![The African Queen [IMPORT]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61HRT6G2GQL._SL160_.jpg)
Castaway Nw UK - Castaway Nw UK
Release date: 2006-10-31
DVD
Director:John Huston
Actors: Theodore Bikel, Humphrey Bogart, Walter Gotell, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Marner
Action / Adventure, Action/Adventure, Adventure, Affectionate, Color, Drama, English, Excellent For Children, Feature, Heartwarming, High Artistic Quality, High Historical Importance, High Production Values, Humorous, Movie, Opposites Attract, Romance, Romantic Adventure, Rousing, Suitable for Children




The movie's history speaks for it's self. It belongs in in the collection of every Bogart or Hepburn fan. But the quality of the disc was unplayable. It arrived loose in it's box, all scratched up. Would not play on any machine. Amazon would only refund not replace so I can only assume none of the coppies are any good. I'm waiting for an American release before I try to purchase again.
As stated in another review by Dean Winiarski, this is a very good transfer and a Region 1 DVD. I just got my third party copy and it plays just fine! Would someone tell me why there are dozens of garbage DVDs released in the USA every week, and I have to buy a classic Humphrey Bogart/Katherine Hepburn movie as a Japanese DVD import?! At least I got my Region 1 copy! (And since the Japanese are listening, and Hollywood isn't, please contact me 'cause I've got a whole list of movies that we want on regular old DVD!)
'The African Queen' is an acknowledged classic of the first order.
How does one review perfection in cinematography? How does one review superlative acting by the three main characters? I say three main actors because, of the 'extras', Robert Morley deserves mention for his excellent portrayal of the 'out of his depth' missionary.
Bogart and Hepburn have a film chemistry that film makers must have drooled over. They are magnificent together. When one considers that the two of them - confined, as they were, to a boat in the middle of nowhere - managed to produce a movie that grips the mind and keeps one on the edge of one's seat for the duration of the film, only 'boggles the mind'.
This film deserves every award it received along with the actors. It is, simply, a marvellous movie!