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The Boys From Brazil (1978)
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Gregory Peck hams it up big time in this 1978 thriller based on Ira Levin's bestselling novel. Peck plays an old German Nazi behind a mysterious series of murders, the investigation of which leads to an astonishing plot to create the Fourth Reich. Laurence Olivier is equally outrageous as a Nazi hunter who stumbles onto the scheme. Director Franklin Schaffner (Planet of the Apes) doesn't make any bones about the preposterousness of the story or of his legendary stars' performances, and a viewer is advised not to push too deeply into this tall tale for cautionary meaning. The film is a bit bloody--particularly unnerving in a climactic...
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The Boys From Brazil Movie Review by Jarrod (4/20/2008) |
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"Who would believe such a preposterous story?" asks Laurence Olivier at one point during 'The Boys from Brazil", and I am inclined to agree with that sentiment, as this is one of the most sensationally silly movies I have ever seen. Based on a novel by Ira Levin, 'Boys from Brazil' is a far-fetched thriller that features...
(complete The Boys From Brazil review by Jarrod)
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