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New Myths for Old: The case of The Four Feathers.(Movie Review)
As the old showbiz joke goes, The Four Feathers is a story so good not even a gifted director could ruin it. The 1902 novel by the English writer A. E. W. Mason has been filmed no fewer than six times; the 1939 Zoltan Korda version has deservedly attained classic status. This is a rattling good tale about themes-love, loyalty, and the conquest of fear-so deeply etched in the human heart that audiences will respond to them even across the boundaries of time and space.
Audiences, perhaps; but can these themes triumph over the political and moral divisions that separate the Victorians from modern Hollywood? Has it become impossible to make a film about imperialism ...
- The Four Feathers. (Preview).
- Magazine article from: Interview Adams, Thelma September 1, 2002 700+ words
...Britain, 1898: Officer Harry Feversham (Heath Ledger) resigns his post on the eve of departure for the Sudan, earning him white feathers for cowardice from three army compatriots and his fiance (Kate Hudson). Plumes in hand, he heads to...
- 'Treasure Planet,' 'Four Feathers,' and 'Abandon'.(Entertainment)
- Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin February 25, 2003 700+ words
...W. Mason, Four Feathers, has also been filmed...decides to fight in the Sudan. He then receives four white feathers, which symbolize...the battalion to the Sudan, inflitrating enemy...After Ethne sends her feather to Harry, Jack starts...
- The Four Feathers.(Movie Review)
- Magazine article from: Video Store Tiffany, Laura January 26, 2003 700+ words
...not British, cast, The Four Feathers doesn't reach the epic heights...leaves to quash revolts in the Sudan. His father disowns him...Ethne--send him four white feathers, the mark of cowardice. To...mistake, he travels to the Sudan, where his best friend, Jack...
- `The Four Feathers'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hewitt, Chris September 18, 2002 700+ words
...No one has tea in "Four Feathers." There's also only one...girlfriend-swipers? "Four Feathers" hits hardest in its suspenseful...sequences. Soldiers in the Sudan hold off the Brits with guerrilla...Iraq?). Ultimately, "Four Feathers" is about arrogance _ the...
- `The Four Feathers'.
- Newspaper article from: Saint Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minn.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) September 18, 2002 700+ words
...No one has tea in "Four Feathers." There's also only one...girlfriend-swipers? "Four Feathers" hits hardest in its suspenseful...sequences. Soldiers in the Sudan hold off the Brits with guerrilla...Iraq?). Ultimately, "Four Feathers" is about arrogance _ the...
- `Feathers' remake is all fluff and bluff.(Scene)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Verniere, James September 20, 2002 700+ words
...novel, "The Four Feathers" manages to seem...is ordered to the Sudan to defeat the Muslim...friends send him white feathers, the traditional...and gives him a feather as well. Thus begins...friends take back the feathers. That he supposedly...are doing in the Sudan in the first ...
- `Feathers' recalls rise and fall of empire flicks.(Arts and Lifestyle)
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald Schaefer, Stephen September 16, 2002 700+ words
...The most famous of "The Four Feathers" adaptations is Zoltan Korda...racist. The latest "Four Feathers," which opens Friday, stars...which is set partly in the Sudan. The story remains in many...Victorian cowardice: white feathers from three of his soldier comrades...
- `Four Feather' signals return of `epic' movie adventures.
- Newspaper article from: The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, Va.) (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) September 23, 2002 700+ words
...classic tale of "The Four Feathers" would become so ironically...Hudson). But on the eve of the Sudan campaign of 1898, he resigns...coward. He is issued three feathers, the symbol of cowardice...lady love. He heads to the Sudan and, in disguise, goes behind...
Source: HighBeam Research, New Myths for Old: The case of The Four Feathers.(Movie Review)