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Whistle Stopper - The Long, Hot Summer
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick
Directed By: Martin Ritt
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: NEWMAN,PAUL
EAN: 0024543075530
Format: Anamorphic
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-05-20
Running Time: 115
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1958
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Customer Rating:
Summary: The Long Hot Summer - Great Movie & Nice That It's On DVD!
Comment: Classic movie with great performances by Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Tony Franciosa and a stunning Lee Remick! Well done!
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Summary: A Great Love Stpry
Comment: The Long, Hot Summer This is one of the greatest love stories ever told. The product I received was in great condition like new.
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Summary: Reality
Comment: This film certainly tells it like it is, i.e. what kind of charactor believes that this type of situation does not happen. The story line has all of the emotions neatly contained in it and just what can happen when a person believes what other people say about him.
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Summary: They had a lot of fun making this movie.
Comment: The first time I saw this movie was on television presented by Schaeffer Award Theatre, a product of the '50's that periodically broadcast a full length feature with one commercial break, roughly at the half-way point of the film. The intermission consisted of an infomercial of the Schaeffer Brewing Company, extolling the highlights of its history.
A N Y W A Y . . .
Even as a kid (and not knowing they were married) I could see something was simmering between Newman and Woodward. I was also certain that Orson Welles was an incarnation of self-made, without-any-smooth-edges Southern gentry in pursuit of a blousy Angela Lansbury(At the time the only other thing I had seen Welles in was Macbeth and I did not connect the bloody Scot with Will Varner). Lee Remick glowed and Tony Franciosa was convincingly lost as everything he took for granted was his was deftly removed, like a razor taken from his hand mid-stroke during his morning shave. The supporting cast only clunked once or twice, but for the most part fit in with the "gestalt" of the film. I realize that Faulkner might have ended the story with Ben Quick vanishing as quickly as he had appeared and Daddy Varner would have bought the farm in flagrante delicto, but this is a piece of '50's Hollywood, when we still had stars, and actors who could act without having to rely on close-ups and electronic tweaking to give their voices range. Watching this with an appropriate mind-set will add to its appeal.
I recently watched this with a young southern belle and enjoyed her watching as much as the movie, almost 50 years having elapsed from having seen it for the first time, compliments of Schaeffer, the one beer to have when you're having more than one.
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Summary: My All time Favorite Movie
Comment: I remember the first time I saw this film. it was on one of the local T.V. late shows when I was in high school. It was summer and the windows were open and I remember the chills that went up my spine when the first strains of the theme song started as I watched in the dark.
Written by one of my favorite authors, William Faulkner and staring some of my favorite actors, this film has just about everything you could ask for to be entertained, romance , drama, conflict and even a few laughs.
This became my favorite movie all those years ago...... and it's still my favorite.
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No Description Available.
Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 20-MAY-2003
Media Type: DVD
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