Voyage of the Damned
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Voyage of the Damned is a 1976 drama film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, with an all-star cast featuring Faye Dunaway, Oskar Werner, Lee Grant, Max von Sydow, James Mason, Lynne Frederick and Malcolm McDowell. The story was inspired by actual events concerning the fate of the ocean liner MS St. Louis carrying Jewish refugees from Nazi Germany to Cuba in 1939. It was based on a 1974 nonfiction book of the same title written by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts. The screenplay was written by Steve Shagan and David Butler. The film was produced by ITC Entertainment and released by Rank Film Distributors in the UK and Avco Embassy Pictures in the U .
Infobox
Directed by
Stuart Rosenberg
Screenplay by
Steve Shagan David Butler
Based on
Voyage of the Damned 1974 book by Gordon Thomas and Max Morgan-Witts
Produced by
Robert Fryer William Hill
Starring
Faye Dunaway Max von Sydow Oskar Werner Malcolm McDowell Orson Welles James Mason Lee Grant Katharine Ross Luther Adler Michael Constantine Denholm Elliott José Ferrer Lynne Frederick Helmut Griem Julie Harris Wendy Hiller Paul Koslo Nehemiah Persoff Fernando Rey Leonard Rossiter Maria Schell Victor Spinetti Janet Suzman Sam Wanamaker Ben Gazzara
Cinematography
Billy Williams
Edited by
Tom Priestley
Music by
Lalo Schifrin
Production company
ITC Entertainment
Distributed by
Rank Film Distributors (United Kingdom) AVCO Embassy Pictures (United States)
Release dates
19 December 1976 (1976-12-19) (Premiere) 22 December 1976 (1976-12-22) (Los Angeles and New York City)
Running time
155 minutes
Countries
United Kingdom United States
Language
English
Budget
$7 million
Box office
$1,750,000
Tables
· Accolades
Academy Awards
Academy Awards
Award
Academy Awards
Category
Best Supporting Actress
Nominee(s)
Lee Grant
Result
Nominated
Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium
Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium
Award
Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium
Category
David Butler and Steve Shagan
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Best Original Score
Best Original Score
Award
Best Original Score
Category
Lalo Schifrin
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Award
Golden Globe Awards
Category
Best Motion Picture – Drama
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Award
Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture
Category
Oskar Werner
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Award
Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture
Category
Lee Grant
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Katharine Ross
Katharine Ross
Award
Katharine Ross
Category
Won
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Award
Best Screenplay – Motion Picture
Category
David Butler and Steve Shagan
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Award
Best Original Score – Motion Picture
Category
Lalo Schifrin
Nominee(s)
Nominated
Japan Academy Film Prize
Japan Academy Film Prize
Award
Japan Academy Film Prize
Category
Outstanding Foreign Language Film
Nominee(s)
Nominated
| Award | Category | Nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
| Academy Awards | Best Supporting Actress | Lee Grant | Nominated | |
| Best Screenplay – Based on Material from Another Medium | David Butler and Steve Shagan | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Score | Lalo Schifrin | Nominated | ||
| Golden Globe Awards | Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture | Oskar Werner | Nominated | ||
| Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture | Lee Grant | Nominated | ||
| Katharine Ross | Won | |||
| Best Screenplay – Motion Picture | David Butler and Steve Shagan | Nominated | ||
| Best Original Score – Motion Picture | Lalo Schifrin | Nominated | ||
| Japan Academy Film Prize | Outstanding Foreign Language Film | Nominated | ||
References
- Voyage of the Damned at the AFI Catalog of Feature Filmshttps://catalog.afi.com/Catalog/moviedetails/55870
- Variety
- Robert Fryer--Clout Plus Taste: ROBERT FRYER Glover, William. Los Angeles Times 22 Dec 1976: e10.
- American film distribution: the changing marketplacehttps://archive.org/details/americanfilmdist0000dona/page/296/mode/1up
- Voyage of the Damned
- THE BOOK REPORT: Prelude to Horror of 'Final Solution' Kirsch, Robert. Los Angeles Times 13 May 1974: d9.
- Money-making disaster: PUBLISHING Parker, Selwyn. The Observer 7 Aug 1977: 13.
- Dunaway 'Trembling on the Brink of Great Stardom': Faye Dunaway Rosenfield, Paul. Los Angeles Times 20 Feb 1977: s38.
- Simplonpchttp://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Grimaldi_SIOSA_PCs.html
- "Irpinia page 2"https://web.archive.org/web/20160202185001/http://www.cruiseshipodyssey.com/irpinia2.htm
- 'Tour' to Star Bette Midler Lee, Grant. Los Angeles Times 13 Nov 1976: b6.
- Alexander Walker, National Heroes: British Cinema in the Seventies and Eighties, 1985 p. 197
- Still dancing
- "The 49th Academy Awards (1977) Nominees and Winners"http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1977
- Golden Globe Awardshttps://www.goldenglobes.com/film/voyage-damned
- "Lalo Schifrin 1976-1985"http://dougpayne.com/lsd76_85.htm#VOYAGE%20OF%20THE
- Rosen, pp. 447, 567 citing Morgan-Witts and Thomas (1994) pp. 8, 238
- Saving the Jewshttp://www.savingthejews.com/html/carterlibraryspeech.htm
- Bbchttps://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-27373131
- "Voyage of the Damned (1976) - Imprint Collection | Via Vision Entertainment"https://viavision.com.au/shop/voyage-of-the-damned-1976-imprint-collection-354/