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Carmen Jones is a 1954 American English-language film directed by Otto Preminger, who also produced the movie. The screenplay was written by Harry Kleiner and Oscar Hammerstein II, based on the work of Prosper Mérimée. The cast includes Harry Belafonte, Dorothy Dandridge, Pearl Bailey, and Joe Adams. The film is categorized as a romance, drama, and musical. Its narrative is set in Chicago and focuses on World War II.
The production was handled by Carlyle Productions, with Sam Leavitt as director of photography and Louis R. Loeffler as film editor. The music was composed by Herschel Burke Gilbert, Dimitri Tiomkin, and Georges Bizet. The film has a runtime of 105 minutes. It was distributed by 20th Century Studios and Netflix. Carmen Jones received a Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy and the Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor. It was also nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress and a BAFTA Award for Best Film.
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6.2In this musical set in an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and "hot bundle" Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who's engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War.
Cast
- Harry Belafonte as Joe
- Dorothy Dandridge as Carmen Jones
- Pearl Bailey as Frankie
- Olga James as Cindy Lou
- Joe Adams as Husky Miller
- Brock Peters as Sergeant Brown
Themes
- opera
- world war ii
- seduction
- musical
- north carolina
- based on play or musical
- love
- desire
- stockade
- 1940s
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Carmen
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Otto Preminger
- Screenwriter
- Oscar Hammerstein II
- Cast member
- Sam McDaniel
- Composer
- Georges Bizet
- Producer
- Otto Preminger
- Cinematographer
- Sam Leavitt
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Duration
- 105
- FilmAffinity ID
- 559093
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Carmen jones.jpeg
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- publication date
- 1954-10-05
- nominated for
- BAFTA Award for Best Film
- film editor
- Louis R. Loeffler
- title
- Carmen Jones
- after a work by
- Prosper Mérimée
- distributed by
- Netflix
- Commons category
- Carmen Jones
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 75%
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