I was just looking at Scott Jacoby's page and I realized that it has been thirty-two years since he turned in his Emmy-winning performance in this movie -- and some people are more clueless about life now then they were then! It's the 21st century -- how long will it be before we can escape from the morally retarded who still think it's the 12th century?
"Danger? I laugh in the face of danger ... and then I hide until it goes away."
I know what you mean...I was in high school when this groundbreaking movie premiered on the ABC MOVIE OF THE WEEK. What I really enjoyed about it was not that it was a man coming to terms with his homosexuality. Hal Holbrook's character already knew who he was and what the movie focused on him trying to make his son understand and accept who he was. This movie let us know from jump that being gay was OK, but wanted to show us how to help other people in our lives accept it. A true classic.
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That Certain Summer:
I saw the film in 1972 when
it ran on the ABC MOW.
TV films were very brave and honest,
even daring back then.
Today they don't make them like this anymore,
it has been 35 years since it aired.
Very few films, in any media,
have had the same impact, with the
exception of "Brokeback Mountain."
ellisisle
That Certain Summer:
I couldn't agree with you more!
Check out the film's "Maurice" and "Get Real"
nearly a century apart in time periods
and nothing much has changed.
ellisisle
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I was thinking about Martin Sheen and this show that I saw a long time ago. I still remember it, and what great performances were given by all.
shareHeh... 39 now.
... the hardest thing in this world is to live in it...
It's still a model of tact and intelligence in dealing with the subject (someone coming out to their family, in this case a father to a son), without excess sentimentality, preaching or contrivance--really it's hard to think of anything in a similar vein that's been better since.
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