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 The African Queen The African Queen Quote: The African Queen is a 1951 American adventure drama film adapted from the 1935 novel of the same name by C. S. Forester. The film was directed by John Huston and produced by Sam Spiegel and John Woolf. The screenplay was adapted by James Agee, John Huston, John Collier and Peter Viertel. It was photographed in Technicolor by Jack Cardiff and had a music score by Allan Gray. The film stars Humphrey Bogart (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor – his only Oscar), and Katharine Hepburn with Robert Morley, Peter Bull, Walter Gotell, Richard Marner and Theodore Bikel.
The African Queen has been selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
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Johnny Dollar
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Re: The African Queen Ah, what a delightful movie! It's just Bogie and Hepburn, the former drunken, the latter shrewish, floating through the jungle and getting out of close scrapes. Simple setup; magical result.
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Bradley Witherberry
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Re: The African Queen yoshue wrote: Ah, what a delightful movie! It's just Bogie and Hepburn, the former drunken, the latter shrewish, floating through the jungle and getting out of close scrapes. Simple setup; magical result. +1 A old school Hollywood classic!
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Shack
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Re: The African Queen I'm a fan... great, great movie. It's pretty special that even though the acting style is the old stage-like version, the characters nevertheless feel completley natural and real. Most thanks to Bogart and Hepburn's great performances. I actually think the romance here works better than in does in Casablanca  One thing I like is that they let Rosie actually do stuff and let her get dirtied up, having her get in the water and reeds goes against a lot of stereotypes and borders at the time. And naturally, she's the one who wants to go through with the explosion. I also liked little moments that didn't have much to do with the overall storyline, like the part where she's pouring coffee and misses the cup. Or Bogart imitating the animals. A true classic. _________________Shack’s top 50 tv shows - viewtopic.php?f=8&t=90227
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Jiffy
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Re: The African Queen Yeah, no. This is better than Casablanca.
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Optimus_Prime
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Re: The African Queen Humphrey Bogart is my favorite actor from this era and he was great in this, he showed some range in this movie. After watching this and older movies, it gets me wondering why is Hollywood afraid of long scenes?
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Mannyisthebest
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Re: The African Queen Quote: it gets me wondering why is Hollywood afraid of long scenes? actors are getting lazy... _________________The Dark Prince 
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junio
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Re: The African Queen Two great performances make this one really good movie. It's easily watchable and so fun.
8/10 or a B+
ETA: I don't think I'd realized that Bogey won the Oscar for this.
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