Carmen Jones (1954)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.0/10   

Réalisateur:

Otto Preminger

Writers:

Oscar Hammerstein II (book)
Harry Kleiner (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 octobre 1954 (USA)

Genre:

Musical

Plot:

Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.

Plot Keywords:

Opera | Love | Desire | Parachute | African American

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Bizet gets drawllllllllllled!

Ensemble

Harry Belafonte	...	Joe
Dorothy Dandridge	...	Carmen Jones
Pearl Bailey	...	Frankie
Olga James	...	Cindy Lou
Joe Adams	...	Husky Miller
Brock Peters	...	Sergeant Brown (as Broc Peters)
Roy Glenn	...	Rum Daniels
Nick Stewart	...	Dink Franklin
Diahann Carroll	...	Myrt
LeVern Hutcherson	...	Joe (voice) (as Le Vern Hutcherson)
Marilyn Horne	...	Carmen Jones (voice) (as Marilynn Horne)
Marvin Hayes	...	Husky Miller (voice)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Oscar Hammerstein's Carmen Jones (USA) (complete title)

Durée:

105 min | Argentina:108 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Aspect Ratio:

2.55 : 1

Son:

4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording) (magnetic prints) | Mono (optical prints)

Classification:

UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (re-rating) | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #17140) | Sweden:15 | Australia:PG

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

California Highway 118 between Moorpark & Somis, California, USA

Company:

Carlyle Productions

Anecdotes:

This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1992.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Carmen blinks after being strangled.

Guillemet:

Frankie: Somethin' tells me Chicago's gonna be real good for you.
Myrt: Somethin' tells me you gonna be real bad for Chicago.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Ray (2004/I)

Soundtrack:

FINAL DUET

Bizet gets drawllllllllllled!

Unusual but well-made retelling of the "Carmen" opera with an African-American cast. The exquisite Dorothy Dandridge is on the money in the title role - she may have been one of Hollywood's greatest (and most underused) beauties. She and Belafonte generate a lot of heat on the screen. A good supporting cast includes Pearl Bailey and a very young Diahann Carroll.

Black folks had to take what they could get in Hollywood at the time and to the credit of the cast and Preminger, they manage to rise above the stereotypes. Who cares if "Carmen" was originally a Spanish opera, what's the big deal?