Bedknobs and Broomsticks (30th Anniversary Edition)

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When a mail-order apprentice witch (Angela Lansbury) is saddled with three sibling refugees from London during World War II, the outlook is grim. But the kids soon discover her secret and sign on for adventure in the name of England. With the aid of a magical bed, they track down her fraudulent headmaster (David Tomlinson) to find the spell that will aid the Allies. Fascinated that she has actually achieved results with his lessons, he joins forces. The quintet does battle with corrupt booksellers, animated-lion royalty, and, eventually, invading Germans. Songs include Lansbury's Oscar-nominated "The Age of Not Believing." This film is often compared to director Robert Stevenson's earlier effort, Mary Poppins, and for good reason. In addition to Tomlinson, the movies share a fondness for magic at the hands of a good woman, light romance with an understanding male, and wide-eyed children. Stevenson also graces both films with interaction between humans and animated animals. Disney is wise to play up that aspect on its box this time around as both the underwater ball and the subsequent island soccer match are the most visually interesting and appealing parts of the film. Adults may find the 1971-vintage mixing of actors and animation a bit creaky, but kids used to a variety of animation quality will find the action a hoot. Ages 4 and up. The movie has been recut several times but was restored to the original length of 139 minutes for its 30th anniversary in 2001. --Kimberly Heinrichs

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An Academy Award(R) winner for Best Visual Effects (1971), BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS is a magical blend of live action and animation that makes it one of Disney's most enduring classics. This magical 30th anniversary edition version of the film is now yours to enjoy in digital splendor on this remastered, fully restored DVD! BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS is the enchanting story of an amateur witch who, along with three precocious orphans, flies into one fantastic adventure after another aboard a bewitched bed. The legendary Angela Lansbury is charming as the witch, and the inimitable David Tomlinson (MARY POPPINS) delights as the amusing professor whose help Lansbury and the children enlist in order to find an ancient incantation that will save the country from hostile invaders! This special edition BEDKNOBS AND BROOMSTICKS DVD includes many bonus features and is sure to be a film the entire family will want to watch again and again!

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great movie, TERRIBLE EDITION.......2007-09-11

I watched this movie countless times as a child, and loved it. I was excited to get it on DVD, but now that I have watched it I must say that I am very disappointed in this anniversary edition.

A very few of the extended scenes were useful or interesting, but for the most part redundant and disappointing. They slowed the pacing and diluted the storyline and character development. The editing itself seemed poorly done as well, changing the order of some scenes. All very unneccesary.

Most distressing of all, the sound on most of the added scenes was very poor, lips out of sync, and some of the dialogue appeared to have been dubbed in (badly) by some other, unknown actors! Perhaps this was a result of unusable original recordings, but it was extremely jarring and irksome. Even worse, some of the lines from the original release (often ones that flowed into a "new" scene) were also altered. This is COMPLETELY unacceptable. (Nearly as bad as another old classic, Darby O'Gill and the Little People; the DVD version of that one that I saw appeared to have had ALL of the leprechaun king's lines dubbed over, poorly!)

I wouldn't object to having this version as long as the REAL original was also included on the disc! Why can't they let the classics BE?!? I would MUCH rather have a worn old VHS (though I must admit that *visually* this edition was nicely restored) than be constantly distracted by terrible sound quality and bad editing.

Classic movie!.......2007-09-04

This has always been a favorite and my kids from grade school to college enjoy it as well.

Just never got going.......2007-07-28

I have two little kids now (8 mo's and 3 1/2yrs) and I'm scouring the reviews for good movies to get them that they can watch over and over. The average reviews for this movie rated it a 4 1/2 and the comments were pretty good.

For me the movie was slow, more like a stage performance than a movie. The character development didn't seem to click well with all of the kids and the songs didn't bring you into the movie as well as some of the other Disney movies.

We loved Pete's Dragon and my little girl would keep asking where is Elliot and singing the music. She didn't do that for this movie.

One of the Best Disney Films Ever!!!.......2007-07-01

This is one of the best disney films I have ever seen before! Angela Lansbury and the other actors did a excellent job in Bedknobs and Broomsticks. I cannot stop watching this movie. It is filled with so much delight and warmth. It's funny and magical.

wonderful.......2007-05-13

I have seen the original movie release and this is the elongated version. It has scenes in it that ended up being cut for the theaters. I have always enjoyed this movie, but the elongated one is much more enjoyable

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A mayor film
classic
Truth as Metaphor
Kubrick's Inspiration
When the System Plays at Fascism, Outsiders will Play at Revolution.

If... (Criterion Collection)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell , David Wood , Richard Warwick , Christine Noonan , and Rupert Webster
Director: Lindsay Anderson , and Guy Brenton
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ASIN: B000OPPAEW
Release Date: 2007-06-19

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Lindsay Anderson's If.… is a daringly anarchic vision of British society, set in a boarding school in late-sixties England. Before Kubrick made his mischief iconic in A Clockwork Orange, Malcolm McDowell made a hell of an impression as the insouciant Mick Travis, who, along with his school chums, trumps authority at every turn, finally emerging as violent savior against the draconian games of one-upmanship played by both students and the powers that be. Mixing color and black and white as audaciously as it mixes fantasy and reality, If…. remains one of cinema's most unforgettable rebel yells.

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A mayor film.......2007-08-29

If.
Few works say a little while as much on historical, as it makes this magnificent work of Anderson, without verbal speech, not trying realism, but accurately, imagination and a definitive poetic sense. The pessimistic end is, unfortunately, an anticipation of the present violence, although that one was explained single.

classic.......2007-08-26

This is a Classic movie,it's about........ well you will have to buy your own one IF you want to know more.....

