This story revolves around a ship filled with Jewish immigrants bound for Israel who are being off loaded on Cyprus. An Intelligence officer succeeds in getting them back on board their ship only to have the harbor blocked by the British with whom they must negotiate. The second part of the film is about the situation in Israel as independence is declared and most of their neighbors attack them.
The fifties and sixties were the era of epic movies . Long , large scale , mostly historical films that garnered awards by the bucket load .
Exodus is one such epic film but there are good reasons why this didn't get nominated for awards .
I'm not sure what Director Otto Preminger was thinking when he decided to make this film three and a half hours long .
Quite frankly it's near impossible to get through . It's turgid and dull and is confused as to what story it's trying to tell .
I only watched this because I'm going through Paul Newman's back catalogue but I have to say that he's pretty poor in this .
It's very early in his movie career so I'll excuse him for his wooden performance and I have to admit , he probably wasn't ready to star in a film of this magnitude.
I've not seen many Otto Preminger films and on this showing , I'm not likely to either .
Watching Exodus was like pulling teeth .
The fifties and sixties were the era of epic movies . Long , large scale , mostly historical films that garnered awards by the bucket load .
Exodus is one such epic film but there are good reasons why this didn't get nominated for awards .
I'm not sure what Director Otto Preminger was thinking when he decided to make this film three and a half hours long .
Quite frankly it's near impossible to get through . It's turgid and dull and is confused as to what story it's trying to tell .
I only watched this because I'm going through Paul Newman's back catalogue but I have to say that he's pretty poor in this .
It's very early in his movie career so I'll excuse him for his wooden performance and I have to admit , he probably wasn't ready to star in a film of this magnitude.
I've not seen many Otto Preminger films and on this showing , I'm not likely to either .
Watching Exodus was like pulling teeth .