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Release Date: 14 December, 1999 Retail Price: $9.98 OUR Price: $9.98 You SAVE: $0.00! Cast: Complete Cast (15 total) |
The Boys from Brazil Reviews
Brilliant!
Ira Levin has an eye for evil. He knows man's avarice and his tendancy to misuse the skills he has developed. It was slightly sinister in "The Stepford Wives." It was dark and unnerving in "Rosemary's Baby."
In "The Boys from Brazil," Levin strikes an uglier chord, as he couple's the greed of man with once futuristic science and technology that has become reality. This one has the added chill of being not far out of the neighborhood of possibility.
This is a powerful story that requires a powerful cast to make it on the screen. Fortunately, the combination of Gregory Peck, Sir Laurence Olivier and James Mason weaves just the right spell.
The plot is complex and yet tidy. War criminals from the Holocaust era have fled into hiding in deep, dark South America. There, with the help of the mad scientist, real life ghoul Josef Mengele, they plot to use the science of cloning to bring back their patriarchal hero. And so begins the truly alarming scheme for the rebirthing of Adolph Hitler.
"The Boy's from Brazil" is the story of truly evil men and of those who are committed to capturing them. Peck handles evil as well as he has handled loveable characters in the past. Olivier is almost sublime in his commitment to bring down the last of the Nazi monsters.
Like all of Levin's masterpieces, this one hooks you from the start and drags you along like a tin can strung to the back of a car. The movie is as captivating as the book, though the latter should not be skipped. You might read it in two nights. You might read it in one. Either way, read it. And then watch the movie.
Olivier and Peck in Bravura Form
No one will confuse "The Boys From Brazil" with classic cinema, but it remains a compelling thriller thanks to the superb performances of Laurence Olivier and Gregory Peck. Both actors transcend the preposterousness of Ira Levin's best-seller while director Franklin J. Schaffner keeps the globetrotting narrative afloat. As the intrepid Nazi hunter, Olivier delivers one of his finest screen portrayals and deservedly earned an Oscar nomination. However, it's a shame that Peck didn't play more villains in his later years.
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