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An average movie drawn from a great book
The problem with this film is that Peter O'Toole as Lord Jim is never convincingly real. To me he always appears to be working out the way he'll play his lines, so they become mannered and studied. There's even a feeling that he wants the "T E Lawrence" magic to emerge to save an otherwise misguided performance. He just doesn't fit his persona into the character of Jim. Trouble is, he's such a compelling screen presence that he kind of gets away with his effect on the screen without actually playing the role of Lord Jim I wonder how Albert Finney would have come across in the role - a very creative and original actor, he would certainly have got much more variety and drama out of Jim's character. Nevertheless because Joseph Conrad is such a masterful writer of great yarns, director Richard Brooks does manage to give us good couple of hours' entertainment, superbly capped by a fascinating, untypical and highly intelligent performance by James Mason.Read full review
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The story was very compelling.
It is a very good quality dvd.
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