Truth as Metaphor.......2007-08-25

I first saw this film when it came out in Britain, having only left a British public school three years before. At the time it seemed almost like a blend of documentary and wish-fulfillment fantasy. As a more of less contemporaneous movie to The Graduate and Last Summer, it is amazing how all serious British movies at the time had a melancholy and cynicism which was lacking in US ones. At that time, Britain had not yet fully recovered from either World War (even today in Britain, mention of WWI or WWII conjures up images in people's minds far stronger than for Americans). This movie was, I believe shot at Cheltenham Boys College, a school I considered going to in the town where I was born, and which my school played at Rugby and Cricket. There were two Britains at the time - the Upper-Middle class one of single-sex boarding schools, with twice a day church services, Rugby, and cold showers. We called Rugby "football," and the other kind was "Soccer." Inhabitants were securely confident that they would rule the world (Frederic Raphael's "The Glittering Prizes" offers another look at the privileged at Cambridge University in 1956). The other world was a blue collar world where the education system even had different exams, attending soccer games and going down to the pub was typical.

If is a metaphor of sorts, but only because the real environment of the British public school was so applicable to real life. Abu Graib becomes explainable when you see what happens when you give older boys so much power over slightly younger ones. Discipline of this kind was maintained by older boys, much as NCOs in an army maintain it.

I believe that the boarding school of today has changed a lot. I am glad, as how can anyone feel nostalgic over something which was hated so much. However, the film is quite amazing. I do think you will get more out of it if you know something about the environment. Reading "Tom Brown's Schooldays," set in a public school in the 1830s is good preparation.

Kubrick's Inspiration.......2007-08-16

All I knew about this film before Criterion released it, is that it won a Palm D 'Or at Cannes in the late 1960's (thanks to all you other good-for- nothing American distributors for not releasing it sooner). After seeing it, I understood it's influence on world history. This Malcolm McDowell performance is nothing short of Clockwork Orange Lite. A big notch randier than Belmondo in Breathless, but not quite the psychopath as in Clockwork. While we were busy going bonkers over the Vietnam war and fermenting revolution, English schoolboys were plotting their own deadly revenge....a crystal ball of a film that foresaw the potential of a Columbine.

When the System Plays at Fascism, Outsiders will Play at Revolution........2007-08-12

I thought this was the best film I'd ever seen when I was in high school in the 80s. The ending I loved at the time is more rueful today, given America's ever-growing history of schoolyard gun crimes. What's heartbreaking to watch today isn't that futile act of defiance at the film's end, but the pathetic tyrannical playacting of the school prefects. In some ways, the film seems as much about Rowantree as Mick Travis.
This is still an extraordinary work of naturalistic filmmaking teaming, with dozens of characters vividly drawn with just a few touches. (Only the motorcycle idyl through the countryside seems a little too "60s.") Still a masterpiece.

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FUNNIEST GOLF MOVIE SINCE CADDYSHACK!
L@fferty Daniels
WEAK SPECIAL EDITION!
DVD keeps sticking while playing ...will need to return
Ok To Watch Once

Happy Gilmore (Special Edition)
Starring: Bob Barker , Frances Bay , Ken Camroux , Stephen Dimopoulos , and Joe Flaherty
Director: Dennis Dugan
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ASIN: B0009X760U
Release Date: 2005-08-23

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FUNNIEST GOLF MOVIE SINCE CADDYSHACK!.......2007-08-05

Whats not to like? Sandler comes up with another funny, but thin premise. This time Sandler plays a hockey player turned golf pro because he needs the cash. The only thing is he can't putt worth his salt, but he can smash a drive like nobody's business! This is pretty damn funny and the Sandler / Bob Barker fight is......"Priceless"!(no pun intended) OK, it was! The DVD transfer is good.

L@fferty Daniels.......2007-01-28

this movie is an Adam Sandler masterpiece and a must have for any DVD collection.

WEAK SPECIAL EDITION!.......2007-01-22

This is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Unfortunatly, this is an extremely weak special edition! All the extras include are a outtake reel, deleted scenes, and production notes. They should also have put on a commentary, theatrical trailer, behind-the-scenes or retrospective featurette, and probably some other things. But they shouldn't say 'special edition", they should say remasterd version, or something else instead. But unfortunatley, this was a dissapointment to fans of adam sandler along with Bill Madison, but at least it just passed over "barebones". Be grateful for that!Movie:B+ Extras:C-

DVD keeps sticking while playing ...will need to return.......2007-01-17

DVD sticks at time during playing. we played it once and couldnot get thru the movie,,,,need to return. i think that i have 30 days and yes time is ticking and will do it.

Ok To Watch Once.......2007-01-12

I am a big fan of Adam Sandler movies and I had not seen this movie until now. This movie is about a guy named Happy Gilmore. Gilmore has not wanted anything his whole life but to be a hockey player. Gilmore can't skate in the ice rink very well which is what always stops him from becoming a professional hockey player. A golf talent notices how far Gilmore can hit a golf ball and gets Gilmore involved in golf. There are some funny scenes in this movie. Some of the humor though is dirty or just not funny.

Basically in this movie, Adam Sandler acts like he does in all of following movies like Big Daddy and Mr. Deeds - a guy who is tough, but nice on the inside and always falls in love with a woman. However, as the years go on, Adam Sandler has polished himself and his character has geniunly become more likable with each movie.

