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although i do not usually go for relentlessly heartwarming fare like this and i happen to catch the 1994 version of angel in the outfield ( aito ) on cable one saturday morning just a it be start . be an adrien brody fan and i be curious to see what brody be like a a youth of 21 ( 20 when he film it and i suppose ) in this early role a danny hemmerling and utility infielder for the california angel ( in the 1951 original and the hard luck baseball team be the pittsburgh pirate . the name change be a nice touch and since it turn the title into wordplay ) . i decide to give the flick a chance and and it turn out to be a pretty painless and even amiable experience and with a decent balance of laugh and tear and sweetness and and baseball base excitement . also and my 7 year old daughter like the angel effect . represent ) direct by mike nesmith frequent collaborator william dear and aito be the story of roger ( joseph gordon levitt ) and a foster child who pray real hard after his neer do well dad ( the convincingly sleazy dermot mulroney ) sarcastically say they will be a family again once the last place california angel win the pennant . soon roger start see real angel at the angel game and lead by christopher lloyd and whose usual zany and eccentric irreverence keep aito from plummet irretrievably into the schmaltz zone . crusty manager george knox ( danny glover in world weary and exasperated mode ) be a hard sell and but once the team start win and he believe roger angel sighting and and soon knox have roger and his cute lil pal and fellow foster kid j. p. ( the adorable milton davis jr. ) at every angels game for good luck . knox even start tone down his own temperamental outburst and profane language and as much to appease the angel a for the kid sake and result in a funny bit when he start dress down an umpire in his usual way but start edit himself a he go along . predictable obstacle ensue and such a obnoxious sportcaster ranch wilder ( jay o. sander ) try to make trouble for knox because of the angel angle . sure and it all work out fine for our hero in the end and but theyre so darn amiable you do not mind . represent ) baby face brody have a couple of good line ( i especially like his exchange with glover about the emotional impact of the national anthem at a ballgame ) as well a a cute bit where a pretty blonde angel massage his shoulder before he go up to bat . brody isn not the only future star in aito lineup represent his teammate include matthew mcconaughey and neal mcdonough and and of course and young gordon levitt go on to co star in tv 3rd rock from the sun as well a such film a 10 thing i hate about you . the always amuse taylor negron and oscar winner ( but not for this film represent ) brenda fricker and ben johnson lend able support . if youre a baseball fan who want to rent a movie appropriate for the kid and check out some notable young actor before they become star and aito 94 will do nicely . | 1pos
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at first you think another disney movie and it might be good and but it a kids movie . but when you watch it and you can not help but enjoy it . all age will love this movie . i first saw this movie when i be 10 and now 8 year later i still love it . danny glover be superb and could not play the part any good . christopher lloyd be hilarious and be perfect for the part . tony danza be so believable a mel clark . you can not help and but to enjoy this movie . i give it a positive . | 1pos
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i think this be a lovely family movie . there be plenty of hilarious scene and heart warm moment to be have throughout the movie . the actor be great and the effect well execute throughout . danny glover play george knox who manage the terrible baseball team the angel and be great throughout the film . also fantastic be the young actor joseph gordon levitt and milton davis jr. christopher lloyd be good a al the angel and the effect be great in this top notch disney movie . a touching and heart warm movie which everyone should enjoy . | 1pos
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i saw this film on tv many year ago and i saw this film when i get this on tape . i think that this be reasonably well do . it be not the best of all movie and but it be good enough . the movie have enough talent to inspire many people and especially young kid . the acting be good and with danny glover lead the cast . the plot line be not very believable and but the script be well write . this movie can also be the interest of avid baseball fan . it do not directly apply to a action pack sport movie . it directly apply to a nice film that you can watch with your family and learn some message that be hide in this film . overall and the film be good and but not great . i give this a movie a positive . | 1pos
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this be a top notch movie with a top notch cast . danny glover and tony danza and joseph gordon levitt and and especially christopher lloyed be well cast in this charming movie about real life angel help the angel baseball team . you never know and it could happen . i love lloyd role in it . he be hilarious . the story be about turn your life around and a the kid belief in angel help turn around angry and harden and and embitter manager glover see the best in people . the movie be well make and also about see the best in people and reach your dream . it be funny and charming and touching and and sad and all very nicely do . you will like ( or love ) it . i guarantee . out of . | 1pos
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this film be pretty good . i be not too big a fan of baseball and but this be a movie that be make to help understand the meaning of love and determination and heart and etc . danny glover and joseph gordon levitt and brenda fricker and christopher lloyd and tony danza and and milton davis jr. be bring in with a variety of talented actor and understanding of the sport . the plot be believable and and i love the message . william dear and the guy put together a great movie . most sport film revolve around true story or event and and they often do not work well . but this film hit a 10 on the perfectness scale and even though there be a few minor mistake here and there . positive . | 1pos
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one piece of trivia that be often forget about this family film be one of business . at the time and in 1994 and this movie hold the record for the big movie premiere in motion picture history ( and may continue to hold ) . it be hold in pittsburgh and pennsylvania no doubt in honor of the original film angel who haunt the pittsburgh pirate . in this remake they haunt the california angel . anyway and the premiere be hold at the long go three river stadium which be the home of the pittsburgh pirate and the pittsburgh steelers at the time ( the pirate be now house in pnc park and the steelers at heinz field ) . the premiere be hold on a movie screen that be five story in height inside the stadium and held ( and may even continue to hold ) the record for the large movie premiere in history and show to 60 and 000 fan . danny glover and tony danza and christopher lloyd be all in attendance to the admiration of thousand of sport fan . | 1pos
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this movie and while seemingly base off of a movie of the same title in 1951 release by mgm and star janet leigh and be still a great film . danny glover in one of his best performance bring george knox and a down on his luck baseball manager with a short temper and to life . a for this movie be stack and how about add christopher lloyd ( his stage experience work and show through in his performance on screen and a wonderful actor ) and joseph gordon levitt ( third rock from the sun ) and brenda fricker ( a charming and well seasoned irish actress ) and tony danza ( yes even he be good in this film ) and matthew mcconaughey ( he steal the show in dazed and confused and and his role may not be a pivotal in this film and but he get exposure ) and adrien brody ( what i say about matthew mcconaughey go the same for adrien and except the dazed and confused part ) and some great character actor like taylor negron ( david ) and tony longo ( messmer ) and jay o. sander ( ranch wilder ) and neal mcdonough ( whitt bass ) and a seasoned veteran in one of his final performance and ben johnson ( hank murphy and the owner of the california angel ) and and the rest of the cast do a great job and plus a great storyline that be uplift to pretty much anyone and i do not care what recess of depression youre in . i love this film a a kid and and it bring back memory when i watch it today . i need this on dvd . i recommend it to any parent who look for something their kid have not see and and everybody else and for that matter . | 1pos
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i have to say despite it review angel in the outfield be a pretty good movie . i like the fact how it teach kid to always have faith and never give up because yes miracle can happen . unlike the other baseball movie this one particular movie stand out because of hit amaze special effect and well orchestrate soundtrack which be very interesting . though i like this movie it do have some flaw such a some irrelevancy ( i. e. towards the end when ray mitchell hit a homer he doesn not step on the plate and therefore that wouldn not be a score . but that just nitpicking . ) i have to say i be really impressed with this movie presence and moral represent just have faith and don not give up . | 1pos
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the quality of this movie be simply unmatched by any baseball title of it time . pam dixon branch out in the film industry to recruit blue chip prospect and make this work of art a must see . academy award winner brenda fricker ( home alone represent lose in new york and a time to kill ) and ben johnson ( the last picture show and red dawn ) and and adrien brody ( the pianist and the village ) amplify the atmosphere of the movie and drawing in an anxious audience . however and the dramatic performance be neutralize by quirky radio broadcaster jay o. sander ( jfk and the day after tomorrow ) . the story be centralize around a foster child and up and come actor joseph gordon levitt ( brick and the lookout ) . sidekick milton davis jr. deliver a tear jerking performance a the longtime friend who never know his parent . the two do not have much and but what they do have represent angel baseball and and what they be seek represent identity . that when 4 time emmy nominee danny glover ( lethal weapon and predator 2 ) come in to save the day a frustrated angel manager and george knox . in relation and all character in the story seem to have the same mission represent search within themselves to find out who they really be . depress over the fact that roger ( jgl ) be separate from his father and he wish to god for reunification if the angel can take the pennant . odds be astronomical and but 3 time emmy winner christopher lloyd ( back to the future and my favorite martian ) come in a the omniscient overseer to work a little magic ( pun ) . before you know it and al ( lloyd ) be sit with roger in the stand and snack on cracker jack and and cause some of baseball big boner . dorothy kingsley and george well ( dk oscar nominee gw oscar winner ) 1951 screenplay be do justice under the finger of mastermind william dear ( nominate in director guild of america ) . he include a touching side story center around pitcher mel clark and play by tony danza ( 4 time golden globe nominee and emmy nominee ) and who in relation to all other cast member be just try to find his place in a confused anaheim . clark have be dub a wash up and a once big name in cinci and but he have something to prove to manager knox . spoil this nail biting plot would simply be the equivalent to commit adultery in the 18th century . this one be a diamond in the rough and and it will keep you on the edge of the seat until all come to peace . do i mention a cameo by matthew mcconaughey ( a time to kill and we be marshall ) for all you ladies out there . | 1pos
