Carmen Jones (1954)
Director:
Otto Preminger
Tagline:
« You go for me and I’m taboo but…if you’re hard to get, I go for you. »
Actors:
Joe
Carmen Jones
Frankie
Cindy Lou
Husky Miller
Rating:
(6’439 votes)
(6’439 votes)
Quotes:
« Carmen Jones: I always did want to see the big town.
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« Frankie: You got your wish, honey. Somethin' tells me Chicago's gonna be real good for you.
»
« Myrt: Somethin' tells me you gonna be real *bad* for Chicago.
»
« Carmen Jones: 'Scuse my dust, gentlemen. The air's gettin' mighty unconditioned 'round here.
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« Sergeant Brown: Run along, Lieutenant Caspar Milquetoast!
»
Trailer:
Carmen Jones
Runtime:105 minutes
Plots:
Contemporary version of the Bizet opera, with new lyrics and an African-American cast.
At an all-Black army camp, civilian parachute maker and “hot bundle” Carmen Jones is desired by many of the men. Naturally, she wants Joe, who’s engaged to sweet Cindy Lou and about to go into pilot training for the Korean War. Going after him, she succeeds only in getting him into the stockade. While she awaits his release, trouble looms for both of them. Songs from the Bizet opera with modernized lyrics.
Love, passion, betrayal and tragedy. Carmen Jones is an adaptation of Bizet’s legendary opera Carmen. It tells the story of young, free spirited Carmen Jones, whose great beauty is the object of many men’s desires. However, Carmen sets her sights on young army officer Joe, who is engaged to his sweetheart, Cindy Lou. Joe quickly succumbs to Carmen’s charms , forsaking his Cindy Lou, thus beginning the tragic love story.
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