TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST (Trailer)
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2011
- Here's the re-release trailer of TWO YEARS BEFORE THE MAST (1946). It's one of my favorite Alan Ladd movies. I think it's a classic, and I wish it were available on DVD.
It's strange that the trailers of AL's films hardly ever mention the love stories. Perhaps they took his female audience for granted. "Ladd lashed ..." What a tagline. A NEW YORK TIMES review called AL "a man who has taken enough beatings (in the movies) to satisfy even a Marquis de Sade."
No copyright abuse intended, but if the owners mind, the video will be deleted, of course. - Krátké a kreslené filmy
Hol up. Richard Henry Dana is depicted as being a mutineer? ... Who is hunted across the 7 seas?? No.
If you are intrested in the real story:
The book Two Years Before the Mast is about a man who discovers his purpose in life while doing the most dangerous and unforgiving work done by the societal outcasts of the era. Dana was in college when he decided to become a merchant sailor aboard an American merchant sailing vessel. He left Boston, USA for the coast of Alta California, Mexican Territory in 1834 for a 2 year labor job. He earns the respect and friendship of his shipmates and develops deep empathy for them as he learns how cruel and dangerous their mostly unchosen profession is. After learning of their powerlessness at their hands of their ruthless officers, Dana becomes a maritime lawyer who gains prominence as a defender of the common seaman. Later he becomes an abolitionist politician/activist during the American Civl War.
All in all, Two Years Before the Mast is a beautiful adventure story which recounts one man's remarkable true journey towards his destiny. I would recommend giving it a read.
Some director or screen writer should remake this movie and make it faithful to the book. Wide screen, color, all the modern touches (minus CGI effects, if possible). I bet it would sell very well.
After reading the book and seeing this film, I agree... other than names and the general timeframe there is no connection between the book and the film. At 0:56 in this trailer, the character "Amazeen" is portrayed completely the opposite of Dana's description. In the book, Dana describes him as "... an estimable, kind, and trustworthy man..." (from chapter: Twenty-four Years After).
Eddie Haskell read the book on a Beaver episode so I became interested in the movie.
Yes, the episode where he plans to spend the summer in Alaska aboard a fishing vessel.
Interestingly enough, the episode gets the name of the author wrong, ascribing the book to Charles Dana, a completely different man, who served as an assistant Secretary of War in the American Clvil War.
Haven't seen this movie, but the trailer appears to NOT represent the book! An accurate rendition might be difficult to achieve without CGI, since the sailing of early 1800's merchant ships is a lost art. I believe a remake of 'Moby Dick' is in progress -if they can get that to appear realistic, they should have no problem re-making "Two Years Before the Mast" the way R.H. Dana actually wrote it.
Kar Terpin Abled seamen still cross the oceans with Viking Ship as well as 1800 century ship. - Look out for examples like "Havhingsten" & the tall ship "Götheborg".. There's a world beyond the horizon of Disney Land ;)
you can read the autobiography of Dana by same title: www.amazon.com/Years-Before-Mast-Personal-Narrative-ebook/dp/B00K3WCEX6/ref=zg_bs_157551011_15?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=GXADY2N25S4R79KW1BKH
Two Years Before the Mast, meets, Mutiny of the Bounty. It's possibly a good movie, but, Two Year Before the Mast, it isn't.
There really needs to be an honest telling of R.H. Dana's story. This aint it.
LOL. Re--reading RH Dana right now. This is unrecognizable.
Who'd have thought that Orange County, CA had such an epic origin story?! (JK, this movie is totally different from the book. Henry Dana Jr. was a great lawyer and orator for the rights of sailors and for all enslaved people but the book itself is quite dull.)
Not exactly following the book.
by a good old day harvard student