Spencer's Mountain

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Long before Henry Fonda played an irascible patriarch in On Golden Pond, he played an equally crusty family man in this warmly rustic, 1963 drama Spencer's Mountain, based on an Earl Hamner Jr. novel that later inspired the television series The Waltons. Fonda plays Clay Spencer, a fiercely independent, hard-drinking, foul-mouthed Wyoming laborer who believes in God but rejects (to his tiny community's consternation) organized religion. Scraping together enough money to build a new house for his wife (Maureen O'Hara) and nine children, Spencer runs into an obstacle to both his plans and family pride when his college-bound son (James MacArthur) romances the daughter of Spencer's boss. Director Delmer Daves whips up a kind of morose schmaltz out of the earnest material, but it's Fonda's grit and heartland integrity that carry the day and establish some self-effacing wit. Some nice features here, including interviews with Fonda and a short documentary, "Spencer's Mountain: Grand Teton Premiere." --Tom Keogh

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A classic.......2007-07-30

I heard about this as a for runner to the Walton's TV series. A great classic if you like watching old classics this is one to put on a must watch list.

Good Family Movie.......2007-04-09

This movie is based on, what I believe to be, the same from which The Waltons series is based. It is a warm, sweet family movie.

Spencer's Mountain.......2007-02-08

Very good family movie, for any age. It has all the ingredient, comedy, romance, tragedy, and the well to persevere.

The way life used to be.......2007-01-20

This is a timeless classic that everyone who has kids - no matter how many - should see. The film is a microcosm of what this country was built on - hard work, independence and self-sufficiency. The backdrop, the Grand Teton mountains, is literally stunning. It looks fake, and nowadays in movies, it would be fake - but not here. Watch this film and you CANNOT be disappointed!

Spencer's Mountain.......2007-01-03

Terrific old movie. The condition and timeliness of it's arrival was great.

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High Sierra
A Nice Transition from Gangster to Noir
An excellent star vehicle for Bogart
not a great film, but has great moments
"High Sierra" was the film that changed the course of Bogart's career and lifted him up to stardom...

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Starring: Ida Lupino , Humphrey Bogart , Alan Curtis , Arthur Kennedy , and Joan Leslie
Director: Raoul Walsh
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ASIN: B0000B1OGA
Release Date: 2003-11-04

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This 1941 melodrama is memorable for both its strong central performances and their intimations of how the previous decade's crime dramas would evolve into film noir--no accident, given the solid direction of veteran Raoul Walsh and the hand of screenwriter John Huston, who teamed with the author of its novelistic source, W.R. Burnett (Little Caesar). In the central character of Roy "Mad Dog" Earle, a fictional peer to John Dillinger, Humphrey Bogart finds a defining role that anticipates the underlying fatalism and moral ambiguity visible in the career-making roles soon to follow, including Sam Spade in Huston's directorial debut, The Maltese Falcon.

Earle suggests a prescient variation on the enraged sociopaths that were fixtures of the gangster melodramas that shaped Bogart's early screen image. Pardoned from a long prison stretch, the weary robber is clearly more eager to savor his new freedom than immediately swing back into action. But his early release has been engineered by a mobster who wants Earle to pull off a high-stakes burglary, setting in motion a plot that is a prototype for doomed-heist capers--a small, yet potent subgenre that would later include Huston's The Asphalt Jungle and Stanley Kubrick's The Killing.

What gives High Sierra its power, however, isn't the crime itself but Earle's collision with the younger, brasher confederates picked to help him, and the hard-edged but vulnerable taxi dancer they're competing for, played forcefully by Ida Lupino, who actually received top billing. Her attraction to the reluctant Earle is complicated by a convoluted subplot designed to showcase then starlet Joan Leslie, but the movie finally moves into its most gripping moments when the wounded Earle, pursued by police, flees ever higher toward the mountains. His final, suicidal showdown would become a cliché of sorts in lesser films, but here it provides a wrenching climax sealed by Lupino's vivid final scene. --Sam Sutherland

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Humphrey Bogart and Ida Lupino star in this tragic study of an American gangster whose hard-boiled persona finds itself at war with his compassionate side--a side that will ultimately be his downfall.

