennobling experiences. There is a colorful musical score by Ernest Gold.

The CastEXODUS, screen play by Dalton Trumbo, from the novel by Leon Uris; directed and produced by Otto preminger; distributed by United Artists. At the Warner Theatre, Broadway and Forty-seventh Street. Running time: 212 minutes.Ari Ben Canaan . . . . . Paul NewmanKitty Fremont . . . . . Eva Marie SaintGeneral Sutherland . . . . . Ralph RichardsonMajor Caldwell . . . . . Peter LawfordBarak Ben Canaan . . . . . Lee J. CobbDov Landau . . . . . Sal MineoTaha . . . . . John DerekMandria . . . . . Hugh GriffithLakavitch . . . . . Gregory RatoffDr. Lieberman . . . . . Felix AylmerAkiva . . . . . David OpatoshuKaren . . . . . Jill HaworthVon Storch . . . . . Marius GoringJordana . . . . . Alexandra StewartDavid . . . . . Michael WagerReuben . . . . . Paul StevensSarah . . . . . Betty WalkerDr. Odenheim . . . . . Martin MillerSergeant . . . . . Victor Maddern

Exodus (1960): Preminger’s Tale of the Formation of Israel, Starring Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint

“Exodus,” Otto Preminge’s chronicle of the events that led to the 1947 formation of the State of Israel, is an ambitious but sprawling, occasionally stirring but ultimately unsatisfying historical epic.

Blacklisted writer Dalton Trumbo adapted to the big screen Leon Uris’ best-selling novel of the same title, and Jewish director Preminger decided to give it the treatment of a big Hollywood saga, with high production values, on-location shooting, and major actors, such as Paul Newman (at a high point of his career after “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof”) and Eva Marie Saint (after Hitchcock’s smash hit, “North By Northwest”).

On a superficial level, the movie is an enjoyable piece of propaganda, siding completely with the Jewish perspective and Israel’s heroic struggle for independence and legit right for nationhood in 1947. Nonetheless, most serious critics dismissed the film as honorable attempt that’s overlong (212 minutes), episodic, thematically diffuse, and lacking a strong emotional center.

As a star vehicle, “Exodus” also leaves much to be desired. Newman, a Jewish-American actor plays the hero, Hagannah leader Ari Ben Canaan, in a competent but not entirely compelling performance, that received at best polite notices and faint praise. Rumors have it that he didn’t get along with his autocratic director.

The well-known story of Exodus details the internment of some 30,000 Jews who have fled Europe to the island of Cyprus, their attempts to enter Palestine frustrated by the British. Ari Ben Canaan (Newman), an officer of the Jewish underground (the Palestine-based Hagannah), implements a heroic project designed to dramatize the Jews¬í plight and their determination to win through dignity and freedom.

Six hundred Jews are engineered by Ari and his aides into an escape aboard the Exodus, a freighter ship, before engaging in a lengthy hunger strike to protest the British destroyers who block their way to the Promised Land. They then threaten to blow themselves up if the British come aboard.

On the ship, we get to meet two lovely women. Kitty Fremont (Eva Marie Saint), is an American nurse-widow, whose journalist husband had died. She is now a surrogate mother to a refugee child, Karen (Jill Haworth), whom she has taken under her wing.

Surprisingly, General Sutherland (an impressive Ralph Richardson), commander at Cyprus, proves sympathetic to the Jews¬í plight and influences the British to permit the ship¬ís journey to Haifa.

The story veers uncomfortably from the political to the more domestic arena. Once the refugees land, Ari and Kitty fall in love despite tensions, hardships, and ideological disagreements.

Thereupon, Preminger and Trumbo offer some blatant lessons in Zionism for the non-Jewish spectators, framed in Freudian psychology. Through Kitty, we gets insights into the Jews¬í plight, bolstering Ari¬ís morale as he comes into conflict, along with his father, Hagannah stalwart Barak Ben Canaan (Lee J. Cobb), with his uncle, Akiva (David Opotoshu), and Dov Landau (Sal Mineo), a young Auschwitz survivor, who are members of the Irgun, a alternate Jewish terrorist organization, which disagrees with the Hagannah’s more pacifist approach.

In the end, convinced that action at all costs is mandatory if a Jewish State is to be established, Ari joins the Irgun despite his beliefs, thus helps actively to plan and carry out a mass breakout of Jews from the prison at Acre. Though the operation is successful, there’s a price to be paid and Akiva (and others) is killed.

Nonetheless, Israeli independence is achieved shortly thereafter with a huge celebration. Sharply uneven, the movie seldom is able to establish a narrative flow or desirable rhythm, and there are too many ideological and pedagogical speeches that are simple there for expository matters¬óto make sure that the audience has some necessary historical background.

