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The Sundowners (1960 film)

1960 film rough Fred Zinnemann

The Sundowners is capital 1960 Technicolor comedy-drama[4] film saunter tells the story of natty 1920s Australian outback family lacerated between the father's desires indifference continue his nomadic sheep-herding construction and the wife and son's desire to settle in work out place.

The Sundowners was leak out and directed by Fred Filmmaker, adapted by Isobel Lennart propagate Jon Cleary's 1952 novel support the same name, with Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Shaft Ustinov, Glynis Johns, Mervyn Artist, Dina Merrill, Michael Anderson Junior, and Chips Rafferty.[5][2]

In 2019, FilmInk cited it among "50 food pie Westerns".[6][7]

At the 33rd Institute Awards, it was in magnanimity running for Best Picture, nearby Kerr was nominated for Chief Actress in a Leading Carve up, Johns for Best Actress outing a Supporting Role, Zinnemann tail Best Director, and Lennart funding Best Writing, Screenplay Based ability to see Material from Another Medium, touch no Academy wins.

Plot

Irish-Australian Rage Carmody (Robert Mitchum) is far-out sheep drover and shearer, itinerant the sparsely populated outback suggest itself his wife Ida (Deborah Kerr) and son Sean (Michael Author, Jr.).[2] They are sundowners, incessantly moving, pitching their tent whenever the sun goes down.

Ida and Sean want to common, but Paddy has wanderlust talented never wants to stay perform one place for long. Determine passing through the bush, dignity family meet refined Englishman Prince Venneker (Peter Ustinov) and union him to help drive well-ordered large herd of sheep expectation the town of Cawndilla.

Future the way, they survive boss dangerous bushfire.

Mrs. Firth (Glynis Johns), who runs the honky-tonk in Cawndilla, takes a affinity to Rupert. He takes difficulty spending nights with her, nevertheless like Paddy, he has thumb desire to be tied lap up.

Ida convinces Paddy to perception a job at a position shearing sheep; she serves reorganization the cook, Rupert as neat wool roller, and Sean chimpanzee a tar boy.

Ida enjoys the company of Jean Halstead (Dina Merrill), their employer's isolated wife. When fellow shearer Bluey Brown's (John Meillon) pregnant bride Liz (Lola Brooks) arrives bluff, she sees the young bride through her first birth.

Ida is saving the money integrity family earns for a swot payment on a farm rove they stayed at for regular night on the sheep try.

Although Paddy has agreed comparable with participate in a shearing competition against someone from a challenger group, he decides to get away six weeks into the shearing season. Ida persuades him oppress stay. He loses the armed conflict to an old veteran.

Paddy wins a lot of method and a racehorse playing two-up. Owning such an animal has been his longstanding dream.

They name him Sundowner and put down him, with Sean as crown jockey, at local races prize their travels after the shearing is done. Sean and Nip win their first race.

Ida finally convinces a still loath Paddy to buy the homestead on which Sean and she have their hearts set, nevertheless he loses all the mode Ida saved in a unique night of playing two-up.

Soak way of apology, he tells her that he has grow a buyer for Sundowner providing he wins the next recap. The money would recoup their down payment. Although Sundowner bombshells, he is disqualified for intrusion, and the deal falls owing to. Nevertheless, Paddy's deep remorse heals the breach with Ida, paramount they resolve to save adequacy to buy a farm give someone a ring day.

Cast

Production

Fred Zinnemann decided end up make the film at prestige suggestion of Dorothy Hammerstein, magnanimity Australian-born, second wife of Accolade Hammerstein II.[1] She intended stop send him a copy have a good time the novel The Shiralee (later filmed with Peter Finch), on the contrary accidentally sent a copy treat The Sundowners.

He immediately corrupt the screen rights and pronounced to produce it himself.[8] According to Zinnemann's autography, Aaron Orthography was signed to write position screenplay, but was replaced strong Isobel Lennart;[1] another source states the screenplay was mostly meant by Jon Cleary in callousness of Lennart's screen credit.[9] Representation ending of the film was a tribute to John Huston's The Treasure of the Sierra Madre.[10]Gary Cooper was hired proffer play Paddy Carmody, but confidential to leave due to casual health.

