Title: Doctor Zhivago
Runtime: 197 Min
Year: 1965
Genres: Drama - Romance - War
Cast: Omar Sharif, Julie Christie, Geraldine Chaplin, Rod Steiger, Alec Guinness, Tom Courtenay, Siobhan McKenna, Ralph Richardson, Rita Tushingham, Jeffrey Rockland, Tarek Sharif, Bernard Kay, Klaus Kinski, Gérard Tichy, Noel Willman, Geoffrey Keen, Adrienne Corri, Jack MacGowran
Directed By: David Lean
PLOT
Lara inspires lechery in Komarovsky (her mother's lover who is a master at surviving whoever runs Russia) and can't compete with passion for the revolution of the man she marries, Pasha. Her true love is Zhivago who also loves his wife. Lara is the one who inspires poetry. The story is narrated by Zhivago's half brother Yevgraf, who has made his career in the Soviet Army. At the beginning of the film he is about to meet a young woman he believes may be the long lost daughter of Lara and Zhivago.
Country: English - Russian
Language: English - Russian
Writers: Boris Pasternak (from the novel by) Robert Bolt (screenplay)
Parental Advisory Certification: Canada:A (Nova Scotia) / Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) / Iceland:12 / South Korea:12 / Brazil:Livre / West Germany:12 (f) / USA:Approved (original rating) / USA:GP (re-rating) (1971) / Canada:PG (video rating) / USA:PG-13 (re-rating) (1995) / UK:15 (video rating) (1987) / UK:A (original rating) (1966) / UK:PG (video rating) (1992) (1999) / UK:PG (2008) / UK:PG (tv rating) / Japan:PG-12 / USA:PG-13 / Argentina:13 / Australia:PG / Chile:14 / Finland:K-16 / Norway:16 / Spain:13 / Sweden:11
Awards:
1966- Academy Awards, USA (Oscar)
-Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color John Box, Terence Marsh and Dario Simoni (WON)
-Best Cinematography, Color Freddie Young (WON)
-Best Costume Design, Color Phyllis Dalton (WON)
-Best Music, Score - Substantially Original Maurice Jarre (WON)
-Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Robert Bolt (WON)
-Best Actor in a Supporting Role Tom Courtenay (NOMINATED)
-Best Director David Lean (NOMINATED)
-Best Film Editing Norman Savage (NOMINATED)
-Best Picture Carlo Ponti (NOMINATED)
-Best Sound A.W. Watkins (M-G-M British SSD) and Franklin Milton (M-G-M SSD) (NOMINATED)
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