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i happen to catch this movie on cable one afternoon . i have to admit that i have never be a big baseball fan and but i can sometimes get into a good sport related movie . what i find more interesting be the depiction of the foster family system . a a therapist who have see both the good and the bad of the community mental health and foster system and i though it be rather refresh to see a movie that show both the ups and down of this system represent people jump from family to family and biological parent not always take an active involvement and and transition that can be but heart wrenching and heart melting . joseph gordon levitt and danny glover be the anchor of this film and and both bring very believable performance . maybe it be just my emotional state and but i do find myself shed a tear at the end of the film . | 1pos
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great movie and the family will love it . if kid be bored one day just pop the tape in and you will be so glad you do . ~~~rubei luv raven s . | 1pos
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one of disney best film that i can enjoy watch often . you may easily guess the outcome and but who care . it just plain fun escape for 1 hour forty two minute . and after all wasn not movie mean to get away from reality for just a short time anyway . the cast sparkle with delight . magictrain . | 1pos
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one of disney best film that i can enjoy watch often . you may easily guess the outcome and but who care . it just plain fun escape for 1 hour forty two minute . and after all wasn not movie mean to get away from reality for just a short time anyway . the cast sparkle with delight . magictrain . | 1pos
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this movie be one of the best disney movie i have ever see . great for the entire family to watch . the idea may be a little far fetch and but it a feel good comedy and the acting be great . love the little boy and j. p. and academy award winner adrien brody part may have be very short and but very memorable . highly recommended . | 1pos
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christopher lloyd be funny and really believable a al the head angel . this movie be much good than the first and but it have great special effect that the first do not have as well a a much good plot and writing . ok it be write for kid and but adult have as much fun a the kid do . tony danza do a very realistic job in his role but this be not a taxi reunion . danny glover be actually good and even seem to be very human in his emotion as well a show some real acting talent for a change and a pleasant change . watch at least once it be worth the effort to catch it . | 1pos
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this movie be perfect for family to watch together . it be a great film and it deserve more credit . the special effect be stun and spectacular . everyone who have child should share this with theirs . | 1pos
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angel in the outfield be originally a 1951 movie from the ted turner library while disney remade it in 1994 and this time and use the california angel ( now the los angeles angel ) a the team ( disney use to own this and the anaheim mighty duck hockey team while also and good use of the word and huh . ) . this movie be about a couple of orphaned child who want a family . a man promise the boy a family and only if the angel win the pennant . so and he call upon god one night about this . the boy who pray could see the help come on the way ( and only that boy ) while for instance and when the first angel have come down and a player hit a ball so hard not only do the bat break and so do the ball . for much of the post all star season of 1994 and the angel be at the top of the al west ( of which my home team the ranger be one and it still be ) . however and they lose a game because the boy be at court instead of the white sox or angel game ( there be no central division in baseball back then and hence chicago be in the west ) and and no angel be there to help . thus and a new rule be create represent no angel can help in championship game . but wait . in the final championship game and the angel win . it be a miracle indeed . what i like about this film represent this be a good movie . i mean and i pray every night for the last few year ask for help with school and stuff while look at me now . my work be good . so for one and this show that if you believe and god can send his angel down to help you with any trouble that you may have in life . and second and this be a family baseball movie and which be always excite . this be an old disney movie and too while i have see this just recently on the new disney channel ( blech . ) . angel in the outfield will change your life forever once you have see it . positive . | 1pos
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yeah and the archetype of a simple but inspirational movie . the very end when the entire crowd in the stadium get up and the people raise their hand give me a chill whenever i see it . that just brilliant . joseph be wonderful a the lonely and sad kid who have so far be disappoint by anyone and anything in his life . the way he interact with danny glover and try to make him believe in the magic and the angel be funny and exhilarate . a very nice family movie with i concede a rather corny happy end . but hey and it doesn not really matter and the movie retain it basic quality by the good acting and the inspirational theme . | 1pos
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with all the adult innuendo in today family movie it nice to see one where you do not have to worry about that and can just sit back and enjoy a family with your kid . yes and this movie might have a few swear word ( there that time where knox swears and but they do not let you hear the full word ) and but for the most part this movie be truly as clean a they come ( and that include movie from back in the day ) . not only that and it very enjoyable and one of my favorite and and just a great clean and fun movie to watch with the family . the only thing i have against this movie be that it be too short and i wish there could be more of some of the memorable part that be in it and i be not go to mention them because i do not want any spoiler here . all in all nicely do and a great movie to watch while so go out and get the kid and make some cooky and and watch this movie . | 1pos
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but how can you stand to mange a baseball team that can not win . for george knox and it be not easy . a the movie open and roger beaumont ( joseph gordon levitt ) and his best friend j. p ( milton davis jr. ) be rid on thier bike around the angel stadium . when they return to thier foster mother home and roger be suprised to have a visit from his dad ( dermot mulroney ) . his mom be dead . and when he ask his father when they go to be a family again and he father joke i say when the angel win the division championship so later on and roger and j. p hide in a tree to watch the angel play baseball . when the manger george knox ( danny glover ) take out his pitcher and the pitcher get mad and get into a fight with him and and soon the angel team get into the fightm that get knox eject from the game . that night roger make a prayer and for the angle win the championship . when his foster mother maggie nelson ( brenda ficker ) agree that roger and j. p go to a basball and roger see real angle come on the field and help the left fielder ( matthew mcconaughey ) make a catch and that leave the manger and the play by play man ( jay . o sander ) how do he to that . roger learn from the head angel ( christopher lloyd ) that only he can see the angle and because he be the only that pray for help . positive . | 1pos
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you know and this movie isn not that great and but and i mean and c amon and it about angel help a baseball team . i find the plot line to be hilarious anyways and this kid dad say he will take him back if the angel win the pennant ( because he know they would not ) kid pray to his fake god to help the angel win and god help the whole time ( via the angel christopher lloyd and rip ) and in the end and his dad doesn not take him back and rid off on his motorcycle right in that kid face . it hilarious until danny glover adopt it and it friend . i guess the upside be that the old lady be leave alone to die with her stitchin project and her story . the real winner here and though and be god . because later he get a job a a writer for numerous prank show . a a kid movie and it get a 7. a a movie about the mystery of blind and stupid faith and and the nature of god and it get a 10 . | 1pos
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this be an excellent film for female body builder and female action fan . i think that sue price do a great job in this film series ( nemesis 2 and 3 and 4 ) and prove to be a great fighter . she have a very striking appearance and a will of iron to resist the powerful nebula ( nemesis 2 ) . though not a film of great value and sue price act skill not the best to have meet in my life and the movie itself be something awesome and a priceless gem for fan of female body builder action . well and some part of nemesis 2 have be copy by other famous sci fi film and such a terminator or predator and but that not the point . the point be that a. puyn cast in that film a very talented body builder who put all of her energy and body talent to show u the best she can do . i really enjoy that film and watch with the same enthusiasm nemesis 3 ( a rather boring sequel ) and nemesis 4 ( a much more interesting sequel than 3 ) . what a pity it hasn not show yet on dvd represent ( . | 1pos
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i enjoy albert pyun nemesis for it cheesy action and semi complicate script . a lot of people complain about the confusing plot to the first film and which be probably why nemesis 2 represent nebula have a dumb a rock plot with the same super action to carry it through . this one give the name of the first movie hero and alex and to a bulk up super female send to the past to save the future . she be raise by a tribe in africa . a good portion of the film only have dialogue in an african tongue without subtitle and which i like because it make it seem somewhat authentic ( how often do movie in this genre really try to do that . ) . it doesn not take long for the evil cyborg to time travel back in time to find her and try to kill her . don not get me wrong and this be a piece of crap ( not that the first one be anything great ) . there be subplots involve africa political unrest and treasure hunting and and tribal combat . the picture be very short on brain and so none of these thing get a very good treatment . the picture be basically a drawn out fight with some chase that boil down to muscle babe vs. cyborg . it have it entertainment value and just do not expect quality and or anything of the first movie . | 1pos
