"Good"
The Americanization of Emily Review
By Christopher Null
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
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