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SHe Wore a Yellow Ribbon
My Dad Love's the movie
SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON
John Wayne at his sentimental best
MY FAVORITE JOHN WAYNE FILM

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Starring: John Wayne , Joanne Dru , John Agar , Ben Johnson , and Harry Carey Jr.
Director: John Ford
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ASIN: B000O599NK
Release Date: 2007-05-22

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The second installment of John Ford's famous cavalry trilogy (which also includes Fort Apache and Rio Grande), this meditative Western continues the director's fascination with history's obliteration of the past. It features one of John Wayne's more sensitive performances as Capt. Nathan Brittles, a stern yet sentimental war horse who has difficulty preparing for his impending military retirement. All things considered, he refuses to leave before fulfilling his obligation to the local Indian tribe. It's a film about honor and duty as well as loneliness and mortality. And Oscar-winner Winton C. Hoch beautifully photographs it in Remington-like Technicolor tones (you've never seen such stunning cloud-covered skies). The combination of melancholy and farce (Victor McLaglen makes a perfect court jester) evokes comparisons to Shakespeare. Best of all, the scene in which Wayne fights back tears when receiving a gold watch from his troops is unforgettably bittersweet. If you view the whole trilogy, it actually makes sense to save this for last. --Bill Desowitz

Description

A masterpiece of mood and heroics, this second film in director John Ford's renowned cavalry trilogy (Fort Apache and Rio Grande are the others) features one of John Wayne's most moving performances as a cavalry officer in his final week of service on the frontier. Under makeup aging him some 20 years, he inhabits the role of a wily veteran who knows the sting of war and vows to make his last mission one of peace. The ritual of outpost life, the sweep of battle, the advance of the patrol beneath ominous skies: She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, an Academy Award winner* for its color cinematography, paints a memorable portrait of the honor, duty and courage in the finest tradition of the cavalry. And of Ford filmmaking.

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SHe Wore a Yellow Ribbon.......2007-08-24

This is a John Wayne classic and easily one of his best westerns and more especially one of his best movies period. The restoration on this DVD is absolutely fantastic. I couldn't find a blemish anywhere. Any real John Wayne collection CANNOT be complete without this DVD version of the film.

My Dad Love's the movie.......2007-07-26

I ordered this movie for my Dad and he has already watched it 5 times.

SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON.......2007-07-13

IF YOU LIKE JOHN WAYNE, YOU'LL LIKE THIS MOVIE. IT'S ONE OF HIS EARLIEST COLOR MOVIE AND DIRECTED BY JOHN FORD. JOHN WAYNE PLAYS A CAVALRY CAPTAIN ABOUT TO RETIRE. YES, HE FIGHTS INDIANS AND GUN RUNNERS, BUT THE FILM IS WELL MADE AND I REALLY LIKE IT. IT LOOKS AS IF A GREAT DEAL IS FILMED IN MONUMENT VALLEY ON THE NAVAJO RESERVATION IN ARIZONA.

John Wayne at his sentimental best.......2007-07-13

This is one of my favorite John Wayne movies. It precedes The Quiet Man by 3 years. The last time I watched it commercial free thanks to Netflix, it was interesting to count all the actors and actresses in both pictures. Familiar faces on screen is true of many of John Wayne's movies and is just one many reasons why they are just about all fun to watch.

Too bad they no longer make em like this!

MY FAVORITE JOHN WAYNE FILM.......2007-07-04

Although Red River, The Searchers, and possibly True Grit and The Shootist might arguably contain better acting performances from the Duke, this film is my favorite. Everything works in this film, and works well. John Ford loved the U.S. Cavalry, as can be clearly seen in the trilogy, and also in the Civil War film, The Horse Soldiers. While I love all the aforementioned films, this one is the one where everything worked perfectly. The contrast of Wayne's seasoned Capt. Brittles with the two younger officers, the lonely life Brittles lives with no wife or family vs. the younger men competing for the hand of lovely Joanne Dru, the comedy relief provided by the incomparable Victor McLaglen, the savvy wisdom of(former confederate captain) Sgt. Tyree, nothing is missing. This was John Ford's stock company at it's best, with perhaps only The Searchers to compare. The passing years only make me love this film more. everyone was at the absolute top of their game for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon. See it soon!!!

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Gorgeous Gem of a Comedy!
good transfer

Happy Gilmore (HD DVD)
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ASIN: B000FGG5YY
Release Date: 2006-06-13

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Gorgeous Gem of a Comedy!.......2007-09-14

An avid golfer, I've always loved this Adam Sandler comedy, about a wannabe hockey-player named Happy who can't skate or handle the puck, but happens to have an amazing slap-shot. His grandma's house is about to be repossessed by the IRS unless she's able to come up with over $200,000 in two weeks. When the two moving guys lure Happy into demonstrating that he can drive a golf-ball over 400 yards, he learns that he has a talent for raising the required money to save his grandma from her predicament. When he's discovered on the driving range by a golf pro, Chubbs Peterson (Carl Weathers) who was chopped down in his prime by an alligator who bit his hand off, he realizes that he can win the required money on the pro tour, if only he can get his short game (and his temper) in order! He comes up against the tour kingpin, Shooter McGavin (Christopher McDonald in a hilarious performance that echoes his boorish husband to Geena Davis in Thelma and Louise), who is not thrilled about the prospect of losing to a "sideshow freak" and all hijinx ensues.
I never thought such a silly comedy could look so good! The Waterbury golf course's blue skies and green grass makes me long for a "quick nine". The lenses on the Panavision cameras produce an image that is sharp yet supple, and the film's grain is very fine, revealing every glint in the actors' eyes. Brief cameo appearances by golf legend Lee Travino, and character-actor Richard Kiel (Jaws of Roger Moore 007 James Bond fame) lending his strong presence here, bring added warmth and humor to the Shooter/Happy adversarial relationship.
Highly recommended for anyone looking for gut-busting laughs! I look forward to completing my "golf triage" with the other fairway comedy classics, Caddyshack (already available on HD-DVD) and Tin Cup (at this point, only available on DVD).

good transfer.......2007-05-17

This movie looks great in hd. The background from the golf courses shows the most improvement in the transfer. Not the best movie in HD DVD but definately worth it.

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Not Who but Why?
'Tommy': That "Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Kid" Gets a Lame Treatment
A rock opera? Why not?
Rockin' Film
trippy

Tommy
Starring: Dick Allan , Ann-Margret , Ben Aris , Arthur Brown , and Eric Clapton
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ASIN: B00000K3TV
Release Date: 1999-09-28

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If you've ever wanted to hear Jack Nicholson sing (or try to) or marvel at the sight of Ann-Margret drunkenly cavorting in a cascade of baked beans, Tommy is the movie you've been waiting for. As it turns out, the Who's brilliant rock opera is sublimely matched to director Ken Russell's penchant for cinematic excess, and this 1975 production finds Russell at the peak of his filmmaking audacity. It's a fever-dream of musical bombast, custom-fit to the thematic ambition of Pete Townshend's epic rock drama, revolving around the titular "deaf, dumb, and blind kid" (played by Who vocalist Roger Daltrey) who survives the childhood trauma that stole his senses to become a Pinball Wizard messiah in Townshend's grandiose attack on the hypocrisy of organized religion.

