A wounded ira man tries to hide within the slums of politically divided belfast from british officials pursuing. Not long before he directed the legendary third man, carol reed created another film in the thriller vein. Johnny mcqueen, leader of a clandestine irish organization, has been hiding in the house of kathleen and her mother, planning a holdup that will provide his. Odd man out is now available from the criterion collection in bluray and dvd special editions. Odd man out was sadly forgotten as its sympathetic treatment of the ira fell out of fashion and the film was allowed to slide into obscurity.
Green wrote the novel between october 1943, when he finished on the edge of the sea, and. Haunting and lyrical, with a noirish plot and an inspired central performance. Intensely suspenseful, set in the workingclass neighborhoods and slums, the gray atmosphere compliments the plot perfectly. Odd man out 1947 james mason robert newton dvd new fast shipping 5 out of 5 stars 2 product ratings 2 product ratings odd man out 1947 james mason robert newton dvd new fast shipping.
Despite the fact that i live in the suburbs of belfast, it was only relatively recently that i heard of the 1947 james mason movie odd man out, which features many famous belfast landmarks, and later still that i found out that the movie was based on this novel. Johnny mcqueen, leader of a clandestine irish organization, has been hiding in the house of kathleen and her mother, planning a holdup that. Johnny mcqueen, leader of a clandestine irish organization, has been hiding in the house of kathleen and her mother, planning a holdup that will provide his group with the funds needed to continue its activities. During the holdup, things go sour johnny is wounded.
Thematically, odd man out is about reactions to suffering, fate, and faith. Rich in allegory, the story counts the last eight hours of johnnys life. Back in april we screened caught 1948 james masons first role in hollywood. Shazaaaam much to like in this one, including a great finale, but the subplot with the artist was so bizarre and exaggerated that it really turned me off the film. A memoir of the hollywood ten, a 1996 memoir by edward dmytryk. The robbery goes according to plan but during the getaway johnny has a dizzy spell and is stopped by an armed man. He wanders among housewives and bartenders, soldiers and urchins, priests and drunken painters, but his progress through a single winter night has mythic resonancean odyssey through the borderland between life and death. Apr 14, 2015 in odd man out 1947, the dying irish rebel is not in a foreign land, he is an outsider in his own hometown. Odd man out was carol reeds first postwar feature and the first of a quartet of films, including the fallen idol, the third man, and outcast of the islands, which were to mark the highpoint of a lengthy filmmaking career. Odd man out 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and. Carol reed has made his film with deliberation and care, and has achieved splendid. Odd man out 1947 is a film noir that is filled with suspense and action, and the plot is pretty straightforward. The crown has been given a grade a listed building status by the environment and heritage service. Sep 20, 2015 back in april we screened caught 1948 james masons first role in hollywood.
Edward dmytryk was the driving force behind some of hollywood s greatest films, especially in the filmnoir genre. This month oct 4, in odd man out 1947, we see why mason was such a catch for the american studios, after being directed by carol reed in a film that paul dehn of the sunday chronicle called the best film i have ever seen 2 nd feb, 1947 and of which james agee wrote, if the world. Odd man out falls into a contextually sad but internally joyous branch of films, the ones where the few people who have seen, or even heard of them recognise them for the masterpieces they are. When the film appeared, some critics grumbled that the tangled politics of republicanism the easter rising, and the long internal exile of the ira, were all blithely ignored by odd man out. Odd man out was carol reeds first postwar feature and the first of a quartet of films, including the fallen idol, the third man, and outcast of the islands, which were to mark the highpoint of a lengthy film making career. One poster for carol reeds 1947 noir classic odd man out, for example, proclaimed it, the most exciting motion picture ever made. The ira film noir odd man out, 73 years on irishcentral. Italy 5 september 1947 venice film festival finland 12 september 1947. Injured and hunted by the police, he seeks refuge throughout the city, while the woman he loves kathleen ryan searches for him among the shadows. Odd man out provides another unflattering portrait of the irish, mixed with the noble image they tend to have of themselves and their struggles. Meanwhile, cinematographer robert krasker provides a high contrast film noir look, chasing mason through muddy alleyways where wet brick walls glisten in. He followed it up with the 1947 film, odd man out wherein he played the character of a mortally wounded ira bank robber.
Belfast, county antrim, northern ireland, uk 8 of 8 found this interesting interesting. It was the rattattat releases of 1947 s odd man out good, 1948s the fallen idol better and 1949s the third man best that marked carol reed as a worldclass filmmaker. Taking place largely over the course of one tense night, carol reeds psychological noir, set in an unnamed belfast, stars james mason as a revolutionary excon leading a robbery that goes horribly wrong. In the end, only love proves honest, if not entirely honorable. Carol reeds 1947 british thriller odd man out is one of the great suspense dramas and one of the great film noirs. A wounded irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a. Immediately, a largescale manhunt is launched, and the city is tightly covered by the constabulary, whose chief is intent on capturing johnny and the other members of the gang. Dave chappelle best shows compilation, complete show, 3 hours duration. Dennis robert beatty, urges him to sit out the robbery.
