Maurice Jarre
Beatiful Movie of David Lean, Julie Christie as Lara, Omar Sharif as Yuri Zhivago, music Maurice Jarre (The great actor Omar Sharif)
At the heart of the story is the love between Yuri and Lara. The inevitability of this is suggested early on when, still unknown to each other, Yuri brushes past Lara on a crowded tram and we cut to a shot of the tram's electrical contact sparking on the power lines above. From there, we follow the relationship through the Revolution, marriages, wars, and other tragic events that constantly separate Yuri and Lara just when it seems as though they have found each other again.
It's not a flawless film: Bolt's screenplay is muddled in places, and Ralph Richardson overplays most of his scenes. This is countered by Omar Sharif's skilful portrayal of Zhivago as an efficient, practical man of medicine possessing the almost innocent wonder of a poet; while Lean's direction is fluid throughout, despite the film's three-hour duration.
"Doctor Zhivago" is David Lean's last great film and is sometimes unfairly criticised (though nothing compared to the roasting he received for "Ryan's Daughter" a few years later). Perhaps this is because it does not quite equal the quality of his previous works. Nevertheless, it collected a number of Oscars, made a fortune at the box office, and introduced the world to Maurice Jarre's memorable "Lara's Theme".
Doctor Zhivago (Russian: До́ктор Жива́го) is a 1965 epic drama-romance-war film directed by David Lean, starring Omar Sharif and Julie Christie. The film is loosely based on the famous novel of the same name by Boris Pasternak. It has remained popular for decades, and as of 2012 is the eighth highest grossing film of all time in the United States, adjusted for inflation.[1]
