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Genre | Drama, Action & Adventure |
Format | Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen |
Contributor | Alan Hale Jr., Gordon Douglas, James Garner, Edmond O'brien, Frank Gifford |
Initial release date | 2006-12-19 |
Language | English |
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Up Periscope (DVD) James Garner, in one his earliest starring roles, is Lt. J.G. Kenneth M. Braden, and elite U.S. solder during World War II. After being reluctantly pulled away from a week-long romance, Braden is given the dangerous mission of infiltrating a Japanese-held island. He must scuba ashore, and alone behind enemy lines, capture a top secret radio code before escaping to an awaiting U.S. submarine.
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Anyone with a fondness for the conventions of the submarine picture will be content with the modest pleasures of Up Periscope, a World War II melodrama starring James Garner in one of his early Maverick-era roles. Pulled away from a week-long romance, Garner tags along with the sub to a Japanese-held island, where he will SCUBA ashore and copy a secret radio code. On top of the reliable suspense of a man alone behind enemy lines, the film also offers captain Edmond O'Brien, whose previous mission has his crew suspecting him of cowardice. Will he cut and run before Garner returns to the submarine? Director Gordon Douglas made a batch of entertaining pictures over the years (a bunch of Sinatra titles, the giant-bug classic Them!, In Like Flint) and he coolly finds some effective ways to photograph men in the close quarters of a sub. The main draw is James Garner in his youthful prime; even if the movie doesn't exploit his comic talent, it shows how effortlessly he connects with an audience. The supporting cast consists of the kind of actors who inevitably seem to people a WWII ship's crew: solid character actors (Alan Hale Jr., who performed similar undersea duties in Destination Tokyo), oddballs and one-offs (Frank Gifford, Edd "Kooky" Byrnes), and future names (Warren Oates). --Robert Horton
Product details
- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- MPAA rating : G (General Audience)
- Product Dimensions : 5.31 x 7.52 x 0.63 inches; 2.08 ounces
- Item model number : 2231750
- Director : Gordon Douglas
- Media Format : Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
- Run time : 1 hour and 51 minutes
- Release date : December 19, 2006
- Actors : Alan Hale Jr., Edmond O'brien, James Garner, Frank Gifford
- Subtitles: : English
- Language : English (Dolby Digital 1.0), French (Dolby Digital 1.0)
- Studio : Warner Home Video
- ASIN : B00005JN9P
- Country of Origin : USA
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #32,917 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
- #2,654 in Kids & Family DVDs
- #3,321 in Action & Adventure DVDs
- #5,450 in Drama DVDs
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Sorry to say, only part of that drama remains in this film version. I can't fault the performances of the main actors, other than Sally Johnson (who in her defense was battling an unplayable script). The action scenes were OK (but nothing to write home about), and in any case I'm a sucker for WWII naval movies even when they're not great. But there are just too many flaws in this film to overlook.
1. James Garner swims to the enemy-held island using SCUBA gear - which wasn't invented until after the supposed time of this story.
2. He's supposed to be coming ashore on the lagoon side of a coral reef, but what he emerges from is painfully obviously the California coastline - complete with heavy surf, which you'd never find in a lagoon on such a windless, clear-weather day.
3. There are Jeeps among the vehicles on the enemy base. The Japanese didn't have Jeeps in WWII.
4. The island is rocky and mountainous. South Pacific coral islands are sandy and almost entirely at sea level or at best a few feet above it. Again, too obviously California. Same for the vegetation.
5. Wa-a-a-y too much disrespect for the captain and insubordination aboard the USS Barracuda. Such behavior would NEVER have been tolerated aboard a real US submarine in WWII. Heads would have rolled.
6. The totally unnecessary love-interest subplot between Garner and Johnson was wooden and completely unbelievable - besides adding nothing to the story line.
7. A flaw shared by nearly every other WWII submarine movie is the incredible interior spaciousness aboard the Barracuda, which in reality would have been cramped and claustrophobic.
But I must mention one really excellent feature of this 1959 film, which is the very human portrayal it gives of the Japanese. They are seen playing baseball, singing sentimental songs, bravely and efficiently responding to an emergency, and in general not behaving like sub-human monsters.
Scuba Diver goes to an island to get a copy of a code book. Has epic classic filming of submarine crew and of old form of scuba diving. RARE WAR DRAMA film with James Gardner.
Loved this!! Outstanding cast with many suspenseful scenes. RICH COLORS. CLASSIC FILM.
Amazon Prime Streaming -- works just great with my internet -- no problems.
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Der junge Leutnant zur See Ken Braden wird nach einer Sonderausbildung zum Kampfschwimmer auf ein U-Boot versetzt, das von Commander Paul Stevenson (Edmond O'Brien) befehligt wird. Braden soll den Geheimcode der Japaner knacken bzw. fotografieren, die die Insel Kusaie im Pazifik besetzt halten. Seine Freundin Sally Johnson (Andra Martin) ist alles andere als begeistert über diese gefährliche Missionl. Um an Land zu kommen, soll Braden in größerer Entfernung von der Insel abgesetzt werden und den letzten Teil unter Wasser schwimmend zurücklegen. Schon auf der Fahrt Richtung Kusaie ist das Boot Ziel japanischer Luft- und Zerstörerangriffe, die auch Opfer unter Stevensons Männern fordern. Entgegen seiner ursprünglichen Absicht, fährt Stevenson doch näher an die Insel heran, weil sonst die zu schwimmende Strecke für Braden unter Umständen zu lang geworden wäre. Es gelingt Braden, die Insel zu erreichen und den japanischen Stützpunkt ausfindig zu machen. Die Japaner sind völlig arglos und so gelingt es ihm, in das Büro des Kommandanten einzudringen und die wichtigen Unterlagen zu fotografieren. Opfer gibt es keine. Indes wird auf dem U-Boot die Luft bzw. der Sauerstoff immer knapper, doch in letzter Minute kehrt Braden erfolgreich zurück und die Mission wird erfüllt.
Es gibt sicherlich bessere U-Boot Drehbücher als das von Richard Landau nach dem Roman von Robb White. Sowohl der sympathische James Garner, als auch Edmond O'Brien machen ihre Sache aber sehr gut und auch Alan Hale jr. (Lt. Pat Malone) ist ein Positivfaktor. Ich habe diesem spannenden Film deshalb 4 von 5 Sternen gegeben.
Das Bild ist anamorph 16:9 (Technicolor), der Ton Dolby Digital 2.0 mono, Sprachen Deutsch, Englisch und Französisch. Extras gibt es keine.