Odd man out uk tv series, a 1977 sitcom starring john inman. After escaping from prison, ira gunman johnny mcqueen spends six months hiding out in a house in the back streets of belfast. He decides to lead a raid on a mill to get funds for the organisation. David ansen odd man out 1947, carol reed snow drifting down a onceelegant stairwell from a broken skylight. Jamie chung, star of new netflix film dangerous lies, wants to get bloody playing a certain iconic tarantino character. A lot of film noirs have a convoluted plot, but thats not the case here.
Belgium 16 june 1947 festival mondial du film et des beauxarts, bruxelles mexico 2 july 1947. Many critics, however, feel that odd man out 1947, which was filmed two years prior to the third man, is reeds real masterpiece. In 1945, mason took up a lead role in the film, the seventh veil. Robert newton is excellent in his role as a halfmad artist who wants to hold johnny just long enough to paint the expression in the eyes of a dying man. D odd man out september 3 mon the third man 1949, carol reed joseph cotten, alida valli, orson welles. This month oct 4, in odd man out 1947, we see why mason was such a catch for the american studios, after being directed by carol reed in a film that paul dehn of the sunday chronicle called the best film. Reed and his cinematographer, robert krasker, would go on to make the third man together two years later, and theyre working in a similarly atmospheric mode here. A robbery that goes wrong and being on the run is what were dealing with here, but there are twists and turns. Ira gunman johnny mcqueen spends six months hiding out in a house in the back streets of belfast. Filmmaker roman polanski repeatedly cited odd man out as his favourite film. Hear classic music from odd man out, 1947, directed by carol reed, with james mason, robert newton, kathleen ryan, at tcm. But even in its failures, odd man out is admirable.
Odd man out is a 1947 british and irish film noir directed by carol reed. Nevertheless, odd man out is a useful corrective to the conventional narratives about the hollywood ten, from the left and the right. Decades ago, movie posters were a lot more aggressive, relying not on blurbs from critics but on breathless praise whipped up by the studios marketing department. In 1949, carol reed used the backstreets and sewers of postwar vienna as the perfect contemporary vehicle for film noir, in what would be his most enduring and beloved film, the third man but two years earlier, with odd man out, he was already exploring the genres play of light and shadow, cops and gangsters, in that most unlikely of underworld settings, strifetorn belfast. A wounded irish nationalist leader attempts to evade police following a failed robbery in belfast. Jun 22, 2012 immediately, a largescale man hunt is launched, and the city is tightly covered by the constabulary, whose chief is intent on capturing johnny and the other members of the gang. Progonjen, begunac, carol reeds production of odd man out, gang war. James mason biography childhood, life achievements.
The film became hugely popular and garnered him worldwide recognition and fame. Expand your home video library from a huge online selection of movies at. A robbery that goes wrong and being on the run is what were dealing with here, but there are. Readings of the work and reputation of edgar degas, a 1991 book by carol armstrong odd man out.
The film received the first bafta award for best british film. When carol reeds classic film odd man out opened on march 3 1947 in belfasts classic cinema which stood on the site recently abandoned by british home stores it caused quite a stir. Odd man out 1947 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Dmytryk s work on crossfire 1947 earned him a nomination for an academy award for best director. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Odd man out 1947 director carol reed is most often hailed as the creative force behind the third man 1949, a highly stylized meditation on friendship and postwar morality. The film won the british film academys award for the best british motion picture of 1947. In odd man out 1947, the dying irish rebel is not in a foreign land, he is an outsider in his own hometown. Greens 1945 novel odd man out for its quasireligious undertones, the opportunity it provided for a number of strong character scenes and for the seriousness with which it dealt with its tragic story of the troubles in northern ireland, although in the film belfast is not mentioned by name and the ira referred to only as the organisation. Odd man out dvd 1947 shop the best classic films movie. One of the finest british postwar movies finds mason as a wounded ira man on the run, staggering through a murky, expressionistic world. Its an irish odyssey that wrings every drop of tension from its subject. Set in an unnamed northern irish city, it is based on the novel of the same name by f. The hollywood ten were not, strictly speaking, purely innocent.
O golpe sai errado e johnny e seriamente ferido pela policia. Odd man out generally gets filed under film noir, which makes sense from a purely visual standpoint. It was the rattattat releases of 1947s odd man out good, 1948s the fallen idol better and 1949s the third man best that marked carol reed as a worldclass filmmaker. Odd man out is a 1947 british film noir directed by carol reed.
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