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  The DVD Journal: QB VII
With a work such as QB VII, which is a five-hour TV mini-series, you can eliminate about 40-plus minutes of undue padding.
QB VII (the title refers to the location of the trial, Queen's Bench number seven) launched the miniseries format on network television, and we are all of course deeply grateful for that.
Unfortunately, QB VII pads out dull characters at the expense of exploring ideas, which the film could have done in great detail, given the running time the filmmakers had at their disposal.
www.dvdjournal.com /reviews/q/qbvii.shtml   (737 words)

  
  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: QB VII
QB VII was made into an American television six-and-a-half hour miniseries by Screen Gems Inc. that began airing on ABC television on April 29, 1974.
As QB VII is a fictionalization of Uris' experience when he was sued for libel because of statements he'd made in Exodus, the brief description is somewhat inaccurate.
When I saw QB VII in the TV miniseries (with Anthony Hopkins playing the Polish doctor), I thought the doctor could have established a much more effective defense by saying he himself had been a prisoner in the camp for over five years and been ordered by the Germans to perform the sterilizations.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/QB-VII   (733 words)

  
 Compare Prices and Read Reviews on QB VII at Epinions.com
QB VII's title refers to Queen's Bench VII, the London courtroom in which an author defends himself in a libel suit brought by a distinguished doctor.
Everything done in court in QB VII was done more subtly and powerfully in the superior courtroom drama Judgment at Nuremberg.
QB VII emphasizes the need to remember Nazi atrocities so they are not repeated.
www.epinions.com /content_143649312388   (894 words)

  
 QB VII @ Filmbug
The basic scenario of the movie was a trial being conducted in Queens Bench VII concerning complicity with the Nazis.
QB VII was made at a time when the TV mini-series was still in its infancy; if I recall, Rich Man, Poor Man was the watercooler show of the day, and Roots had yet to be aired.
QB VII poses a tough moral question, and reaches a similarly tough conclusion.
www.filmbug.com /asin/B00005B1W7   (1380 words)

  
 Amazon.com: QB VII: DVD: Ben Gazzara,Anthony Hopkins,Leslie Caron,Lee Remick,Juliet Mills,Dan O'Herlihy,Robert ...
This five-hour miniseries, which was hailed as both a critical triumph and a milestone "television event" when it originally aired in 1974, is based on the Leon Uris novel, which itself was based on a libel trial that arose after Uris published his novel Exodus.
The trial, which takes place in a London courtroom (the "Queen's Bench VII" of the title), seeks to sort out the truth about the past of Dr. Kelno.
His precise activities during the war, and how the world deals with his past, receive intelligent and dramatic treatment.
www.amazon.com /QB-VII-Ben-Gazzara/dp/B00005B1W7   (423 words)

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