[net.movies] Riddle Of The Sands

briand@tekig1.UUCP (Brian Diehm) (06/05/84)

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     If you get burned out on Hollywood special effects, huge budget releases,
and the novelty of seeing the same films everyone else has seen (Star Wars #11,
Indiana Drones and the Temple of Glitz, etc. etc. etc. ad nauseum), go see:

     Riddle Of The Sands

     It is in fact an adventure film, a sort of grown-up Hardy Boys set on the
eve of WW I.  It has (get this, Indiana fans) acting, principally by Michael
York, Jenny Agutter, and the real star of the show whose name I unfortunately
can't recall.  It is a British release.

     The real plus is that it is so very well done.  The action does not get in
the way of the plot, the plot does not get in the way of the action.  The
characters are very believable, which belies my "Hardy Boys" comment above.
The film portrays subtleties of scenery (the Frisian islands are some of the
most desolate stretches known to man), subtleties of characters, and it also
accurately protrays a time and mood of civilization, a time before wars with
chemicals and mass-kill weapons, when honor was said seriously.  It does this
portrayal of time and attitude without sentimentality and with historical
accuracy.

     Plus, it's a good story.  No empty adrenalin rush here, but lots of real
action.  Joe Bob won't be reviewing this one, so Brian says check it out.

Brian Diehm
Tektronix
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dan@ut-ngp.UUCP (06/07/84)

The other principal actor in "Riddle of the Sands" was Simon MacCorkindale.
I too found this film entertaining.

Dan Reynolds <dan@ut-ngp.ARPA>