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Jaws is responsible for the summer blockbuster for good reason.
Not too much to say, except since 1975, who doesn't think of it when they're ready to go for a swim?
Steven Spielberg's Jaws is a true classic, with a great cast, including Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, and Murray Hamilton. And you can't beat the music.
Jaws has terror, blood, humor, and the tremendous power of nature as man fights beast. It's an old theme but a powerful one.
The acting from the principals is terrific.
It's hard to explain the atmosphere - not during the film but after it. It's hard to was so stultifying that driving home after the film, we were speeding, feeling as if someone was chasing us!
No one can create a mood - or a movie - like Spielberg. He took what could have been a B horror movie and turned it into a tremendous A production that still resonates 50 years later.
Not too much to say, except since 1975, who doesn't think of it when they're ready to go for a swim?
Steven Spielberg's Jaws is a true classic, with a great cast, including Roy Scheider, Robert Shaw, Richard Dreyfuss, Lorraine Gary, and Murray Hamilton. And you can't beat the music.
Jaws has terror, blood, humor, and the tremendous power of nature as man fights beast. It's an old theme but a powerful one.
The acting from the principals is terrific.
It's hard to explain the atmosphere - not during the film but after it. It's hard to was so stultifying that driving home after the film, we were speeding, feeling as if someone was chasing us!
No one can create a mood - or a movie - like Spielberg. He took what could have been a B horror movie and turned it into a tremendous A production that still resonates 50 years later.
"Home Before Dark" from 1958 is an overly long film starring Jean Simmons, Dan O'Herlihy, Rhonda Fleming, and Efrem ZimbalistJr. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
Simmons is Charlotte Brown, who suffered a mental breakdown and has just been released after a year in a sanitarium. She lives in the house she inherited with her husband (O'Herlihy), her stepmother (Mabel Albertson) and stepsister (Fleming). A professor (Zimbalist) boards with the family.
Charlotte sees her husband and stepsister Joan walking together and is thrilled that at last, she no longer suspects them of having an affair, which was one of the causes of her breakdown - she attacked Joan. Joan is very glamorous, and Charlotte felt threatened by her.
The problem for Charlotte is that everything is the same as when she left. She had therapy; the family did not. Her stepmother is a horrible, overbearing woman, and her husband is a cold fish. The only warmth in her life seems to come from Jake Diamond, the boarder, who seems a true friend.
In fact, Charlotte has been not so subtly gaslit, told that what she sees isn't true, so she's the disturbed one. The realization of this, and inner strength is what will finally set her free.
At least a half hour of this could have been cut. Simmons gives an excellent performance in a difficult role. The character mentally walks a tightrope. Zimbalist stands out as a sympathetic friend.
If you are familiar with Now, Voyager, you will recognize Max Steiner's music. It's a little much. And, despite being very watchable, so is the film.
Simmons is Charlotte Brown, who suffered a mental breakdown and has just been released after a year in a sanitarium. She lives in the house she inherited with her husband (O'Herlihy), her stepmother (Mabel Albertson) and stepsister (Fleming). A professor (Zimbalist) boards with the family.
Charlotte sees her husband and stepsister Joan walking together and is thrilled that at last, she no longer suspects them of having an affair, which was one of the causes of her breakdown - she attacked Joan. Joan is very glamorous, and Charlotte felt threatened by her.
The problem for Charlotte is that everything is the same as when she left. She had therapy; the family did not. Her stepmother is a horrible, overbearing woman, and her husband is a cold fish. The only warmth in her life seems to come from Jake Diamond, the boarder, who seems a true friend.
In fact, Charlotte has been not so subtly gaslit, told that what she sees isn't true, so she's the disturbed one. The realization of this, and inner strength is what will finally set her free.
At least a half hour of this could have been cut. Simmons gives an excellent performance in a difficult role. The character mentally walks a tightrope. Zimbalist stands out as a sympathetic friend.
If you are familiar with Now, Voyager, you will recognize Max Steiner's music. It's a little much. And, despite being very watchable, so is the film.
