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Exodus (1961)
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Otto Preminger's 1960 adaptation of Leon Uris's novel is a sprawling 220-minute tale of the founding of modern Israel, starring Paul Newman as a Resistance leader. The film works best as an example of Preminger's estimable skill with all levels of drama and action, but as a reflection upon history it is compromised by stereotypes, unpersuasive relationships, and a certain moral ambivalence about issues related to the subject. There are good and exciting sequences, however, particularly one involving an effort to break through a British blockade and get to the homeland. --Tom Keogh (read more)
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Paul Newman was inspiring and truly outstanding in this film that told part of the story about the birth of Israel.
No matter where you stand, you have to know and appreciate the story of a people that only wanted a home they could call their own. The tragedy of this people and this land continues to this day, some 60...
(complete Exodus review by B Movie Ben)
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(10/12/2008)