 | georges11 (16)
06/27/2008 | One of my favorite movies. The Sand Pebbles was a book that was made into a movie starring Steve Maqueen, Candace Bergen(gorgeous) and Richard Crenna. It is a gripping movie about sailor life in a foreign land where Americans are not welcome. The cinemotography is breathtaking. The story is intense. There is war, political intrigue, love, death. Steve Maqueen is unforgettable as a loner machinist who feels his machines are his world and wants to be left alone but the world butts in. I know my explanation is kind of lame but this is truly a majestic move, perhaps even epic. It is as relevant now as it was then. A good movie to watch on a weekend night with a good friend.
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 | GenghisTheHun (168)
04/09/2008 | Steve McQueen is the star and the story is about a U. S. gunboat patrolling its station in an inland Chinese river in the 1920's or early 1930's.. What is a gunboat doing there, you might ask? It is a long story but comes from the weakness of China around the turn of the 20th Century. The film does a passable job showing the arising force of nationalism in China and the Chinese resentment about foreign intervention and privilege.
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 | irishgit (138)
04/08/2008 | Excellent, understated film with a fine performance by McQueen, and several equally fine jobs in lesser roles.
Somewhat forgotten these days, but it is a striking and moving film.
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