The Red Badge of Courage
starring: Audie Murphy, Bill Mauldin, Douglas Dick, Royal Dano, John Dierkes
directed by: John Huston
directed by: John Huston
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A realistic look at the lives and emotions of the soldiers in the civil war.Studio: Turner Hm EntertainmRelease Date: 03/29/2005Starring: Audie Murphy Bill MauldinRun time: 69 minutesRating: NrDirector: John Huston
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John Huston's The Red Badge of Courage, like Orson Welles's The Magnificent Ambersons, is a heartbreakingly beautiful film mutilated by its studio after a disastrous preview process.You can--and should--read the fascinating production history in Lillian Ross's Picture.Picture is a classic--and so's the movie, even in a 69-minute reduction featuring a climactic Civil War battle that has Stephen Crane's young hero wearing his red badge of courage, then not wearing it, then wearing it again (MGM editor-in-chief Margaret Booth recut two different battles into one).Most-decorated-soldier-of-WWII Audie Murphy was chosen to star ("a gentle little killer," Huston mused); the shadow of WWII is also felt in the casting of war-front chronicler Bill Mauldin as Murphy's pal, and in Huston's own experience making his great battlefield documentary San Pietro.The panoramas evoke Mathew Brady, and Huston's closeup framing brings a psychoanalytic intensity to the terrified young soldier's inner turmoil.--Richard T. Jameson
A realistic look at the lives and emotions of the soldiers in the civil war.Studio: Turner Hm EntertainmRelease Date: 03/29/2005Starring: Audie Murphy Bill MauldinRun time: 69 minutesRating: NrDirector: John Huston
Amazon.com:
John Huston's The Red Badge of Courage, like Orson Welles's The Magnificent Ambersons, is a heartbreakingly beautiful film mutilated by its studio after a disastrous preview process.You can--and should--read the fascinating production history in Lillian Ross's Picture.Picture is a classic--and so's the movie, even in a 69-minute reduction featuring a climactic Civil War battle that has Stephen Crane's young hero wearing his red badge of courage, then not wearing it, then wearing it again (MGM editor-in-chief Margaret Booth recut two different battles into one).Most-decorated-soldier-of-WWII Audie Murphy was chosen to star ("a gentle little killer," Huston mused); the shadow of WWII is also felt in the casting of war-front chronicler Bill Mauldin as Murphy's pal, and in Huston's own experience making his great battlefield documentary San Pietro.The panoramas evoke Mathew Brady, and Huston's closeup framing brings a psychoanalytic intensity to the terrified young soldier's inner turmoil.--Richard T. Jameson
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Customer Reviews
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- a realistic psycho-drama from the classic novel
Steven Crane is known as one of the first American "realists":
reading the novel was a real experience that I remember.
The movie didn't live up to that although it was well costumed and most of the acting was good. Audie Murphy was miscast as the hero, I think
as he just doesn't have the introspective tortured look thatis necessary
to pull the role off. James Dean or Montgomery Clift would have fit the role much better?!
I liked it, anyway, for the civil war historical ... Read More
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- The Red Badge of Courage
The DVD did not work.I reported this and the company, inetvideo, said they would replace it but has not.
Rating: 
- Try Again!
This looks like a low budget version of a great American story.It would make a good candidate for a re-make (although I doubt if will ever happen).
Rating: - Good even if older movie
Movie was good. It covered most of the things in the book. I will use this as a teacher for follow up to reading the novel. Fast delivery too.
Rating: - Heroism, Stephen Crane's exploration
I compared this classic story to Crane's short story, A Mystery of Heroism to ask "What defines Heroism?" Is cowardice a necessary part of courage? Does peer impact enhance or diminish heroism? Why is Heroism a burden? Juniors in high school related to this rite of passage piece.And,with Audry Murphy and Bill Mauldin, the flic connected to yet another War, WarII. Short, great for classroom.
- a realistic psycho-drama from the classic novelSteven Crane is known as one of the first American "realists":
reading the novel was a real experience that I remember.
The movie didn't live up to that although it was well costumed and most of the acting was good. Audie Murphy was miscast as the hero, I think
as he just doesn't have the introspective tortured look thatis necessary
to pull the role off. James Dean or Montgomery Clift would have fit the role much better?!
I liked it, anyway, for the civil war historical ... Read More
- The Red Badge of CourageThe DVD did not work.I reported this and the company, inetvideo, said they would replace it but has not.
- Try Again!This looks like a low budget version of a great American story.It would make a good candidate for a re-make (although I doubt if will ever happen).
- Good even if older movieMovie was good. It covered most of the things in the book. I will use this as a teacher for follow up to reading the novel. Fast delivery too.
- Heroism, Stephen Crane's explorationI compared this classic story to Crane's short story, A Mystery of Heroism to ask "What defines Heroism?" Is cowardice a necessary part of courage? Does peer impact enhance or diminish heroism? Why is Heroism a burden? Juniors in high school related to this rite of passage piece.And,with Audry Murphy and Bill Mauldin, the flic connected to yet another War, WarII. Short, great for classroom.
