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| Ivanhoe | |
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| Directed by | Richard Thorpe |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Screenplay by | Æneas MacKenzie Noel Langley Marguerite Roberts |
| Based on | Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott |
| Starring | Robert Taylor Elizabeth Taylor Joan Fontaine George Sanders Emlyn Williams Felix Aylmer Finlay Currie |
| Music by | Miklós Rózsa |
| Cinematography | Freddie Young |
| Edited by | Frank Clarke |
| Production company | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Release date | July 31, 1952 (United States) |
| Running time | 107 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,842,000 |
| Box office | $10,878,000 |
Ivanhoe is a 1952 British–American historical adventure epic film directed by Richard Thorpe and produced by Pandro S. Berman for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. The film was shot in Technicolor, with a cast featuring Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor, Joan Fontaine, George Sanders, Emlyn Williams, Finlay Currie, and Felix Aylmer. The screenplay is written by Æneas MacKenzie, Marguerite Roberts, and Noel Langley, based on the 1820 historical novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott.
The film was the first in what turned out to be an unofficial trilogy made by the same director, producer, and star (Robert Taylor). The others were Knights of the Round Table (1953) and The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955). All three were made at MGM’s British Studios at Elstree, near London.
Scenes were filmed on soundstages at MGM-British Studios, Borehamwood, Herts, and on location at Doune Castle, Scotland.[5] Both the Ashby-de-la-Zouch tournament and the Torquilstone Castle siege were shot on the large Borehamwood backlot. Woodland scenes were shot in Ashridge Forest, Herts and Bucks.
Miklos Rozsa’s score is one of his most highly regarded, and it received both Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations. However, the composer was deeply disappointed with the film’s treatment of Scott’s novel, as he explained in his 1982 autobiography:
In an interview with Bruce Duffie in 1987 Rozsa identified some of these medieval sources:
The various themes in Ivanhoe are partly based on authentic Twelfth Century music, or at least influenced by them. Under the opening narration I introduced a theme from a ballad actually written by Richard the Lionhearted. The principle Norman theme I developed from a Latin hymn by the troubadour Giraut de Bornelh. This appears the first time with the approaching Normans in Sherwood Forest. Later during the film it undergoes various contrapuntal treatments. The love theme for Ivanhoe and Rowena is a free adaptation of an old popular song from the north of France. The manuscript of this I found in a collection of songs in the Royal Library of Brussels. It’s a lovely melody, breathing the innocently amorous atmosphere of the middle ages, and I gave it modal harmonizations. Rebecca needed a Jewish theme, reflecting not only the tragedy of this beautiful character but also the persecution of her race. Fragments of medieval Jewish motives suggested a melody to me. My most difficult job was the scoring of the extensive battle in the castle because the producers wanted music to accompany almost all of it. I devised a new theme for the Saxons, along with a motive for the battering ram sequence, thereby giving a rhythmic beat which contrapuntally and polytonally worked out with the previous thematic material, forming a tonal background to this exciting battle scene. Scoring battles in films is very difficult, and sadly one for which the composer seldom gets much credit. The visuals and the emotional excitement are so arresting that the viewer tends not to be aware that he or she is also being influenced by what is heard.[8]
Rosza was, however, mistaken or misremembering if he believed the Giraut de Bornelh melody he used was a “Latin hymn”. While Reis glorios, verais lums e clartatz opens by invoking the divine (“Glorious King, true light and clarity”), it is a secular Occitan alba or dawn-song, in which the narrator is keeping guard while his friend is spending the night with another man’s wife or mistress.[9]
Ivanhoe was released in the summer of 1952. It opened at the Radio City Music Hall in New York City on July 31, 1952[1] and set an opening week record at the Hall with a gross of $177,000.[10] In its opening 39 days, the film took $1,310,590 at the box office, setting a new record for an MGM film.[citation needed] According to the studio records, it made $5,810,000 in the US and Canada and $5,086,000 elsewhere, resulting in a profit of $2,762,000.[2] It was MGM’s biggest earner for 1952 and one of the top four money-makers of the year. It was also the fourth most popular film in England in 1952.[11]
Pandro S. Berman, Freddie Young, and Miklós Rózsa were nominated for Academy Awards, for Best Picture, Best Cinematography, Color, and Best Music, Scoring, respectively. In addition, Richard Thorpe was nominated by the Directors Guild of America, USA, for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures. There were also two Golden Globe Award nominations: Best Film Promoting International Understanding and Best Motion Picture Score, for Miklós Rózsa.
