{"id":43147,"date":"2019-03-21T09:19:37","date_gmt":"2019-03-21T16:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43147"},"modified":"2021-09-05T11:45:58","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T18:45:58","slug":"countess-from-hong-kong-a-1967","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43147","title":{"rendered":"Countess From Hong Kong, A (1967)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s no excuse for many things in this world.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Countess-From-Hong-Kong.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Countess-From-Hong-Kong-300x227.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"227\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Countess-From-Hong-Kong-300x227.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Countess-From-Hong-Kong-128x97.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Countess-From-Hong-Kong.jpg 715w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen an ambassador (Marlon Brando) onboard a ship from Hong Kong to America finds a penniless and stateless stowaway countess (Sophie Loren) in his cabin, his friend (Sydney Chaplin) assists him in keeping her presence a secret &#8212; but what will happen when Brando&#8217;s wife (Tippi Hedren) shows up?\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At Sea<\/li>\n<li>Charlie Chaplin Films<\/li>\n<li>Margaret Rutherford Films<\/li>\n<li>Marlon Brando Films<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<li>Royalty and Nobility<\/li>\n<li>Sophia Loren Films<\/li>\n<li>Tippi Hedren Films<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nCharlie Chaplin&#8217;s final film was considered a major disappointment by most: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1967\/03\/17\/archives\/screen-a-countess-from-hong-kongnew-movie-by-chaplin-opens-at-the.html\">Bosley Crowther of the New York Times<\/a> absolutely crushed it in his review, referring to it as a &#8220;numbingly archaic farce&#8221; which he would love to &#8220;pretend&#8230; never occurred&#8221;, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1634marl.html\">DVD Savant<\/a> describes it as &#8220;sad and unfunny&#8221;, not to mention &#8220;depressing&#8221;. Chaplin&#8217;s screenplay was based on a story written for his former wife Paulette Goddard in the 1930s, and indeed, the narrative feels better suited to a different era. With that said, Loren does her best in the title role, and I don&#8217;t think the movie falls completely flat: it moves at a reasonable pace and keeps us guessing about what will happen next. None of that is to say it&#8217;s a very good or funny picture &#8212; which it&#8217;s not. But neither is it a complete disaster. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sophia Loren as the Countess<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Countess-From-Hong-Kong.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Countess-From-Hong-Kong.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-43148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Countess-From-Hong-Kong.png 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Countess-From-Hong-Kong-128x96.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Countess-From-Hong-Kong-300x225.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though I suppose it&#8217;s worth a look as a curiosity given its star power, both behind and in front of the camera. Listed as a Cult Movie in the back of Peary&#8217;s book.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0061523\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s1634marl.html\">DVD Savant (scroll down to third review)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/countess.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1967\/03\/17\/archives\/screen-a-countess-from-hong-kongnew-movie-by-chaplin-opens-at-the.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s no excuse for many things in this world.&#8221; Synopsis: When an ambassador (Marlon Brando) onboard a ship from Hong Kong to America finds a penniless and stateless stowaway countess (Sophie Loren) in his cabin, his friend (Sydney Chaplin) assists him in keeping her presence a secret &#8212; but what will happen when Brando&#8217;s wife (Tippi Hedren) shows up? Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: At Sea Charlie Chaplin Films Margaret Rutherford Films Marlon Brando Films Romantic Comedy Royalty and Nobility&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=43147\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=43147"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75830,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43147\/revisions\/75830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}