“The Comedians” is a political drama about a British hotel owner and his circle of friends and acquaintances in Haiti during the deteriorating reign of dictator Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier, who came into office in 1958. Director Peter Glenville (“Becket” 1964) was guilty of sloppy direction, as the film moved very slowly and has the worst qualities of a soap opera. Graham Greene wrote the screenplay, adapted from his own 1966 novel of the same name.
“The Comedians” was a very long 160 minutes, despite having a cast featuring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Lillian Gish, Paul Ford, James Earl Jones, George Stanford Brown, Roscoe Lee Brown, Raymond St. Jacques, Zakes Mokae, Gloria Foster, and Cicely Tyson. The unwatchable show “The Comedians” was a flop at the box office for producer Peter Glenville, Maximillian Productions, Trianon Productions, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
The Comedians (1967)
cinema
My Review
“The Comedians” is a political drama about a British hotel owner and his circle of friends and acquaintances in Haiti during the deteriorating reign of dictator Francois “Papa Doc” Duvalier, who came into office in 1958. Director Peter Glenville (“Becket” 1964) was guilty of sloppy direction, as the film moved very slowly and has the worst qualities of a soap opera. Graham Greene wrote the screenplay, adapted from his own 1966 novel of the same name.
“The Comedians” was a very long 160 minutes, despite having a cast featuring Richard Burton, Elizabeth Taylor, Alec Guinness, Peter Ustinov, Lillian Gish, Paul Ford, James Earl Jones, George Stanford Brown, Roscoe Lee Brown, Raymond St. Jacques, Zakes Mokae, Gloria Foster, and Cicely Tyson. The unwatchable show “The Comedians” was a flop at the box office for producer Peter Glenville, Maximillian Productions, Trianon Productions, and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.