Memories of Midnight

Well this one is. Big time. Being young when this came out and a die hard Jane Seymour fan, This was one I HAD to see. Gotta be honest, I was bored silly, I couldn't believe Sidney Sheldon wrote any part of this or Ms. Seymour acted in it.

All I could get from this was Jane played Catherine, a woman who lost her memories who's husband Larry (played by a man who's lead singing for the group Chicago I adored as a child but to whom I barely recognized as an adult with his acting in this film, Peter Cetera) thought he killed and she shows up elsewhere trying to remember her past life.

Maybe it wasn't worth remembering, for the story just fizzled out. It starred alot of actors and actresses who got thrown into mini-series staples as they reached middle and old age of that time but the direction was really bad and so was their acting. Even a fan of Seymour's like myself couldn't find a redeeming quality to this. The writing was bad...not even "campy" bad, just--bad, very sub-par for Sidney Sheldon. The direction didn't add to it, it was choppy, made it worse. Maybe it needs a big time do-over like a film within a film sorta thing, or maybe it should just be left alone. I would not recommend this for any fan of Sheldon's work or Seymour's work at all.

Sadly, a 1 out of 10...and even that is being generous.

If you're a big fan of Sidney Sheldon's The Otherside of Midnight, both the book and the movie version, try avoiding this mini.

Jane Seymour is now starring in the role originally played by Susan Sarandon. Nothing can saved this disastrous sequel from anything. Seymour's overacting is the main reason of this stinker. Her facial expression is all the same all throughout the film. She probably holds the record of starring in so many miniseries but she also holds the record of appearing in so many miniseries stinkers in the history of Nielsen ratings!

Avoid this at all cost!

Very good. I am sure the book is better, but this is nevertheless a well made thriller, with nice international implications, almost 'Ludlum-like'. If you do not notice that most of the movie was filmed in Croatia (then Yugoslavia) and that most of the 'Greeks' are actually Yugoslav actors (with their distinctly Slavic accents when speaking English), you will find this to be a rather involving movie, one that provides for some very decent entertainment. For 'connoisseurs' of Greece, this looks very much like the Onassis - Livanos story of the 70's, but then again, this may just be my imagination... The acting is very good throughout, especially the always egregious Omar Sharif (who basically plays himself) and also Jayne Seymour is also quite good (apart from being gorgeous as usual). They don't make them like this any more. Highly recommended.

Jane seymour, omar sharif in another sidney sheldon, larger than life drama. Catherine has been recovering in a convent. But she has amnesia, and doesn't remember anything from the actual accident that caused it! She has horrible nightmares; is someone out to harm her? What has she... or someone else...done? The priest knows. But because of his vows, he cannot tell. Keep an eye out for steve sand. He was the record producer in can't stop the music. Pretty small role in this one. Theodore bikel... always played the russian dissodant. Very small role here. Same for ken howard. The original production was three hours, over two episodes. But now it's reduced to 95 minutes, so clearly, we're missing much of the original story. It's pretty good, although we'll never know what we missed from the three hour film. Not much chemistry between the actors. Directed by gary nelson. Seymour had already been in live and let die, and would go on to much bigger things.

It's not as bad as it looks. On the contrary, it's a great story, there is nothing wrong with its screening and direction, and I can't see why so many fail to appreciate it for what it is. It's a regular Greek tragedy, and the wife of Omar Sharif is the centre of the drama - her exit is simply magnificent, and is followed by the intricate scheming of Theodore Bikel, who plays an important part as the final nemesis - when he first gets disposed of it provides an interesting question mark, since his death is never followed up, but then this story is a series of deaths that inevitably fail and turn up again as ghosts too much alive. Omar Sharif, who happened to die today at 83, makes an excellent performance all the way, he is actually the star, while Jane Seymour, beautiful as always, accompanies him excellently - no one brings the show down. It's a wholly Greek story of rivalry between dominant ship builders, great fortunes are at stake and are gambled and wasted, and love gets caught in between and is sacrificed, while it turns the other way by a surprising twist of fate. A much underrated film and story, also the music is very satisfactory and excellent accompaniment all the way, so it definitely deserves better appraisal. Better than most of the Bond movies of the time.