That said, Preminger should be commended for orchestrating some memorable sequences, such as the bombing of the King David Hotel and other masterful crowd scenes.

Ernest Gold’s dramatically touching score deservedly was nominated for an Oscar. And so was Sam Leavitt’s color cinematography. A third Oscar nomination was awarded to Sal Mineo, who plays Dov Landau, a young committed Zionist who befriends Karen, and later on risks his life to save her.

Paul Newman Eva Marie Saint Ralph Richardson Peter Lawford Lee J. Cobb Sal Mineo John Derek Hugh Griffith David Opotoshu Jill Haworth Gregory Ratoff Felix Aylmer Marius Goring Alexandra Stewart Michael Wager Martin Benson Paul Stevens Betty Walker Martin Miller Victor Maddern George Maharis John Crawford Samuel Segal Dahn Ben Motz Peter Madden Ralph Truman Joseph Furst Paul Strasine Marc Burns Esther Reichstadt Zepporah Peled Philo Hauser

An Otto Preminger Production released through United Artists. Produced and directed by Otto Preminger. Screenplay by Dalton Trumbo, based on the novel by Leon Uris. Photographed by Sam Leavitt. Music by Ernest Gold. Art Director, Richard Day. Set Decorations by Dario Simani. Film Editor, Louis R. Loeffler. Titles designed by Saul Bass. Sound by Paddy Cunningham, Red Law and John Cox. Sound effects by Win Ryder. Special effects by Cliff Richardson. Makeup by George Lane. Wardrobe by Joe King, Marge Slater, and May WAlding. Hairstyles by A.G. Scott. Miss Saint¬ís clothes by Rudi Gernreich. Costume Coordinator, Hope Bryce. General Manager, Martin C. Schute. Production Manager, Eva Monley. Assistant to the Producer, Maxt Slater. Assistant Director, Gerry O¬íHara. Filmed in Israel. Technicolor and Super-Panavision 70.

Running time: 212 minutes.

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The drama and the passion of one of the epic events of the twentieth century !

Based on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces, who will not grant the ship passage to its destination.

Paul Newman Eva Marie Saint Ralph Richardson Peter Lawford Lee J. Cobb Sal Mineo John Derek Hugh Griffith Gregory Ratoff Felix Aylmer David Opatoshu Jill Haworth Marius Goring Alexandra Stewart Michael Wager Martin Benson Paul Stevens Betty Walker Martin Miller Victor Maddern George Maharis John Crawford Shmuel Segal Dahn Ben Amotz Ralph Truman Peter Madden Joseph Fürst Paul Stassino Michael Wynne Show All… Mark Burns Esther Ofarim Zipora Peled Philo Hauser

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Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★½ 2

You know? For a film surrounding the beginning of an event that has been in many instances somewhat controversial due to some political conflicts and what not. This is a pretty uneventful film that lacks any real thrills and seems very unfocused at times.

Starting up, one sees the poster and the epic scoore by the great Ernest Gold, and one will lead to believe this is a film about war, where guns and carnage might be at the top order. Sure, romance was to be expected too, but it will be big, etc. And yet, for almost three and a half hours, things barely happen in this film. Sure, the protest in the ship was good - but that…

Review by russman ★★★ 1

The runtime for this film was about as long as it would take to wander the desert for 40 years

Review by 📀 Cammmalot 📀 ★★★ 5

”Steal it Paint it Hide it until I’m ready for it”

I suspect the reason this is an overly long three and a half hour movie, rather than an overly long 10 part mini-series is simply because Netflix hadn’t been invented yet.

It’s always a pleasure to watch Paul Newman in anything and whenever he’s on the screen this movie comes to life, but whenever he’s missing this movie becomes slightly boring and painfully long.

”Is the pain bad?” “Mortal wounds give no pain. I’m already occupied with dying.”

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Review by Jackson ★★ 3

Fuck Zionists. Free Palestine.

Also, the movie is long and boring.

Review by Albie Hay ★★½

Leon Uris' novel Exodus is, from what I can gather, little more than an overblown piece of Zionist propaganda, "altering and radically sanitizing the history of the founding of the State of Israel to flatter the fantasies and prejudices of American Jews", albeit one that provided Jews the world over with a feeling of validity. Otto Preminger's film adaptation softens it up in terms of polemic, but it's still littered with problems.

The film takes as its starting-point the detainment of Holocaust survivors on Cyprus by the British government. Ari Ben Canaan, a heroic Zionist leader, succeeds in twisting the Brits' arm to get a group of Jews back to Palestine and begin the founding of a Jewish state. He's…

Review by Jasmine ★★

Review by Tina ★★★

Oh, Paul Newman, how you lure me into watching films I never would have seen if not for you.