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High Sierra.......2007-06-22

Though the forties saw a waning in gangster pictures, early on Bogart was given a juicy breakout role in Walsh's "High Sierra", as a killer with a compassionate side. Bogart's "Mad Dog" Earle is more Dillinger than Capone, more sympathetic and human, but when threatened, still a scary individual. Young Lupino stands out as Earle's loyal protector who can't win his love. Co-written by a young John Huston, "High Sierra" is a solid, flavorful entry for "Bogie-as-bad-guy" fans, boasting a slam-bang finish.

A Nice Transition from Gangster to Noir.......2007-06-11

Firstly, I think Koehler's review is largely spot on in its criticism of this movie. The blatant racism made me cringe several times (thankfully, though, the filmmakers had enough taste not to use a white man in black paint), the sleep-talking scene does seem like a cop-out, and the dog is too explicitly a vehicle for fate. On top of that, I'll add that some key moves in the end are hard to understand--why did Earl give all the money to Marie? Why did he subsequently rob a store without filling up with gas first (presumably the reason for the robbery in the first place)? This movie is by no means perfect.

But it does have, I think, a good bit of substance to outweigh all these relatively minor detriments. The innovation of a complex gangster, for instance, is very enjoyable and already sets the tone for the "decent fellow forced into corrupt ways" nature of film noirs that was right around the corner. There is quite a bit of similarity in this respect between High Sierra and, say, Criss Cross, The Urban Jungle, or Out of the Past, where the main characters also are fundamentally decent and are trying to get back on the straight path by pulling off one final dirty deed.

To my pleasant surprise, the female lead here is even better than in most classic noirs. Not only is she in my opinion much prettier and a better actress than most, but her character is actually more realistic. In a genre that typically features one-dimensional femme fatales whose job is only to lure the male protagonist into further corruption (think Out of the Past or Criss Cross), Marie shows more than a single impulse, and what's more important, even genuine affection for Earle. She's not in it just for the money like so many of the female characters.

Lastly, there is a somewhat campy allegory involved here with the use of the mountains and the theme of busting out of jail to freedom. It's as subtle as a hammer in the way the director brings it up, since the characters talk about it a number of times (and Marie even brings up quite bluntly at the very end), but it adds a very pleasant element to the ending and makes it feel much more fulfilling. The tragic ending is still here, and the protagonist couldn't escape his fate/past, yet there is still a feeling of restored balance that most noirs lack (those who have seen the ending of The Asphalt Jungle will know what I mean).

The disc itself has little beyond the movie--just the theatrical trailer and a 10-minute documentary on how High Sierra figures into the cinematographic scene. The latter, however, is aptly done and is very informative.

This movie is on the brink of getting five stars from me, but some things simply fall short. An excellent way to spend the night nonetheless.

An excellent star vehicle for Bogart.......2007-04-26

This movie is a very complex film for its time that combines elements of the old tried and true gangster film, film noir, and melodrama. It makes for good viewing today and is a very good showcase of Bogart's versatility as an actor. The main character is Roy 'Mad Dog' Earle (Bogart), a man released from prison by a wealthy old associate so that he can pull off a big jewelry heist at a resort near the California/Nevada state line. On his cross-country trek to reach the destination of the robbery, Roy meets the Goodhue family. The Goodhues have lost their farm and are on the way to stay with relatives that just happen to live near Roy's destination. When Roy arrives where the rest of the mob is staying, he finds two tough-guy wanna-bes, Babe and Red, that are constantly fighting over a girl - Marie Garson (Ida Lupino). At first the younger hired guns don't respect Roy. They think he is old and washed up. However, he soon shows them who is in charge and they don't challenge him again.

