song help
whats the song that finny is whistling when gene leaves after they are yelling at each other at finny's house?
shareThe name of the song is Delylia. (sp?)
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The song title is "Dolores". This is a Tommy Dorsey song and can be found on some CD's. Frank Sinatra sang "Dolores", so it may also be found on some of Sinatra's CD"s. "Dolores" was recorded about 1941, so it would have been familiar to Finney and Gene.
shareDear John Bridges,
Yes it is. Thats right! "Dolores" by The Tommy Dorsey Band, vocalist a young Frank Sinatra! Thank you.
Finney sang a little of "Dolores" as he and Gene rode their bicycles to the beach in the film. Later, Finney whistled the song after Gene's visit. Seems Finney adopted "Dolores" as his theme.
shareYes, Finny did adopt "Dolores" as his theme song. I bought the original script of "A Separate Peace" 1972 off of E-Bay this past year and there it is referred to as "Finny's Theme".
shareThanks for sharing that; I hadn't seen a refernce to Finney's theme in any other source. Sure fits, though.
This film receives some unfair criticism. "A Separate Peace" seems a challenging novel to translate into a film. as the conflcts among the characters are internal, expressed subtly by their actions. Some of the dialogue should have been rewritten, and a few of the characters added nothing to the film. But "ASP" has good music and details from the early Second World War era, and it moves along very well. I was a junior in college when the film came out in 1972, and I remember it was well advertised. Didn't see it then, though. About 1988 the A&E Network and Lifetime both showed it. A&E cut out most of Mr. Patch-Withers' tea party, and Lifetime didn't show the song and dance ("Hitler! He only has one ...") during Gene's trial. You have to watch both to see the whole film.
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Dear J. B.,
I have the whole ASP 1972 on VHS and hope one day it will be on DVD. It needed voice overs in many places, most importantly the beach screen. Sadly, it is my understanding the Paramount Pictures invested most monies into "The Godfather" and ASP had a budget of one million dollars tops! If they had two million who knows it might have been a small hit! I know the book and 1972 film well. I hated the Showtime 2004 version. Dialog and music was just plain offesive in my view.
Yours,
M.M.
Hi M.M.,
I hope ASP will be released as a DVD, too. Just my opinion. but I don't know what's harder to figure - why some films are on DVD or why others aren't.
Some of the beach scene lines are hard to understand, but the best parts of the dialog between Gene and Finney come through well. It sticks closely to the novel.
"The Godfather" was destined to be a major feature for Paramount, but if it took some funds away from other films' (like ASP's) budgets, that is a shame. ASP has great details in costumes and setting (oh yes, and the music, too, of course!) that make you feel you're back in the WWII era. Most of the supporting players were students at Exeter Academy, and that was a good choice by the film makers. The film seems genuine. A little re-working of the script, maybe a little more plot and character development (there, the author of the novel, John Knowles, might have been consulted), and ASP may have been better received, especially by those who enjoyed the novel. I still think this is a better film than some critics say.
I haven't seen the Showtime version, and I think I'm glad I haven't. It doesn't sound as if it compares well with the 1972 version.
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