Men of the sea
the Men of the sea ( The Long voyage Home ) is an American film carried out by John Ford, left in 1940.
Synopsis
During the Second world war, the life of the sailors in all his hardness: storms, air raids, brawls…
Data sheet
- Title: Men of the sea
- original Title: The Long voyage Home
- Realization: John Ford
- Scenario: Dudley Nichols according to four parts of Eugene O' Neill
- Production: John Ford and Walter Wanger for Argosy
- Music: Richard Hageman
- Photography: Gregg Toland
- Assembly: Sherman Todd
- Country of origin: the United States
- Format: Black and white - Mono - 35 mm
- Kind: Drama, war
- Lasted: 105 minutes
- Coming out date: Preview November 9th 1940; November 11th 1940
Distribution
Around film
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Turning of the April 18th to the May 27th 1940, is 37 days of turning.
- Production costs: 689.495 dollars
- Receipts: 580.129 dollars
- First production of Argosy, production company of Ford.
- “ We have voluntarily selected tightened spaces, it is what the history required. The life on a boat is claustrophobic, but you are accustomed to that. You made friends and you made enemies, you hustle yourselves for food, you hustle yourselves for all. I think that the sailors who do not hustle themselves for food are poor sailors ”. The aspect claustrophobic of film is accentuated by the photograph of Gregg Toland.
- the history is transposed in the Second world war while at the same time the United States did not enter yet in war.
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