Only a few of the minor characters are painted totally good or bad - such as the elder Goodhues on one extreme and Babe and Red on the other. The major characters have subtle shades of both good and evil in their personalities. This is particularly true of Roy. He longs for the simple life among good people that the Goodhues remind him of, yet during the course of the robbery he must pull off and its aftermath he thinks nothing of killing in order to accomplish his aim. Roy is actually capable of great kindness, helping out the Goodhues when they get in an auto accident and don't have any insurance, and even paying for Velma's operation to remove a birth defect so that she can walk normally. Roy falls in love with Velma, one of the Goodhues' relatives, believing her to be a simple and decent girl. However, he finds she changes into the most hard-boiled of people once her handicap is removed. Her final rebuff to Roy is filled with almost unwatchable cruelty. The woman who actually cares for Roy is Marie. It takes time for Roy to accept this, since it seems hard for him to believe that people can have both good and bad in them, even though this is very much a trait of Roy's own character. Marie has a background completely opposite that of Velma's, mentioning how she was beaten by her father as a child and then went on to work for a "dime a dance" place before winding up with Red and Babe. She has great heart, but she lacks judgement, which she herself admits. The odd piece of symbolism built into this movie is Pard, the "hard-luck dog", who has seen each of his owners die untimely deaths. In spite of this, Roy makes a pet of the dog, seeming to confirm the fact that he is indeed "running towards death". In the end, it is this friendly little dog that is in fact Roy's undoing.

not a great film, but has great moments.......2007-01-18

t's hard to imagine Humphrey DeForest Bogart as something other than a movie star. Yet for ten years, he treaded water in supporting roles, spending much of that time doing imitations (albeit good ones) of his memorable Duke Mantee performance from The Petrified Forest.

And then came High Sierra and everything changed.

Before America had other things to worry about (ie: Adolf Hitler), it was still working out its love/hate relationship with pseudo-Robin Hood, depression-era hoodlums (John Dillinger and the like). By 1941, Warner Brothers had practically cornered the market deifying and demonizing these "angels with dirty faces." Raoul Walsh had humbly served the cause in his previous The Roaring Twenties; here, he directs Bogie in the role of existential anti-hero Roy "Mad Dog" Earle. It would be a defining film in the transition from the James Cagney-style gagster pictures to the dawning era of film noir (which Bogart would come to define).

Newly-released from prison, Roy has a debt to settle with the crime boss to whom he now owes his freedom - payment, as it so often does, comes in the form of one last score. There's apparently thousands of dollars of jewelry in need of stealing and no one but Roy qualified to make sure it gets done right. Per custom, things do not go according to plan as Bogie falls in love (twice), people get shot, and our Mad Dog faces destiny on the doomed high sierra from which the film takes its title.

It's not a great film. Bogart talks in his sleep during a crucial scene, which is probably the most overused narrative cheat in the history of celluloid. Man's best friend figures much too prominently and awkwardly in the plot as a literal harbinger of doom (both the film's "dogs" are cursed); additionally, there some "I'se be catchin' ma feets nah, Boss" style racial stereotyping that is just plain embarrassing.

There are some great moments, though. Earle's emotional castration at the hands of the formerly club-footed Velma (Joan Leslie) is painful to watch (an aside: Bogie would later revisit this device - the transformative power of miracle surgeries - in Dark Passage; it's worth rememberinh that Bogie's father was a successful surgeon and rumor has it Bogart himself had botched surgery on his lip after an incident in the navy). Bogart, consistently sympathetic notwithstanding some unsavory violent acts (no easy feat) is always a pleasure to watch - it's easy to forget how ground-breaking his naturalistic performances were at the time...until you watch some of his co-stars ham it up with the overly-theatrical line delivery popular at the time.

Thankfully, they're not the show - Bogart is, despite getting second billing under co-star Ida Lupino. In the same year, Bogie would re-team with the writer of this film - John Huston - for the iconic director's first feature, the noir classic The Maltese Falcon. A year later, Bogart and Michael Curtiz got together in Casablanca, and the rest, as they say, is history.

Interesting footnote: Walsh, Bogart, and Lupino previously collaborated on the schizophrenic They Drive By Night, probably best known for Lupino's bizarre courtroom outburst "the doors made me do it." Incidentally, Ida Lupino was somewhat of a trailblazer for female directors. Only the second woman to be admitted into the DGA, her 1953 film The Hitch-Hiker is considered a minor classic of film noir. It has been chosen for preservation by the National Film Registry.

"High Sierra" was the film that changed the course of Bogart's career and lifted him up to stardom..........2007-01-02

"High Sierra" was the film that changed the course of Bogart's career and lifted him up to stardom...

As Earle, Bogart was expanding on the criminal characterization he had already mastered in a dozen earlier films, giving it greater depth by adding contrasting elements of warmth and compassion to compensate the dominant violence...

