Zorba the Greek
aka Alexis Zorbas
First screening date unrecorded / Most recently screened in June 2014

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Director: Michael Cacoyannis. Cast: Anthony Quinn, Alan Bates, Irene Papas, Lila Kedrova, Eleni Anousaki, George Foundas, Yorgo Voyagis, Sotiris Moustakas, Anna Kyriakou, Takis Emmanuel. Screenplay: Michael Cacoyannis (based on the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis).

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Twitter Capsule: Some virtues can't be written off, especially the sleek photography. But on the whole it's Soulful Ethnic hogwash.

Second Capsule: Photography and occasional performance beats deserve respect but film's sunk by overlength, stale Ethnic™ tropes.

VOR: ③  Major hit, still often referenced. Lensing, music made their mark. Hamstrung between opening studio films to foreign idioms and reproducing "foreign" stereotypes.

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Photo © 1964 20th Century Fox

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: C–

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Academy Award Nominations and Winners:
	Best Picture
	Best Director: Michael Cacoyannis
	Best Actor: Anthony Quinn
★	Best Supporting Actress: Lila Kedrova
	Best Adapted Screenplay: Michael Cacoyannis
★	Best Cinematography (Black & White): Walter Lassally
★	Best Art Direction (Black & White): Vassilis Photopoulos
Golden Globe Nominations:
	Best Picture (Drama)
	Best Director: Michael Cacoyannis
	Best Actor (Drama): Anthony Quinn
	Best Supporting Actress: Lila Kedrova
	Best Original Score: Mikis Theodorakis
Other Awards:
	National Board of Review: Best Actor (Quinn)

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