ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES [IMPORT ANGLAIS] (IMPORT) (DVD) × Aucun prix Meilleur prix près de chez moi 0 avis clients Donnez votre avis The general perception of the Technicolor costume adventure movies that Maria Montez and Jon Hall made for Universal in the early 1940's is that they were pure escapist entertainment, intended to make people forget for an hour or so about the Second World War and the general world situation. And generally that is true about them -- they were mostly no """"about"""" much more than having fun for 90 minutes or so amid pretty sets with lots of action and some pretty women in exotic outfits. But watching ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES, one has to wonder if even here the screenwriter, Edmund L. Hartmann, was able to totally get away from the day-to-day reality around him. The opening Mongol invasion of Bagdad and the murder of the old Caliph (Moroni Olsen) while trying to set up a government-in-exile without thinking of the German and Japanese conquests and occupations of various nations that would have been going on at the time; additionally, the fact that the old Caliph is murdered with the help of a traitor in his own noble ranks -- a quisling in the term coined during World War II -- wouldn't have been missed by audiences at the time. Further, the screenplay very specifically paints the forty thieves as heroes who have gone from being criminals to an active resistance force against the occupying Mongols -- indeed, at the denouncement their invasion of the palace is greeted as a day of liberation by the people of Bagdad. The movie walks a strange tightrope, casting about veiled topical references of that sort, even as is otherwise sufficiently tongue-in-cheek to cast Andy Devine as a desert bandit. Obviously, ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES was sold as -- and mostly intended as -- light entertainment, but just below that glitzy Technicolor surface were some fascinating allusions to the real world. None of this stops ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES from being immense fun -- it is, even if the """"fun"""" isn't totally escapist in nature -- and it's great to look at as well, even 60 years on; Universal has apparently kept preservation-quality source materials on this and Hall and Montez's other Technicolor costume romps. And this particular entry in that group of movies also contains one very instructive clue to the morays and censorship of the time in one scene, in which the hero meets the heroine bathing at an oasis -- the makers seem to have been forced to insert a particular shot that is there for no other reason then to make it clear that she is not totally naked when he sees her. 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The opening Mongol invasion of Bagdad and the murder of the old Caliph (Moroni Olsen) while trying to set up a government-in-exile without thinking of the German and Japanese conquests and occupations of various nations that would have been going on at the time; additionally, the fact that the old Caliph is murdered with the help of a traitor in his own noble ranks -- a quisling in the term coined during World War II -- wouldn't have been missed by audiences at the time. Further, the screenplay very specifically paints the forty thieves as heroes who have gone from being criminals to an active resistance force against the occupying Mongols -- indeed, at the denouncement their invasion of the palace is greeted as a day of liberation by the people of Bagdad. The movie walks a strange tightrope, casting about veiled topical references of that sort, even as is otherwise sufficiently tongue-in-cheek to cast Andy Devine as a desert bandit. Obviously, ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES was sold as -- and mostly intended as -- light entertainment, but just below that glitzy Technicolor surface were some fascinating allusions to the real world. None of this stops ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES from being immense fun -- it is, even if the """"fun"""" isn't totally escapist in nature -- and it's great to look at as well, even 60 years on; Universal has apparently kept preservation-quality source materials on this and Hall and Montez's other Technicolor costume romps. And this particular entry in that group of movies also contains one very instructive clue to the morays and censorship of the time in one scene, in which the hero meets the heroine bathing at an oasis -- the makers seem to have been forced to insert a particular shot that is there for no other reason then to make it clear that she is not totally naked when