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| Donovan's Reef | 
 enlarge | Director: John Ford
Actors: John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Elizabeth Allen, Jack Warden, Cesar Romero
Studio: Paramount
Category: Video
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (71 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3276
Format: Color, Dolby, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 109 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 6300215733
UPC: 097360622034
EAN: 9786300215733
ASIN: 6300215733
Release Date: September 10, 1990
Theatrical Release Date: June 12, 1963
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
John Wayne's last film with mentor and long-time collaborator John Ford (The Searchers) is a 1963 comedy about a group of war veterans settled on a South Pacific island. When the daughter of one of them (Jack Warden) comes for a visit, the freewheeling status quo between the boys is disrupted. This is Ford in his chummy, amiable, roughhousing mode--think of Victor McLaglen's drunken fight scene in Ford's She Wore a Yellow Ribbon--and it is entirely pleasurable. Wayne is comfortable in his man's-man role, and Lee Marvin (who played Wayne's nemesis in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance) is effectively roguish. --Tom Keogh
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 The Duke in a Comedy December 24, 2008
This is one of the Duke's family movie night specials that isn't a western. Sometimes us girls like a little comedy and romance in our movies and this one is packed with both.
 donovan's reef December 14, 2008
one of the duke's few comedies. good match with lee marvin who usually plays a tough guy.
 Lost scenes December 12, 2008
The movie was still very good, but I couldn't believe how many scenes were cut. Even scenes that I have recently scene on tv were missing. And I saw no reason for it.
The major scene missing is one where you see the daughter riding in the back of the jeep into town. The jeep bounces and she falls onto the ground. At the end of the movie this happens again and you hear John Wayne say "not again". Which makes no sense since the first time is missing.
Except for the missing scenes, the movie is very enjoyable.
Tell me about a director who could turn a holiday into a film! December 1, 2008
Only John Ford could do a trick like that!
A gently amusing comedy (funny enough) filmed as a pretext of having a good time!...
Also a family film (which is a great thing to have around).
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PS: I only think Richard Lester pulled partially the same trick (partially) when filming HELP! with The Beatles... who choosed going to ski and the Bahamas for the sake of it! (they knew we teenagers back then would be going no matter what to the theaters to hear the songs and see them perform in colour... NO MTV back then).
The Last Great John Ford-John Wayne Collaboration October 3, 2008
This film has a lot of endearing and great elements. The film is set in the South Pacific with a rowdy cast of characters - John Wayne, Jack Warden and Lee Marvin. War buddies from World War II and living on the island ever since the end of the war, the Doc (Jack Warden) has a daughter who visits the island. Chaos ensues as the doc's friends cover his back while he's away visiting the outer islands. The daughter, heiress to a huge shipping company, might be offended by her father's marriage to a local native princess and their offspring. They don't appreciate such a relationship in tight-laced Boston. The other actors like Mike Mazurki and Cesar Romero add to the fun lustre of the film.
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