Review by Jacob Martin (formally known as The Movie King) ★★★ 2

When I first heard of director Otto Preminger back in April 2014, and hearing all the groundbreaking stuff he's done, after watching one film of his, Laura, I became a fan. His 1960 film Exodus sounds like a film I would really dig; a historical epic based on true events with a huge cast with Preminger's biggest issue here being the hiring of a blacklisted screenwriter that was revealed during production and credited in the final film. And while Exodus isn't really a groundbreaker in the epic genre nor do I think is Preminger's strongest work, I think it's still a solid film that reminds us of what these Jews had to go through to gain their own independent nation.…

Review by Wilson ★★★ 1

Exodus is 3hr 19 minutes long. It is a true epic about the founding of the modern State of Israel. I am not going to lie, it is a big of slog for long stretches, but there is something admirable about Otto Preminger's treatment of the material. It is serious, occasionally nuanced, occasionally tough.

The film apparently dials down the anti-British, and anti-Arab, sentiment of the book, but it is still fairly evident. However, this is an epic with a point of view, strident at times, but sure of itself. I was impressed, as I always am, with Otto Preminger's rigorous intelligent filmmaking.

Exodus has a great cast (though not always a cast you would expect given the topic), Paul…

Review by Bruno Andrade ★★★★★

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Quando falam de sua profissão, os cineastas adotam rapidamente um tom e idéias comuns. Todos estão de acordo em afirmar: “Um bom roteiro deve ser um roteiro popular”. A Delícia de um Dilema ( Rally ‘Round the Flag, Boys! , Leo McCarey, 1958), A Morte tem Seu Preço ( The Naked and the Dead , Raoul Walsh, 1958) e Exodus provam que eles têm razão e que são fiéis às suas proposições. Se é McCarey que tem razão, isso significa que o melhor filme será aquele que contará da melhor forma uma história interessante. Interessante, isto é, apaixonante e moderna. Assim fica evidente que: 1) Um filme não possui qualquer eficácia se ele não é popular. 2) O sentido da palavra popular…

Review by megan ★★★

professor: let’s think about why paul newman was cast in this role student: he’s hot professor: precisely!

Review by Todd Hill ★★½

A really long slog about the founding of Israel in 1948, but for patient souls, an occasionally rewarding slog. Otto Preminger didn't make bad movies, he just seemed to be allergic to anything resembling cinematic momentum. The film is a master class in charisma as exemplified by star Paul Newman, who is as electrifying as ever here; his final speech rivals that of Mel Gibson in "Braveheart," and although much less well known is probably better for being far more understated. The female lead, Eva Marie Saint, gets lost in Newman's shadow. Sal Mineo makes a strong and positive impression. The picture also features an enormous cast of extras in brown shorts and funny blue hats.

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Fictional but fact-based account of the struggle for the emergence of modern Israel as an independent country and home for world Jewry.

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A chronicle of the plight of Jews-in-exile at the end of WWII, and activists' efforts to situate a vast number of Jews in Palestine for the purpose of influencing the U.N. vote to establish an Israeli state.

A stirring chronicle of Israel's struggle for independence in 1947, EXODUS focuses on Newman as Ben Canaan, the leader of the Haganah, whose affair with Kitty Fremont (Saint) is engulfed by the conflict. The film tackles the independence movement as a whole, dealing with various factions involved in the internecine struggle between the moderate Haganah and the radical terrorist Irgun. Interspersed throughout are segments showing the migration of European Jews to the new land, paying special attention to the ragged survivors of Nazi death camps on board the vessel Exodus, blockaded in a Cyprus harbor by British warships. The film also depicts the struggle of the Jews in Palestine to gain partition, then profiles the main characters after the partition, fighting to continue as the nation of Israel. Under the direction of Otto Preminger, EXODUS boasts strong performances and many memorable sequences including the bombing of the King David Hotel, the capture and subsequent rescue of the Irgun leaders, masterfully handled crowd scenes, and Canaan's moving final speech. Preminger is generally faithful to history and to Leon Uris's best-selling novel; Uris himself was dismissed as the film's screenwriter (Preminger thought he had no gift for screen dialogue), and the filmmakers were necessarily forced to abridge the story to make it cinematically feasible. Though the film is overlong, the story is movingly told, the production values are high, and Ernest Gold's Oscar-nominated score is considered a classic.

