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- 1965
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 3 h 17 m
- 1965
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 3 h 17 m
Summary The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during the First World War and then the October Revolution.
Directed By: David Lean
Written By: Boris Pasternak, Robert Bolt
- 1965
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 3 h 17 m
- 1965
- PG-13
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 3 h 17 m
Doctor Zhivago
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Summary The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during the First World War and then the October Revolution.
Directed By: David Lean
Written By: Boris Pasternak, Robert Bolt
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
69
79% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
14% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Doctor Zhivago is more than a masterful motion picture; it is a life experience.
[Lean's] sentimental Zhivago is perhaps warm and rewarding entertainment rather than great art; yet it reaches that level of taste, perception and emotional fullness where a movie becomes a motion-picture event.
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Universal Acclaim
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Universal Acclaim
Based on 42 User Ratings
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88% Positive
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As always, Lean's handling of the purely physical aspects of the material is spectacular, with the scenes of revolution, the harsh Russian winters, and Zhivago's trek across the steppes simply unforgettable.
It's definitely quite the spectacle as directed by the modern-day king of epics, David Lean. The movie is something that should be experienced by everyone at least once in a lifetime.
So, yes, it's soppy and manipulative and mushy. But that train looks real enough to ride.
And this is the weakness of the film. Mr. Bolt has reduced the vast upheaval of the Russian Revolution to the banalities of a doomed romance.
Neither the contemplative Zhivago nor the flux of events is intelligible, and what is worse, they seem unrelated to each other...It's stately, respectable, and dead.
Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM),
Carlo Ponti Production,
Sostar S.A.
Release Date Dec 31, 1965
Duration 3 h 17 m
Rating PG-13
Tagline The entertainment event of the year!
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 5 Wins & 10 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 5 Wins & 6 Nominations
David di Donatello Awards
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
