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Synopsis. Hollywood film director John L. Sullivan dreams of making a film called Brother, Where Art Thou , dealing with the misery of the poverty-stricken, and convinces the studio executives to allow him to do research by traveling cross-country disguised as a hobo. As "Sully" treads the road dressed in a hobo outfit from the studio costume ...
When all he finds is a train ride back to Hollywood and a beautiful blonde companion, he redoubles his efforts, managing to land himself in more trouble than he bargained for when he loses his memory and ends up a prisoner on a chain gang. Preston Sturges. Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ...
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 ...
Preston Sturges’ ‘Sullivan’s Travels’ is one of those ‘pictures about pictures’, a self-referential few reels of wit and knowing nods re: bureaucracy and the studio system and so on. As a comedy, it’s pretty strong; as a ‘road picture’ with a social conscience, like Ford’s ‘Grapes of Wrath’ (1940), it achieves even more.
Paul Jones. Norman Lacey. Charles Bradshaw. Leo Shuken. Sigmund Krumgold. Harry D. Mills. Walter Oberst. Preston Sturges. Successful movie director John L. Sullivan, convinced he won't be able to film his ambitious masterpiece until he has suffered, dons a hobo disguise and sets off on a journey, aiming to "know trouble" first-hand.
But Sullivan's studio transforms his odyssey into a publicity stunt, providing the would-be nomad with a luxury van, complete with butler (Robert Greig) and valet (Eric Blore). Advised by his servants that the poor resent having the rich intrude upon them, Sullivan escapes his retinue and continues his travels incognito.
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