The Long, Hot Summer
starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick
directed by: Martin Ritt
directed by: Martin Ritt
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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 20-MAY-2003
Media Type: DVD
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Paul Newman has his glorious youthful swagger in this southern-fried melodrama, which marked his first picture with Joanne Woodward (they married after shooting ended). The script is a melange of William Faulkner stories, although it appears more under the influence of Tennessee Williams and Picnic than the Nobel Prize winner. Drifter Newman catches the eye of schoolmarm Woodward and her father, a rural Mississippi bigshot (Orson Welles). This is not one of Welles's better moments; he appears to be conducting make-up experiments. There is some enjoyable flapdoodle along the way, in the Freud-meets-Gone with the Wind manner of '50s southern cooking, but the ending is embarrassingly compromised. The same production team would leave out the box-office concessions a few years later on Hud. A studly Newman justifies this description of his character:"I wish I was Ben Quick. He's got the whole state of Mississippi to graze on." --Robert Horton
No Description Available.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 20-MAY-2003
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
Paul Newman has his glorious youthful swagger in this southern-fried melodrama, which marked his first picture with Joanne Woodward (they married after shooting ended). The script is a melange of William Faulkner stories, although it appears more under the influence of Tennessee Williams and Picnic than the Nobel Prize winner. Drifter Newman catches the eye of schoolmarm Woodward and her father, a rural Mississippi bigshot (Orson Welles). This is not one of Welles's better moments; he appears to be conducting make-up experiments. There is some enjoyable flapdoodle along the way, in the Freud-meets-Gone with the Wind manner of '50s southern cooking, but the ending is embarrassingly compromised. The same production team would leave out the box-office concessions a few years later on Hud. A studly Newman justifies this description of his character:"I wish I was Ben Quick. He's got the whole state of Mississippi to graze on." --Robert Horton
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- BLAH DOUBLE BLAH
MY COPY FROM MOVIE MARS HAD SUCH BAD SOUND THAT I LOST PATIENCE
AND QUIT WATCHING.
Rating: - Mumbles of a summer's night
Martin Ritt's famous 1958 film enjoys a somewhat bewildering reputation mostly because this was the film where Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward got together before their marriage. The story has always been that their desire for each other is very much visible on the screen, but in actuality this isn't really the best work either of them has done. They seem more like old friends than hot for one another's pants (although this film really does show Newman off at the height of his physical beauty). Neither ... Read More
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- Smokin' Hot
This is a real gem.I never read the Faulkner source material(I unstand it's derived from three works) but this could lead to the bookshelf.Director Martin Ritt, in his second effort after "Edge of the City"(soon to released on DVD) shows the sure hand that he displayed in his other Southern-fried works.The film is both sultry and ribald that it will leave you in stitches.The dialogue is as cutting as anything this side of "The Sweet Smell of Success".The casting here is impeccable.Paul Newman ... Read More
Rating: - One of my favorite Pual Newman Movie
Love this movie! I cannot tell you how many times I have seen this movie. All the actors are excellent in this and Paul.....whew, looks Great!!
Rating: - The Long, Hot Summer
Paul and Joanne at their best.This and "Cat on..." are both in the same category...excellent movies at their best!!!
- BLAH DOUBLE BLAHMY COPY FROM MOVIE MARS HAD SUCH BAD SOUND THAT I LOST PATIENCE
AND QUIT WATCHING.
- Mumbles of a summer's nightMartin Ritt's famous 1958 film enjoys a somewhat bewildering reputation mostly because this was the film where Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward got together before their marriage. The story has always been that their desire for each other is very much visible on the screen, but in actuality this isn't really the best work either of them has done. They seem more like old friends than hot for one another's pants (although this film really does show Newman off at the height of his physical beauty). Neither ... Read More
- Smokin' HotThis is a real gem.I never read the Faulkner source material(I unstand it's derived from three works) but this could lead to the bookshelf.Director Martin Ritt, in his second effort after "Edge of the City"(soon to released on DVD) shows the sure hand that he displayed in his other Southern-fried works.The film is both sultry and ribald that it will leave you in stitches.The dialogue is as cutting as anything this side of "The Sweet Smell of Success".The casting here is impeccable.Paul Newman ... Read More
- One of my favorite Pual Newman MovieLove this movie! I cannot tell you how many times I have seen this movie. All the actors are excellent in this and Paul.....whew, looks Great!!
- The Long, Hot SummerPaul and Joanne at their best.This and "Cat on..." are both in the same category...excellent movies at their best!!!
