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my name is john orlando ,and i am trying to obtain a copy of the navel war drama single handed aka, sailor of the king. if anyone has a copy would it be possible to obtain a copy. either on vhs or dvd. please reply to my e-mail address jobokoco @ aol.com.awaiting any reply,thanking you in advance john orlando.

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Saw your posting on the board. Did you ever find a copy? I'm looking for one too.

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If ANYONE can find a copy of the movie, in whatever release name, I'd love one too! I'm in US, Colorado, but would love to watch ANY english-speaking version!!
I'm searching, and will do the same for you all...

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late reply--don't know if you are still looking for copy of this movie but it will be release in April 2007 by Fox according to another posting


"...That's the beauty of argument, Joey. If you argue correctly, you're never wrong..."

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Dear John;

I just noticed your post and I can tell you that my copy of "Sailor Of The King" was obtained by chance when I taped it, commercial free, on American Movie Classics in May of 1987. Since then, it has shown up on that same cable station many times. If you live in the U.S., the chances are you'll be able to catch it as they show it at least once or twice a year. If you live outside the States, well........GOOD LUCK! It is one of my all-time favorites but I've never seen the alternate ending in which Jeffery Hunter is killed, have you?

Richard.

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John, I just received the Sailor Of The King on VHS yesterday and watched it tonight. Great movie. I was able to track it down through a guy called the Moviehunter who can get just about anything, however it is a little pricey at $40 but some movies are worth the price. He could not get a DVD version though. His website is moviehunter.tv.com and it takes a few weeks to get it.

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Hi John and all other fans. Do you know that this movie was also filmed as
"Forever England" in 1935, which I have on VHS and DVD. Its good for its time. Assume that you have read Brown on resolution by C.S. Forester, which is the movie base?
Regards,
Mark
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The DVD is scheduled to be released on April 24, 2007, and you can pre-order at Amazon.com.

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Hi Guys,

I have just received my DVD copy of "Sailor of the King" from my friends at Amazon, and it is a very good print..........far superior to my ancient copy on Beta tape.

It also has the alternative ending, which I had never seen before.

You access it as one of the "extras" from the main menu, and it picks up the last five or six minutes of the film, from where Brown is laying in the sun on the clifftop, as the Essen backs out of the bay.

I won't spoil the ending for you, if you have not yet seen it, but it puts a completely different aspect on the movie.

This is yet another one of my favourite movies. Absolutely superb!!

Also, another reviewer mentioned that this story had been filmed earlier, and I have a copy of this one on tape, too.

It is called "Forever England" and was made in 1935, with John Mills as Brown, and was set in the First World War.

They just don't make this kind of stuff any more.......

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SPOILERS:



In the UK it is shown fairly regularly on the Channel 4/More 4/Film 4 group of channels.
Here it is shown in a version which has a caption after the "death" ending which says that we are now going to see another version of the ending and that we should fill in cards with our preference in the "theatre" lobby. There then follows the "survives" ending.

A few points:

The caption and (American accented) voice over which accompanies it obviously date from the time of the making of the film.

I would suggest that this version was intended for US preview audiences in order to decide which version of the ending to use there.

This version was probably prepared in the UK because of the spelling of "theatre" but was intended for the US because of the accent of the VO and because they would have used the word "cinema" for the UK.

The ending where the hero survives is not only "happier" but also morally more bland because it de-emphasises the mother - as she isn't at the ceremony - so it lessens the implication that the hero is the product of the unmarried night together. This may well have been a consideration in the US where I suspect that such implications would have been less acceptable than in the UK at the time.

The "dies" ending was obviously the original ending as it involves a shot on the island of find the body and a full scale ceremony with the presentation of Brown's medal to his mother. It is altogether a more satisfying ending aesthetically and ties together the beginning and end of the film with the return of Wendy Hiller.

The "survives" ending only involves shooting on a partial set, a few extras and Rennie and Hunter. It feels clumsy. I suspect it was shot some time after the film was edited and the studio got cold feet about releasing the film in the US with a "down" ending (and one which more clearly raises the implication that Brown was illegitimate).

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"Sailor of the King" is available from Netflix for those who have access to this service.

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Not on Netflix
now at least in the US SE.

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