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Sand Pebbles (1967)
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Following the success of The Sound of Music, director Robert Wise chose to film Robert McKenna's prize-winning 1962 novel, The Sand Pebbles--an ambitious choice for a director at the peak of his career. Shot in Taiwan and Hong Kong, the film combines historical sweep and intimate human drama in several parallel stories, all revolving around U.S. Navy machinist's mate Jake Holman (Steve McQueen). Holman is a skillful but fiercely independent sailor who joins the "sand pebble" crew of the U.S.S. San Pablo, a Navy gunboat patrolling the Yangtze River on the eve of the Chinese revolution in 1926. The San Pablo's...
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As we celebrate prestige films during this Oscar season that you haven't yet seen, we should remember that there are films that every man show see more than once. There is more to life than Talladega Nights and Knocked Up.
This war film, which had eight Oscar nominations, fits nicely between From Here to Eternity and...
(complete Sand Pebbles review by Movie Addict)
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