Island in the Sun

Island in the Sun 5np45

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Island in the Sun
Island in the Sun

Island in the Sun 5np45

6.1 | 1h59m | NR | en | Drama

A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.

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6.1 | 1h59m | NR | en | More Info
Released: June. 12,1957 | Released Producted By: 20th Century Fox , Darryl F. Zanuck Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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A scandalous tale of politics, social inequality, interracial romance, and murder set on a fictitious British-owned Caribbean island.

Genre

Romance

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Cast

Harry Belafonte

Director

John DeCuir

Producted By

20th Century Fox

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John DeCuir
John DeCuir

Art Direction

William C. Andrews
William C. Andrews

Art Direction

John Graysmark
John Graysmark

Set Designer

Robert Walker
Robert Walker

Camera Operator

Freddie Young
Freddie Young

Director of Photography

Phyllis Dalton
Phyllis Dalton

Costume Design

David Ffolkes
David Ffolkes

Costume Design

Eric Allwright
Eric Allwright

Makeup Artist

David Aylott
David Aylott

Makeup Artist

Gerry O'Hara
Gerry O'Hara

Assistant Director

Robert Rossen
Robert Rossen

Director

Maggie Unsworth
Maggie Unsworth

Script Supervisor

Douglas Twiddy
Douglas Twiddy

Second Assistant Director

Michael Birkett
Michael Birkett

Second Assistant Director

Bert Bates
Bert Bates

Additional Editing

Reginald Beck
Darryl F. Zanuck
John Palmer
John Palmer

Production Manager

Ernest Holding
Ernest Holding

Production Manager

Malcolm Arnold
Malcolm Arnold

Conductor

Island in the Sun Audience Reviews 5y274e

Contentar Best movie of this year hands down!
HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Rio Hayward All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.
jeldridg27 Very easy to imagine this happening throughout the world. The setting of the film (island) creates the microcosm that drives the conflicts of the plot, much like Casablanca. The theme of desire throughout the film helps this wonderful cast create characters you can enjoy and understand, their motives quite transparent. The scene with Harry Belafonte (David Boyeur) singing with the fishermen hauling in the nets stands out. John Williams, who is always brilliant in such roles, works his magic to provoke and entrap James Mason's Maxwell Fleury into confessing his murder. Dorothy Dandridge is lovely as Margot, and the subplot of her love affair keeps the hope for happy endings alive in the film. The cinematography helps to develop the exotic yet isolating setting, and the sets do well to set the tone of the lifestyle (luxurious) of the prominent characters who live under the mercy of desire in the human condition. The themes of this film transcend its setting, and I imagine this film to have been quite enlightening to those who viewed it in 1957. Really enjoyed this film, even in its length.
roslein-674-874556 The sexy girl on the poster promises a movie full of torrid ion, but this is flaccid through and through. Though there are two black-white romances, we never see the couples do more than chat. They don't even kiss. There are not enough sparks struck to make a union between two people of the same race plausible, let alone one in which the people really have to be committed to each other to surmount the difficulties they will face. They are so sensible about it all, they seem mildly depressed.Scenes peter out in a vague and limp kind of way, and there is no suspense. This has got to be the only movie in which the heroine is frightened, picks up the telephone to call for help, finds that the line has been cut...and nothing happens. Belafonte is used just for decoration--though we are constantly told he is dangerous, we never see him doing anything remotely radical, and he is even a guest at the British governor's cocktail party.In sum, this movie is, as the British say, all talk, no tros. (Tros is a euphemism. In this movie, no one gets their actual tros off.)
MarieGabrielle This film, having been made in 1957 has a very intriguing and slanted portrayal of a wealthy plantation owner (well-portrayed by James Mason) and a few over-privileged white women (Joan Fontaine, Joan Collins and her vapid mother, who owns a large estate).Harry Belafonte is wonderful as the West Indies native of this fictional island. He (ostensibly) is pursued by Fontaine, but rejects her world. Why is her American world supposed to be considered so ideal?. Well, this was written in 1957.Having lived in South Florida, and traveled, in this day and age a story regarding poverty wages and slave labor would be much starker and realistic. Sugar cane plantations still exist to this day, in Belle Glade, and the Everglades area. A story we rarely hear about, unfortunately.This film is worth watching for the hypocrisy of the time, as a curiosity piece. I also consider the Lana Turner film ("Imitation of Life")to fall into the category of denial and repression of human rights, which still exist in America to this day. 8/10.
DottiezBiggestFan I actually liked this movie. It doesn't seem to get as much credit as it should, seeing that it is the first movie to ever star an interracial couple (between the beautiful Dorothy Dandridge and the cute John Justin. Also, would've been between much older, but good actress Joan Fontaine and handsome Harry Belafonte). The scenery is beautiful and the plot is very good, but I think it's the storyline and script that make it so bad. It really doesn't count for a romance seeing that Ms. Dandridge and Mr. Justin were hardly aloud to touch each other and another character got pregnant out of wedlock, who was white. But this if you want a great movie with a beautiful tropical set (filmed on location in the Caribbean), interracial romance, suspense, mystery, a little singing, race relations, and politics, I suggest this movie.