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| | Amazon.ca: The Good Earth: DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06) |
 | | The story's scope, following the fall and rise of a peasant family in pre-revolutionary China, was matched by a large scale production (costing an at-the-time astounding 3 million dollars) that included (literally) a cast of thousands, a 500-acre set, thousands of pieces of costume, equipment, and tools, and even buildings imported from China. |
 | | The massive production, directed first by Victor Fleming, then by Sidney Franklin, includes a couple of classic scenes of epic grandeur: the mob rebellion scene in which the Imperial Palace is sacked, and the locust scene, a marvelous technical achievement in its own right. |
 | | It was also nominated for Best Picture, Director (Sidney Franklin) and Editing. |
| www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B000BYA4HO (1152 words) |
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