Bogart helps a clubfooted girl, Velma (Joan Leslie), who repays him only with disregard and indifference...

Bogart's interpretation already showed signs of the special qualities that were to become an important part of his mystique in a few more films...

Here, for the first time, was the human being outside society's laws who had his own private sense of loyalty, integrity, and honor... Bogart's performance turns "High Sierra" into an elegiac film...

As a film, "High Sierra" has other notable qualities, particularly Ida Lupino's strong and moving performance as Marie, the girl who brings out Roy Earle's more human emotions...

The movie was remade as a Western, "Colorado Territory," with Joel McCrea and Virginia Mayo, and as a crime film in "I Died a Thousand Times," with Jack Palance and Shelley Winters in the Bogart and Lupino roles... Neither came up to the stylish treatment given "High Sierra" by director Raoul Walsh from an exceptionally good script by John Huston and W. R. Burnett...

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I actually liked this more than Akira...
There isn't too much to say about this anime
Good one
Action-packed movie
Intense Action-Oriented Story

Spriggan (Special Edition)
Starring: J.D. Hawkins , Chris Patton , Kevin Corn , Ted Pfister , and Andy McAvin
Director: Hirotsugu Kawasaki
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ASIN: B000767QRW
Release Date: 2005-02-15

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Fast paced, violent, and loud, Spriggan uses a combination of drawn and computer animation to deliver the kind of slam-bang thrill ride Final Fantasy only promised. The convoluted plot, based on a manga series by Hirotsugu Kawasaki and Yasutaka Ito, mixes elements from Raiders of the Lost Ark, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Akira, and Universal Soldier. Yu Ominae (voice by Christopher Patton) is a Spriggan, a member of an elite corps of biologically engineered warriors created by the secret organization ARCAM, who finds himself involved in a baroque adventure centered on the newly discovered Ark of Noah. The Ark is actually an extraterrestrial vehicle with the power to alter the Earth's climate and spawn new animal species. A sinister cadre of rogue Pentagon generals wants it and dispatches a corps of murderous cyborgs lead by Col. MacDougall (Kevin Corn), a monstrous child who's also the product of biological experiments, to capture it. ARCAM is determined to prevent the generals from gaining control of the Ark's awesome powers. Yu battles his way to victory through car chases, sword fights, shootouts, explosions, knifings, and psychic blasts, with a little help from fellow-Spriggan Jean-Jacques Mondo (Andy McAvin). Director Hirotsugu Kawasaki handles the action sequences more effectively than the minimal character development, and Katsuhiro Otomo's screenplay doesn't always make a lot of sense. But Spriggan supplies what hard-core action fans sought in vain in many recent Hollywood blockbusters. Just don't sit too close to a speaker. MPAA rated R, under 17 not admitted (for considerable violence). --Charles Solomon

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Monstrous half-human cyborgs face off against Earth's ultimate defenders, the secret organization known as ARCAM and their elite agents, the Spriggan in an epic duel with the future of our species as the prize! Will we become slaves to these cyborgs or will freedom prevail?

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I actually liked this more than Akira..........2007-04-21

Don't get me wrong, Akira was good, and Akira is what springs to everyone's lips when they think "anime." Still, I actually like the animation and the flow of the story better in Spriggan. I also liked the fact that this anime was more action-oriented (granted it's rather bloody in places; war is hell. So I wouldn't recommend showing it to squeamish kids w/o parental supervision).

Now, that's not to say I don't have any reservations about Spriggan. I thought the ending was, as many anime endings are, slightly cheap and incomplete. Granted it was "climactic" in some regards, and looked pretty, but it seemed to not necessarily tie everything up completely. Not that I could necessarily write a better ending, as some questions don't really have easy answers, and some problems don't have easy or sensible resolutions. So, I don't ENTIRELY begrudge the usual "shortcut" ending(s).

On the whole, I didn't know what to expect from this movie. But, that said, I was pleasantly surprised. I can say, however, that it's light years ahead of Harmagedon (which I watched just prior to Spriggan), in terms of visuals, character design and development. There didn't seem to be any "reused" scenes, unlike many early animes used (in fight scenes and whatnot). Or, if there were, I didn't notice them (unlike in Harmagedon).