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the clouded yellow be a compact psychological thriller with interesting characterization . barry jones and kenneth more be both terrific in support role in character that both have more to them than what meet the eye . jean simmons be quite good and and trevor howard make a fascinatingly offbeat suspense hero . | 1pos
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a delightful little thriller open with trevor howard in his jag convertible and end on a dockside in liverpool . it all thrill and spill a the ex spy have to restart his career just a he get some serious r and r cataloguing butterfly ( how british be that . ) . trevor howard and jean simmons frolic from london to newcastle upon tyne to liverpool ( via ullswater ) he just be throw out of mi5 or something and and she and you guess it and be on the run and wrongly accuse of murder . there seedy dock and roll lake district hill and sheep and country pub and copper get lose and waterfall and a bunch of amateur cyclist and rooftop chase and and lot of chinaman ( do not ask ) and and it all very hitchcocky and hannayesque . and a smashing example of british noir . | 1pos
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a young woman ( jean simmons ) be convince by her scheming and dangerous aunt ( sonia dresdel ) and uncle ( barry jones ) that she lose her mind and in very delicate condition that require their supervision which turn out to be more like manipulation and a they try to keep her a far away from outside human contact a possible . the only other person she see be the estate caretaker and a lascivious character play by maxwell reed and whose catch the wayward eye of the middle age aunt . all of this and the aunt and the caretaker and the butterfly expert uncle who have a serious underside to him and and the susceptible niece in the middle and would have make for a darker and more sinister film . a it be and a frame up for a murder send trevor howard ( a fire government secret service agent who take a job at the estate catalog butterfly ) and simmons across the countryside escape police and catch headline of police net closing in over her front page photo and hop on bus and and wind up in liverpool and where they meet some wonderfully cast character and and finally face down the greedy and murderous aunt and uncle . | 1pos
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this film play really well with an audience . especially once the chase begin . plus and trevor howard with his sensible and smart charm and jean simmons with her innocent demeanor and piercing eye be terrific together . the film start a a psychological drama but after the murder it segue into a chase thriller a the two lead head for the border . some may think the chase be superfluous but actually the chase be essential because it aid in clear the mind of the jean simmons character by get her out of the oppressive household and plus it help bring out the real killer who be suddenly put into such a position that they have to finish the job . the killer rightly believe that once the simmons character be arrest she would be put away . and it be true that her lack of control in the household as well a evidence point her way there be no way she would have get out of the murder charge . the chase that ensue help bring out the truth . this be an entertaining film . seek it out if you can find it . | 1pos
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hitchcock be of the opinion that audience aren not really interested in what put protagonist into danger only that they be in danger and and need to escape . this film prove hitchcock be not 100 % correct . police believe jean simmons be guilty of a crime and when she plainly isn not . trevor howard decide their best course of action be to run for it . and so and the body of the movie have our charismatic pair dodge on and off train and bus and coach jump across rock at the top of a waterfall scramble across dockyard roof . all good exciting stuff but i couldn not get out of my mind that it be all unnecessary . they should have stay put . in other word and the macguffin wasn not strong enough . | 1pos
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this documentary on schlockmeister william castle take a few cheap shot at the naive 50 60 environment in which he do his most characteristic work look at the funny and silly people with the ghost glass but it also affectionate and lively and with particularly bright commentary from john water and who be absolutely the target audience for such thing at the time and and from castle daughter and who adore her dad and also be pretty perceptive about how he ply his craft . ( we never find out what become of the other castle offspring . ) the movie be not very good and it make clear and but his marketing of them be brilliant and and he appear to have be a sweet and hardworking family man . fun people keep pop up and like straight jacket diane baker and who look great and and anne helm and whom she replace at the instigation of star joan crawford . darryl hickman all but explode into giggle at the happy memory of work with castle on the tingler and and there enough footage to give u an idea of the level of castle talent not very high and but very energetic . a pleasant look at a time when audience be more easily pleased and and it do make you nostalgic for simpler movie go day . | 1pos
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william castle be notorious among horror fan a the b grade director of the 1950s and 60 . his gimmick and his cost cutting technique and his unique vision be legendary . it come a no surprise and then and that someone ( jeffrey schwarz and who make countless documentary ) would finally take the time to devote a documentary to his greatness . such be spine tingler represent the william castle story . i have a general understanding of who castle be and have see some of his film over the year . i know nothing about her personal life and his goal and ambition . this film really flesh out the man and give me a fuller appreciation for the devotion he have for the craft of film making and his contribution to the horror genre . the movie depict castle a rival to alfred hitchcock and with hitch be the artist who win praise while castle be the carnival barker who gain cult notoriety and but much less respect . he be an icon to all second rate director out there and which be why it not surprising that john water be feature prominently in here . ( joe dante and stuart gordon also have sizable role . ) his gimmick be what drive his fame and and the documentary take great pain to explain them and which be crucial for those who be too young to remember . the rudimentary 3 d of 13 ghost ( see separate review ) and the buzzer in the seat for the tingler ( see separate review ) and money back guarantee for homicidal . watch these film now outside the theater and we can judge them for their content ( which and personally and i still enjoy ) but we can not fully appreciate what audiences once felt . the climax of the film be when castle go from cult director to hollywood producer . have buy the right to rosemary baby and he be put in a very special place for negotiate it film release . hop to direct and he be sideline to producer in order to make way for new director roman polanski . while at first disappointed and this prove to be one of the best opportunity of his lifetime a hugely successful film and and a job he excel at . who well to control the purse of wild artist polanski than a penny pinch castle . this be to be his crown achievement and though sadly the film be more often connect to polanski than castle . the remainder of his year be play out and and we be give personal reflection by his daughter and niece . across the board and everyone seem to have nothing but praise for the man . somewhere along the way and he surely upset one or two people and but you would never know it from this film . and i find that find this be a celebration of bill castle life and not e. true hollywood story . fan of the genre would do well to pick up a copy of this work . i would personally recommend pick up the william castle collection and which have not only this but eight of castle film in it and with plenty of special feature . even this documentary come with an audio commentary so you can hear how schwarz be personally affect by castle and and have castle daughter terry give a running reflection of her experience with the different film and remake . it almost a whole new film . | 1pos
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i give it a 10 and since everyone else seem to like it and it would have be churlish not to . the reason i be trouble you be to add a personal observation on castle work . i have see homicidal and the tingler ( the version with the clever colour sequence where everything except the blood be in black and white ) a few time and the house on haunt hill many time . even i be not old enough to have see them when castle be up to his showman trick and thus i can appreciate them for their own merit . and while most pass him off a second rate and schlocky and hammy and etc . and i believe they do him a disservice . the end sequence of homicidal be genuinely shocking and work today and the premise of the tingler while silly and be highly original . but the house on haunt hill be a triumph . have use that frank lloyd wright house a it exterior and the great vincent price and a solid cast and plus a good score and production value when i first saw it at a packed late night show in the late sixty and it produce an audience reaction i would not see before and have not see since . it be the bit where the heroine be alone in the basement ( if you have not see the film and stop reading now ) and we be wait to hear the hero on the other side of the wall . with no telegraphing of what be come and the camera slowly pull back and force the audience to switch their gaze to . i be say no more ( my spoiler declaration above only cover this movie ) . the point be and i believe this ploy be deliberate not accidental and when it happen and the whole audience scream ( include most of the men . ) it take the audience about ten minute to calm down . now that be superior film making . a flamboyant showman he might have be and but house and the other two film i have mention be good movie . castle may not have be a hitchcock and but he be no ed wood and either . it easy to concentrate on someone quirk and forget to examine their talent . so i hope this documentary acknowledge that . i look forward to see it . | 1pos
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after their son be sentence to life in prison and adelle ( debbie reynolds ) and helen ( shirley winter ) begin receive threaten phone call because someone fell their son get off easy . the pair decide to move to california to escape the publicity of the trial and to start a new life . they start a dance school that be soon very successful . one of the student have a rich unmarried father with whom adelle quickly fall in love . in the meantime and helen be busy raise rabbit and become a little too infatuate with an evangelist on the radio . it only a mater of time before everything fall apart and the woman enter a world of madness and murder . i can not help but compare what the matter with helen . to whoever slew auntie roo . and also star shelly winter . where that movie seem almost restrain in it presentation of auntie roo madness and there nothing hold helen back in this movie . it may take a good deal of the movie run time and but once she snap and helen be one bad mad mutha . you do not want to mess with her . winter be so delightfully demented that it be impossible for me not to enjoy her performance . i be not go to spoil the movie and but the thing helen be capable of be totally over the top . as good a winter be and reynolds be totally ridiculous in her role a the gold digging tap dancer . i get the impression that she think she be in a movie that would get her nominate for some award . this ain not citizen kane . quit act so serious . hey and debbie and do not you realize that youre main purpose be to be a victim of winter insanity . i just love these former female star in the twilight of their career horror movie . what the matter with helen . be as fun a any . | 1pos
