| | Lifeboat DVD (3 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Action/Adventure Movies, Thriller Videos, Suspense, Recommended, Essential Cinema, World War II, Character Study, Disasters, High Seas | | Starring | Tallulah Bankhead, Hume Cronyn, Mary Anderson, Walter Slezak, William Bendix, John Hodiak, Heather Angel, Henry Hill, Canada Lee | | Director | Alfred Hitchcock | | Cinematographer | Glen MacWilliams | | Composer | Hugo Friedhofer | | Editor | Dorothy Spencer | | Producer | Kenneth MacGowan | | Production Designer | James Basevi, Maurice Ransford | | Screenwriter | Jo Swerling | | Story | John Steinbeck |
Tallulah Bankhead, John Hodiak, Mary Anderson, and William Bendix star. Alfred Hitchcock's classic film is about 8 people stranded in a lifeboat after their ship is sunk by Germans in the Atlantic. LIFEBOAT is an intense thriller crafted around the psychological drama produced when eight unlikely companions are thrown together by drastic circumstance. The exceptional performances of its ensemble cast make it a classic, one credited with reviving Tallulah Bankhead's career. After a German U-boat torpedoes their ship, several survivors find themselves together in a lifeboat. Each is of a distinctly different background: Tallulah Bankhead's character, the radiant Constance Porter, is a famed fashion writer; others include tycoon Charles Rittenhouse (Henry Hull), marxist seaman John Kovac (John Hodiak), Stanley Garret (Hume Cronyn), a radio operator, a wounded furnace stoker, a nurse, a grieving mother, and a porter. The group is joined by the commander of the German U-boat (Walter Slezak), which was itself sunk in the exchange. Choosing to take him aboard as a gesture of humanity, and for the sake of his seafaring skills, proves to be a fateful decision. Production was done almost entirely in studio, using a range of specialized water sets and props to allow Hitchcock to achieve the camera angles he wanted while employing rear-projected seascapes shot off the coast of Florida. Based on a story by John Steinbeck, LIFEBOAT tells of the desperate struggle for survival of a group of people whose boat was torpedoed by a German U-boat during the Second World War. In this gripping character study about eight diverse survivors, tensions mount after a Nazi is brought aboard. LIFEBOAT is an unusual yet thrilling film from Alfred Hitchcock. Hitchcock cameo: Hitch solved the difficult problem of how to make a cameo appearance in the middle of the ocean by appearing in a "before-and-after" diet advertisement in the newspaper Rittenhouse is reading.
Tallulah Bankhead developed pneumonia after hours of filming in wet clothes.
During filming Hitchcock went on a serious diet, reducing his weight from 300 to 200 pounds.
Lifeboat Reviews: "...Hitchcock broke the champagne bottle on the [liferaft] subgenre....Carries a vigilante chill..." -- Rating: B+
-- Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly 4 stars out of 4 -- "LIFEBOAT convinces us completely of its sincerity and urgency."
-- Joseph Failla, Premiere "Based on a Steinbeck novella, the film is both an allegory about the need for unity to combat Nazism and a technological marvel..." -- Grade: B+
-- Edward Karam, Entertainment Weekly 5 stars out of 5 -- "[P]ure cinema, with every shot finding a different angle."
-- Brian Case, Uncut
This is the only Henry Hill video. Lifeboat | List Price | $14.98 (You save $5.29) | | Studio | 20th Century Fox | | Orig Year | 1944 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  5795  | | CD Universe Part number | 6924151 | | Catalog number | 2227227 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Oct 18, 2005 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Also Known As | Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat | | Running Time | 96 Minutes | | Additional Info | Special Edition | | Movie Details | B&W; Digitally Processed; Special Edition |
Lifeboat Movie Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   True Entertainment
I really loved this movie--even as a child. No computer special effects which is so welcomed. I don't feel that movies of today have the same soul or quality as the classics.
Submitted by fulghum54 (Newton Al. USA) 
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 Different, but Hitchcockian, still......
It is quite a different type of movie from the master of suspense, but still you can feel his touch all along. Influenced by WWII it presents a completely different Hitchcock, but still for his fans who collect all his work it is a must.
Submitted by y.ben-david (Givatayim, Israel.)
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Excellent and historic classic
This film is a must-see for middle school, high school, or college students. This film, to me, examines the paranoia and nationalism which prevailed during WWII.
Each character is marvelously portrayed, and the screenplay is meticulously realized by each actor. Slowly, each character uses the lifeboat as a confessional, and the lifeboat itself becomes a character in its own right.
Symbolism is also another feature of this rich storytelling- and many different levels of symbolism are abound. Great film- a classic! Highly recommended.
Submitted by Ken (Hobart, IN, USA)
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Lifeboat DVD Region 1
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Mono - English
Stereo - English
Subtitles - English, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Behind the Scenes: "The Making of LIFEBOAT"
Audio Commentary: Drew Casper - Film Professor
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
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