The story is remarkably coherent considering the hypnotic dream-state induced by Russell's visuals. Tommy's odyssey is rendered through wall-to-wall music, each song representing a pivotal chapter in Tommy's chronology, from the bloodstream shock of "The Acid Queen" (performed to the hilt by Tina Turner) to Nicholson's turn as a well-intentioned physician, Elton John's towering rendition of "Pinball Wizard," and Daltrey's epiphanous rendition of "I'm Free." Other performers include Eric Clapton and (most outrageously) the Who's drummer Keith Moon, and through it all Russell is almost religiously faithful to Townshend's artistic vision. Although it divided critics when first released, Tommy now looks likes a minor classic of gonzo cinema, worthy of the musical genius that fueled its creation. --Jeff Shannon

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Not Who but Why?.......2007-09-04

"Tommy, can you hear me?" I wish I couldn't. A cross between a Broadway musical and rock concert, "Tommy" appeals to fans of neither. If the Who gets you jumping with their heavy, blaring waves of distorted power chords, you'd think there'd be something here for you. You'd think that and you'd be wrong.

In the vein of "Westside Story," Pete Townshend is more in step with Rogers and Hammerstein than Lennon and McCartney. If you have an itch to do this kind of thing fine, but don't drag the good name of the Who down with you. In fact, do it under a pseudonym and keep from tarnishing the Townshend family name as well.

I know it's like a largely forgotten thirty year old movie, but this is like fodder for Mystery Science Theater 3000 rather than something worthy of the Who. I could almost hear my inner-Crow heckling the screen throughout.

Seeing Roger Daultry's expressionless gaze out of my television screen at first made me think, no... no one could possibly have a visage that bereft of the ability to emote, until I realized that I was probably wearing the same look being so disappointed in this project by a band I normally have respect for.

At first I groaned when seeing Elton John had a role here, but when it was all said and done, he was the best part of the film. Both his character of the bully pinball champion and his version of "Pinball Wizard" was more engaging than any other sequence. But for all his effort, they even mis-credited his character at the end by calling him the Pinball Wizard instead of the Champ; Tommy was the Pinball Wizard, right? But who cares.

Certainly not the best rock opera/concept album, "Tommy" does have some claims to being one of the first; I guess if you're a historian of pop-culture you may want view this so you can jot this film down in the footnotes of some rock dissertation somewhere, but otherwise, skip it.

'Tommy': That "Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Kid" Gets a Lame Treatment.......2007-08-21

It's hard to downgrade a movie that is inventive. Despite a musical montage that takes risks, `Tommy' is an adventure that mostly fails. It wasn't a bad idea to take the formidable Who rock opera and make it into a musical, but it is an indictment that whenever anybody other than Roger Daltry sings, it is awfully lame. Most of the movie is out of synch.

First of all, the lip-synched singing is too obvious throughout. Oliver Reed (notably Bill Sykes of `Oliver' fame) and Anne Margaret play Tommy's parents, but neither one gives weight to the music, and only Reed barely succeeds with the acting. The story is planted ably enough. Daltry plays the titled character with admirable earnestness. The production is stiff, however, hardly moving, except in an auditorium pinball scene. A rock opera needs to be in motion, and the director has merely cut and paste most scenes as still lifes--deadly to the movie's spirit. It all seems forced.

Nevertheless, there are redeeming values. Some of the symbolism works. Both Tina Turner and Elton John give spirited performances (as the "Acid Queen" and Tommy's pinball rival respectively). A surrealistic living room scene is presented that is truly fluid and engaging. If they had only done the rest of the movie this way, it would have lived up to the breakthrough Who album. (If you must [understandably] satisfy your curiosity, Jack Nicholson's cameo appearance as the Doctor is one of the best in the show.)

A rock opera? Why not?.......2007-07-27

The concept of a rock opera must have seemed experimental at best, and downright bad at worst, to people who dared think about it in the late Sixties and early Seventies (after all, some older folks felt sour enough that rock-and-roll existed at all), but happily, "Tommy" made it work.

Some of the props and imagery used in the film struck me as portmanteau versions of the sort of British psychedelia I saw when I watched "A Clockwork Orange": maybe it is and maybe it isn't. The movie opens with Tommy's father being called to serve as a fighter pilot in the RAF in WW2 and getting shot down, then later morphing (inside Tommy's mind) to a kind of savior figure, someone he never had a chance to meet but wishes he could.

Anyhow, as with most British psychedelic films of that era, "Tommy" impressed me enough that I understood why it broke such ground in its day... and the image of a lovely cabaret dancer running around wearing a white ballet skirt, and a gas mask on her face (remember, Tommy was born at the close of the War), will be forever stamped in my memory! :-D

Rockin' Film.......2007-07-25

I am not sure of Ann-Margaret and Oliver Reed were the best choice for Tommy, but they do bring lots of talent to the score.

Tina Turner and Jack Nicholson absolutely steal the show. If you need any reason to watch this film or listen to the soundtrack, it should be for Tina and Jack.

