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Billy Budd Overview:

Billy Budd (1962) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Peter Ustinov and produced by Peter Ustinov and A. Ronald Lubin.

Academy Awards 1962 --- Ceremony Number 35 (source: AMPAS)

AwardRecipientResult
Best Supporting ActorTerence StampNominated
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Billy Budd BlogHub Articles:

On Blu-ray: Billy Budd (1962) and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

By KC on Sep 28, 2018 From Classic Movies

While Billy Budd (1962) and The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972) take widely different approaches to a period milieu, they are both at their best when they spotlight their charismatic performers. The literary-sourced Budd and life-based Bean were recently released on Blu-ray from Warner Archi... Read full article

Billy Budd (1962)

By Beatrice on Sep 13, 2017 From Flickers in Time

Billy Budd Directed by Peter Ustinov Written by Peter Ustinov and DeWitt Bodeen from the play by Louis O. Coxe and Robert H. Chapman based on the novel by Herman Melville 1962/UK Allied Artists Pictures/Anglo Allied First viewing/Netflix rental The acting is the thing in this symbolic maritime tr... Read full article

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Billy Budd Quotes:

Captain Vere: You know Seymour, there are some men who cannot stand too much perfection. They see it as a disease, which must be stamped out at it's first rash showing.
Philip Seymour, 1st Lieutenant: They're talking about reform in the House of Commons.
Captain Nathaniel, Rights of Man: You know what that means - it means their reforms are nearly a century overdue.
Captain Vere: I am just a man, not fit to do the work of God... or the Devil.
[Billy and the Dansker have just witnessed a flogging]
Billy Budd: What was his crime?
The Dansker, sailmaker: Any one of many possible reasons.
Billy Budd: You mean you don't know what he did?
The Dansker, sailmaker: Flogging. The only solution to every problem. I warrant even the culprit himself doesn't know! It was just... his... turn!
Billy Budd: Farewell to the Rights of Man!
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Billy Budd Facts
Favorite film of actor Jeff Bridges.
Finnish censorship visa # 66146.
Terence Stamp's film debut.
French visa # 26957.
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