![]() You will remember both of these people after viewing Exodus. Two of my favorites are David Opatoshu as Akiva Ben Canaan, an Irgun leader and Gregory Ratoff as Lazavitch who was the rabble rouser on the ship Exodus. Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint are capable enough leads, but it is the supporting characters that really make this film. It's a vigorous and uplifting melody and like so many other good film scores it carries the viewer along in what is a lengthy movie. I remember how much it was played back when I was a lad. Ernest Gold's musical score is one of the great ones done for the cinema. Wouldn't hurt to read the book either.Įxodus got only one Oscar, but there was really no competition there. The novel is about Israel's founding, but the issues still remain and Exodus should be required viewing for all who wonder about the need for a Jewish state. So when Otto Preminger made the film, he had a built in audience, almost in the same way that every Star Trek movie has.īut we're not talking about a mythical future. The characters in Exodus among the people I grew up with became as known as family members. Growing up in Brooklyn in the Fifties and Sixties, I can tell you that every Jewish household seem to have a copy of Herman Wouk's Marjorie Morningstar and Leon Uris's Exodus. Reviewed by bkoganbing 8 / 10 The fighting heart of Israel
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