The film does not seem as dated as say the film version of Hair, but if it were refilmed today it would be amazing.

trippy.......2007-06-10

if you want to see the epitome of a trippy, psychedelic rock musical, this is for you

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Interesting
Anatomy of a Classic
Post-mortem of a Crime
Please release this in a widescreen version!
Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder
Starring: James Stewart , Lee Remick , Ben Gazzara , Arthur O'Connell , and Eve Arden
Director: Otto Preminger
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ASIN: B00004TJKI
Release Date: 2000-07-11

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Otto Preminger turned this 1959 courtroom drama, based on the popular novel, into terrific adult drama. James Stewart stars as a small-town lawyer who defends an army officer (Ben Gazzara) accused of murdering a bartender who assaulted his wife (Lee Remick). The taut script, large performance by Stewart, and then-daring elements of the story (words like "panties" are spoken in the context of discussing a sex crime) give the action a certain immediacy--which you don't find very often in today's movies about jurisprudence. Nice work by Remick and Gazzara, as well as George C. Scott, Arthur O'Connell, and real-life judge Joseph N. Welch, who plays the judge in this film. A very good experience all around. --Tom Keogh

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Interesting.......2007-08-06

3.5 stars. I don't know whether I like this film because it's good or because I got such a kick out watching so many legendary actors in the begining of their careers. Oh, I did chuckle quite a bit watching Jimmy Stewart say "panties" a lot. This was probably a book and movie inspired by the Perry Mason phenomenon. If anything watching this movie tells me that the judicial system of the 1950s was very scary. An irrational impulse was a legal defense? Say what? Doesn't that cover every crime ever committed? You know right from wrong, but you do it anyway because you can't fight the impulse? And what about introducing a witness, with a long criminal record with heresay material in the final hour? Forget that the man wasn't on any witness list. Then again neither was Ms. Pilant. What about the veil suggests that the rape victim deserved what she got becase she didn't wear a girdle? Say what? Or that the doctor couldn't deduce whether she was raped or not because she was matured and married. Say what? And why would you get a client to sign a promissory note after you get them off as opposed to before? Anyway, Jimmy Stewart, George C. Scott and Lee Remick were good. The plot just needed a little more work. But I still enjoyed it. Overall, this is an interesting and entertaining film.

Anatomy of a Classic.......2007-08-02

This film is, in my estimation, just about perfect. And why wouldn't it be? Let's begin with the novel by "Robert Traver". Mr. "Traver", who passed away in 1991 certainly knew his subject. His real name was John. D. Voelker and he had been both an attorney AND a judge in is time. In 1954 he was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court but after the success of ANATOMY he retired from the bench to pursue his two great loves: writing and fishing. He isn't the ONLY real life lawyer involved with this tale of homicide and misdirection...the man playing the judge in the film is Joseph N. Welch. Now, that name may mean nothing to you until I remind you that he once faced off with the infamous Senator Joe McCarthy In the Army-McCarthy Hearings in 1954.

Now let's look at the talented starts...James Stewart, Lee Remick (who is not doing any kind of Monroe impersonation but is simply playing the character as it is written in the screenplay by Wendell Mayes (who also co-wrote the script for another classic Jimmy Stewart film 1957's THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS). Eve Arden, one of the best of the "dry wit" school of humor best remembered for OUR MISS BROOKS on both radio and television but who enlivened many a film including 1948's ONE TOUCH OF VENUS. the song from which "Speak Low (When You Speak Love)" was sung by Eileen Wilson, not Ava Gardner, and quickly became a standard performed by many singers and dance orchestras right through the 60s. (I thnk Barbra Streisand may have been the last to cover it---but I could easily be wrong about that). This brings me to Arthur O'Connell. one of the great character actors of those days. He played a reporter in ONE TOUCH OF VENUS and he plays "Parnell" Stewart's friend, in ANATOMY OF A MURDER. But it's hard to think of any movie or tv show of the 30s-70s that he didn't appear in. He played a reporter in CITIZEN KANE, for example. He worked with everyone from Orson Welles to Elvis Presley to Tony Curtis and Tony Randall to Dean Martin and...well...Don Knotts.
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Murray Hamilton...for a period of time if you were watching a James Stewart movie you could expect to see Murray show up. ANATOMY stands out because in this one their characters don't really like each other much. Usually they are best friends...see THE FBI STORY, and THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS for that. Bur it is, perhaps, his performance as the Angel of Death in that classic TWILIGHT ZONE episode "One for the Angels" that co-starred the late, great, Ed Wynn that always comes to mind when I think of Murray Hamilton.

But I could go on and on about this fine cast of Hollywood Superstars and Great Character Actors (do I really need to mention George C. Scott, for example)? Let's agree that these are the best of the best doing what they do best...making movie magic.

Tell ya what...don't take MY word for it...go RENT the film from your local video store and I'll bet you'll be back here to buy and download it by the time you've returned it to the rental place.This is one EVERYONE should have in their film library. Anatomy Of A Murder

Post-mortem of a Crime.......2007-07-30

This is based on a novel by judge Robert Traver. The opening graphics and music are typical of the late 1950s. A man returns from fishing and cleans his catch in the sink. Paul Biegler places a phone call. A councilman shows up for a drink, and we learn about Paul the lawyer, former District Attorney. A woman calls to ask Paul to represent her husband, who is in jail for shooting the man who raped her. Milk comes in a glass bottle, the cream on the top is used for coffee. Paul meets the wife Laura Manion, who has been beaten. Then he talks to her husband, the army lieutenant. Both he and his wife married after being divorced. The Lt. Manion tells his story. Paul explains the defenses to a murder charge. Then he talks to Laura. She tells what happened that night and reveals her personality. [No girdle?] These details were quite shocking as entertainment for those days. [Does her story seem credible?] Is booze the fatal attraction for many lawyers? Lt. Manion's memory has changed overnight.

