Lord Jim (1965 film)

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Lord Jim (1965 film)

Lord Jim is a 1965 adventure film made by Columbia Pictures. It was produced and directed by Richard Brooks with Jules Buck and Peter O'Toole as associate producers, from a screenplay by Brooks, based on the 1900 novel of the same name by Joseph Conrad. It was photographed in Super Panavision 70 by Freddie Young. The music score was by Bronislau Kaper. It is the second film adaptation of the novel; the first was a silent film released in 1925 and directed by Victor Fleming.

The film stars Peter O'Toole, James Mason, Curt Jürgens, Eli Wallach, Jack Hawkins, Paul Lukas with Daliah Lavi, Akim Tamiroff, Andrew Keir, Jack MacGowran, Eric Young, Noel Purcell, Walter Gotell and Christian Marquand.

The film received two BAFTA nominations, for best British art direction and best British cinematography.

The film was made at Shepperton Studios, England, and on location in Angkor Wat, Cambodia, Lantau Island, Hong Kong and Malacca, Malaysia.

Plot summary

Jim (Peter O'Toole), is an ambitious young Englishman who sets off as first mate on the S.S. Patna, a merchant ship traveling to Mecca with Muslim pilgrims as passengers. A storm threatens the ship and the crew deserts on the ship's two lifeboats; Jim in a moment of weakness joins them. When they reach port, the sailors are stunned to find an intact Patna already there before them.

There is a Royal Enquiry and Jim is the only one to stand trial. Racked with guilt, he admits his act of cowardice and is stripped of his papers. Filled with self-loathing, Jim becomes a drifter, taking small jobs in the Far East until Marlow (Jack Hawkins), a man Jim met during his trial, arranges for him to travel to a distant trading post in Patusan. Jim sees the voyage as an opportunity to redeem himself and move on with his life.