A Foreign Field

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Starring: Alec Guinness
Rated: NR (Not Rated)
Type: DVD
Directed By: Charles Sturridge
Studio: Acorn Media
Release Date: 2005-11-01
Two British war vets (Alec Guinness and Leo McKern) meet an American vet (John Randolph) when all three return to Normandy on the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Old rivalries resurface, particularly when two of the men discover they are searching for the same lost love (Jeanne Moreau). A lonely woman (Lauren Bacall) with her own painful but mysterious memories joins the group, while the American vet’s petulant daughter (Geraldine Chaplin) and bumbling son-in-law (Edward Herrmann) struggle to keep up with the exploits of their elders. This disparate band of survivors eventually finds common ground in the memory of what they lost on that fateful day in 1944. As seen on Masterpiece Theatre.

A Foreign Field
This is an excellent movie , a bit slow at the start but it soon picks up and we are entertained with comedy&drama. How could any film with Alex Guiness who plays a very different role in this movie, Lauren Bacall, Albert Finney and Geraldine Chapman be anything but good. We saw the movie with friends and then bought our own copy. Veterans will especially enjoy it.

Priceless performance from Sir Alec Guinness
While not without imperfections this film had a powerful story to tell. It's not a new idea, making a film about a group of strangers thrown together and showing how they learn to relate to each other. But these particular actors were outstanding and the film builds beautifully toward the final scenes when a few heart-rending twists are added. Keep your kleenex handy! What about the imperfections? Well, I get tired of the worn-out characterization of the bar girl with the good heart. And then there was the fact that everyone in the movie is trying to anesthetize their pain with alcohol. There was some language, but it was not gratuitous. Alec Guinness was the stand-out star of this film.

Excellent Film
A fine film depicting the human side of the war experience. Each person had a special memory and story. Of course, the actors are all the very best. So happy I purchased this film.

You need more stars for this one!
You should but this now! I first saw this fabulous movie on Masterpiece Theatre many years ago and taped it for myself then, but now I want the DVD version too. Touching, hilarious and for young people today who know virtually nothing about WWII or intricate human relationships, it has even become educational.

The story starts with the coincidental meeting of American and British veterans of D-Day in France. The performances by everyone in the cast are at the top of their form and for actors such as Leo McKern, Sir Alec Guiness, and Lauren Bacall, that's saying something. Jeanne Moreau is as lyrical and touching as she's ever been, but my favorite performance is probably Edward Herrmann because, as the helpless voice of sanity and compassion, he plays the perfect foil for everyone else's nutiness. He even makes Geraldine Chaplin (never one of my favories) fun to watch.

Get it now. Laugh, cry and cheer at the end - then play it again. You can't lose with this one.

ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS
WAT A FILM. SAW IT FIRST MANY YEARS AGO ON PBS AND WHILE SEARCHING LAUREN BACALL FILMS, CAME ACROSS IT AND ORDERED IT IMMEDIATELY.

THIS BRILLANT STORY GRABS YOU AND HOLDS YOU TIL THE VERY END. FINE, FINE ACTORS MIX WELL AND TELL A RIVETING STORY OF SOLDIERS WITH GUILT, A SISTEN TRYING TO REMEMBER HER BROTHERS FACE, A WWII "LADY OF THE EVENING", A DAUGHTER AND SON IN LAW WITH A STORY OF THEIR OWN, UNFOLDING AND MIXING BACK TOGETHER. EVERYONE LEARNS FROM ONE ANOTHER IN THIS FILM. SIR ALEC IS AT HIS BEST WITH THE LEAST AMOUNT OF WORDS TO BE SPOKEN HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS MANAGE TO CONVEY HIS OWN STORY

DO NOT MISS THIS FILM - IT SHOULD BE SHOWN TO EVERY MAN, WOMAN, AND CHILD, ESPECIALLY SCHOOL AGED CHILDREN. WHAT A LESS THEY COULD LEARN!

WATCH THIS FILM ... I DO, AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN!