Aggiungi una trama nella tua linguaComprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narra... Leggi tuttoComprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern.Comprised of eight unrelated episodes of inconsistent quality, this anthology piece of American propaganda features some of MGM Studios' best directors, screenwriters and actors; it is narrated by Louis Calhern.
- Miss Coleman
- (as Nancy Davis)
- Joey Esposito
- (as Bobby Hyatt)
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- QuizWhen she discovers that Icarus Xenophon (Gene Kelly) is Greek, Janet Leigh does a spot-on imitation of S.Z. "Cuddles" Sakall's (S.Z. Sakall) trademark response to upsetting news, placing her palms against her cheeks and emitting an exasperated "Sheeeesh!"
- BlooperWhen the census taker asks Ethel Barrymore her name, she replies "Mrs. Brian Patrick Riordan" and he writes it down. Always with censuses, a woman's given name is entered.
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Rosa Szabo Xenophon: Marry me? You don't know anything about me.
Icarus Xenophon: You're a girl. You're pretty and you're modest. What else is there to know?
- ConnessioniEdited into A Letter from a Soldier (1951)
It's a film with several different segments, some serious some pretty funny about every day Americans in all walks of life, in all parts of the then 48 states.
The two I liked best were those that ironically starred the two men who were not MGM contract players, Gary Cooper and Fredric March. Gary Cooper plays a Texas cowboy talking about his state and disillusioning us with a tongue in cheek delivery about the way Texans and Texas are perceived by the other 47 states. Of course Cooper's humor and the whole premise behind this segment was that Texas was our largest state in land mass. That ended in 1959 when Alaska became the 49th state, still it's the highlight of It's A Big Country.
Fredric March plays an Italian American father who's opposed to his son, Bobby Hyatt, getting needed glasses even after teacher Nancy Davis tells him it's necessary. He's got some old world ideas that need a bit of adjustment. March plays the role with dignity never do you feel he's a caricature.
Another episode that is nicely done involves Gene Kelly, Greek American boy falling for Janet Leigh, Hungarian American girl. They've got a problem though, her father played by Hollywood's number one Hungarian S.Z. Sakall. In the past 20 years we've seen a whole lot of stories about ancient ethnic hatreds coming out of Eastern Europe. Sakall is carrying some old grudges against Greeks though he really isn't sure why. Point being that here in America you're supposed to leave that all behind. That segment is still very much relevant.
Could we make It's A Big Country today? Not at this time, maybe at some future point when we've reached a national consensus that despite all our problems, America's a pretty good place after all.
- bkoganbing
- 28 dic 2006
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- It's a Big Country
- Luoghi delle riprese
- 1772 Church Street NW, Washington, District of Columbia, Stati Uniti(St. Thomas Episcopal Church - where Rev. Birch was assigned)
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- 1.013.000 USD (previsto)
- Tempo di esecuzione1 ora 29 minuti
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