Father Goose
starring: Cary Grant, Leslie Caron, Trevor Howard, Jack Good (II), Sharyl Locke
directed by: Ralph Nelson
directed by: Ralph Nelson
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Cary Grant's penultimate feature before retirement was thischeerful 1964 effort to overturn his career-long image of urbanesophistication. As the unshaven, messy misanthrope Walter Eckland, a WorldWar II-era beach bum who monitors Japanese air activity for the Australiannavy in exchange for booze, Grant makes a convincingly hard-bitten,hard-drinking antihero. Until, that is, a pretty French schoolmistress(Leslie Caron) and her seven little charges (all girls) survive a nearbyplane crash and invade Eckland's raunchy isolation. Directed by 1960shit-maker Ralph Nelson (The Lilies of the Field, Charly),Father Goose is a glossy comedy that also does justice to its moresuspenseful scenes (a deadly snakebite suffered by Caron's character isespecially memorable) and leaves plenty of room for Grant to indulge in someentertaining if atypical screen behavior. All in all, this is a minor treatin the actor's magnificent filmography. --Tom Keogh
GREAT CONDITION, WILL SHIP FAST!
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Cary Grant's penultimate feature before retirement was thischeerful 1964 effort to overturn his career-long image of urbanesophistication. As the unshaven, messy misanthrope Walter Eckland, a WorldWar II-era beach bum who monitors Japanese air activity for the Australiannavy in exchange for booze, Grant makes a convincingly hard-bitten,hard-drinking antihero. Until, that is, a pretty French schoolmistress(Leslie Caron) and her seven little charges (all girls) survive a nearbyplane crash and invade Eckland's raunchy isolation. Directed by 1960shit-maker Ralph Nelson (The Lilies of the Field, Charly),Father Goose is a glossy comedy that also does justice to its moresuspenseful scenes (a deadly snakebite suffered by Caron's character isespecially memorable) and leaves plenty of room for Grant to indulge in someentertaining if atypical screen behavior. All in all, this is a minor treatin the actor's magnificent filmography. --Tom Keogh
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- Social Dropouts Viewers Love
It's surprising that no one has mentioned the plot similarities between "Father Goose" and "The African Queen."Both depict cynical men who have become disillusioned and dropped out of society.Both are forced by circumstance to help ultra-civilized, uptight women escape from invading enemies.In each film the hero and the heroine have to make accommodations in order to survive.By the end of the film they're in love.The difference between the two movies is that "The African Queen" is a drama ... Read More
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- Father Goose
This is one of the best "classic" movies ever! Both my husband and I
love this movie.
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- Love the movie-the DVD quality should be better
It's a Carey Grant movie-love it.I am disappointed that it was not re-mastered.I have a Blu-ray player and Samsung LCD TV with 7.1 surround system.The system automatically resizes for best quality.Which for me means the picture is not widescreen.The sound is not digital quality either.Given the option of watching on a VCR or this DVD-I would still pick the DVD.A little disappointed in the quality.
Rating: - The other side of Cary Grant
One of Cary Grant and Trevor Howard's later films, Father Goose draws on Grant's darker comedic side, casting him as a drunken, societal drop-out forced into supporting the allied war effort in WW-II.The brilliant chicanery that Trevor Howard must use to enlist Grant's support is hilarious.Grant is cast opposite a much younger Leslie Caron, who must deal with young children she is responsible for and Grant's curmudgeonly demeanor.Wildly funny in many places, this could be considered one of Grant's ... Read More
Rating: - old time movie
Easy going movie with good old actors you can count on and enjoy. I enjoyed watching it again for it had been sometime since I seen it.
- Social Dropouts Viewers LoveIt's surprising that no one has mentioned the plot similarities between "Father Goose" and "The African Queen."Both depict cynical men who have become disillusioned and dropped out of society.Both are forced by circumstance to help ultra-civilized, uptight women escape from invading enemies.In each film the hero and the heroine have to make accommodations in order to survive.By the end of the film they're in love.The difference between the two movies is that "The African Queen" is a drama ... Read More
- Father GooseThis is one of the best "classic" movies ever! Both my husband and I
love this movie.
- Love the movie-the DVD quality should be betterIt's a Carey Grant movie-love it.I am disappointed that it was not re-mastered.I have a Blu-ray player and Samsung LCD TV with 7.1 surround system.The system automatically resizes for best quality.Which for me means the picture is not widescreen.The sound is not digital quality either.Given the option of watching on a VCR or this DVD-I would still pick the DVD.A little disappointed in the quality.
- The other side of Cary GrantOne of Cary Grant and Trevor Howard's later films, Father Goose draws on Grant's darker comedic side, casting him as a drunken, societal drop-out forced into supporting the allied war effort in WW-II.The brilliant chicanery that Trevor Howard must use to enlist Grant's support is hilarious.Grant is cast opposite a much younger Leslie Caron, who must deal with young children she is responsible for and Grant's curmudgeonly demeanor.Wildly funny in many places, this could be considered one of Grant's ... Read More
- old time movieEasy going movie with good old actors you can count on and enjoy. I enjoyed watching it again for it had been sometime since I seen it.
