TURN-ONS AND TURN-OFFS IN CURRENT HOME ENTERTAINMENT RELEASES : Excellent Good Fair Poor : VIDEOCASSETTES
“The Four Feathers.” Embassy. $39.95. From 1939--the same year as George Stevens’ “Gunga Din,” and sporting many of the same puckish, pukka sahib values--here is a real, roaring adventure movie in the grand old style, full of hairbreadth escapes, rousing rescues, gallant self-sacrifice and one of the damnedest last stands you’ll ever see: the famous desert attack of the Fuzzy-Wuzzies. It’s an Alexander Korda production--splendiferous to a fault--directed by his underrated brother, Zoltan (who was always at his best in jungles and sandscapes). The source is A. E. W. Mason’s novel; the cast includes John Clements, Ralph Richardson (a fantastic blind act) and C. Aubrey Smith (his best performance). Information: (213) 553-3600. 1/2
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