Brooke Shields is barely in this!
She's only in the first part of the film for a small amount of time.
shareIt was her first film....
shareWell it's advertised that she has a big part in the movie, when she's only in it for fifteen minutes at most. She's a very minor part in it.
shareThat's all part of the advertising. Everyone else is unknown, so you market the one audiences know. It's the same reason He Knows You're Alone drops Tom Hanks' name every chance it gets even though his part is tiny. By the way, did you watch this on TCM last night?
shareYes, I just watched it on TCM.
shareI saw it too, and it was my first time seeing it. It's been years since I've been wanting to watch it, and I finally got a chance. I thought it was good.
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same here. I finally watched it on TCM a couple weeks ago after wanting to watch it for about 15 years. and boy it definitely wasn't overrated. it lived up to it's hype and was even better than it's hype.
man, for movies that are hyped up a lot and are given a great reputation, how often do these movies out perform and are better than this hype? I mean my expectations were met and more. it impressed me more than what my expectations were. it over performed my expectations. I would say that for films with this level of hype and reputation or more that there are less than 10% of these movies that outplay and are better than their high reputation and expectations.
but the problem with this theory is that this was made before Brooke was known. it was made in 1976, so before pretty baby. so why would they advertise her being in it back in 1976 or 1977?
shareAll TCM did was advertise that she was in it. Nothing was said about a big part.
shareI saw it years ago so I DVRd it.
Still a very disturbing movie for many reasons.
exactly. it is extremely effective in jarring and disturbing your emotions and making you feel so horrible trauma and despair and remorse when people are killed or hurt. I have almost never been so deeply depressed, affected, and disturbed and hurt emotionally by a person getting killed in movie as I was when Karen is killed by her sister
AND WHEN HER MOTHER FINDS OUT IN THE CHURCH!!! it was the most heart wrenching, gut punching, horrible moment of emotional distress and sadness and despair and emotional trauma and remorse that I have ever seen in a movie. my heart was in knots.
I have never experienced a scene of discomfort and emotional sadness where I actually am unnerved and extremely emotionally disturbed like it before. it was more painful and emotionally damaging and emotionally effective of a scene of emotional trauma, turmoil, physical distress, and depression and distress and remorse than any other scene in movie history.
and that is exactly the reason why I said that is wrong how they advertised her as being one main stars in this film. that is false advertising. she is in it for no longer than 15 minutes. I hate this kind of film marketing. and it's surprising as back in the '70s they didnt' do this kind of false advertising that often for movies. she is on one of the covers for the video boxes or her name is on the cover for one of the video boxes, this is wrong.
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