#154: NEAME, Ronald: The Horse's Mouth (1958)
NEAME, Ronald (United Kingdom)
The Horse's Mouth [1958]
Spine #154
DVD
DVD
In Ronald Neame's film of Joyce Cary's classic novel, Alec Guinness transforms himself into one of cinema's most indelible comic figures: the lovably scruffy painter Gulley Jimson. As the ill-behaved Jimson searches for a perfect canvas, he determines to let nothing come between himself and the realization of his exalted vision. A perceptive examination of the struggle of artistic creation, The Horse's Mouth is also Neame's comic masterpiece.
95 minutes
Color
Color
Monaural
1:66:1 aspect ratio
Criterion Release 2002
Director/Writers
Based on the novel by Joyce Cary.
Based on the novel by Joyce Cary.
Screenplay by Alec Guinness.
Ronald Neame was 47 when he directed The Horse's Mouth.
Other Neame films in the Collection:
#225: Tunes Of Glory (1960)
#163: Hopscotch (1980)
Other Neame films in the Collection:
#225: Tunes Of Glory (1960)
#163: Hopscotch (1980)
The Film
Film Rating (0-60):
The Booklet
Sixteen-page booklet featuring an essays by Bruce Eder, Ian Christie and Neame.
Commentary
None.
Video interview
60
The ExtrasThe Booklet
Sixteen-page booklet featuring an essays by Bruce Eder, Ian Christie and Neame.
Commentary
None.
Video interview
With Neame.
Documentary
Documentary
By D.A. Pennebaker: Daybreak Express, which opened the original New York theatrical run of The Horse’s Mouth, plus a video introduction by Pennebaker.
Original theatrical trailer
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