The Americanization of Emily 1964 123movies

Watch: The Americanization of Emily 1964 123movies, Full Movie Online – During the build-up to D-Day in 1944, the British found their island hosting many thousands of American soldiers who were “oversexed, overpaid, and over here”. That’s Lieutenant Commander Charles Edward Madison (James Garner) exactly; he knows all of the angles to make life as smooth and risk-free as possible for himself. But things become complicated when he falls for English woman Emily Barham (Dame Julie Andrews), and his commanding officer’s nervous breakdown leads to Charles being sent on a senseless and dangerous mission..
Plot: American sailor Charlie Madison falls for a pretty Englishwoman while trying to avoid a senseless and dangerous D-Day mission concocted by a deranged admiral.
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	7.3/10 Votes: 5,238
	93% | RottenTomatoes
	68/100 | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 56 Popularity: 5.45 | TMDB

Reviews:

Overlooked Gem Looks Angrily and Wittily at the American Military Propaganda Machine
Masterfully scripted by Paddy Chayefsky, this 1964 anti-war film is not quite a classic but nonetheless an unexpected treat and one that deserves resurrection by a new generation of viewers. Set in WWII London, the dark hearted plot focuses on Navy Lieutenant Commander Charles Madison, an especially notorious personal assistant to the mentally unstable Admiral William Jessup. Madison’s job is to make sure Jessup gets anything he wants, and he has a warehouse full of contraband to back him up. Smug in his self-awareness about his cowardice, he meets Emily Barham, an English war widow who has lost her father and brother as well as her husband to the war. She is repulsed by Madison’s manipulative agenda and cavalier materialism, and he finds her priggish and self-righteous. Needless to say, they fall in love. Complicating matters is Jessup’s hare-brained scheme to ensure the first casualty of the D-Day invasion on Omaha Beach be a naval man. Without a glimmer of irony recognized, the admiral assigns Madison and his colleague “Buzz” Cummings to find the appropriate sailor and film his heroic death.

The sheer audacity of this task is a hallmark of Chayefsky’s vitriolic style, and the film is full of his brittle, observant dialogue and sharply articulate soliloquies. You need an actor of consummate charm and cunning to play Madison effectively, and Garner responds by turning in one of the best performances of his long career. He shows not only his deft comedic touch but also a piercing insight into the integrity that can come from an acknowledged lack of courage. Squeezed in between her twin juggernauts of sugar, “Mary Poppins” and “The Sound of Music”, Julie Andrews gives an intelligent, passionate performance as Emily that actually eclipses her acting in either mega-hit. The movie’s title comes from her character’s resistance to what she sees as cheapening her values by becoming more American. Together, they not only spark romantically but also trade speeches of barbed cynicism making Chayefsky’s words fly off the page with supple dexterity.

Screen stalwart Melvyn Douglas is a terrifically befuddled blowhard as Jessup, while an especially energetic James Coburn aggressively turns “Buzz” into a monomaniacal yes-man. Joyce Grenfell is superb in her few scenes as Emily’s no-nonsense mother. For interested baby boomers, you can even see future “Laugh-In” regulars Alan Sues and Judy Carne in bit parts, as well as the late Sharon Tate. If there is a weakness to the film, it comes from Arthur Hiller’s pedestrian direction making the film more episodic than it should. The 2005 DVD package has a sharp print of the film and includes Hiller’s informative commentary on an alternate track. He is understandably proud of the film since his subsequent work (“Love Story”, “Making Love”) has not even come close to the quality of this production. There is also a short, “Action on the Beach”, which shows how the realistic filming of the D-Day scene was executed. It would be interesting to see this film in a double bill with Steven Spielberg’s “Saving Private Ryan” to get alternative perspectives on the same event.

Censors Ignore Standards of 1964
Paddy Chevesky wrote some pretty good scripts. Auther Hiller directs with James Garner & Julie Andrews carrying the load here very well. James Coburn supports a talented supporting cast.

This film sets up Garner in a character he plays often, a coward who is being asked to be a hero on D-Day. He naturally thinks the project is nuts as they want him to be the first on Omaha Beach with a camera. He becomes involved with British woman Emily (Andrews) & tries to convert her into a woman who could love a coward, in spite of her own standards.

Where this film really breaks ground is one scene where Emily & Garner argue & he proceeds to call her a b* tch. In the mid 1960’s, this was a rare event in films. I am not sure if because of the writer / director this line got through, but it is a rare time in film for Andrews to be called a b* tch.

Garner has a top notch performance in this & Andrews is strong in this one too. It does have the Hollywood happy ending.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 55 min (115 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director Arthur Hiller
Writer Paddy Chayefsky, William Bradford Huie
Actors James Garner, Julie Andrews, Melvyn Douglas
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 2 Oscars. 6 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Westrex Recording System), Stereo
Aspect Ratio 1.85 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 3,955 m (Finland)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm