Best movie ever!

Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

This is a movie that I remembered being bored by when I was dutifully sitting in a theatere at the age of 9. It was worth trying again at age 73. However it hasn't gotten better with time for me, even from a more mature perspective. This movie is very long and very boring, in spite of Harry Street's (Gregory Peck) uncle's (Leo G. Carroll) riddle. It would be interesting to know what Ernest Hemingway thought of this movie. The story seems a bit autobiographic, based on the memories (and locations) we are expected to endure as Harry Street lays in his bed with a badly infected leg (cause unknown)-- with buzzards flying overhead and hyenas laughing in the distance or stalking his tent at night--awaiting a plane to take him to a hospital. While watching this movie, one can't help but think that Hemingway (or at least Harry Street) was an egocentric maniac who measured his life out by the number of women he conquered, the number of things he did, the number of places he lived, and what a fine writer he was.

THE SNOWS OF KILIMANJARO is one skillful combination between African sensationalism, human melodrama and vivid acting. A film that does not capture the quality, but the story of a writer and his hostility against life is pretty interesting. As a writer lies wounded and dazed in an African camp at the foot of the snowy slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro, remembers events from his own life, returning to the past. Writing, women and hunting determined his life. In pursuit of them traveled the world of salons of bohemian Paris, the Spanish battlefields to the African plains. Now, in the shadow of the great mountain and impending death due to gangrene, trying to make sense of his life's failures.The main hero is presented in different states and moods. Despite solid well realized flashbacks, it's really hard to determine what state of mind is the real thing. Love intrigues and personal disappointment as the main character pushed into despair and depression. It is fascinating to see three different romance that eventually come to the same - disappointment. Exactly how much the hero respects himself. The protagonist does not like any of his wives. Simply, women are need. Now, all of a sudden he punishes himself for his mistakes in the past, although it is next to him a woman who truly loves him. It's a bit confusing, vague and unconvincing. However, the pictures stimulate and fascinate. Therefore, African mountains, isolation, pain, sadness and emotion have a special charm. Gregory Peck as Harry Street is temperamental writer who is lost in a melancholy mood. This situation also leads to some critical melancholia and depression. Performance of Mr. Peck is pretty solid, but I really bothered by the fact that his appearance in the film does not change. Ava Gardner as Cynthia Green is beautiful. One impulsive character but her role is unclear. Susan Hayward as Helen is the wife who is cold and gentle at the same time. Both with a reason.I will boast of the music, because it makes sense.In this film has plenty of action and romance.

First, I found this movie, like most here, boring. Mainly a Susan fan, but i found her role was almost secondary to Ava's. I think Ava's part was more complex. I could not imagine why Susan chose to be in this one at all, until I read somewhere that she only accepted this role, cause Hedy Lamarr, her pal, was to play the Ava role, but Hedy turned it down, mainly cause of salary dispute. Hedy was in demand at that time because of her big comeback in "Samson And Delilah". Unfortunately, Susan had to go through her commitment. Aside from that, I felt that the flashbacks were intrusive to the story line, and so I got lost along the way. BTW, Peck looked bored as well.

This was a big and colorful movie made for us by Darryl Zanuck and Henry King; two of the best. It was made just prior to CinemaScope and it still surprises me to see it isn't wide screen. The trouble is that the movie had suffered severely from poor preservation, and much of the excellent camera work on location in Africa suffers badly from neglect. So also the sound track is not good. Try to find this in VHS. Why the DVD wasn't made from a quality VHS is anyone's guess.Since 1952 I've read all of Hemingway's books. 100%; no kidding. Even his collected letters at 1000+ pages. I'd call this a very good Hemingway movie. Enough has been said by other reviewers.