Laura has passed a "lie detector" test but its not admissible in court. [It measures stress, not truth, and can be defeated with a tranquilizer pill taken before the test.] Paul Biegler investigates the shooting. The scenes show small town social life for some (no schools or churches?). Paul tells Laura she must act as a proper and prim wife; and wear a girdle. Judge Weaver is played by Joseph N. Welch, the famous lawyer from Fall River Massachusetts. Lt. Frederick Manion was examined by the Army psychiatrist. Does an "irresistible impulse"mean a man is not guilty of murder under Michigan law? The trial begins with testimony from the doctor who did the examination of the body of Barney Quill, the dead man who owned a roadhouse. Paul questions the photographer about the photos of Laura's bruises, which were withheld. The bartender tells about Barney Quill. The caretaker of the trailer park tells what happened that night. The police sergeant testified, they believed Laura's story. [Modern forensics could answer some questions.] There are interesting questions for the witnesses, and dramatic answers. The defendant testified about what happened that night. "I don't remember shooting." Laura's dog is shown in court (it is friendly). Laura's testimony provides the dramatic highlights.

The army psychiatrist explains "dissociative reaction", or an "irresistible impulse". The prosecution brings in a jailbird who tells a story that could help the prosecution. There is a reaction. Then a new witness gets on the stand with new evidence. [This shows the unreliability of gossip.] The jury returns with the verdict. There is an ironic ending to this story which tells of a quirk precedent in Michigan law. [Its pacing may be slow due to some extraneous scenes.] This film shows life and culture in a small rural town in upper Michigan in the 1950s. The friendship between Paul and Parnell seems unusual. Most films are the condensed version of the book. Did they leave some things out, or add new scenes?

Please release this in a widescreen version!.......2007-07-23

Even though I was a criminal defense lawyer at the outset of my career, I haven't much to add to the plaudits here, other than that it felt realistic to me.

However, I did notice at the outset the standard "pan and scan" statement that the film had been reformatted to fit your screen - which means it was filmed in a widescreen format.

Why hasn't this film been released in a widescreen version? It's one of the all time classic films - it deserves it. I'll also bet that with Duke Ellington providing the score, there must be a stereo master of the music available, so a stereo mix shouldn't be hard to create - voices and sound effects are not that hard to isolate and locate in a stereo or surround sound field.

Anatomy of a Murder.......2007-06-25

Preminger's crackling courtroom drama makes for a twisty, racy, irresistible film. Stewart is in his element as the dogged Biegler, but junior players Gazzara, Remick and Scott are every bit as good. Gritty atmosphere and a smoky Ellington score (with Duke himself in a rare on-screen appearance) help make this daring, distinctive picture hum.

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Happiness
A most original film sure to bemuse and offend almost everybody
Digging up the roots of Happiness
The Most Awfully Funny Film I Have Ever Seen
Messed up in a good way!

Happiness
Starring: Jane Adams (II) , Jon Lovitz , Philip Seymour Hoffman , Dylan Baker , and Lara Flynn Boyle
Director: Todd Solondz
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ASIN: B00000IC7G
Release Date: 1999-04-27

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At times brilliant and insightful, at times repellent and false, Happiness is director Todd Solondz's multistory tale of sex, perversion, and loneliness. Plumbing depths of Crumb-like angst and rejection, Solondz won the Cannes International Critics Prize in 1998 and the film was a staple of nearly every critic's Top Ten list. Admirable, shocking, and hilarious for its sarcastic yet strangely empathetic look at consenting adults' confusion between lust and love, the film stares unflinchingly until the audience blinks. But it doesn't stop there. A word of strong caution to parents: One of the main characters, a suburban super dad (played by Dylan Baker), is really a predatory pedophile and there is more than an attempt to paint him as a sympathetic character. Children are used in this film as running gags or, worse, the means to an end. Whether that end is a humorous scene for Solondz or sexual gratification for the rapist becomes largely irrelevant. Happiness is an intelligent, sad film, revelatory and exact at moments. It's also abuse in the guise of art. That's nothing to celebrate. --Keith Simanton

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Happiness.......2007-07-12

Dark, twisted, and in-your-face, Solondz's poisonous examination of love, complacency, and compassion (or lack of it) might seem unredeemably low if it weren't so sickeningly honest, and even hilarious at times. Hoffman is particularly repulsive--brilliantly so--as Allen, an unkempt, antisocial shut-in who compulsively plays with himself and confesses his sick fantasies to Baker's equally perverted Bill, a shrink with pedophilic urges who Solondz somehow makes pitiable in a harrowing, heartbreaking scene with his son. Also outstanding is Adams, a shrinking violet incapable of malice and always at the butt end of petty brutalities. Behind every façade of normality, Solondz seems to be saying, lurk the dark impulses that actually define who we are- or could be. Definitely not for the squeamish or those easily offended.

A most original film sure to bemuse and offend almost everybody.......2007-05-27

This one will knock your socks off even if you aren't wearing any socks. I dare you to watch it. I double-dare you.

But first a few words. This is about sex. Not your Cinderella meets Prince Charming sex. Not your boy meets girls sex at all, or not exactly. This is more like REAL sex, the kind you don't talk about. This is about several varieties of sex, most of them perverted or deviant and/or illegal in most states. And this is about "happiness" in only the most ironic sense of the word.

Yet, somehow this movie seems...well, not uplifting, heaven forbid, but somehow reassuring in a strange way. I guess what happens is that after all the perversions, the hang-ups, the unrequited desires, the bizarro fantasies, the unnatural desires, the depraved acts, the exploitation, the sheer desperation of the biological imperative, somehow with the family sitting around the dinner table at the end, somehow we are reassured that life not only goes on, but things could be worse.

It is interesting that director Todd Solondz--who previously gave us the captivating and totally original Welcome to the Dollhouse (1995), a strikingly truthful look at the middle child in junior high school--spun this out the way he did. The story is really about three sisters and their parents and the dysfunctional sex that they encounter and the pitiable/ normal lives they live. Solondz could have begun with having us meet the sisters one by one like some kind of chick flick with the expectation that we will find out about their lives and their loves. Instead he starts from another angle, and only gradually does it develop that this really IS about their lives and loves.

Well, their lives and loves are a bit beyond kinky or pathetic, and yet they are so very like the lives and loves so many people lead--if only we knew. By the way, at times the film is belly laugh funny.

