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Shirley Jones could have done it, but they probably did not want to pick her for EVERY Oscar & Hammerstein film. I think the ideal choice would have been Susan Hayward - gorgeous and a superb actress. True, they would have had to dub her, but all other principle actors in the film are dubbed too.
IMHO, the ideal actress for the role of Nellie would have been Susan Hayward. She was gorgeous and a wonderful actress. True, they would have had to dub her voice, but they dubbed Rossano Brazzi, John Kerr, Bloody Mary (and probably others as well). I'm sorry, but Mitzi Gaynor is just an average to poor actress in my books, and it does hurt the quality off this film.
It just happened to be on and I needed something to watch before falling asleep. Once I got involved, I did want to watch it, but the ads drove me nuts, so I turned it off.
Oh, pardon! Of course, DR. Shirley.
I agree with you xdayton: Kingsfield could give a shit. He is playing a role as "law professor", but that is all it is. I wouldn't imagine he is anything like that outside of Harvard Law School.
He WAS wrongly convicted because he was actually innocent. If Tommy's evidence had made it to court, do you think the judge would have said, "Well, Mr. D., it seems you did not kill your wife, but there was loads of evidence against you and you had a bad demeanor in court, so I hold you were properly convicted and send you back to the slammer."
I recently watched this film on US tv, and it drove me crazy with the amount of commercials breaking up the film. For crying out loud, the last half hour of the film took about 90 minutes to get through. It was a terrible viewing experience.
For me, it was the murder of Tommy. He was such a cool guy, was young and had a great life ahead of him (he had a short sentence and did not look like a repeat offender), and he was killed for trying to do the right thing.
Another stubborn person who won't listen to evidence and reason. Well, good for you.
At least Ian Fleming didn't make such a bonehead error.
I'm discussing the film, you moron. But apparently, your fee-fees get hurt when your big hero, Trump, is shown in his true light. Call my post a "temper tantrum" or whatever you like, you cannot divert attention from the truth forever.
I thought the same. I didn't get the feeling he was really telling the truth.
Johnboy1221, have you ever even watched the film? How you can call her British is beyond me. Did you not hear Streep speaking with an accent? What was your favorite best picture of all time - let me guess - either Braveheart or Gladiator.
I'm assuming the writer chose this ending for a reason, not for shock value. The killing of his beloved, whom he simply cannot resist, is a form a self-hatred. I actually expected the ending to be that Aron went and jumped into the Danube. In that fucked up village, I doubt Aron will ever be brought to justice. The police will just make an official finding that a bandit came and murdered him in his sleep.
Considering the ending, the choice seems obvious. Who wants to be knifed by your beloved? I get the impression Szabi feels drawn in, as if it were simply his fate to stay there and be with Aron.
You are forgetting about "Frankly my dear I don't give a damn"? :-) 'Gone with the Wind' had a unresolved ending,
From my perspective, it was pretty resolved. He told her to EFF OFF. Considering that the line "I don't give a damn" barely got past the censors and was scandalous for the time, can you imagine a more complete kiss-off? Just like Scarlett suddenly came to the realization that her love for Ashley was a girlish crush that her childish willfulness pretended was the love of her life, Rhett came to the realization that Scarlett was a hopelessly selfish bitch and it all went, "POOF!!!" He love her no more. The telling part of the ending is that Scarlett hasn't much learned her lesson, because she is already back to scheming believing she can always get whatever she wants. Rhett's gone and he ain't comin' back. You can't get more resolved than that.
But it WAS just a dream. That is the point. Dorothy had a bad case of Wanderlust, which she lived out, at least in the dreamscape, and this dream helped her to realize that (yes, corny final line) "there's no place like home". So she is cured of her Wanderlust by delving into her own subconscious.
Like most people, I love this film, "The Wizard of Oz", but I don't like the Wizard of Oz, in other words titular Wizard/Professor, the character. He is a despicable low-life. Let me explain. As we watch the film and get caught up in the adventure and fervently hope for poor Dorothy to make it back home to her Aunt Em, we tend to overlook the fact that the "Wizard" has no power to give Dorothy or her friends any of the things they request and which he promises. So he lies to them when he says he can do it. Worse by far than that, in order to cover up his fraud, he sends them off on what is clearly a suicide mission. In order to hide the fact that he is a nothing but a fraud and a conman, he sends them to go get the broom of the Wicked Witch of the West, knowing full well she would almost certainly dispatch them in a rather nasty fashion. It is only by a miracle and the magic of Hollywood that they make it out of that jam alive. Can you get any lower than that?
This film was simply dreadful. I only watched it because I was on an airplane and, once I started watching it, that car wreck syndrome just kicked in, you know, you can't look away as you are waiting for the impact, the hideous noise, and large hunks of metal being strewn about.
Hint to the filmmakers - when casting the young versions of the characters, at least TRY to get actors who vaguely resemble the actors playing the characters in the present. Only Christine Baranski's was passable.
Yeah, well that's just, like, your opinion, man.