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““The Honorary Consul” is available on Blu-ray as part of the “Directed by John Mackenzie” boxed set, now available from Imprint .”
“Caine, of course, is excellent as usual, bringing a combination of resignation and dignity to the well-intentioned loser that he plays.”
“Graham Greene disowned the movie, largely based on what he saw as Gere’s unsuitability for the part.”
“Mackenzie’s a somewhat underrated figure, a Scottish filmmaker who worked with Ken Loach as an assistant director before embarking on his own career making similar works of social realism for British film and television.”
“physical media release beyond the initial VHS pressing, and even in Greene and director John Mackenzie ‘s native United Kingdom it didn’t come out until 2019.”
“This is what made him interesting, and it’s what made him right for Plarr in spite of his struggles with the accent.”
“Interestingly, the actor Mackenzie was initially concerned about was Michael Caine, who he thought of as too classy to play the drunken Fortnum.”
“‘The Honorary Consul’ ©Paramount/Courtesy Everett Collection Caine’s performance was widely praised even by critics who didn’t care for the movie, like Roger Ebert.”
“As is typical of Greene’s work, it’s a tale of thorny moral issues, following the love triangle between an honorary British consul in Argentina, his ex-prostitute wife, and a brooding doctor, and examining the repercussions of that triangle when the consul is mistakenly kidnapped by a revolutionary who thinks the consul is the American ambassador.”