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Zorba The Greek
1964
Michael Cacoyannis's powerful film starring Anthony Quinn garnered seven Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. On the Greek isle of Crete, Basil (Alan Bates), a shy, inhibited writer from England is befriended by Zorba, a boisterous, gregarious peasant with an astonishing love for life. .. Read more
| Starring | Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova |
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| Director | Michael Cacoyannis |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
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Zorba The Greek
Michael Cacoyannis's powerful film starring Anthony Quinn garnered seven Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. On the Greek isle of Crete, Basil (Alan Bates), a shy, inhibited writer from England is befriended by Zorba, a boisterous, gregarious peasant with an astonishing love for life. When Zorba agrees to work at Basil's recently inherited abandoned mine, it is the beginning of a lesson for the young man as he gradually moves from an observer of the world to a participant.
| Starring | Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova, Anthony Quinn/ Alan Bates |
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| Director | Michael Cacoyannis |
| Studio | 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 16 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 1964 To Rent: DVD: 09 May 2005 |
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A mainly enjoyable character study of a larger-than-life character, this film made famous by its music does not really hang together dramatically and has several melodramatic excrescences.
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A CLASSIC - LOVED IT
First of all, I must say that I am biased as I love Greece and the Greek people.
Zorba is a classic, filmed in and around Hania in 1964.
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ZOBRA THE GREEK
I LOVE THIS FILM IT IS A VERY GOOD GREEK FILM I WOULD RECOMMOND IT TO EVERYBODY GOOD ACTION AND GOOD DANCEING
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Zorba the Greek
highly enjoyable film mainly due to the authenticity of the Greek landscape and characters realistically filmed in black and white and the starring performance ... read more »
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Not so sunny in Greece
This became Anthony Quinn's signature part and he brings tons of charisma to the part of the Greek peasant who hooks up with - and thaws out - a stuffy ... read more »
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Banderas eyes Broadway revival of Zorba
- 13 May 2010
Antonio Banderas is in negotiations to return to Broadway next year (11) in a new production of Zorba The Greek. The Mask of Zorro star, who won acclaim as the lead star of musical Nine in 2003, expressed his desire to return to the stage last summer (09). He said, "I want to go back to theatre because it is my main source, I'm more a theatre actor than a film actor." And Banderas is hopeful he will get to live out his dream under the bright lights of Broadway. He tells WENN, "I'm going to... Read more
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Zorba The Greek
Michael Cacoyannis's powerful film starring Anthony Quinn garnered seven Academy Award nominations including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor. On the Greek isle of Crete, Basil (Alan Bates), a shy, inhibited writer from England is befriended by Zorba, a boisterous, gregarious peasant with ...
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