Writing credits Pearl S. Buck (novel), Marguerite Roberts, Jane Murfin
Cast: Katharine Hepburn ... Jade Tan
Walter Huston ... Ling Tan
Aline MacMahon ... Ling Tan's Wife
Akim Tamiroff ... Wu Lien
Turhan Bey ... Lao Er Tan - Middle Son
Hurd Hatfield ... Lao San Tan - Youngest Son
J. Carrol Naish ... Japanese Kitchen Overseer
Produced by Pandro S. Berman .... producer
Original Music by Herbert Stothart
Cinematography by Sidney Wagner
Wolfman at FH:
Thank God Warner Bros is on the ball with Katharine Hepburn!
She deserves this and so do her fans.
"Dragon Seed" - this is probably the only one of the bunch that I wish they'd left out. At the time it was critically acclaimed (it was 1944), yet by today's standards having American actors portraying Chinese peasants is ludicrous. The movie isn't horrible; however, I don't see why they couldn't have actually used Chinese actors, but blame the Studio System of the 1940's and racial intolerance for that. Hepburn however does portray and independent, freedom fighter peasant woman, and that is the only admirable thing I can think about this movie based on Pearl Buck's novel.
Many critics consider the 1944 drama,"Dragon Seed" to be an overlong epic that has unconvincing characterizations of Chinese people. It's true that some of American actors in this film don't look Chinese,but a majority of them do. With that said,"Dragon Seed" is one of the best films about World War II. I have ever seen. It contains excellent performances by the entire cast and deals with a part of the war that is rarely mentioned, the Japanese occupation in China in the late 1930's. The film is based on a popular novel by Pearl S. Buck and tells the story of Ling Tan(Walter Huston)and his family of farmers.Tan and his wife(Aline MacMahon)try to keep the ancient Chinese customs alive in their household, but they soon realize that this is impossible. Jade,(Katharine Hepburn)Tan's daughter-in-law and many people in China are finding out ways to protect themselves against Japanese invaders. When the Japanese come, their lives are destroyed forever. The farmers are forced to share most of their land with the invaders,homes and personal belongings are destroyed,the invaders storm into homes and kill people, and people flee to get away from all the chaos. As a viewer,you see a family courageously surviving turmoil the best way that they can. The film is entertaining all the way through. Katharine Hepburn gives one of the greatest and most underrated performances of her career.She should have gotten,at least,an Oscar nomination for it. Walter Huston and Aline MacMahon are equally brilliant as the wise heads of the family. Agnes Moorehead gives a fascinating performance as a nasty in-law,who will do anything to get what she wants. Of course, this film has the usual high MGM production values. I give it a 9 out of 10.
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Û ± DivX Release..: 06/04/2007 Û
Û DVD Release...: 05/29/2007 Û
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Û° °² Audio Language: English Û
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Û ± Genre.........: Drama ÛÛ²
Û²° Runtime.......: 147min 56sec °°²
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dragon.seed.1944.dvdrip.xvid.fragment.cd2.avi dragon.seed.1944.dvdrip.xvid.fragment.subs.rar dragon.seed.1944.dvdrip.xvid.fragment.nfo Thanks a lot, Wolfieman.francomapa escribió:Gracias a la aportacion del amigo Marc27 que me ha facilitado el audio, he podido sincronizarlo para esta version,
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