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Sullivan's Travels
1942
Sullivan rewards her kindness by giving her a ride in his car but they're arrested. When they're released, the girl joins Sullivan in his quest to learn about poverty. When Sullivan is satisfied, he is robbed and dumped unconscious in a train and awakens in the countryside where there's an incident and he is arrested and sentenced to a labor ...
Aug 20, 2001 · Sullivan’s Travels. The sweetest, most generous-hearted satire of the Hollywood film industry the town has ever produced, Sullivan’s Travels was the fourth of the eight films Preston Sturges made during his astonishingly prolific streak between 1940 and 1944. Deserving of eternal veneration as the first screenwriter to decisively break ...
Sullivan’s Travels, American dramedy film, released in 1941, considered by many to be director Preston Sturges’s finest film. The title is taken from Jonathan Swift’s classic tale of self-discovery, Gulliver’s Travels (1726). The plot involves John Lloyd Sullivan (played by Joel McCrea), a pampered.
Sullivan’s Travels. Tired of churning out lightweight comedies, Hollywood director John L. Sullivan (Joel McCrea) decides to make O Brother, Where Art Thou? —a serious, socially responsible film about human suffering. After his producers point out that he knows nothing of hardship, Sullivan hits the road disguised as a hobo.
Apr 14, 2015 · Picture 8/10. Criterion upgrades their DVD edition of Preston Sturges’ Sullivan’s Travels on Blu-ray, yet again presenting the film in its original aspect ratio of about 1.37:1. The transfer, taken from a high-def scan of a 35mm nitrate fine-grain, is presented in 1080p/24hz on a dual-layer disc. This looks to be the same transfer used for ...
Meanwhile, the dazed Sullivan, dressed like a bum with no identification on his person, is arrested and put to work on a brutal Southern chain gang. With its almost Shakespearean combination of uproarious comedy and grim tragedy, Sullivan's Travels is Sturges' masterpiece and one of the finest movies about movies ever made.
With Sullivan's Travels, Preston Sturges runs rings around everybody. This is a phenomenally sharp comedy, a great romance and is also peppered with adventurous flair. And then, Sturges adds in a whole layer of gleeful meta-commentary. The film starts with the end of drama and sincerity, in movie form.
