The Sand Pebbles

The Sand Pebbles

Movie |

Missionary | China

  • Duration: 3h 2min
  • Music: Jerry Goldsmith,Lionel Newman,Murray Spivack,Bernard Freericks,David Tamkin
  • Award(s): Golden Globe 1967 (Won)
    Oscar 1967 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: The Four Feathers, Legends of the Fall
  • Story:
    Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
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7.5/10
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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the 'rice-bowl' system which runs the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.
Ratings

7.5/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
Golden Globe Award

Best Supporting Actor | 1967 | Richard

Golden Reel Award

Best Sound Editing Dialogue | 1967

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Nominations
Oscar Award

Best Actor in a Leading Role | 1967 | Steve

Best Sound | 1967

Best Picture | 1967 | Robert

Best Cinematography Color | 1967

Best Art DirectionSet Decoration Color | 1967

Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1967 | Mako

Best Music Original Music Score | 1967 | Jerry

Best Film Editing | 1967 | William

Golden Globe Award

Best Director | 1967 | Robert

Best Motion Picture Drama | 1967

Best Original Score | 1967 | Jerry

Best Screenplay | 1967 | Robert

Most Promising Newcomer Female | 1967 | Candice

Best Supporting Actor | 1967 | Mako

Best Actor Drama | 1967 | Steve

Eddie Award

Best Edited Feature Film | 1967 | William

DGA Award

Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures | 1967 | Robert

Golden Laurel Award

Drama | 1967

Male Dramatic Performance | 1967 | Steve

Male Supporting Performance | 1967 | Richard

WGA (Screen) Award

Best Written American Drama | 1967 | Robert

BOX OFFICE

Budget 12,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 20,000,000 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

Director Robert Wise was so proud of this movie that he held yearly parties with surviving cast members to celebrate it.

Impressed with Jerry Goldsmith's musical score for this film, Richard D. Zanuck, then-Head of Production for Twentieth Century Fox, and the son of studio co-founder and President Darryl F. Zanuck, took a leap of faith when he recommended the young composer to producer Arthur P. Jacobs and director Franklin J. Schaffner to compose the music for Planet of the Apes (1968). Zanuck's gamble had been proven to be extremely successful, as Goldsmith received massive critical attention for his landmark controversial soundtrack for Planet of the Apes (1968), The acclaim he received for the movie helped launch his career in film and television scoring, which spanned over four decades, and resulted in worldwide acclaim from critics and audiences alike.

The steam engine was located in California and renovated for this movie. The whole engine room was built around it on a soundstage.

The U.S.S. San Pablo was purposely built for this movie in Hong Kong. She was actually powered by diesel engines: the black smoke emanating from the stack came from old tires and other trash burned in a special compartment on the boat. After filming, the boat was sold and survived for many years with various building firms in the Far East, finally using the name "Nola D" and being scrapped in Singapore in 1975.

Steve McQueen received his only Academy Award nomination for this movie.

Popular Dialogues

"Jake Holman: I was home. What happened? What the hell happened?"

"Frenchy Burgoyne: [exchanging marriage vows; slowly and with feeling] We're mixing our lives together, Maily, and we'll never be able to unmix them again, and we'll never want to. I take you for what you are, and all that you are, and mix you with all of me, and I don't hold back nothing. When you're cold, and hungry, and afraid, so am I. I'm going to stay with you all that I can, take the best care of you that I can, and love you 'til I die. Maily: I will always love you and honor you and serve you, and stay as near to you as I can, and do everything for you, and live for you. I won't have *any* life except our life together. I will just love you, Frenchy, all of me, loving you forever."