| Castle Keep | |
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| Directed by | Sydney Pollack |
| Written by | Daniel Taradash David Rayfiel |
| Based on | Castle Keep (1965 novel) by William Eastlake |
| Produced by | John Calley Martin Ransohoff |
| Starring | Burt Lancaster Patrick O'Neal Jean-Pierre Aumont Bruce Dern Peter Falk |
| Narrated by | Al Freeman Jr. |
| Cinematography | Henri Decaë |
| Edited by | Malcolm Cooke |
| Music by | Michel Legrand |
| Color process | Technicolor |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
| Countries | United States, Yugoslavia |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $8 million[1] |
| Box office | $1.8 million (US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
Castle Keep is a 1969 American war comedy-drama film combining surrealism with tragic realism. It was directed by Sydney Pollack, and starred Burt Lancaster, Patrick O'Neal, Jean-Pierre Aumont, Bruce Dern and Peter Falk. The film appeared in the summer of 1969, a few months before the premiere of Pollack's smash hit They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
The film is based on the novel of the same name by William Eastlake published in 1965, and according to New York Times critic Vincent Canby “accomplishes the dubious feat of being both anti and pro war at the same time”.[3] Eastlake enlisted in the United States Army in 1942. He served in the Infantry for four and a half years, and was wounded while leading a platoon during the Battle of the Bulge.
- ^ Kate Buford, Burt Lancaster: An American Life, Da Capo 2000 p 249
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1969", Variety, January 7, 1970 p 15
- ^ Canby, Vincent (July 24, 1969). "' Castle Keep' Firmly Pro and Anti War". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 26, 2023.