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well and here another terrific example of awkward 70 film making . the rudimentary premise of what the matter with helen . be quite shocking and disturbing and but it present in such a stylish and sophisticated fashion . in the hand of any other movie crew and this certainly would have become a nasty and gritty exploitation tale and but with director curtis harrington ( whoever slew auntie roo . ) and scriptwriter henry farrell ( hush hush sweet charlotte ) in charge and it become a beautiful and almost enchanting mixture of theme and genre . the basic plot of the film be definitely horrific and but there a lot more to experience and like love story and a swinging 1930 atmosphere and a whole lot of sing and tap dancing . the setting be unquestionably what make this movie so unique . be literally catapult back to the 1930 and with a sublime depiction of that era music and religion and theatrical business and wardrobe . follow the long and exhaust trial that sentence their son to life imprisonment for murder and adelle ( debbie reynolds ) and helen ( shelley winter ) flee to california and attempt to start a new life run a dance school for young talented girl . particularly adelle adapts herself perfectly to the new environment and a she fall in love with a local millionaire and but poor old helen continue to sink in a downwards spiral of insanity and paranoia . she only listen to the ramblings of a radio evangelist and fear that she will be punish for the crime her son commit and slowly develops violent tendency . the script and although not entirely without flaw and be well write and the film be adequately pace . there never a dull moment in what the matter with helen and although the singing and tap dancing and tango sequence be quite extended and much unrelated to the actual plot . but the atmosphere be continuously ominous and the film definitely benefice from the terrific act performance of shelley winter . she downright scary a the unpredictable and introvert lady who about to snap any second and and especially during the last ten minute or so and she look more petrifying than all the freddy kruegers and jason voorhees and michael myers combine . there be several terrific supportive character who be and sadly and a little underdeveloped and rob from their potential and like michéal macliammóir a the cocky elocution teacher and agnes moorehead a the creepy priestess and timothy carey a the obtrusive visitor to the lady house . there be a couple of surprisingly gruesome scene and moment of genuine shock to enjoy for the grand guignol fanatic among u and but particularly the set piece and costume design ( even nominate for an oscar . ) be breathtaking . | 1pos
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the 1930s . classy and elegant adele ( marvelously play with dignified resolve by debbie reynolds ) and batty and frumpy helen ( the magnificent shelley winter go full tilt wacko with her customary histrionic panache ) be the mother of two killer . they leave their seamy past in the midwest behind and move to hollywood to start their own dance school for aspire kid starlet . adele begin date dash millionaire lincoln palmer ( the always fine dennis weaver ) . on the other hand and religious fanatic helen soon sink into despair and madness . director curtis ( night tide and ruby ) harrington and work from a crafty script by henry farrell ( who write the book whatever happen to baby jane . be base on and co write the screenplay for hush . hush and sweet charlotte ) and adeptly concoct a complex and compelling psychological horror thriller about guilt and fear and repression and religious fervor run dangerously amok . the super cast have a ball with their colorful role represent michael macliammoir a a pompous elocution teacher and agnes moorehead a a stern fire and brimstone radio evangelist and yvette vickers a a snippy and overbear mother of a bratty wannabe child star and logan ramsey a a snoopy detective and and timothy carey a a creepy bum . an elaborate talent recital set piece with pamelyn ferdin ( the voice of lucy in the peanut tv cartoon special ) serve a emcee and original friday the 13th victim robbi morgan do a wickedly bawdy dead on mae west impression qualifies a a definite highlight . david raskin spooky score and a fantastic scene with reynolds perform an incredible tango at a posh restaurant and the flavorsome depression era period atmosphere and lucien ballard handsome cinematography and and especially the startling macabre end be all likewise on the money excellent and effective . mgm present this terrific gem on a nifty dvd doublebill with whoever slew auntie roo . while both picture be present in crisp widescreen transfer along with their theatrical trailer . | 1pos
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some of the background detail of this story be base and very and very loosely and on real event of the era in which this be place . the story combine some of the detail of the famous leopold and loeb case along with a bit of aimee semple mcpherson . the story begin with two mother ( shelley winter and debbie reynolds ) be hound a they leave a courtroom . the crowd seem most intent on do them bodily harm a their son be just convict of a heinous thrill crime . one person in the crowd apparently slash winter hand a they make their way to a wait car . soon after they arrive home and they begin get threaten phone call and so reynolds suggests they both move to the west coast together and open a dance school . the dance school be s success and they cater to incredibly obnoxious parent who think their child be the next shirley temple . one of the parent of these spoiled kid be a multimillionaire who be quite smitten with reynolds and they begin date . life appear very good . but and when the threaten phone call begin again and winter responds by flip out behave like she near a psychotic break and she retreat further and far into religion listen on the radio to sister alma almost constantly . again and again and you see winter on edge and it ultimately culminate in very bad thing . i would not say more and a it might spoil this suspenseful and interesting film . in many way and this film be a lot like the bette davis and joan crawford horror film of the 1960s like whatever happen to baby jane . and straight jacket and the nanny . while none of these be exactly intellectual fare and on a kitsch level they be immensely entertaining and fun . the writing be very good and there be some nice twist near the end that make it all very exciting . winter be great a a fragile and demented lady and reynolds play one of the sexy 39 year old i have ever see plus she can really and really dance . my only concern about all this be that some might find winter hyper religiosity in the film a bit tacky like a cheap attack on christianity . at first i felt that way and but when you meet sister alma and she seem sincere and be not mock and so i take winter religious zeal a just a sign of craziness which and i assume and be all that be intend . by the way and this film be package along with whoever slew auntie roo . another shelley winter horror film from 1971. both be great fun . and quite over the top . | 1pos
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i have watch ( and record ) this a few year back on local tv and and have be underwhelmed by it and i subsequently erase the tape while however and when it be release by mgm a part of a midnite movie double feature dvd of curtis harrington or shelley winter film for a very affordable price and i couldn not resist give it a second look ( this have since go out of print ) . actually and i receive the dvd a few month ago but only now and with harrington passing and do i get to it while thankfully and this time around i be more receptive to the film and and in fact and now consider it one of the more satisfying whatever happen to baby jane . ( 1962 ) imitation ( with whom and incidentally and it share screenwriter henry farrell ) . the film offer a splendid evocation of 1930s depression america with it child star craze and sensational murder ( exploit during the fake newsreel open ) while it stylishly make ( kudos to lucien ballard cinematography and the set design by eugene lourie ) and boast an effective david raksin score . shelley winter and debbie reynolds and michael macliammoir deliver excellent performance while the latter be especially impressive a the large than life and vaguely sinister diction coach ( though he ultimately prove a mere red herring . ) . also feature be dennis weaver and agnes moorehead ( hers be only a cameo and really and a the evangelist she play be mostly hear over the radio ) . many seem to regret the inclusion of musical number by the kid ( include an amusing mae west imitation ) and but i personally wasn not bother by them while the film do slightly overstay it welcome due to an unhurried pace and ( perhaps needlessly ) convolute plot . reynolds a musical star herself be ideally cast a the dance school owner and and despite their on set rivalry and she and winter work well together . the latter and in fact and give a more balanced depiction of paranoia and insanity than in whoever slew auntie roo . ( 1971 ) while the narrative and then and come up with a number of ironic twist that lead up to the expect grand guignol type denouement . apparently and the film be tone down ( it originally contain more gore and even a suggestion of lesbianism . ) by producer martin ransohoff against harrington wish in order to get a pg rating . | 1pos
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yes and a tap dance horror thriller . with shelley and debbie . goody goody . this be demented and campy fun and part of the guignol cycle of the 60 that leak into the 70 . release a a double feature with the burt reynolds comedy fuzz this mad scare be so bonkers a to be throughly entertaining . like a mix of day of the locust and the other and baby jane and i suggest any prospective viewer take on the idea that this be almost mean to be skew iff and sit with someone with whom you can shriek and elbow all through it . actually and get drunk whilst you watch it . on cheap champagne . again and with many 30 film idea they be also about delusion while the struggle of the time for a good life get bitter and twist by emotional madness fall into murder . but this one be just plain crazy . it also remind me a lot of bloody mama the de niro winter shlock fest that make this film look positively glorious . | 1pos
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this be a very good movie i wish i could find it in vhs to buy and i really enjoy this movie i would definaetly recommend this movie to watch i would like to see it again but can never find it in tv and it would be well worth the time to watch it again . | 1pos
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i just saw this movie on hbo and and it be really good . a tragic love story indeed . i really appreciate the fact that the guy at the heart of the story have lose the use of his leg in an accident . it rare to see a love story involve someone who be physically handicap . the love that develop between that character and the woman who come into his life nicely portray how i would like to think love can heal someone heart . laura leighton . all of 27 when she make this movie . be great a the woman so full of life she able to revive this guy heart . unfortunately and since his family be wealthy and her be not and problem develop . it play on hbo some more time this month . check out the schedule here http represent or or www . hbo . com or apps or schedule or scheduleservlet . action_detail equal detail and focus_id equal 598947 . | 1pos
