Prince of Foxes

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02/18/2016 good action/adventure yarn See more 10/29/2015 Death shall not be a burden to the living. A young prince has a supporting princess wife to be and they plan to rule their kingdom and rule it well; however, an associate betrays them and helps an invader trying to take over the kingdom. The prince and princess will need to strategize a plan to overcome impossible odds if they hope to save themselves and their people. "I was thinking." "Good. Practice makes perfect." Henry King, director of Twelve O'clock High, The Snows of Kilimanjaro, The Song of Bernadette, Carousel, The Gunfighter, and The Black Swann (1942), delivers Prince of Foxes. The storyline for this picture felt a little Shakespearian with some solid dialogue and larger than life characters. The action was okay but the acting was excellent. The cast includes Tyrone Power, Orson Welles, Wanda Hendrix, and Everett Sloane. "Have you the stomach for greatness?" "The stomach and the appetite." This was recommended to me by Fios so I DVR'd it off FXM. This was interesting and Power and Welles deliver excellent performances. The conclusion comes together well; however, this isn't as good as similar films released in this era starring Errol Flynn. Overall, this is worth a viewing but not worth adding to your classic film DVD collection unless it's due to the cast. "A wise tongue never needs to repeat itself." Grade: B- See more 02/17/2013 Pretty good plot. Acting was good, but the costumes could be a little bit better. See more 01/12/2013 Historical swashbuckling joy that is expertly written--Orson Welles & Everett Sloane Revel Amid Medieval Pomp & Panoply!! See more 01/12/2012 A sprawling story of Renaissance politics, betrayal, and love, this epic tale is well-shot and beautifully cast. Tyrone Power plays the spy of the evil duke (Orson Welles), sent into the castle of a small, peaceful village. Love mingles his quest for power, and true loyalty emerges. Tender scenes dot the already breathtaking landscape of on-location European architecture and hillsides. A moving story, and much fulfilling. See more 11/15/2010 Prince Of Foxes was released the same year as The Third Man, and in one Orson Welles, as Harry Lime, says "In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder, bloodshedâ"but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, 500 years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." It is the signature moment in the film and sums an ethos that signifies an attitude of self-exalted anarchy embodied by Lime. In Prince Of Foxes Welles plays Cesare Borgia himself and brings pretty much the same crafty-eyed cynicism to the character expressed in the tone of the above stated sentiment. We thought Prince Of Foxes was a reasonably fun film with an good cast, notably a stand-out performance from Everett Sloane. Welles was his usual wicked self, and Tyrone Power gave us some moves we found reminiscent of what he did in Nightmare Alley, and Wanda Hendrix was fine and at times enchanting. We found the story overall to be average in terms of dramatic power, yet informative, with some tasty philosophical reflections and reasonable developments in character and the like, set against actual locations in Italy which gave it a lovely period look. The cinematography had it's fine moments, especially in exploring the features of Sloan's face and the local countryside. Art and artifice are central themes, explored in entertaining ways, and there is some derring-do and swordplay to round it all out. A history lesson? Hardly, but a reasonable evocation of period and some actual characters and, one presumes, a bit of a taste of what life was like back then over there. Too bad we didn't get to see Da Vinci building those catapults they used to attack the castle... See more Read all reviews

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