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A womanizing biologist studies life in a colony of penguins.A womanizing biologist studies life in a colony of penguins.A womanizing biologist studies life in a colony of penguins.
Salmaan Peerzada
- Ahaz Khan
- (as Salmaan Peer)
- Directors
- Alfred Viola
- Roy Boulting(uncredited)
- Writers
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- TriviaAl Viola was dismissed from this movie and replaced by Producer Roy Boulting. Swedish documentary filmmaker Arne Sucksdorf had started filming the penguin footage in the Antarctic, but it failed to blend with the studiobound sequences. Boulting then brought his wife Hayley Mills on-board, which further added to this movie's escalating budget. This was one of the box-office disappointments, which led to Bryan Forbes' dismissal as head of EMI Films.
- GoofsWhen the first penguin arrives and slides on its belly towards Forbush, there are already other penguin belly tracks in the snow.
- Quotes
Richard Forbush: [to the predatory skuas] Retribution is near my fine feathered friends. Make no mistake about that.
Richard Forbush: [as he attacks the skuas with a catapult] You've asked for it, now you'll get it! Now it's your turn! You hear me? Go on, get out! GET OUT! ALL OF YOU! Die, damn you! Die! DO YOU HEAR ME? DIE! DIE!
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An amazing character study
It is many, many years since I saw this film, but unlike so many others I have seen, I have not forgotten the title or the substance of the film itself. I thought the way that Mr Forbush became so protective of the penguins and their eggs was wholly understandable and it was a hard lesson for him (and us, for that matter) to learn that he was the intruder in that landscape and he had to leave the penguins to protect their own eggs from the skuas. I just love watching penguins, so I got a good dose of that too. As a character study on what living a solitary life can do, I found it quite fascinating. It was not exactly an 'action' movie, but I found it very thought provoking and it sucked me right in from the start and kept me emotionally involved till the end. Well worth a look if you get the chance.
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- jhooke
- Jun 7, 2005
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- Mr. Forbush and the Penguins
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- Runtime1 hour 41 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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