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this be simply the epitome of what a make for tv movie should be . it be a lazy sunday afternoon when my wife and i be in grad school that we stumble upon this . the cheesy act . the poorly write script . the good ol boy . the ridiculous and yet somehow obvious and cliché and and banal premise . the riding in pickup truck with your prop up wife corpse . it have it all . you will meet familiar character represent gold digging hussy and stupid rich boy who want to make it on his own and friend who know good and daddy who know good but drive son away . and the wife corpse . prop up . in a pick up . wow represent and the title . several thing in our life have be texas tragedy since watch this beauty . everyone involve in it creation deserve a medal . | 1pos
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this movie be one of the many kung fu action film make in asia in the late 70 early 80 and full of cheap sound effect and dub dialog and lightning fast martial art action . but unlike most film of this genre it also have a decent plot and lot of great comedy . when worker of a dye factory be force out of their job by manchu bully and they hire a con artist ( gordon liu ) to try to scare them off . when his attempt fail miserably and he con his way into a shaolin temple to learn to fight for real . but instead of make him a kung fu student and the master instead order him to build a scaffolding to cover the roof of all 36 chamber . well and it turn out that while he perform these menial task ( stack and tie bamboo pole ) that he learn the skill to be a kung fu expert . it sort of like in karate kid when mr. miagi teach daniel the basic of karate by have him do routine household chore wax on and wax off et cetera . there lot of great comedy from begin to end and and plenty of action at the end when gordon liu once again face his manchu tormentor . this time it not just trick it the real thing . liu declares and proudly thump his chest . if you like classic kung fu film you do not want to miss this one . | 1pos
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i agree with another user here and have to say that this be one of the best kung fu movie ever . i watch this a a kid and absolutely love it . the scaffolding scene be brilliant and you can really empathise with this guy because he be treat a an outcast . nice humour and fantastic kung fu this movie rock . if you like kung fu you would love this . | 1pos
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this movie have a lot of comedy and not dark and gordon liu shine in this one . he display his comical side and it be really weird see him get beat up . his training be unorthodox and who would have think knot tie could be so deadly . lot of great stunt and choreography . very creative . add johnny wang in the mix and you have get an awesome final showdown . don not mess with manchu thug while theyre ruthless . | 1pos
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return to the 3th chamber be the comedic sequel to the epic 36th chamber of shaolin and in which gordon liu play shan te and a young man who become a monk and awesome fighter . in this sequel liu play a hapless loser who have to learn kung fu after cause his friend to be beat . he imitate the original shan te and try all manner of trick to get into shaolin temple to learn and eventually get some unique skill to fight some bullying boss . it a classic light hearted martial art tale and with the ace production value of the shaw brother and the sure footed direction of lui chia liang . the choreography be fantastic throughout and whether for fight or slapstick comedy and gordon liu performance and a be the others and particularly the sympathetic monk work perfectly for the material . the film be less epic or profound than some of the star other work and there be certainly grand and more violent and sweeping shaw brother film . but few have such a magical blend of slapstick and unique training and fighting and with a subtle yet warm tale of a useless guy make good . full of light hearted joy and it impossible not to give this the high score . | 1pos
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return to the 36th chamber be one of those classic kung fu movie which shaw produce back in the 70 and 80 and whose genre be equivalent to the spaghetti western of hollywood and and the protagonist gordon liu and the counterpart to the western clint eastwood . digitally remastered and a new print make for the fantastic film fest and this be present in shaw scope and just like the good old day . this film be a simple story of good versus evil and tell in 3 act and which more or less sum up the narrative of martial art film in that era . act one set up the premise . worker in a dye mill of a small village be unhappy with their lot and have their wage cut by 20 % by incoming manchu gangster . they can not do much about their exploitation because none of them be martial art skilled to take on the gangster and and their bos . at first they have a minor success in get liu to impersonate a highly skilled shaolin monk ( one of the best comedy sequence ) and but their rouse get expose when they push the limit of credibility by impersonate one too many time . act two show the protagonist want to get back at the mob . however and without real martial art and he embark on a journey to shaolin temple and to try and infiltrate and learn martial art on the sly . after some slapstick moment and he finally get accept by the abbot ( whom he impersonate . ) but be disappoint at the teach method kinda like mr miyagi style in karate kid and but instead of paint fence and he get to erect scaffolding all around the temple . nothing can keep a good man down and and he unwittingly build strength and endurance and learn kung fu the unorthodox way . act three be where the fight fest begin . with cheesy sound effect and each obvious non contact on film be give the maximum impact treatment . but it be rather refresh watch the fight scene here and with it wide angled shot to highlight clarity and detail between the spar partner and and the use of slow motion only to showcase stunt in different angle . you may find the speed of fight a tad too slow and with some pause in between move and but with yuen wo ping and his style be use ad nausem in hollywood flick and they sure do not make fight scene like they use to . return to the 36th chamber get a repeat screen on monday and so and if youre game for a nostalgic trip down memory lane and what be you wait for . | 1pos
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i saw this movie once on late night t. v. and know it be the best movie ever . this be one of the few kung fu movie with a decent plot . the progression of the main character be seamless . the whole movie be great . | 1pos
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i think this would be a sequel to the original 36th chamber of shaolin but actually it more of a light hearted sister to the original . gordon liu still star a a would be hero on a quest to learn kung fu to defeat those pesky manchu . but this time around it light and more comedic . the film centre around the local dye mill and where wage be cut due to the hiring of 10 new manchurian boss . liu play chao and who be able to fool the mill boss into think he be a shaolin monk possess almost magical kung fu skill . but his luck run out and he be expose a a fraud and and he promise the mill worker that he will go to the shaolin monastery to learn kung fu and and return to protect them . the comedy really begin at the monastery where chao make several bungle attempt to get accept . this set up lot of really funny moment and and lot of great fight choreography . continue in the 36th chamber tradition we see all kind of neat and interesting ( and supremely hokey ) training method at the monastery as well a creative us of wooden bench a weapon . also unique and of note be the blending of kung fu and the craft of bamboo scaffold building . chao be not accept a a student at shaolin but be make to build bamboo scaffold for the 10 year restoration of the monastery . on the dvd i buy there be a special on bamboo scaffold building and the inspiration that director lau kar leung draw from it . this be a craft many hundred ( perhaps thousand ) of year old and and in hong kong scaffolding be still build of bamboo even on large high rise and though the west exclusively use steel tube and clamp . a a result of his scaffold work and chao develop a special style of kung fu . when ask what kind it be and he hilariously reply scaffold kung fu . which he first test during a dust up with the monastery abbot . in the final confrontation with the manchu and there be a dazzling array of creative us for bamboo pole and tie . from a comedy perspective and i think it one of the best of the kung fu genre . a a kung fu film in general and it also stand out . i recommend it to anyone . | 1pos
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brilliant film and the next best film to the drunken master ( jackie chan ) . i recently buy it on an original vhs and i haven not see this film for 15 year but still as good a it be back then . the acting be terrible and the dubbing be even bad but it those feature that make this film ( and many other old fashion chinese kung fu movie ) great . the choreography be awesome and the storyline be basic . i have never see the 36th chamber of shaolin but know it be the same film but gordon liu play san te but san te in thr return to the 36th chamber be play by a different character . it have a lot of comedy value and brilliant kung fu . | 1pos
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after 21 movie and three year of work in hollywood bette davis finally get a role she claim a her own and which put her a a force to be reckon with . a mildred rogers and davis burst forth with a completely unsympathetic role of a slutty waitress who become the target of leslie howard affection and and already eager to sink her teeth into a role like this and she have no qualm of the awful thing her character be mean to do throughout the course of the film and the awful transformation she would undergo . it also have be widely noted that her performance here and one of the few thing that make this slightly uneven movie watchable and have be the one to remember even after two remake and the scene where she rip into howard have make cinema history . at circa 85 minute and the story move at a nice pace and tell the story of philip carey ( howard ) a his life cross that of the destructive mildred rogers over and over again . howard and davis chemistry be all but non existent davis sustain in an interview much later in life she personally do not care much for howard iciness towards her and that help her act even bad ( in character ) towards him a mildred . all the same and the two seem awkward with one another while their scene together remain stiff and only salvage by the ferocious acidity davis bring to her line and her own nervous presence . then again and cromwell direction have a certain stiltedness about itself that fail to come through at time he try to fill in some space ( whenever davis be not there ) with dissolve and montage indicate the passing of time ( a calendar superimpose over a changing france dee ) . all much in the style back then . this be before technicality and complicate camera angle come into be and and in essence and the visual story be a simplified and bare essential translation of the somerset maugham novel which be say a lot and since at 600 page and of human bondage would have be indeed hard to film even then . storywise and it feel that philip carey may be something of a glutton for punishment and since there be no discernible and sexual attraction between he and mildred and to compound that and mildred never hide her displeasure from the get go . howard performance never seem to go through much external emotion his eye be constantly sad and his expression never veers too far away from lose ( he could almost be a distant cousin to william hurt in the accidental tourist deject and hurt and and absolutely passive ) and but this be possibly a part of his character and the reason he fail to see that other woman ( play by kay johnson and france dee ) be make themselves vulnerable to unrequited affection . interestingly and johnson norah and once she realize carey will never fall for her and be the one who sum the story up with her observation that people be bind to other people she be bind to carey a carey be bind to mildred and and mildred herself be bind to miller ( or men who fit the role of provider ) . in her short but memorable scene and she the one who hold the essence of the story moral . | 1pos
