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15 October 1953 (USA) morePlot:
Stanley Kubrick's first feature made in color. Lost for over 40 years! The documentary extolls the benefits of membership to the Seafarers International Union. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
A curiosity at best more (8 total)Cast
 | Don Hollenbeck | ... | Narrator |
Directed by | |||
| Stanley Kubrick | |||
Writing credits(in alphabetical order) | ||
| Will Chasen | writer | |
Produced by | |||
| Lester Cooper | .... | producer | |
| Alexander Pietrzak | .... | executive producer: re-release | |
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| Stanley Kubrick | |||
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| Stanley Kubrick | |||
Sound Department | |||
| Stanley Kubrick | .... | sound | |
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- Lester Cooper Productions
- Pietrzak Filmways
- Seafarers International Union, Atlantic & Gulf Coast District, American Federation of Labor
- Indian Relay Productions (2008) (worldwide) (all media)
- Pietrzak Filmways.com
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'The Seafarers' was a half hour documentary made for the Seafarers International Union in 1953. It's actually more of a promotional film than a documentary, urging sailors to join the union & extolling the benefits, etc etc. The 1950s equivalent of a corporate video or an infomercial.
There is absolutely nothing remarkable about this film. It's competently made, but it's not the sort of project where a director would have the opportunity to exercise any sort of creativity. Kubrick was a hired gun on this, he did the job he was paid for & that's it.
Any attempts to look for trademark Kubrick touches or innovation would be pointless.
There are only two things noteworthy about 'The Seafarers' - it was directed by Stanley Kubrick, and it happened to be his first film in colour. Other than the title reading 'Directed by Stanley Kubrick', I found nothing of any interest whatsoever. There's nothing wrong with it, but it would be utterly forgotten & ignored if it had not been directed by someone who went on to much greater things.
Darth Nub