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Sullivan's Travels (1941)
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Summary: A director of escapist films goes on the road as a hobo to learn about Life...which gives him a rude awakening. (imdb)
Country: USA
Directed By: Preston Sturges
Written By: Preston Sturges
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Sullivan's Travels belongs to 29 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (public: moderated by curseof26 - 61 stars)
2. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 39 stars)
3. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2008 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 30 stars)
4. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2010 revision) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 20 stars)
5. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 16 stars)
6. National Film Registry (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 12 stars)
7. Movies about movies (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 11 stars)
8. AFI 100 (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 10 stars)
9. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (public: moderated by theficionado - 10 stars)
10. Features under 91 minutes (public: moderated by epiphany - 10 stars)
11. films101.com's best films of all times (public: moderated by ppinocchio - 9 stars)
12. Rotten Tomatoes - over 95% (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 6 stars)
13. AFI 100 Years... 100 Laughs (public: moderated by iceblox - 4 stars)
14. International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 4 stars)
15. Sight and Sound 2002 (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 4 stars)
16. Road Trip (public: moderated by td888 - 2 stars)
17. AFI 100 Most Inspiring Films (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 2 stars)
18. IMDb Top of The 1940's (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 2 stars)
19. The Guardian's 1000 films to see before you die (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 2 stars)
20. Filmmaking (public: moderated by kyle.loomis - 1 star)
21. Empire's five star movies (public: moderated by KasperL - 1 star)
22. Cinemag's Best 200 films Ever Created! (public: moderated by hristos - 1 star)
23. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 1 star)
24. The Spectator's 50 Essential Films (public: moderated by MMAlpha)
25. Cinema Discusso: Movies You Should See (private: Frontalot - 14 stars)
26. Cinema Discusso Yearly Consensus (2008) (private: PeaceAnarchy - 7 stars)
27. Debased.com 100 Greatest Cult Movies (private: LordofDance - 1 star)
28. PeaceAnarchy's film of the year (private: PeaceAnarchy)


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Funny and sweet romantic comedy, which also seeks to defend these very genre conventions against the idea that their frivolity is a mismatch to our serious world. Veronica Lake is precious in one of her earliest roles. Not all plot turns worked for me though, and I much prefer The Lady Eve, which is more refined and relies less on physical comedy.
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Part screwball romance, part committed social commentary, without any moralizing or sermonizing; the trademark Sturges lightness of touch very much in evidence. Probably his best movie.
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Comedy's often broad here but there's also some witty dialogue on display as well. Unlike any black & white film (or any Hollyw'd pic) Sturges crafts a comedy(!) about what it means 2 b poor & downtrodden. Ahead of his time w/ scenes of black congregations singing 4 their freedom, the film even sympathizes w/ prisoners & repeatedly wrangles w/ subjects completely unfit 4 comedy (smartly getting serious when it does) & yet somehow it all works. It doesn't age perfectly, but amazing 4 its time.
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Sullivan's Travels is often said to be one of the best black-and-white comedies and it is. It's not a laugh-out-loud kind of comedy (few slapstick moments) but the story is what was worth seeing this. Joel McCrea is an underrated actor and Veronica Lake is stunningly beautiful, the supporting cast is superb and Sullivan's Travels is an overlooked comedy and doesn't get enough recognition.
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I really love Sturges.
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Sturges makes this adventure an original, offbeat screen entertainment.
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