Starring are Jane Adams (Joy), Lara Flynn Boyle (Helen), and Cynthia Stevenson (Trish) as the three sisters. Joy is the wallflower at the dance of life, Helen is the hard as a stiletto woman of fashion, accomplishment and beauty who can't find the right man, and Trish is the desperate housewife "happily" married to a man who is a homosexual pedophile and a psychiatrist. Dylan Baker plays the shrink who can't help himself in a way that makes it tough for the audience not to identify with his problem. He is so honest with his son and so clearly loves his son and his wife that we are almost won over. Almost. We do NOT see him with the boys he exploits, and in this way perhaps Solondz has stacked the deck. Still a movie that paints a pedophile in anything close to a positive light deserves credit for courage if nothing else.

The other characters who are anything but sympathetic in an objective assessment--one is a murderer--somehow come across as being vulnerable instead of monstrous. Perhaps Joy, who is so hopeful and so very, very vulnerable, is the one who most inspires our sympathy. The Russian who frankly admits he's a thief and exploits Joy seems more despicable than anyone in the film. Perhaps. I think it really depends on your point of view, your sexuality and perhaps your individual experience.

Ben Gazzara is the father who is just sick of his wife, and Louise Lasser (whom I haven't seen since she starred in the offbeat TV sit com "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman" from the seventies) plays the wife. Philip Seymour Hoffman plays a guy who is terrified of performing with women, but gets his jollies dialing strangers on the phone and talking dirty. Camryn Manheim plays the large woman who wants intimacy but finds sex disgusting.

I think you've got the picture. This is sexual dysfunction as TV's Lifetime would never have it. Solondz's intent seems to be to demonstrate the truth of the adage "To know all is to forgive all." He also does a good job of showing that although we think we are the self that makes the decisions, maybe it is true that our biology overrides our intentions.

This is decidedly not for the straightlaced or the intolerant. This the sort of movie that is so terrifying to social conservatives that they won't even attack it for fear that such an attack would only give it greater currency.

See this for Todd Solondz who is a film maker of verve and insight, a humanist who is not afraid to shock the bourgeoisie.

Digging up the roots of Happiness.......2007-02-02

This movie is not for the prude, squeamish, or easily offended. It lacks any social grace, dignity, or charm. Or actually, it has all those qualities hidden somewhere below the surface. Some people just aren't willing or capable of finding it.
It's basically a montage of distinguishable(and despicable?) characters and their inscrutable pursuit of happiness. All of their efforts most definitely invoke chaos. There are a few gross out moments.
Director Todd Solondz really pushes the envelope with this disturbingly funny film. Nothing is taboo with him.

The Most Awfully Funny Film I Have Ever Seen.......2006-12-31

Some people see the world as an awful place. Some people see the world as a funny place. Todd Solondz, director of Happiness, sees the validity in both points of view. For him, the world is an awfully funny place. And in this bleak comic masterpiece, Solondz shows us how to find hope in the most despairing of circumstances, dignity in the face of shame, and compassion in the face of one's most monstrous acts. In other words, Solondz shows us what humanity really is, and isn't that - at its basest level - what filmmaking is supposed to be?

"Happiness" is also the best movie that Robert Altman never made, in that it is a mosaic of the masses, interspersing a loose narrative thread through the disparate lives of many without seeming disjointed. It essentially follows the lives and disfunctional loves of five characters through a myriad of morbid situations, some stemming from deterministic outside pressures, most a result of the characters' inner turbulence churning to the surface through misguided thought and deed.

At the supposed center of the conflicts is a pedophilic psychiatrist (Dylan Baker) who preys on the peers of his adolescent son. A monstrous act, indeed, but the camera's unflinching objectivity serves to neither condone or condemn the man, so we are left to see the struggle amidst the strife, the human within the monster.

Other characters include an unlucky-in-everything hapless spinstress named Joy (ha ha) who allows the world to treat her like a welcome mat placed in front of a door to better things. Her sanctimonious sister, Trish (Cynthia Stevenson), while seeming to have it all, secretly wallows in the emptiness of her hollow life. Lara Flynn Boyle plays still another sadistic sibling, a famous writer who wishes that she were raped, so as to provide a more authentic muse.

And though simple verbal descriptions of these characters make them sound ghastly, in thought and indeed, the magic of the film is the even-handed well-weighted treatment that they receive through Solondz' direction and the actors' depictions, letting the audience decide whether empathy is in order. Too many people in our society have a need to characterize aberrant and abhorrent behavior as coming from an "other" - someone less than human and thus tangibly different from them. The truth, of course, is that we are all people who - good or bad - are capable of some pretty disturbing things. In Solondz' cinematic society, the sinners are just like you and me, whether that scares us or not.

It should also be noted that amidst all this weighty discussion, philosophy and sociological insight are some of the funniest and most demented sight gags, stuff that gives the Farrelly brothers a literal run for their runny money in the Gross Out Olympics (acronym: G.O.O) - body fluid jokes that put the "stick" back into "slapstick". Gags that make you wanna.

And when the characters themselves instill the audience with laughter, Solondz' artistry and control leave us wondering whether we are laughting at them, with them, or in spite of them, when the truth is somewhere in between. All of which makes this the most awfully funny movie I have ever seen.

Messed up in a good way!.......2006-12-19

This movie is mesed up!! An eye opener to our society today!

