The Magnificent Ambersons (1942)

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Directed By Orson Welles Starring Joseph Cotten • Anne Baxter • Tim Holt • Dolores Costello • Agnes Moorehead Genres Drama • Family Drama • Period Film Studios &
Franchises Academy Award Nominated • The Criterion Collection • National Film Registry • Academy Award Best Picture Nominated • They Shoot Pictures, Don't They? • 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die • Sight & Sound's Greatest Films of All Time Poll • Academy Award Best Cinematography Nominated • Academy Award for Best Production Design Nominated • BBC's 100 Greatest American Films Release Info 1942-07-10T00:00:00Z July 10, 1942
B&W • 88 minutes PG Rated PG see more films from 1942 ► see more about this film on our blog ►

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nclysander on 12/7/2011 Reply · Like · (0 likes)

Joseph Cotten's name needs to be reentered correctly.

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JC13 on 2/12/2015 Reply · Like · (0 likes)

It's good, but I would really like to see the ending Orson Welles wanted.

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egoistdeviant on 5/9/2015 Reply · Like · (0 likes)

There's an Indiegogo campaign going on to finance completing Welles' final film, The Other Side of the Wind https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/other-side-of-the-wind-orson-welles-last-film

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eaglesflyhigh on 6/1/2015 Reply · Like · (0 likes)

This is so tough to rank because we don't have Orson Welles' ending, if we did I think it may be right up their with Citizen Kane.

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eaglesflyhigh on 2/7/2021 Reply · Like · (0 likes)

Ok, maybe I went a little too far with that statement. Ambersons could definitely rise if we had Welles' cut, but still well behind Kane.

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Celldweller7 on 9/8/2016 Reply · Like · (0 likes)

It is a beautiful film and it is interestingly told. The story is well known behind this movie so I won't go into those details. Engaging and some scenes were deeply moving, but as a whole I felt emotionally disconnected from the proceedings.

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