An American Naval Officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.An American Naval Officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.An American Naval Officer's talent for living the good life in wartime is challenged when he falls in love and is sent on a dangerous mission.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 6 nominations total
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- TriviaJames Garner said that this was his favorite of his movies.
- GoofsThe women's hairstyles, dress fashions, makeup and shoes are all strictly 1964 not 1944.
- Quotes
Lt. Cmdr. Charles E. Madison: You American-haters bore me to tears, Ms. Barham. I've dealt with Europeans all my life. I know all about us parvenus from the States who come over here and race around your old cathedral towns with our cameras and Coca-Cola bottles... Brawl in your pubs, paw at your women, and act like we own the world. We overtip, we talk too loud, we think we can buy anything with a Hershey bar. I've had Germans and Italians tell me how politically ingenuous we are, and perhaps so. But we haven't managed a Hitler or a Mussolini yet. I've had Frenchmen call me a savage because I only took half an hour for lunch. Hell, Ms. Barham, the only reason the French take two hours for lunch is because the service in their restaurants is lousy. The most tedious lot are you British. We crass Americans didn't introduce war into your little island. This war, Ms. Barham to which we Americans are so insensitive, is the result of 2,000 years of European greed, barbarism, superstition, and stupidity. Don't blame it on our Coca-Cola bottles. Europe was a going brothel long before we came to town.
- Crazy creditsThe three women that James Coburn sleeps with are collectively credited as "The Three Nameless Broads (in order of appearance)".
- ConnectionsFeatured in MGM Is on the Move! (1964)
Set in wartime, the Americanization of Emily looks at changing times in a very changing world. The balloon will go up' any day now, signaling the Invasion of Europe and all around will be forever changed.
It is not solely the warriors, the decision makers, that are central to the battle. Chayefsky knows that, and shows us that war will change all it touches, from the simple Emily (Julie Andrews), a kind, intelligent, sensitive single English woman to the devil-may-care scrounger', Lt Cmdr Charles Madison (James Garner-somewhat a reprise of his role in The Great Escape).
This movie is a romance, and a serious examination of people over-matched by forces outside their control, who struggle to do everything in their control to find their way.
A well-told story, skillfully delivered. It's hard to ask for much more than that.
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- Mar 2, 1999
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- Emily
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- Mandalay Beach, Oxnard, California, USA(D-Day landing scenes)
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- $2,700,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 55 minutes
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- 1.85 : 1