There were minimal features on the disc (commentary & trailers mostly). But the video and audio were good, and the feature itself I liked. So, if you're into "fighting"/"super soldier" animes, pick up Spriggan if it's at a good price. I picked up the basic version of Spriggan, however there is a "Special Edition" of Spriggan with additional commentary. If you can get them for the same price, go for the special edition (however, where I picked it up, the regular version was about 1/2 the price, and the additional commentary track didn't seem worth the bump in price).

So, there you have it. I give this one a "recommend."

There isn't too much to say about this anime.......2007-04-02

I'm going to quickly point out the obvious. This anime is all about the action. They didn't focus on the story too much. This was something just thrown together as far I'm concerned. The main character is really the only who is developed. He's very strong and skillful. The thing I like about this movie is, even though the main charcter is powerful, he doesn't defeat his enemies very easily. To make this short. If your looking for a blastfest,pretty good fight scenes, and a simple fast paced story. Then this is your anime. It does pretty well for clocking in around 90 mins. Try to get it as cheap as possible. A rental at least.

Good one.......2006-07-27

I'm not good at writing reviews on anime. I'm usually a vocal person when it comes right down to it. This has to be one of Hirotsugu Kawasaki's best work. The story line flowed seemlessly right to the climatic end. This is one every true anime fan should have in their collection

Action-packed movie.......2006-03-13

"Spriggan" is one of the most action-packed anime movies I have seen. After initially reading the story and reviews I was expecting to watch a muscle-bound man in an action packed no-brainer movie. However, I was delighted to discover that the main character Yu is similar in age and looks to Souske Sagara from Full Metal Panic - a good looking teenage Japanese guy. The fact that both character have the same voice actor - Chris Patton - and both work for secret military international agencies only adds to this similarity. So for all you Full Metal Panic fans out there, this may be the closest to a serious movie along the lines of FMP that you are going to get.

The storyline: Two rival military secret agencies are both trying to claim an archaeology find in Turkey - Noah's Ark and to discover the secret that lies within. Of course this being anime - human experimentation, psychic children, and mechanical/human hybrids - also feature.

The action is non-stop but is also vitally important to the storyline. The soundtrack and dubbing are excellent and the graphics are similar to Cowboy Beebop: The movie. It is only upon the second viewing that you get to fully appreciate the level of detail the creators have put in their background scenery and action pieces. After I finished the movie I have to admit that I was disappointed - but only because it had ended. Why was this never carried on and made into a proper series? It has so much promise that you will also be dying to follow Yu on his next assignment. Recommended if you enjoyed Akira or Full Metal Panic or simply a good action-packed movie.

Intense Action-Oriented Story.......2006-01-31

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Spriggan, while definitely an entertaining movie, is not the deepest, though you won't think it after you hear what the movie is about. It's carried by its action, and there are times when characters are introduced solely to bring action into a scene (i.e. Jean when he first fights Little Boy). But as an action flick, this movie is excellent, and carries itself well using mostly the action, with very little in the way of plotting.

The story is basically about two rival organizations: one is an American organization hell-bent on keeping America on top; the other is a world-wide organization meant to protect the world from potentially dangerous artifacts. At the core of this second group is an elite unit of warriors known as Spriggan, and Ominae Yu, who appears to be your everyday Japanese student, is one of their best. He's sent to Mt. Ararat in Turkey in order to help protect the recently discovered Noah's Ark. That's when the opposing organization makes their claim to the ancient artifact; so starts the endless scenes of great action. Yet during all of this, Col. MacDougal, a child-psychic, makes his way to and into the Ark, and seems to be the only one who knows the true purpose of the Ark. Is it a savior of man-kind, or a weapon of ultimate destruction? Either way, Ominae doesn't care. His job is to keep enemies away, and he goes about doing this as only he knows how.

What's great about this movie is not just the action, but the excellent animation as well. Though a bit washed and chaotic at times, Katsuhiro Otomo's influence on the film is evident, with super-detailed scenes and settings, his own unique character styling, and his penchant for Akira-like violence. Without him working as supervisor, I'm sure this movie would have failed. So, with that said, I'd recommend Spriggan to people who enjoyed Akira and aren't too picky about deep plotting (like me). If you're like this, you may be one of the people who gives this movie five stars.