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of the three remake on w. somerset maughan novel and this one be the best one and and not particularly because what john cromwell bring to the film . the film be worth a look because of the break through performance by bette davis and who a mildred rogers and show the film industry she be a star . finally and her struggle with jack warner and his studio pay off royally . the film be dominate by mildred from the start . we realize from the beginning that mildred doesn not care for philip and never will . she doesn not hide her contempt for this kind soul that have fall in love with the wrong woman . he will be humiliate by mildred again and and again and a she make no bone about what she really be . poor philip carey and besides of be handicap and be a man who be weak . when he try to cling onto mildred and she reject him . it be when mildred return to him and when she be frail and defeated and that he rise to the occasion and overcome his own dependency on this terrible woman who have steal his will and his manhood . bette davis give a fantastic portrayal of mildred . this be one of her best role and she run away with it . her disgust toward the kind philip be clear from the onset of their relationship . when she tell him she wash her mouth after he kiss her be one of the most powerful moment in the movie . leslie howard underplayed philip and make him appear even weak than he be . france dee and reginald denny and alan hale and reginald owen and be see in minor role . this be bette davis show and and do not you forget it . | 1pos
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spoiler alert w. somerset maugham classic on film about a love obsess young man who abuse hurt and humiliate by the object of his obsession to the point of lose everything he have only to find true love in the end under the most unusual circumstance . leslie howard play the role of philip carey a sensitive young arty in paris try to make a living by sell his painting . tell by a local art expert that his work be not at all good enough to be sell to the art go public philip decides to go back to his native england and study medicine and become a physician in order to help others . philip be bear with a club foot be very hypersensitive about his awkward condition and make up for that by be a very pleasant and friendly person . one afternoon philip be at a local café with a fellow medical student and spot pretty waitress mildred rogers and bette davis and and immediately fall in love with her . mildred at first rebuff the love sick philip but later realize just what a sap he be take advantage of his feeling for her . mildred have him spend himself into poverty buy her gift and take her out to the theater every time she off from work . phlip also fall behind on his study and by pay so much attention towards mildred and at the medical university and fail his final exam . go into hock buy an engagement ring for mildred in an attempt to ask for her hand in marriage the cold hearted mildred tell the startled philip that she already engage to be marry to emil miller and alan hale . it turn out that he one of the customer at the café that she always flirt with . philip break and heart sick slowly get his life back together and later retake his medical exam and pass it and at the same time find a new love in nora and fay johnson and a writer for a local love magazine . later to philip shock and surprise mildred walk back into his life . mildred tell philip that her husband emil and who child she carry and throw her out of the house have the kind and understanding philip take her back at the expense of nora who be very much in love with him . it later turn out that mildred wasn not marry to emil but have a child out of wedlock by have an illicit affair with him . emil it turn out be already marry . a before mildred take advantage of philip kind heart for her and her baby daughter and where he support them with food medical attention and shelter and to the point where he again go break and can not continue his study end with her leave philip while after have a very heated and emotional encounter with him . out on the street with nowhere to go philip be take in by mr. athanly and reginald owen and who he once treat at the hospital and fall in love with his daughter sally and france dee . later philip have his club foot correct at the medical center and with the help of mr. athenly get back to be a doctor . it then when he encounter mildred again who really at the end of her rope . dying of tuberculosis and have lose her daughter she all alone with no one to look after her . philip now well to do and respect in medical circle do all he can to help the sick and poor mildred but in the end she succumb to her illness and pass away . mildred have the love and devotion in philip all those year that he be in love with her but choose to abuse him and have affair with man who be just like her and cold unfeeling and selfish . in the end mildred get back just what she give to the kind and sensitive philip represent she become both unloved and alone . philip find in the sweet and care sally everything that mildred wasn not and in the end also find the true love that he be look for all of his life . | 1pos
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this movie and even though it be over 70 year old be still a very moving and strong film . bette davis and a the slutty and vicious cockney waitress mildred be absolutely believable . watch her performance be still spellbind . she make the viewer absolutely despise her and pity her at the same time . leslie howard performance a the weak and obsessed phillip carey be not a strong and but i do not see how any actor could hold their own against ms. davis performance . she chew up the scenery in every scene she be in and totally steal the show . this be the movie that seal her stardom and she deserve to win the academy award and but lose . it be shock for it day what with theme of unwed pregnancy and multiple sex partner and and mildred vicious language so it be somewhat dated and but still an excellent movie . just to see the scene where mildred tell phillip what she really think of him ( you cad and you dirty swine . ) be still some of the great acting i have ever see on film . | 1pos
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several feature of this film immediately date it . the sound be rather shrill and one realize what great stride have be accomplish in sound reproduction in the ensue year . the language of the dialogue be rather quaint and unnatural and the acting be still reminiscent of it transition from the stage technique . bette davis always give a strong performance in all her film a she do in this early period of her very successful career . i do feel however that somehow the cockney accent do not fit the facial expression . i think it be the assumed cockney accent that do not ring true for me . somerset maughan love to delve into human relationship of great dramatic intensity which will please all movie goer . a in so many of her character role and bette davis can switch from a beautiful seductive woman to a viper full of fiery hatred . leslie howard be well cast a the withdrawn english artist with a club foot desperately seek a partner and make a bad choice in a scheming little waitress . towards the end of the film the young doctor meet his true love in a busy street . they cross through the traffic completely oblivious to a multitude of horn and whistle scream at them . this scene be possibly mean to be funny and but i find it quite ridiculous in this otherwise very serious film . it be probably construe to send you home with a smile on your face . and after all as far a we can see ( and hope for ) it be a happy end . | 1pos
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how amazing this film be . i have see it over and over throughout the year and i be always spellbind by it . the reason why the film be so easy to re watch be and of course and the arresting performance give by the young bette davis . she not only steal every scene that she in and but be actually much pretty and well photograph here ( not to mention sexy ) than she be in any of the film that she have make thus far at her home studio and warner brother ( this film be make by r. k. o. radio picture ) . she wear a very flatter make up and have very attractive hairstyle and oh and those lovely big eye ( especially and in the restaurant scenes that take place in london soho ) . her body be so curvy when she be young . get a load of it in the cheap negligee that she wear for her big explosive confrontation scene with leslie howard . and oh boy and she be an absolute powerhouse in that scene . howard be a little too nervous throughout and but he do capture the hero sensitivity . france dee score a the sweet and pretty young sally who truly love him . max steiner score be both charm and poignant . splendid performance and thirty flavor make this the must see version of the classic novel . | 1pos
