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VHS : Island in the Sun
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: Island in the Sun
See Larger Image 		Island in the Sun
starring: James Mason, Joan Fontaine, Dorothy Dandridge, Joan Collins, Michael Rennie
directed by: Robert Rossen
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780793927715
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC
ISBN: 0793927714
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: February 03, 1998
Running Time: 119 minutes
Sales Rank: 16090
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1957



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This race-relations film from 1957, based on a novel by Alec Waugh and set on a West Indies island, stars James Mason as a wealthy man who runs against a local union leader (Harry Belafonte). The rest of the players, one way or another, deal with the consequences of their rivalry. Mason and Belafonte leave a strong impression, but the film overall doesn't live up to its own sense of significance. Joan Collins is good as Mason's sister, who worries that the contest will cost her an engagement to the governor's son. --Tom Keogh



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Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Not what it could have been
On an island in the West Indies, four couples struggle to find happiness, with varying results. Plantation owner Maxwell Fleury (James Mason) fears his wife is unfaithful to him, his sister (Joan Collins) falls for a young British nobleman but carries a dangerous secret, his sister-in-law (Joan Fontaine) falls for a political organizer (Harry Belafonte), and a store clerk (Dorothy Dandridge) has an affair with a British officer.

This movie deals with two inter-racial romances and was quite controversial in 1957. It tried to be daring and ground-breaking, but any semblance of inter-racial affection was censored out, resulting in a shallow, uninvolving melodrama. It moves too quickly from couple to couple in order to serve the large cast, and the result is that none of the plot lines is developed and all are fairly incoherent. Mason overacts but at least is interesting and Dandridge is beautiful, but ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Island In The Sun
This is a movie about relationships - interracial, parental, romantic - set in the beauty of the Caribbean. The visuals in this film are just spectacular. Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge are sparingly used; Dandridge's character is never really explored. I enjoyed watching this film although all of the relationships were not clearly developed. The story moved along at a good pace and the ending left me quite satisfied. I found it amusing that with all of the passion that Dandridge had for her paramour, they weren't allowed to kiss. Glad to have this in my collection.


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - A place like this can hide many things!
I had the chance to watch this film last night and even though "Island in the Sun" was produced in 1957 it should be recognized as indisputable breakthrough! There have been plenty of movies like this, but keep in mind that interracial relationships were political detonate at the time - and yet some of the film's observations remain upsetting even today.

In this film the wealthy whites are ridicule here once again, lording their money-driven power over the black Caribbean field workers in this timely but talky issue-film. Belafonte also stars here as a native son on the fictional West Indies island of Santa Marta who wants to wrestle control of the government from the ruling white British regime, here embodied by political candidate James Mason (who harbors a deep, dark secret of his own -- pun completely intended). Joan Fontaine essays a white woman who happens to be in love with Harry; Dorothy Dandridge ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Island in the Sun
A Review of Island in the Sun
By: Noran L. Moffett

In an era for which the racial hegemony was challenged by the liberation struggles of the formerly enslaved Africans, the complex circumstances of life, love and legalities were centrifugal in the movie.

In the initial scenes of the movie, the primary characters surfaced on the screen with tacit commentary and documented tension over social, political and economic life forces, love choices and legal limits.

For the viewer of Island in the Sun, the social dynamics of racial taboos over love choices were confounding the characters who were engaged in legal and social polemics. Yet, the movie rapidly explores the dynamic political leadership of the African and Multiracial majority against the established socially, politically and economically powerful European minority.

The movie ends with the emergence of the true ... Read More



 

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