SAMMY GOING SOUTH. A road movie with a difference since the road young
Sammy must travel runs all the way from Port Said in Egypt, where his
parents have been killed in an air-raid, all the way to Durban in South
Africa where his Aunt Jane lives. This is something of a late classic
from Alexander MacKendrick, a movie in which the central character is a
child but which isn't really a children's film, (though children will
relate to it), and it's utterly devoid of sentimentality.
On route he meets a number of people who both help him and hinter him
on his journey and he learns to 'grow up' very quickly. One of the
people he meets is Edward G Robinson's old diamond smuggler and in the
end it is he who is really Sammy's salvation, (and as ever, Robinson is
superb). As Sammy, Fergus McClelland is also superb; MacKendrick is a
very fine director of children. Filmed on location in Africa, it is also
visually very impressive.
Friday 8 March 2019
SAMMY GOING SOUTH ***
SAMMY GOING SOUTH. A road movie with a difference since the road young
Sammy must travel runs all the way from Port Said in Egypt, where his
parents have been killed in an air-raid, all the way to Durban in South
Africa where his Aunt Jane lives. This is something of a late classic
from Alexander MacKendrick, a movie in which the central character is a
child but which isn't really a children's film, (though children will
relate to it), and it's utterly devoid of sentimentality.
On route he meets a number of people who both help him and hinter him
on his journey and he learns to 'grow up' very quickly. One of the
people he meets is Edward G Robinson's old diamond smuggler and in the
end it is he who is really Sammy's salvation, (and as ever, Robinson is
superb). As Sammy, Fergus McClelland is also superb; MacKendrick is a
very fine director of children. Filmed on location in Africa, it is also
visually very impressive.
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