Bosley Crowther, critic for The New York Times, wrote that “Producer Pandro S. Berman and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer have fetched a motion picture that does them, Scott and English history proud” and delivered “almost as fine a panorama of medievalism as Laurence Olivier gave us in ‘Henry V.'”[12]
| Ivanhoe | |
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| Genre | Adventure Drama Epic Historical Romance |
| Based on | Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott |
| Written by | John Gay |
| Directed by | Douglas Camfield |
| Starring | James Mason Anthony Andrews Sam Neill Michael Hordern Olivia Hussey |
| Music by | Allyn Ferguson |
| Country of origin | United Kingdom United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Norman Rosemont William Hill (associate) |
| Cinematography | John Coquillon |
| Editor(s) | Bill Blunden |
| Running time | 142 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Rosemont Productions Columbia Pictures Television |
| Distributor | Sony Pictures Television |
| Release | |
| Original network | CBS (USA) ITV (UK) |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Mono |
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| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Ivanhoe (1952 film) Ivanhoe (1958 TV series) |
Ivanhoe is a 1982 British-American made-for-television adventure drama epic historical romance film adaptation of Sir Walter Scott‘s novel of the same name. The film was directed by Douglas Camfield, with a screenplay written by John Gay. The film depicts the noble knight Ivanhoe returning home from The Holy Wars and finds himself being involved in a power-struggle for the throne of England.
The score by Allyn Ferguson was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1982.[1] The film premiered on CBS in the USA on 23 February 1982 and was first broadcast in the UK on 26 September 1982 on ITV
De Bois-Guilbert is treated more ambiguously than in most versions of the story. He develops some genuine affection for Rebecca towards the end, and although he could easily have won the fight against the wounded and weakened Ivanhoe, de Bois-Guilbert lowers his sword and allows himself to be killed, thus saving Rebecca’s life.
The film featured Julian Glover reprising his role as Richard I from the 1965 Doctor Who serial The Crusade, which was likewise directed by Camfield.
In Sweden, where it first aired over TV 1 on 31 December 1982 the film’s airing annually around Christmas–New Year has become a tradition.
The film was part of a slate of films from Columbia Pictures Television then under Herman Rush. Anthony Andrews’ casting was announced in September 1981.
“Its impossible to make Ivanhoe without being a bit tongue in cheek,” said Andrews.
Michael Hordern said, “You could change our costumes from 12th Century to 20th Century and have us running about in automobiles instead of on horseback, and you could do the same story in terms of (anti- semitism). Prejudice is still very strong. Human nature doesn’t seem to have changed very much since Cedric’s time.”
It was filmed at Pinewood studios and the historic Bamburgh and Alnwick Castles in Northumberland.
“The problem with Ivanhoe is that he is whiter than white, cleaner than clean,” said Andrews. “He’s a straight-cut hero with no rough edge. Each time he opens his mouth he says something incredibly just. The problem was to turn him into a human being.”
Watch Ivanhoe 1982 movie
| Ivanhoe | |
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| Story by | Deborah Cook’s adaptation of Sir Walter Scott’s novel. |
| Directed by | Stuart Orme |
| Starring | Steven Waddington Susan Lynch Ciarán Hinds Jimmy Chisholm |
| Composer(s) | Colin Towns |
| Country of origin | UK, US |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of series | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 6 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Chris Parr (BBC) Delia Fine (A&E) |
| Producer(s) | Jeremy Gwilt |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | BBC Productions in association with A&E Network production |
| Release | |
| Original network | BBC1 |
| Picture format | 4:3 |
| Audio format | Stereo |
| Original release | 12 January – 16 February 1997 |
Ivanhoe was a 1997 television mini-series based on the novel Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott. It was a produced by the BBC and A&E Network and consisted of six 50 minute episodes.
This adaptation of Sir Walter Scott’s novel is set in 1192 AD and depicts a disinherited knight who is accused of treachery. He returns anonymously to his home in England, to clear his name and win his lady love. King Richard had been a prisoner in an Austrian dungeon, but is now returning to an England ruled by Prince John. The production claims realism, mainly through a depiction of a very rough and poverty stricken time; the producers claim this is in contrast to earlier, “sanitized” versions. People wear layers of often old, sometimes ragged clothing to keep the cold out, are sometimes dirty, and have long shaggy hair and beards.
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