It tells the story of an independent, rebellious u. This film is the definitive example of how pan and scan laughably called fullscreen is nothing less than a desecration of the work of those who make movies. Long before the original roadshow version of the sand pebbles became available on the 2007 fox cinema classics collection dvd, this missing scene and several others like it on german 35mm film. Deleted scene from roadshow version of the sand pebbles 1966. Its filming, which began on november 22, 1965, at keelung, was scheduled to take about nine weeks, but it ended up taking seven months. Jerry goldsmith the sand pebbles complete original. The sand pebbles, bluray, widescreen, subtitled, dubbed, dolby, war drama, 024543452096. I know its the 60s, but dont get this film confused with the australian psychedelic rock band, sand pebbles, mainly because that band showed up way too late, in 2001, well after psychedelic.
The story is divided in half on this disc, and there is an intermission in the middle. Mcqueens sole oscar nomination came for his moving performance as a hardbitten naval engineer in robert wises stirring drama, which received seven more oscar nods including best picture. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. The sand pebbles is a color film lasting about 190 minutes. The sand pebbles is a 1966 american war film directed by robert wise in panavision. The sand pebbles was filmed both in taiwan and hong kong. The sand pebbles widescreen, subtitled, dubbed, dolby on. Artists create the loneliest robot whose sole purpose is to sort pebbles. The sand pebbles steve mcqueen richard attenborough candice bergen 1966 multiple oscar nominations went to this tale of a cynical sailors experiences on an american gunboat in 1926 china. This gorgeous military epic from acclaimed director. The sand pebbles is a movie for grownups, largely forgotten today but well worth your time. The sand pebbles is a 1966 american film directed by robert wise. I will always remember this film as one introduced to me by my quebecois. The first half of the sand pebbles is the exciting half, while the second half is the sad and violent half.