The Americanization Of Emily - Movie Review

Rating: 3 out of 5

Arthur HIller directed this oddball black comedy (script courtesy of the masterful Paddy Chayefsky), which turns out to have little to do with Emily (Julie Andrews) at all. Rather, the film captures a quirky navy admiral who's intent on having the first casualty at Omaha Beach be a sailor -- and he wants to capture it on film. Lt. Commander James Garner doesn't want to go, and all manner of hijinks ensue. James Coburn steals the show, and rescues it from dated, overblown oblivion.

Facts and Figures

Year: 1964

Run time: 115 mins

In Theaters: Tuesday 27th October 1964

Distributed by: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES

Production compaines: Filmways Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 3 / 5

Rotten Tomatoes: 100%
Fresh: 11

IMDB: 7.4 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Arthur Hiller

Producer: Martin Ransohoff

Screenwriter: Paddy Chayefsky

Starring: James Garner as Lt. Cmdr. Charles Edward Madison, Julie Andrews as Emily Barham, Melvyn Douglas as Adm. William Jessup, James Coburn as Lt. Cmdr. Paul 'Bus' Cummings, Joyce Grenfell as Mrs. Barham, Edward Binns as Adm. Thomas Healy, Liz Fraser as Sheila, Keenan Wynn as Old Sailor, William Windom as Capt. Harry Spaulding

Also starring: Ed Binns, Martin Ransohoff, Paddy Chayefsky