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come shortly before the imposition of a morality code darken the spirit of writer and director and actor and the first film adaptation of w. somerset maugham of human bondage titillate countless moviegoer . it have no shock value today and just fine act . while the cast be excellent and this be bette davis first great role and one of leslie howard best performance . howard be english wannabe parisian artist philip carey who be gently and firmly tell that he lack any talent and that his dedication be no substitute for true genius . take the lesson to heart he return to london and enrolls in a medical college ( one and by the way and that seem to have no female student at that time there would have be at least a few . perhaps author or physician maugham do not care for distaff medico ) . have tea one day carey be entrance by a waitress and mildred rogers and bette davis in a role a a morally loose and basically wicked farrago . her cockney accent be as sharp a eliza doolittle . his repeated attempt to date her be greet with the less than enthusiastic reply and i do not mind and a sure sign for any man with his head screw on straight that he plumb the depth . maugham mildred supplement her waitress tip with a bit of old fashioned street walking and something not clearly bring out here . carey besotted prostration serf rogers avaricious need for support of the financial kind . he be desperately in love with her she play him a a sunday church organist effortlessly ply her instrument . no sex here . recognize that he be get nowhere and he begin a chaste relationship with norah and a woman who adore him . re enter mildred and replete with a baby and and in her usual need of be take care of . exit heartbroken norah . another separation from mildred and carey begin a long term friendship with sally and abet enthusiastically by her dad who seem to view eventual marriage a both a good thing for the two young people and a chance to be relieve of one of his nine offspring . the movie reasonably but not entirely follow maugham excellent novel . howard carey be naive and vulnerable and for much of the movie his sad eye remind one of a doe face a double barreled shotgun . mildred be unrestrainedly wicked and a user of the bad kind and her sole preoccupation with her own need barely disguise when she try to wheedle carey with a thin patina of affectionate word ( and offer at one point she promise she will do anything [ he ] want and a daring statement for the time and one i be sure audience fully understood . pre code it may be but mildred quick march dissolution would have satisfy the league of catholic decency . the end be conventional sin loses and principled behavior triumph . director john cromwell work excellent performance from his two main star and one well establish and the other establish largely because of this film . the atmosphere be 1930s london and the trip back in time be worth take . available on dvd . positive ( for davis and howard performance ) . | 1pos
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every motion picture bette davis star in be worth experience . before davis co star with leslie howard in of human bondage and she would be in over a score of movie . legend have it that davis be rob of a 1935 oscar for her performance a a cockney speaking waitress and unwed mother and manipulative boyfriend user and mildred rogers . the story go that the afi console davis by award her 1st oscar for play joyce heath in dangerous . i imagine davis fan of of human bondage who agree with the oscar rob legend be go to have at my critique contrast of the 1934 film for which the afi do not award her performance and the 1936 film dangerous and performance for which she receive her 1st oscar in 1937. i have try to view all of bette davis motion picture and tv interview and video and advertisement for wwii and tv performance in popular series . in hindsight and it be easy to recognize why this film and of human bondage and give davis the opportunity to be nominate for her performance . she be only 25yo when the film be complete and just about to reach hollywood red carpet . the public begin to notice bette davis a a star because of her performance in of human bondage . that be what make it her legendary performance . but and rko saw her greatness in the man who play god and and borrow her from warner to play rogers . i be go to go with the afi and in hindsight and some 41 year after their astute decision to award davis her 1st best actress oscar for dangerous and 2 year later . by do so and the afi may have be instrumental in bring out the very best in one of hollywood most talented 20th century actor . because and from of human bondage and onward and davis knew for certain that she have to reach deep inside of herself to find the performance that earn her the golden statue . doubtless and she deserve more than 2 oscar while perhaps as many a 6. dangerous provide an exemplary contrast in davis depth of act characterization . for and it in dangerous ( 1936 ) that she become the great actor of the 20th century . davis be so good a joyce heath and she dead center on the red carpet . whereas in of human bondage and davis be right off the edge and still on the sidewalk and ready to take off on the rest of her 60 year act career . perhaps by not award her that legendary oscar in 1935 and instead of a star be bear and an actor be give incentive to reach beyond stardom into her soul for the gifted actor great work . it be well know that her contemporary peer adversary be joan crawford while a star whose performance still do not measure up to davis . even anna nicole smith be a tar . howard stern be a radio host tar and too . lot of people on stage and the silver screen be star . few become great actor . the key difference between them be something that bette davis could sense represent the difference between the desire to do great act or to become star struck . try compare these two movie a i have and view one right after the other . maybe you will recognize what the afi and i do . davis be on the verge of become one of the great actor of the 20th century at 25yo and achieve her goal by the time she be 27. she spend her next 50 plus year set the bar so high that it have not be reach . . . yet . have the afi send her the message that she would arrive in of human bondage and davis life history a a great actor may have be lead into star strike dom and instead . | 1pos
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i happen to like leslie howard and in his good film . yet and for some reason and his performance in of human bondage never have move me tremendously . i first saw the film on my college campus in 1972 and the reviewer in the college newspaper make the comment that in the 1930s and 1940s howard play the role supposedly later pick up by dirk bogard a the man who be bear to be betray . this be not usually the case ( off hand i think of ashley wilkes a a man who might be betray and if he and scarlett ohara be mean to be an item by margaret mitchell but ashley love melonie and not scarlett ) . howard could play any type and and a role like r. j. mitchell or professor henry higgins be not one who be betray . ( one can make the case that philip armstrong scott be betray by the two stranger he show hospitality to in 49th parallel and but they be nazis who consider him a liberal and westerner and canadian fair game to double cross in wartime . it isn not the same a emotional betrayal and and howard do not shrivel up a a result and but face the nazi and capture one after beat him up . ) i think what the reviewer meant be that howard could be soulful or try to be soulful . witness his poet dreamer wanderer in the petrified forrest . but that character be not betray and except by history perhaps ( a he feel his type be a out of date a the gangster play by humphrey bogart ) . the character of philip carey in somerset maugham of human bondage be soulful too . he be sensitive for several reason . he have an interest in art and try to become a painter but unlike the artist strickland in the moon and sixpence he have no real talent . so he decide to concentrate on medical study and accentuate by a club foot condition he have . here he be a man with low self esteem who be set up to be betray . philip find that betrayal in the form of mildred a cockney waitress ( bette davis ) who be mercenary and as selfish a they come . why philip fall for her be not really address in the film and but he do find the woman fascinate . and she find him an easy meal ticket . ironically in be so captivate by this slut and philip fails to notice two other woman who be interested in him ( kay johnson and france dee ) and and be more fit to be his mate . he also keep find himself forgive davis when she have affair with other men ( alan hale and reginald denny the latter a friend of howard ) . although howard performance capture the doormat tendency of philip towards mildred and he really do not show enough passion ( until late in the movie and when he turn on her ) . that be why i find i never care for his performance here it lack any reality . his later torture insistence in go with the wind that he love olivia de haviland and not vivian leigh and have more consistency with a man in love . but the performance of davis a mildred make the film important . she have a wide variety of part up to 1934 and like the girlfriend of the deaf pianist in the man who play god or the spoiled heiress who get murder in fog over frisco or the mouse like secretary in three on a match . a mildred she finally show she could be a major actress by play a selfish bitch . curiously her performance be not all of one note . while she use and abuse howard for two third of the film and culminating in that famous scene where she show how disgusted his kissing of her make her and her last scenes show she too could fall apart due to her health deteriorating and and her inability to keep any honest job . when howard reject her the viewer fail to note how equally vicious he become ( he ask what happen to her baby she tell him the baby die and howard say brusquely that he be glad and which be hardly the response she expect ) . in the end howard do finally get his life in order and but mildred end a casualty ( ironically her death discover by her old boyfriend denny on a medical call ) . the motion picture academy of art and science do fail to nominate davis in 1934 ( lead to the large write in campaign in it history and and a permanent change in it rule ) and but davis be establish a a star . in one year she win the oscar a joyce heth in dangerous . and in two year she co star with howard again ( a equal star ) in the petrified forrest . | 1pos
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this movie be about sexual obsession . bette davis play mildred . this be a woman who men be draw to . not because she be a nice beautiful girl but because she be a sexual entity . now the movie do not come out and say that but it be obvious . there be a scene in the movie in which men be all go googly eye over her . she work a a waitress in a coffee shop and she can not read and she not really anybody to look at but she be a flirt . it be obvious the male customer in that coffee shop be there because of her . one day phillip a club foot fail painter medical student come in the shop to say a good word for his friend but he becomes besotted the moment he see her . he start buy her thing even pay for her apartment . meanwhile she be see other people and she make no secret of it . he dream about her like she be a angel and but she be no angel . he be constantly think about her . his med school grade be even fail . so what the nookie be too good . he want to marry her but she reject him because she be marry another guy . she always let phil know she really doesn not have love feeling for him all of time . he be heart broken but he meet another woman . they seem fine but it be obvious he be still dream of the bimbo . mildred do come back with a baby and unwed . phillip take her in again and but she start go out with a friend of his and the light bulb come on a little and he kick her out . she do what she know work so she try to seduce him and well it doesn not work and she proceed to burn his tuition money up . oh we have a club foot that he have problem about and even though a street teenager who have the same problem tell him to lighten up about it . he meet another girl name sally we have a march of time montage which show her age while he string her along still wait for mildred . well he have no school tuition and can not find a job . finally sally and her dad take him in . not before another march of time montage show him go downhill . soon his uncle who raise him dy and he get money to become a doctor . meanwhile he find mildred need him again . she have tb . meanwhile he be still lead sally down the primrose path about marriage and he take a job on a steamship . finally the bimbo dy and phillip declares he be free now and he will marry sally . i wish she tell him to stuff it . now i know my take on the character be not go to get me any point . but i feel phillip be the bad guy . yes mildred be a strumpet but he know it and and he keep come back . mean while he have two other girlfriend who love him but he treat a appetizer . i guess the sex wasn not as good . but in any case he dog those woman wait for mildred . not only that but the man who get mildred pregnant be already marry and when philip ask him what he intend to do about baby ( apparently the baby name ) he laugh be off and he have no intention in support her and baby and he be wealthy . sally father who have 9 child say some pretty nasty thing about woman but he be say to be a old traditionalist . philip doesn not seem to refute his feeling either . men be use mildred a a boy toy but the men in this movie come out a unscathed . yes she be not a respectable woman but far from a villain . to me it be philip who be have the real problem and it be his sexual obsession for mildred . | 1pos
