Justine (1969 film)
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Language English | 5.8/10 IMDb Genre Drama Duration Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Director George CukorJoseph Strick Release date August 6, 1969 (1969-08-06) Cast (Justine), (Pursewarden), (Narouz), (Melissa), (Pombal), (Darley) Similar movies Jerry Goldsmith composed the music for Justine and The Spiral Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Justine (1969) is a drama film directed by George Cukor and Joseph Strick. It was written by Lawrence B. Marcus and Andrew Sarris, based on the 1957 novel Justine by Lawrence Durrell.
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Plot
Set in Alexandria in 1938, a young British schoolmaster named Darley meets Pursewarden, a British consular officer. Pursewarden introduces him to Justine, the wife of an Egyptian banker. Darley befriends her, and discovers she is involved in a plot against the British, the goal of which is to arm the Jewish underground movement in Palestine.
Cast
Production
The film's pre-production was prepared by director Joseph Strick, who intended to shoot the movie in Morocco. He did some location filming there, but fought with the executives at Fox and with star Anouk Aimee. When he did not hire others for the film as instructed by the studio and slept on the set while working on one of Aimee's scenes, they fired him and George Cukor was brought in. He proceeded to bring the film to Hollywood where the remainder of the film was finished. It became a financial flop and received critical reviews.
Some scenes were shot at Ennejma Ezzahra, a palace at Sidi Bou Said, in northern Tunisia.
References
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