Ivanhoe (1982)
by Douglas Camfield
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Actor: Anthony Andrews, James Mason, Michael Hordern, Olivia Hussey, Sam NeillDirector: Douglas Camfield
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 156 minutes
Release Date: 1994-06-24
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Studio: Sony Pictures
VHS Movie Reviews of Ivanhoe (1982)
Movie Review: surprisingly disappointing...
Summary: 1 Stars
I am so SAD about having to say negative things about this film. I'm a devout disciple of Ivanhoe, and a mesmerized fan of Anthony Andrews, so it feels like treachery to say that I've never been so disappointed in a film...What a CAST. But such meaningless drivel for dialog... True, this version DID include Athelstane, but to what purpose? He added nothing, he was totally incidental---well, blast it, WILFRED was incidental...And, bless her heart, that cute little girl didn't look remotely Saxon...And lovely Olivia looks more as if she's distressed and confused by the quality of the production than by deep love for Wilfred or impending immolation...By the time they tie her to the stake, she looks like she just wants out under any circumstance. I BELIEVED Elizabeth Taylor in the old version---I WANTED to believe Olivia Hussey, but I couldn't.
If he'd had the lines to work with, Sam Neill could have had us rolling on the floor in tears of sympathy at his death... but I didn't even CARE...And WHAT was the deal with Robin Hood? He looked like Cary Elwes in "Men in Tights." So sad. Such a waste. But I'm ANGRY about their little implication at the end of the film that Ivanhoe really had a hard time choosing between Rebecca and his own beloved Rowena! Shame on these writers.I'm going back to poor ol' wooden but handsome Robert Taylor. And weeping as I go. I gave it a star for decent subject matter and I admit I graded extra hard because there was so much there to work with and the result was tasteless mush.
Summary of Ivanhoe (1982)
This 1982, 180-minute television remake of the original MGM feature, produced 30 years before, is the rare makeover of a classic that works quite well under its own steam. Anthony Andrews plays the disinherited knight who returns from the Third Crusades and is determined to raise the ransom to free a kidnapped King Richard (Julian Glover). With his bid rebuffed by his estranged father (Michael Hordern), and the affection of the latter's ward, Rowena (Lysette Anthony), compromised, Ivanhoe looks toward the generosity of the beautiful Rebecca (Olivia Hussey)--whose father (James Mason) he rescued from anti-Semitic Normans--for help. But a plot by faithless friends to discredit Ivanhoe, and his subsequent partnership with Robin Hood (David Robb) to save the day, keep this story from slowing down even for a minute. Originally a miniseries, this production has enough breadth to provide lots of breathing room for the script and cast to mine all the drama they can from Sir Walter Scott's novel. This is also a great-looking movie, with wall-to-wall pageantry, superb costumes--the works. --Tom KeoghAction & Adventure VHS Video
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