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Gregory Peck hams it up big time in this 1978 thriller based on Ira Levin's bestselling novel. Peck plays an old German Nazi behind a mysterious series of murders, the investigation of which leads to ...( read more 
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MCT:April 27, 2008Peck, who may have been acting over-the-top (but I'm not really sure), steals the show as Nazi mad scientist Josef Mengele, but I couldn't really buy Olivier as the hero Nazi-hunter. Very interesting until the climax, whcih was a bit too action-oriented to believe these two old farts could carry it out.
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MCT:April 22, 2008I must have missed something because I really didn't like this movie. The plot was just too ridiculous and far fetched for me to enjoy it. Plus I shed a tear when I saw Atticus Finch playing an evil Nazi doctor.
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MCT:April 12, 2008Even with the powerhouse talents involved (Director Schaffner -- who directed PATTON and PLANET OF THE APES, Peck, Olivier, Mason, etc.), this is an unbelievably stupid movie. If you can get past the laughable casting of Gregory Peck as a mad Nazi scientist, then you're faced with a plot that has him cloning little Adolph Hitlers. Somehow we're supposed to buy that there are 94 couples perfectly match the ages and living conditions of the real Hitler (these conditions are supposed to match for the clones to ensure that they come out as perfect copies) and that somehow the Nazi's are hiding out in 1970s South America and are organized, unified, and still a viable political force.
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MCT:February 29, 2008
Ever wondered why the Human Genome project has such a hard time getting past government legislation and is constantly being hounded by pressure groups? Well, this film provides the answer. It is no secret in today's world that many former members of ...(read more)The Third Reich now live with private armies in South America but the sheer thought of it still sends a chill up one's spine. This aside, the concept of some one being able to clone a tyrant like Hitler is the stuff of stoytelling gold and it is very disconcerting to see so many boys with the same face and facial features in one place. The performances are also good through out, particularly Peck's role as the fanatical Dr. Josef Megele and the small though surprising instance where Police Academy's Steve Guttenburg finds himself flourishing in a non-comedy role.Olivier is his usually thespionic self but plays the role of elderly Nazi hunter Ezra Lieberman so feebly that whilst he appears authentic in the majority of scenes, his character becomes unbelievable during moments of high action. Cinematically, however, there is little to distinguish this film from any other realist thriller of the 1970s with TV-style editing which often feels uncomfortable and excessive. Still, the power of The Boys from Brazil stems primarily from the story and that is the film's main draw. Heavily flawed but certainly worth watching.
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MCT:February 3, 2008
Dos gigantes de la actuación, L.Olivier y G.Peck, juntos en una trama con una vigencia cada día mas aterradora: la clonacion humana.
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