Exodus

Name: Exodus
Genre: Action, Drama, War
Released: December 15, 1960
Duration: 208 min
Rating: 70
Cast: Eva Marie Saint, Felix Aylmer, Gregory Ratoff, Hugh Griffith, John Derek

1960

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United Artists | Release Date: December 15, 1960 | Approved

Starring: Eva Marie Saint, Felix Aylmer, Gregory Ratoff, Hugh Griffith, John Derek, Lee J. Cobb, Paul Newman, Peter Lawford, Ralph Richardson, Sal Mineo

Summary: The State of Israel is created in 1948, resulting in war with its Arab neighbors.

Director: Otto Preminger

Genre(s): Action, Drama, War

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 208 min

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Dave Kehr

Intelligence applied exactly where it is most rare: in the lavish, star-studded epic. Otto Preminger’s 1960 film, based on the Leon Uris novel, makes fine use of dovetailed points of view in describing the birth pains of Israel. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Staff (Not Credited)

Though the film is overlong, the story is movingly told, the production values are high, and Ernest Gold's Oscar-nominated score is considered a classic. Read full review

Bosley Crowther

A dazzling, eye-filling, nerve-tingling display of a wide variety of individual and mass reactions to awesome challenges and, in some of its sharpest personal details, a fine reflection of experience that rips the heart. Read full review

Kevin Thomas

Trumbo's dialogue has its corny moments, purple patches and inevitable preachy passages, and the cast is jarringly uneven...but on the whole Exodus is a formidable accomplishment embracing suspense, danger, passion, romance, politics, religion, intrigue, sacrifice and bravery in an entertaining fashion for 3 1/2 hours. [10 Sep 1998, p.F12]

Staff (Not Credited)

Transposing Leon Uris' hefty novel to the screen was not an easy task. It is to the credit of director Otto Preminger and scenarist Dalton Trumbo that they have done as well as they have. One can, however, wish that they had been blessed with more dramatic incisiveness. Read full review

Chris Kaltenbach

It's a tough slog, but worth seeing once. [08 Nov 2008, p.4C]

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Watchable mainly for the sheer skill and drive of Preminger's direction, although at 220 minutes even that long outstays its welcome. Read full review

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