he sees her. isbn 0 attributs Support / Quantité fournie=1 ;Rubrique principale Vidéo=DVD Zone 2;Domaine d'utilisation=Vente;Zone / DRM / Bridage=Zone 2;Langue doublage=Anglais;Origine / Pays=Royaume-Uni theme DVD Zone 2 realisateur lubin arthur editeur Eureka acteurs Maria Montez, Jon Hall, bey turhan, Andy Devine, Kurt Katch, Frank Puglia, Fortunio Bonanova, Moroni Olsen, Ramsay Ames, Chris-Pin Martin, Scotty Beckett, Yvette Duguay stock 2 Marque Non communiqué Date de sortie 2010-08-23 Format PAL, Import Code région 2 Label Eureka 0 avis clients sur ALI BABA AND THE FORTY THIEVES [IMPORT ANGLAIS] (IMPORT) (DVD) Donnez votre avis Tous les produits du rayon Comédies Dramatiques Actualité Séries TVBlu-RayCine ClubCoffret Dvd - CollectorCoups de coeur Séries TVDivers vidéoDvd Action - Aventure - GuerreDvd à la séanceDvd ComédieComédies BurlesquesComédies DramatiquesComédies EtrangèresComédies FrançaisesComédies TeenagersDvd DocumentairesDvd Drame - PassionDvd Enfants - Walt DisneyDvd Humour - SpectaclesDvd Manga - AnimationDvd MusicauxDvd Policier - ThrillerDvd SF - Fantastique - HorreurLecteur BluLecteur / Enregistreur BluNouveautésTravelbook. jusqu à 2.99 le film Ces produits pourraient vous intéresser N/C Devils brigade [import anglais] (import) (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Lille : saison 2010/2011 : la fiertÉ du peuple du nord ! dvd editi Voir le détail N/C 100% roumanoff (dvd) Voir le détail N/C War in the air import anglais import coffret de 3 dvd edition simple Voir le détail N/C Discover the great masters of import anglais import dvd edition simple Voir le détail N/C Tom et jerry : la chasse au trésor, le long métrage Voir le détail N/C Declic images declic images coffret tour du monde en 80 jours. partie 2 Voir le détail N/C Spirituelle befreiung - michael bernh. beckwith [import allemand] (import) (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Sony sony pictures home entertainment les 11 fioretti de francois dassise Voir le détail N/C WunderschÖn! - sÜdtirol: frÜhling in den bergen [import allemand] (import) (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Yoga for the more adept [import anglais] (import) (dvd) Voir le détail N/C La ballade de narayama (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Happy tears import anglais import dvd edition simple Voir le détail N/C Familia (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Tf1 video le reve de cassandre Voir le détail N/C Anna karenina [import anglais] (import) (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Heimatfront - der totale krieg [import allemand] (import) (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Elephant films ma femme est un gangster 2 asian premiums coffret de 2 dvd edition simple Voir le détail N/C Second chorus import anglais import dvd edition simple Voir le détail N/C Dvd saw 1 Voir le détail N/C Discover the great masters of import anglais import dvd edition simple Voir le détail N/C Devils brigade [import anglais] (import) (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Lille : saison 2010/2011 : la fiertÉ du peuple du nord ! dvd editi Voir le détail N/C 100% roumanoff (dvd) Voir le détail N/C War in the air import anglais import coffret de 3 dvd edition simple Voir le détail N/C Discover the great masters of import anglais import dvd edition simple Voir le détail N/C Tom et jerry : la chasse au trésor, le long métrage Voir le détail N/C Declic images declic images coffret tour du monde en 80 jours. partie 2 Voir le détail N/C Spirituelle befreiung - michael bernh. beckwith [import allemand] (import) (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Sony sony pictures home entertainment les 11 fioretti de francois dassise Voir le détail N/C WunderschÖn! - sÜdtirol: frÜhling in den bergen [import allemand] (import) (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Yoga for the more adept [import anglais] (import) (dvd) Voir le détail N/C La ballade de narayama (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Happy tears import anglais import dvd edition simple Voir le détail N/C Familia (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Tf1 video le reve de cassandre Voir le détail N/C Anna karenina [import anglais] (import) (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Heimatfront - der totale krieg [import allemand] (import) (dvd) Voir le détail N/C Elephant films ma femme est un gangster 2 asian premiums coffret de 2 dvd edition simple Voir le détail N/C Second chorus import anglais import dvd edition simple Voir le détail N/C Dvd saw 1 Voir le détail N/C Discover the great masters of import anglais import dvd edition simple Voir le détail