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Bookmark this pageDoctor Zhivago (1965)
Director: David Lean
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From Time Out Film Guide
Visually impressive in a picture postcard sort of way. Otherwise an interminable emasculation of Pasternak's novel, seemingly trying to emulate Gone With the Wind in romantic vacuity as Russia is torn by revolution and Sharif's Zhivago moons on about the elusive love of his life. Steiger and Courtenay excepted, all the performances are very uncomfortable.Author: TM
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- Jem said...
- Posted on Oct 22 2010 19:51 Why do some people insist on knocking something with a sentimentaL feel to it....I suggest watch it again.
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Cast & crew
Director: David Lean
Producer: Carlo Ponti
Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay, Ralph Richardson, Siobhan McKenna, Rita Tushingham, Klaus Kinski full cast
Genre(s): Epics
Duration: 193 mins
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