I remember liking this movie a lot when it came out and am surprised it's not available on dvd. Is there some reason why it's just disappeared from view?
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I haven't seen this movie in some 25 years. Loved it back in the day... but has been either hard to find (in VHS) or near impossible (in DVD).
The humour is now probably dated and somewhat lame .. but I would still love to have it in my collection.
Snow79 wrote:
"The humour is now probably dated and somewhat lame .. but I would still love to have it in my collection."
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I'd love to have it on DVD too. As for the "dated" humor, such petty considerations are not the domain of you and I (i.e. people who appreciate this film), but for the dumb asses who can't appreciate a film and factor in time and place.
Calling people "dumbasses" for not knowing a movie is pretty hars. It was enjoyable enough, but relatively minor. "Standing the test of time" includes, to some extent,being vivid enough ro live on in people's memories. We remember it fondly, but apparently most do not really remember it at all.
Sadly, most of Richard Dreyfuss's early film fall into this category. "Duddy Kravitz" never got wide release, "Who's Life Is It Anyway" and "The Competition" generated buzz at the time, then faded. And Dreyfuss himself, who seemed destined for stardom, ramins firmly on the B list.
That's show business.
Porpise01 wrote:
"Calling people "dumbasses" for not knowing a movie is pretty hars."
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I didn't suggest that one is a dumb ass for not "knowing" a movie. I suggested that applies when somebody slags on a film because it contains references, ideals, styles, and so forth that are particular to a place and time. Is All The President's Men now worthless because of the time and place and mood of the country in which the events unfold? All WWII films need to be updated with modern actors and references? In certain aspects The Big Fix is a documentary of a post-60s liberal social mood, and that should be respected and embraced rather than being dismissed a priori as "dated."
Yeesh, saying that certain aspects of a movie strike you as dated is as legitimate (and subjective) an opinion as any. So is finding a movie a perfect time-capsule reflection of its era. Neither opinion is definitive, because...they are opinions. What's "lame" is how frequently people on these boards call each other "dumbasses" simply for expressing an opinion that's different from theirs.
shareofumalow wrote:
"Yeesh, saying that certain aspects of a movie strike you as dated is as legitimate (and subjective) an opinion as any."
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And so is the opinion that anyone who dismisses a film because it's "dated" is a dumbass. It's right up the alley of people who won't watch a black & white movie because pre-color films, as all geniuses know, means that the movie is devoid of any relevance and artistic merit.
I loved this movie back in college in the 70s, and have also long wanted a copy of it - with Redbone's "Seduced," unlike the lame VHS copy. I agree, it's not a "great" movie, but it is very entertaining with some really nice moments. And as someone who lived through the turmoil of the 60s and the disillusionment of the 70s, I can say it captures the feel of the times very well.
It is showing for a few days on the Encore movie channel at various times. And you can bet I've already DVR'D it.
"You shoulda seen her at Berkeley, man. She was so beautiful."
In June 2013, this film was on Encore Family at 10:30pm.
Encore is showing a number of films which haven't been aired since the 1970s-1980s and this appears to have been one of them.
It is still not on DVD.
Bad films are a crime against humanity.
AVAILABLE NOW on Amazon as part of Universal's Vault Series on DVD. I just ordered it.
shareI looked for a long time to find this too, and eventually found it through Amazon. I was lucky to first see it when it was on HBO in the 1970s and wanted to see it for several years before I could get my own DVD. It did not disappoint. Some aspects are indeed dated but for those of us who remember the period in which it was made and aren’t automatically offended by the things that were common then, it is mosypt enjoyable.
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