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Exodus (1960)
Based on the novel by Leon Uris, written by Dalton Trumbo (Roman Holiday, Papillon, Spartacus) and directed by Otto Preminger (Anatomy of a Murder, Laura, In Harm's Way, The Man with the Golden Arm), an interesting and entertaining drama. Not really a docudrama on the formation of Israel, as the focus is too narrow.
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Exodus: Directed by Otto Preminger. With Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford. The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.
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Exodus is a 1960 American epic historical drama film about the founding of the State of Israel.Produced and directed by Otto Preminger, the screenplay was adapted by Dalton Trumbo from the 1958 novel of the same name by Leon Uris.The film stars an ensemble cast including Paul Newman, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Richardson, Peter Lawford, Lee J. Cobb, Sal Mineo, John Derek and George Maharis.
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Exodus (1960) -- (Movie Clip) It's Good To Have Parties From the arrival of the first Jewish refugee kids from Cyprus, we meet Zionist leader Barak Ben Canaan (Lee J. Cobb, father of the hero, Paul Newman), at his kibbutz in Palestine, also John Derek as friendly Arab neighbor Taha, in Otto Preminger's film from Leon Uris' novel, Exodus, 1960.
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Exodus, American epic film, released in 1960, that was Otto Preminger's big-budget adaptation of Leon Uris's best seller about the founding of the modern state of Israel in 1948. The film opens in post-World War II Cyprus, where Jewish refugees have gathered after British forces prevented them from entering Palestine. Ari Ben Canaan (played by Paul Newman) is a member of the Haganah, a ...
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There is a colorful musical score by Ernest Gold. The CastEXODUS, screen play by Dalton Trumbo, from the novel by Leon Uris; directed and produced by Otto preminger; distributed by United Artists ...
Exodus (1960): Preminger's Tale of the Formation of Israel, Starring
The well-known story of Exodus details the internment of some 30,000 Jews who have fled Europe to the island of Cyprus, their attempts to enter Palestine frustrated by the British. Ari Ben Canaan (Newman), an officer of the Jewish underground (the Palestine-based Hagannah), implements a heroic project designed to dramatize the Jews¬í plight ...
‎Exodus (1960) directed by Otto Preminger • Reviews, film
Based on Leon Uris' novel, this historical epic provides a dramatic backstory to the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, in the aftermath of World War II. Ari Ben Canaan, a passionate member of the Jewish paramilitary group Haganah, attempts to transport 600 Jewish refugees on a dangerous voyage from Cyprus to Palestine on a ship named the Exodus. He faces obstruction from British forces ...
Exodus 1960, directed by Otto Preminger
Touted as a masterpiece by stout Premingerites; but with one eye on the box-office, the other on avoiding giving offence, this adaptation of Leon Uris' blockbus
Exodus (1960)
Genre. Drama. Distributor. United Artists. Release Date. Dec 15, 1960. Release Notes. Nationwide
Exodus (1960) Movie Reviews
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Review: Exodus BD + Screen Caps
Exodus is a lengthy (3.5 hours) and although it's hard to watch in one sitting, it does feature some strong performances by Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint to go along with an interesting story in conjunction with the adaptation by Dalton Trumbo and Otto Preminger's masterful direction.. Exodus — The Limited Edition Series — (1960) REVIEW NAVIGATION
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Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for EXODUS - MOVIE [Blu-ray] [1960] ... EXODUS was an enormous (624 pp.) and enormously successful 1958 novel by Leon Uris that was transformed into this 1960 film, a smash hit in most countries except the UK, where its depiction of the ruling British forces in Palestine was considered offensive ...
Exodus
Exodus Reviews. 1960. 3 hr 35 mins. Documentary, Drama. NR. Watchlist. Where to Watch. A chronicle of the plight of Jews-in-exile at the end of WWII, and activists' efforts to situate a vast ...
Exodus
The signal characteristic of Otto Preminger's Exodus from 1960, a story of the founding of the modern state of Israel, has nothing to do with the film's sensitive political content; nothing to do with the iconic, stirring Romantic main theme of Eric Gold's deservedly Oscar-winning score; nothing to with the fact that this is the only movie to pair Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint, two of the ...
EXODUS
Amazon.com: EXODUS - MOVIE [Blu-ray] [1960]: 4006680064925: Trumbo, Dalton, Gold, Ernest: Movies & TV ... Since this is a product review, first off a few words about the DVD. The film is presented in a letterbox version for old 4:3 TV sets. Which means you get a small picture with broad black edges on all four sides on a modern widescreen set.
Exodus (1960)
Synopsis. Produced and directed by Otto Preminger, Exodus is a 212-minute screen adaptation of the best-selling novel by Leon Uris. The film is concerned with the emergence of Israel as an independent nation in 1947. Its first half focuses on the efforts of 611 holocaust survivors to defy the blockade of the occupying British government and ...