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www.dvdverdict.com - : Islands in the Stream is a lopsided triptych of a film barely held together by a few rusty hinges and two stronger ones: Fred J. Koenekamp's Oscar-nominated cinematography and Jerry Goldsmith's vibrant, yet melancholy, score. more...
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www.boxoffice.com - : Had this been made in the late '60s, it might have felt more relevant, but by 1977 films of this sort, action-adventure melodramas, had mostly run out of steam. Schaffner gives it the ol' college try and Scott is predictably good, but it just doesn't quite hang together, as though something were clearly lost in the translation. more...
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onfilm.chicagoreader.com - : The film comes so close to greatness at times that its frequent failures (mostly of dialogue) seem, unfortunately, all the more conspicuous.Schaffner makes excellent use of the Panavision format to define the spaces separating his characters; the quiet, contemplative tone is movingly sustained by rhyming visual motifs and dramatic incidents. more...
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