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Shakey facade for pornography
Not a big fan of the Spikester
Spike lee is a horrible director
Spike Lee captures the reality of Summer in New York City - Bad vibes
Spike did not do the right thing

Summer of Sam
Starring: Michael Badalucco , Adrien Brody , Jennifer Esposito , Ken Garito , and Ben Gazzara
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ASIN: B00002RAO2
Release Date: 1999-12-21

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It's important to note that Spike Lee's drama is not titled Son of Sam. Summer of Sam doesn't chronicle the killer as much as the times: the blistering hot summer of 1977 when the Big Apple's psyche was taken hostage by the lone gunman. We spot the killer (Michael Badalucco) in his mad ramblings, but the film centers on two friends from the Bronx: Vinny and Ritchie (John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody). Vinny and his wife, Dionna (Mira Sorvino), bury a bad marriage (he cheats at a drop of a hat) in the disco halls of the area. Ritchie returns to the neighborhood sporting punk hair, punk clothes, and a British accent that immediately infuriates the neighborhood boys oozing far too much testosterone. Cops, local mob leaders, and the guys on the street all have ideas who the killer is; neighborhood loners to Reggie Jackson (in the midst of World Series heroism) are on their misguided lists of suspects. When the film looks at how the citizens faced the fearful times, Lee scores with his energetic camerawork and pop soundtrack. Yet the film is banal in its domestic dramatics. The film takes large detours into Vinny's home sex life (stagnant) and Ritchie's extracurricular activities. One of the marriage arguments--though real and well acted--is so long and cliché-ridden you wonder if someone fell asleep in the editing booth. Add the point-blank killings and nonstop vulgarity and you have Lee's most unpleasant film. --Doug Thomas

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The dynamic John Leguizamo (SPAWN, EXECUTIVE DECISION) is teamed with Academy Award(R)-winner Mira Sorvino (Best Supporting Actress, 1996, MIGHTY APHRODITE) in an electrifying, must-see movie that takes you back to New York City's infamous summer of 1977! The heat is soaring to record highs, blackouts are filling the streets with looters ... and the murders of a man who calls himself the Son of Sam are gripping the giant city in fear! As friends in a small Italian neighborhood become obsessed with the idea that Son of Sam is someone nearby, the madman's fearsome plague of terror becomes the catalyst that prompts relationships to fall apart and trust to disintegrate into dread! Also starring Adrien Brody (THE THIN RED LINE) and Jennifer Esposito (I STILL KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER), this powerful motion picture tells the gritty and hard-edged story about one nightmare season in the city that never sleeps!

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Shakey facade for pornography.......2007-04-30

This movie has all the marks of a bad porno movie; one animalistic and unrealistic sex scene after another loosely strewn together with a thin and uninspiring plot. One has a difficult time remembering the basic plot premise when every other scene is one more perversion splashed on the screen as if in attempts to shock us more than the previous scene. If you watch it at all, be sure you have the remote handy to fast-forward. Doing so will help you focus on what little plot their is and lesson the time you waste which you could have spent watching something worthwhile. If the Son of Sam murders of the late 1970's are your interest, you will find precious little about it here so do not bother. It is a very sad that Spike Lee, with hints of true talent, could release something that would not even pass for mediocre pornography - much less serious drama.

Not a big fan of the Spikester.......2007-03-22

but, I do give credit when credits due. The movie was very well done, the cast was sincere and portrayed their characters with a real-ness that was believable. The dumb as dirt New York Italian men, the long suffering woman who can't enjoy sex but are as neurotic as the men who kept them down. And don't forget the humidity, which, I'm sure, if anyone ever did a scientific survey,would show more violence is committed in the sweltering summer than winter. The always entertaining and talented, John Leguizamo adds much to the overall sleazey,horrific, humidity laden story. Enjoy!

Spike lee is a horrible director.......2007-02-01

During the sweltering summer of 1977, the notorious killer Son of Sam set New York City on edge. An accidental encounter with the homicidal maniac sends the life of a philandering Bronx hairdresser named Vinny (John Leguizamo) spinning out of control. As the police and vigilantes hunt the killer, Vinny's life unravels amid a haze of suspicion, drugs and promiscuity.

This film has the distinction of being the hands-down worst film I ever saw in the theater. It's so bad that I use it as a basis of comparison for other bad films "Dead Man on Campus? That's about a 30% Summer of Sam" "Last Action Hero? That's a 75% Summer of Sam" When I saw this film in the theater, about half the audience walked out in disgust and the other half toked up and watched the rest of the film high. I was in neither of these categories, sufficing to sit quietly, painfully, begging for it all to end. John Leguizamo should never be allowed near a camera again.

Didn't we learn our lesson from Spawn? Yikes, Lee, give it up. I mean, it'd be one thing to make bad films that have some sort of unintentional comedic quality so that at least those who are not awed by your B.S. can have a good chuckle or two, but your films are just painful to watch. Right after we got out of the theater, I screamed "I must watch a decent movie! Anything, I don't care! Let me have faith in film again!A little advice...Hey Spike, how about a movie about the serial killer next time?!

Spike Lee captures the reality of Summer in New York City - Bad vibes.......2006-11-30

I think this is clearly Spike Lee's best movie. I am not a great fan of Spike Lee - I think he is a pretty repulsive individual and his movies generally fall down into hatred of White people, pornography and just general disrespect of everyone, especially women, but I will give Spike Lee credit that he does have a very good understanding for the look and feel of New York City in his time (70s) - he understands the hostile vibes of the street, various different racial, ethnic, class parts of New York City, with the various groups falling down into the same bad, hostile vibes. Summer of Sam shows you how disgusting and hateful New York City can become in the hot, hot Summer. Also, Lee does a great job of depicting a very interesting lower middle class Italian community that is completely hostile to all outsiders - all, hostile to Blacks, hostile to upper class White suburbanites that might want to date an Italian girl from the neighborhood, hostile to anything "different" like British punk rock music and a local guy from the neighborhood who tries to act like a British punk. The movie is very vulgar and violent, but yeah, New York City in the late 70s was violent and hostile. One of the best movies about New York.

Spike did not do the right thing .......2006-09-13

This film was so bad that the scenes in the ltalian restaurant didn't even make me hungry

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The actors delivered a decent performance, particularly Jackson and Hamlin
One of the greatest and most mature movies made about love ever.A gay classic!
A Perfect Movie, Sad, But True.
a classic
An Admitted Gay Classic

Making Love
Starring: Michael Ontkean , Kate Jackson , Harry Hamlin , Wendy Hiller , and Arthur Hill
Director: Arthur Hiller
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