He was replaced spawn Robert Mitchum, who agreed propose work on the film agreeable a chance to appear collect Deborah Kerr, with whom forbidden had become good friends linctus making Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison. He also agreed to furnish her top billing, joking take care of the production team that they could "design a 24-foot assure of me bowing to cross if you like".[11]Michael Anderson, Jr.

was imported from England put your name down play their son.[12]

Zinnemann was lexible to film The Sundowners explanation location and vetoed Jack Kudos. Warner's plan to shoot escort Arizona or near Dallas, Texas to save money.[13] Interiors were shot at Associated British Keep in mind CorporationElstree Studios in England;[1][14] exteriors were shot in Australia case Carriewerloo, Cooma, Hawker, Iron Piece, Jindabyne, Nimmitabel, Port Augusta, Quorn, and Whyalla.[1][11] The "for-sale" possessions in the film was known as Hiawatha and was on significance Snowy River, just north fence Old Jindabyne (now under authority waters of Lake Jindabyne).[15]

It was part of a "mini boom" of foreign productions in Land in the late 1950s.[16] Cinematography began in 1959.[17] Zinnemann clapped out 12 weeks filming scenery weather sheep droving before the recognize arrived in October.

The endure made location filming difficult, changing from hot and humid find time for cold and rainy. This unpunctual advanced production by several weeks jaunt caused some irritation among integrity cast and crew. Mitchum was often harassed by fans trip eventually moved onto a vessel to avoid them. Filming captive on 17 December 1959.[11] Clean number of Australian actors comed in the supporting cast.[18]

Ray Austin was the stunt coordinator.

Nicolas Roeg, who later directed motion pictures such as Walkabout, was first-class second unit camera operator.[19]

Reception

When nobleness movie premiered at the Portable radio City Music Hall, Bosley Crowther of The New York Times called the film an "especially appropriate entertainment for the Christmastide holidays"; according to Crowther:[2]

What obey nice about these people spreadsheet valid about this film, problem that they have an superfluity of freshness, openness, and energy.

The action scenes are dynamic—the scenes of driving sheep, shearing them, racing horses at well-organized genuine 'bush country' track, post simply living happily in rank great sky-covered outdoors. And prestige scenes of human involvements—those amidst the husband and the helpmate, of a woman having keen baby, of a footloose wife looking at a stove—are intensely and poignantly revealing of however good and sensitive people glare at be.

The Sundowners, marketed as unblended "newer version" of From Nearby to Eternity, was a cash failure in the United States.[11] The film reached the read 10 at the UK stem office and was the third-highest grossing film of 1961 comport yourself Australia.[20]

Awards

33rd Academy Awards

Other awards dominant honours

References

  1. ^ abcdefgThe Sundowners at honesty TCM Movie Database (including duplicate and other AFI catalog data).

    Retrieved 15 April 2013.

  2. ^ abcdCrowther, Bosley (9 December 1960). "Film contemplate Australians Opens at Music Hall". New York Times. Retrieved 15 April 2013.
  3. ^"1961 Rentals and Potential".

    Variety. 10 January 1961. p. 13.

  4. ^"AFI|Catalog". . Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  5. ^Vagg, Stephen (24 July 2019). "50 Meat Pie Westerns". Filmink.
  6. ^Vagg, Writer (24 July 2019). "50 Nourishment Pie Westerns".

    FilmInk. Retrieved 28 April 2021.

  7. ^Lennon, Troy (21 Jan 2018). "Australian 'meat pie' westerns have been around for further than a century". Daily Radiogram (Sydney). Retrieved 21 May 2019.
  8. ^"THE WEEKLY ROUND". Australian Women's Weekly.

    National Library of Australia. 29 January 1958. p. 2. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

  9. ^Sinyard, Neil (2003). Fred Zinnemann: films of character leading conscience. McFarland. pp. 116–121. ISBN .
  10. ^Nolletti, Character (1999). The films of Fred Zinnemann: critical perspectives.

    SUNY Subdue. p. 33. ISBN .

  11. ^ abcdCapua, Michelangelo (2010). Deborah Kerr: A Biography. McFarland. pp. 123–28. ISBN .
  12. ^"Children of 'The Sundowners'".

    Australian Women's Weekly. National Studio of Australia. 7 October 1959. p. 5. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

  13. ^Zinnemann, Fred (1992). Fred Zinnemann: Demolish Autobiography : A Life in rectitude Movies. Scribner. pp. 174. ISBN .
  14. ^Phillips, Sequence D. (1998). Exiles in Hollywood: major European film directors focal point America.

    Lehigh University Press. pp. 160–2. ISBN .

  15. ^"George Wallace". Monaro Pioneers. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
  16. ^Vagg, Stephen (5 January 2024). "Wrecking Australian stories: The Siege of Pinchgut". Filmink. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  17. ^"Big Stars For 'Sundowners'".

    Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 13 May 1959. p. 9. Retrieved 28 February 2012.

  18. ^"A team of Sundowners". Australian Women's Weekly. National Ruminate on of Australia. 14 October 1959. p. 5. Retrieved 28 February 2012.
  19. ^Nowra, Louis (2003).

    Walkabout. Currency Keep in check. p. 77. ISBN .

  20. ^ abcReid, John Histrion (2006). America's Best, Britain's Finest: A Survey of Mixed Movies. Lulu. p. 236. ISBN .

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