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Carmen Jones Director: Otto Preminger Cast: Dorothy Dandridge, Harry Belafonte, Olga James, Pearl Bailey

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  • DVD Release Date: 01/22/2002
  • Original Release: 1954
  • Rating: Not Rated
  • Sales Rank: 7,317

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In 1943, Oscar Hammerstein Jr. took Georges Bizet's opera Carmen, rewrote the lyrics, changed the characters from 19th century Spaniards to World War II-era African-Americans, switched the locale to a Southern military base, and the result was Carmen Jones. Dorothy Dandridge stars as Carmen Jones, tempestuous employee of a parachute factory. Harry Belafonte plays Joe (originally José), a young military officer engaged to marry virginal Cindy Lou (Olga James). When Carmen gets into a fight with another girl, she is placed under arrest and put in Joe's charge. Succumbing to her attractiveness, Joe accompanies Carmen to her old neighborhood, where, after killing a sergeant sent to retrieve him, he deserts the army. Carmen tries to be faithful, but fortune-telling Frankie (Pearl Bailey) warns her that she and her soldier are doomed. Enter Joe Adams in the role of boxer Husky Miller (a play on Carmen's bullfighter Escamillo), who sweeps Carmen off her feet, ultimately with tragic consequences. Alhough both Dorothy Dandridge and Harry Belafonte were singers, their opera voices were dubbed in by LeVern Hutcherson and Marilyn Horne. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Love Him, Leave Himby EGHunter01

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October 21, 2009: High drama. Harry Belafonte and Dorothy Dandridge give great performances. You should also enjoy Pearl Bailey's wonderful singing voice. This movie has a nice plot as well as good character development. This is the story of classic "love." Dorothy Dandridge as a sultry factory worker seducing a young Harry Belafonte is worth a look-see.

A Lovely Movie Experience!by nazareth62

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February 17, 2009: There are 2 kinds of people in the world-those who seek out the good and those who can't wait to critisize and point out everything that's wrong with something! This is a Hollywood musical-it's not meant to be Bizet's opera and if you approach it with the idea that it is you're going to be disappointed! Contrived? Of course it's contrived!-how often have you known anybody to break out in song when they are being carted off to jail. Again it's a Hollywood musical not Shakespeare! This film is great for an evening of escapism! See it, enjoy the music and draw your own conclusions. As far as it being filled with stereotypes-it's a film from a different time in America and not wanting to face that time doesn't change what it was! There will always be people in the world who wake up in the morning and can't wait to be offended by something or someone! See this film-it's great entertainment and entertainment is the key word here!

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