The Americanization of Emily Movie Review
The Americanization of Emily Review
"The Americanization of Emily" Overview

Rating: NR
1964
Cast and Crew
Director : Arthur HillerProducer : Martin Ransohoff
Screenwiter : Paddy Chayefsky
Starring : James Garner,Julie Andrews,Melvyn Douglas,James Coburn,Joyce Grenfell,Ed Binns,Liz Fraser,Keenan Wynn
Arthur HIller directed this oddball black comedy (script courtesy of the masterful Paddy Chayefsky), which turns out to have little to do with Emily (Julie Andrews) at all. Rather, the film captures a quirky navy admiral who's intent on having the first casualty at Omaha Beach be a sailor -- and he wants to capture it on film. Lt. Commander James Garner doesn't want to go, and all manner of hijinks ensue. James Coburn steals the show, and rescues it from dated, overblown oblivion.
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Review by Christopher Null
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