Rent Ship of Fools (1965)

3.2 of 5 from 77 ratings
2h 23min
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Synopsis:
Based on the novel by Katherine Anne Porter 'Ship of Fools' is set in 1933 aboard a luxury liner bound from Mexico to Germany. Among the many passengers are Vivien Leigh as a divorce desperate for love and lost youth. Also starring are Simone Signoret as a Spanish noblewoman being deported as a political prisoner, Lee Marvin as an aging, alcoholic ballplayers, and Jose Ferrer as a budding Nazi whose brutishness foreshadows the holocaust to come. Their separate but interlocking stories, beautifully observed by director Stanley Kramer, serve as a brilliant microcosm of a world on the verge of war.
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Directors:
Producers:
Stanley Kramer
Writers:
Katherine Anne Porter, Abby Mann
Others:
Bill Thomas, Jean Louis, Ernest Laszlo, Robert Clatworthy, Joseph Kish
Studio:
Sony
Genres:
Classics, Drama, Romance
Collections:
A Brief History of Cinema Afloat: Part 2, Award Winners, BAFTA Nominations Competition 2024, Cinema Paradiso's 2022 Centenary Club, A Brief History of Film...
Awards:

1966 Oscar Best Cinematography Black and White

1966 Oscar Best Art Direction Black and White

BBFC:
Release Date:
05/02/2007
Run Time:
143 minutes
Languages:
English Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, French Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono, Italian Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, English Hard of Hearing, Finnish, French, Greek, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Romanian, Swedish
DVD Regions:
Region 2
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
Colour:
Colour
BBFC:
Release Date:
26/02/2018
Run Time:
150 minutes
Languages:
English DTS-HD Master Audio 1.0 Mono
Subtitles:
English Hard of Hearing
Formats:
Pal
Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen 1.85:1
Colour:
B & W
BLU-RAY Regions:
(0) All
Bonus:
  • Audio commentary with Nick Redman, Lem Dobbs and Julie Kirgo
  • Introduction to the film by Karen Kramer (2007, 2 mins)
  • On Board the Ship of Fools (2007, 28 mins): documentary featuring actors Elizabeth Ashley, George Segal and BarBara Luna, and editor Robert Jones
  • Voyage on a Soundstage (2007, 11 mins): acclaimed cinematographer Laszlo Kovacs considers the work of Ernest Laszlo, winner of the Academy Award for Best Cinematography for his work on Ship of Fools
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Image Gallery: on-set and promotional photography
  • UK Blu-ray Premiere

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Reviews (1) of Ship of Fools

Tied up in Knots - Ship of Fools review by CH

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15/10/2024

An epic film made soon after publication of the novel on which Katherine Anne Porter spent two decades, Ship of Fools has gone the way of many of its international cast. Unfairly so. True, many of them depict a type and the plot is more worthy than subtle (often the case with Kramer) but it is so well done that the time passes without any cinematic inertia. Set in 1933 with news of the Nazis coming to power as the ship makes its way from Mexico via Cuba and Spain to Germany, much turns around the Captain's table - and those excluded from finding a place at it. Shot in effective black and white, albeit with some hairstyles and even clothes better suited to the Sixties King's Road, this moves at a pace which scarcely gives one pause to wonder why people do not keep their cabin doors locked and how one of the best brawls this side of Destry Rides Again does not have them coming through those very doors to witness that fracas in the corridor.

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