|
|
|
 |
The African Queen
List Price: $14.98 Our Price:
VHS Tape - 01 August, 1999
Paramount Home Video
Unrated
Availability: This item is currently not available.
Director: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Katharine Hepburn
Number of Media: 1
Features: - Color
- Closed-captioned
- NTSC
|
|
| VHS Tape Description The 1951 John Huston classic, set in Africa during World War I, garnered Humphrey Bogart an Oscar for his role as a hard-drinking riverboat captain in Africa, who provides passage for a Christian missionary spinster (Katharine Hepburn). Taking an instant, mutual dislike to one another, the two endure rough waters, the presence of German soldiers, and their own bickering to finally fall into one another's arms. This is classic Huston material--part adventure, part quest--but this time with a pair of characters who'd all but given up on happiness. Bogart (a longtime collaborator with Huston on such classics as The Maltese Falcon and Key Largo) and Hepburn have never been better, and support from frequent Huston crony Robert Morley (Beat the Devil, also featuring Bogart) adds some extra dimension and color. --Tom Keogh |
| Reviews from Customers
Why isn't it on DVD?? It amazes me to no end that some of the cheeesiest movies ever made are released on DVD months or even weeks after they appear in theaters. But a classic like "AFRICAN QUEEN" can sit in company archives and if released on disc would surely mean a nice piece of change in many pockets.
I wouldn't mind if it showed up on cable and I was able to record it with my DVD Recorder,but it hasn't even been broadcast in months.
How can this happen?
Beautiful River+Beautiful Africa+Bogie=WOW I adore this movie, but my God, that our Kate could deliver "I never dreamed any mere physical experience could be so stimulating!" without breaking up must have instantly qualified her for an Oscar!
Surely I'm not the only viewer who thinks that, were he alive & well today, Bogie could "take me to the river" any old time ;)
A Classic When is the Owner of this Classic going to release this movie in DVD? Humphrey Bogart & Katharine Hepburn in a duel of personalities that come together in a great finally. A must have for the Movie Collector. |
|
|
|
|
