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Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 01:59 PM Apr 2014

Lifeboat = The Movie

LIFEBOAT has to be one of the most feminist films every made. The army nurse, fresh from an affair with a married man, who wastes no time making a new conquest, supervises an amputation and leads a murderous mob against a Nazi, is the *nice* girl! She may have been second fiddle to Captain Tallulah Bankhead but she was as brave and worthy a seafarer as any man. Mary Anderson, who played Nurse Alice MacKenzie, was the last surviving member of the crew. She died today at 96.



Storyline
In the Atlantic during WWII, a ship and a German U-boat are involved in a battle and both are sunk. The survivors from the ship gather in one of the boats. They are from a variety of backgrounds: an international journalist, a rich businessman, the radio operator, a nurse, a steward, a sailor and an engineer with communist tendencies. Trouble starts when they pull a man out of the water who turns out to be from the U-boat.

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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037017/?ref_=nv_sr_1

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Lifeboat = The Movie (Original Post) Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2014 OP
The movie is a masterpiece. As film and as sociology. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2014 #1
yes, my condolences to her family and friends. May she rest in peace. Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2014 #3
As I'm thinking of it.... she ( her character) really is the *strongest* of all the castaways. Smarmie Doofus Apr 2014 #5
Totally agree about the film theHandpuppet Apr 2014 #7
Awesome movie ismnotwasm Apr 2014 #2
Thanks. Thought you would appreciate this gem Tuesday Afternoon Apr 2014 #4
Condolences to Mary Anderson and her family rock Apr 2014 #6
 

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)
5. As I'm thinking of it.... she ( her character) really is the *strongest* of all the castaways.
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 03:08 PM
Apr 2014

Not that she doesn't wrestle w. demons. She DOES. And HOW.

But she seems to get the upper hand on them.

The best interaction: she say's she doesn't understand war. Not any of it. The John Hodiak character says, accusingly "Well... what are you doing in a US Navy uniform, then? ( ie. As a medic.)

She shoots back indignantly: "I'm doing the only thing I CAN do about it! Trying to patch them up after they've blown each other apart!"

Possibly the best snippet in a film *full* of great dialogue.

rock

(13,218 posts)
6. Condolences to Mary Anderson and her family
Tue Apr 8, 2014, 03:47 PM
Apr 2014

Great movie. Look for Hitch floating in the water at start of movie.

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