(SOUNDTRACK REVIEW)
For anyone familiar with the Spriggan movie, you know what to expect of this soundtrack: high-impact symphonic sounds, as well as some harmonic singing in the background, often with a quick, harsh tone. A lot of the songs are techno/hard rock mixes, with a few softer sounds. Only a couple have actual lyrics played along with the music, but in truth this is one CD that doesn't really need lyrics, as the songs very in tempo from moment to moment, stealing away some of the repetativeness that comes with intrumental music.

The good thing about this CD is it has a huge track list (20 are listed on the back cover, but mine has 27, which I attained through the special edition movie). But the problem with this is that most of the songs sound the same. It's a good soundtrack, but not very well-rounded. Easily, the best song on the CD is "Jing Lin," the opening track. Other good tracks are "Drive in Istanbul," as it has the feeling as if it is being played right on the streets of Istanbul; "Ararat" is also well-done, and is the first real some to come along with a different sound than most of the other songs, and it constantly morphs into something different, from mysticism to techno to jazz.

If you can get the Spriggan Special Edition, then I'd highly recommend you get the sound track this way. While it's a good soundtrack, it can be surpassed for others and isn't really worth the price tag on it.

THE MOUNTAIN with Spencer Tracy (Import Edition)(Adventure)

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The Mountain - A Timeless Film Made in 1956

THE MOUNTAIN with Spencer Tracy (Import Edition)(Adventure)

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High quality DVD manufactured in South Korea. Clear full screen color image. NTSC all region format. DVD can be played on any North American DVD player. Original English dialog with optional Korean subtitles which can be easily turned off. On screen menus are in English and are easy to use. While this movie may not have production values equal to that of recent mountaineering movies it offers a wonderful example of Spencer Tracy's acting. Tracy fans will not be disappointed. The following review appeared for the VHS version: "Mountain Madness, December 19, 2002 Reviewer: C. A. Luster "therooksnook" (Burke, VA USA) If you enjoy action movies that slowly build to an exciting climax you will enjoy this one. Spencer Tracy as the older brother was a bit old to play the older brother to Robert Wagner but I guess they felt the younger brother needed to be much younger and irresponsible. As for Tracy's feat of strength, people in stressful situations get the adrenaline flowing and can do some incredible things. You have to be strong to endure that type of climbing. This movie takes place on a mountain where the two brothers go to see if there are survivors to a plane crash. Tracy's intentions are pure of heart while Wagner's are of looting. The turmoil between the two and the treacherous mountain terrain make it a movie that will draw you into this well made drama."

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The Mountain - A Timeless Film Made in 1956.......2006-10-14

Without a doubt "The Mountain" made in 1956 is my all-time favorite film, mainly because of Spencer Tracy the all-time greatest Hollywood actor. There are many special qualities that this movie possesses which might not be appreciated after the first viewing. While watching notice that before any intros are displayed, the opening scene wastes little time showing a plane in distress which then crashes, with great visual and audio effects, on top of a mountain. The two main characters (Spencer Tracy as "Zachary Teller" and Robert Wagner as "Christopher Teller") are brothers that for reasons of good vs. evil decide to climb the mountain to reach the wreck of the crashed airliner. This becomes the basis of a fabulous and unusual plot packed with emotion, adventure and spiritual meaning. Zachary wants to help Chris climb due to the danger and the love for his brother but Chris wants to climb to take the dead passenger's possessions and escape his life as a simple farm hand. One cannot help but identify with Zachary's struggle to convince Chris that what he is doing is wrong as indicated by the following line stated before the climb began: "You want me to take you up to the top of the mountain in the sight of God so that you can pick the pockets of dead people? Isn't there anything inside of you that tells you its wrong?" Chris then responds "I'd do worse than that to get out of here", thereby setting the stage for a "clash of wills". For those who have not seen the film I will not say how it ends as I wish that all who read this review who have not seen it can one day give it a look. It has beautiful scenery of the French Alps and the countryside as well. Enjoy and God bless.

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The Spencers Live at Mountain Arts Center, Prestonsburg, KY

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