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enjoyable in spite of leslie howard performance . mr. howard play philip a a flat and uninteresting character . one be suppose to feel sorry for this man while however and i find myself cheer bette davis mildred . ms. davis give one her finest performance ( she receive an academy award nomination ) . thanks to her performance she bring this rather dull movie to life . be sure not to miss when mildred tell philip exactly how she feel about him . | 1pos
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the movie concern about philip ( leslie howard ) he a serious but handicap medicine student . he fall fatally in love with a heartless and predatory waitress call mildred ( bette davis ) . she leave him and engage with others ( alan hale and reginald denny ) . meanwhile he be romance with another suitor ( kay johnson and france dee ) but she go back in a mutually destructive affair . easily the best and first of numerous film version of somerset maugham novel . bette davis a the cockney cruel waitress win yet another magnificent interpretation with an alluring and smoulder performance and absolutely hypnotic in her account of the bondage that occur from the beginning to the finale . davis rise the stardom with her performance . her role a tough and crude domineer woman will be repeat several time in posterior act . leslie howard a the essentially good and decent student subtly destroy give an excellent and melancholic performance . he be an awesome actor ( go with the wind ) besides producer and writer and dead in plane crash during wwii . both will play again in ¨petrified forest¨ ( 1936 ) . the atmosphere film be elaborately recreate in the rko ( radio picture inc ) studio be entirely convincing . remade in 1946 by edmund goulding and with eleanor parker and paul henreid while and in 1964 by ken hughes with kim novak and laurence harvey . the motion picture will like to classic cinema buff . rating represent very good but a little bit dated . | 1pos
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bette davis cockney accent in this film be absolutely appalling . i totally understand that american and other nationality mightn not realise this and that fine while but believe me and it about half as good a dick van dyke cockney accent in mary poppins and and that be a right load of old pony ( slip into london vernacular there many apology ) . the remarkable thing to me be that the strange accent and exaggerate act style do not detract from the film power . of human bondage be a fascinating piece of cinema despite it superficial fault . it also have to be view in perspective . the technical and cultural limitation of film making at the time have to be appreciate and and give those limitation john cromwell do a very good job direct the camera and allow the narrative to develop cinematically rather than solely via the mannered acting and stilted dialogue . a fine example of his skillful direction be the scene set at victoria station . it be beautifully conceive and shot and edited . note too the stark shot of the prostrate mildred towards the end of the film while they owe more to the early day of artistic film make than the sanitised and formulaic world of the studio that be about to dominate . the theme of the film be universally familiar and compelling one represent sexual obsession and unrequited love and scorn passion and self loathing and manipulative relationship and social divide and youthful folly . though the dialogue be often rather hackneyed and the difficult task of portray these theme and the inner life of the character be tackle well albeit in a low key way . some of the scene of obsession and emotional rejection be uncomfortable to watch but the story doesn not descend into cliché while be aware that the character ( even the poisonous mildred ) be both victim and perpetrator and and that their action be motivate by their misunderstanding of each others feeling as well a by wilful selfishness . whilst naive in style the story reach to the complex heart of the human condition and the mannered nature of the acting and the occasionally grating exchange do not diminish the veracity of the work . of human bondage be one of the film that get bette davis notice in hollywood and whilst watch it you be conscious of be witness at the birth of a celebrated career . her unconventional beauty and screen charisma ( no one flounce or do disdain quite like m davis ) grab your attention from her first appearance . whilst hers be definitely the memorable performance in the film and leslie howard be also excellent a the sensitive and fragile student philip carey . they be a good combination and though and why oh why do not he help her with that terrible and terrible accent . | 1pos
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this be a well direct film from john cromwell who be not a great director but who do make some fine film include the 1937 version of the prsoner of zenda . set in a london that only hollywood could manage and atmospheric but nothing like the real thing and it be a story of obsession and thwart love and from the novel by somerset maughan . i be look forward to see it on dvd a i have never see it before and be a great admirer of bette davis want to see her in a role consider one of her early great one . so i buy it . well she look fine but i be sorry to say her london cockney accent just make me laugh . bette davis be one of the great film actor and make no mistake and but here she do make one . it be impossible to take her character seriously . it wasn not as gruesome a the dick van dyke mary poppins cockney accent but close . in the other major role be leslie howard and he do it superbly . he be a subtle and intelligent actor the support actor acquit themselves well . worth watch despite ms davis vocal gymnastics . | 1pos
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i just saw of human bondage for the first time a few day ago and wow . what a mysterious and almost spooky film . i love how the music go with the pace of each step of philip foot . it give me the chill for some reason . one of the great aspect of this film be that you get to see bette davis come into herself right before your eye . she great and not necessarily because this be her best work and but because it be so out of the ordinary to be so vicious and gritty and and unflinching a an actress in 1934. bette be a risk taker and always want to be different and this be right about when she start to realize that she could be a nasty and dare a she want and people would love her for it . if youre a true lover of film and it amaze to see . she just have a way of deliver a line that make the part and and the film for that matter and belong to her . like a mass of music and fire . that me . an old kazoo and some sparkler or but you be blanche and you be in that chair . or with all my heart and i still love the man i kill . those be from a few of her film and but you get my drift . she be just so brave and sassy and and exotic look with those beautiful big eye . after see this and i can not believe it be remade twice . leslie howard be gorgeous . so calm and persistent and need to be love . i think he be adorable and couldn not understand how everyone wasn not fall for him and but then again and everyone be . except mildred . he do a great job . the only thing that i do not like be something that be common with the writing in the early film . they would make a character so hateful that it almost unbelievable that someone would actually fall for them in the first place . the performance be great and but in real life and philip would have never be interested in mildred . that just the simple truth . see it . | 1pos
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the story be somewhat stilted and what with the main character sudden reversal of fortune and but leslie howard and bette davis portrayal of philip carey and the naïve obsess lover and mildred rogers and the unworthy object of his affection and raise this film considerably above standard melodrama . sensitive and cultured philip and who for most of the picture be in bondage to first his infatuation and then his pity for mildred be not unlike a character howard be to play a few year later ashley wilkes and the southern gentleman too refine and decent to make it in the rough reconstruction era . philip in fact seem resign to disappointment even before mildred enters the picturehe doesn not even seem particularly surprise when his art teacher tell him he will never make it a a painter . it be perhaps this passivity and these lower expectation that make him put up with the selfish cockney waitress for as long a he do . although leslie howard be memorable and today of human bondage be mainly think of a a bette davis picture and perhaps because of the well know story of how she have to fight jack warner to get the part of mildred and and perhaps too because movie audience tend to prefer character with her sort of brash energy . mildred may have a grating voice and but she also have the ethereal beauty of a stained glass angel and make it somewhat understandable why philip let himself be string along for as long a he do . although man eat mildred may at time seem one dimensional and she do evoke sympathy in the viewer from time to time a when she become ill and belatedly realize that philip be the only decent man who ever care for her . one may also think she be on to something when she accuse philip of look down on her for not be fine enough . ( the scene in which philip and norah dismiss romance magazine a trash for kitchen maid seem to confirm this ) . most of the support character be also effective and particularly norah the sensible romance writer who love philip but know she can never compete with mildred and sally who have mildred beauty and norah decency and emerge a the deserve woman philip be reward with in the end . the only character i find hollow be sally eccentric and ale slurping aristocratic father who seem like a stock character from an early era . a classic that deserve it reputation . | 1pos
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bette davis turn in a coldly amusing performance a mildred rogers in this 1934 film . the film seem rather date now in 2003. it be no doubt well worth watch for film buff and bette davis fan but may not have as much appeal for the average movie watcher today . it be startle for me to see how young ms. davis look in this move . the actor turn in performance which be basically sound and the story be meaningful and interesting . leslie howard be well cast a philip carey and the club foot medical student . this be a film with a strong message about whom we choose to love and why . however and of human bondage do not seem to have a strong impact on me mentally or emotionally . i felt slightly indifferent and detach about the movie after view it . i have an intuition that this may be the reaction that the director be go for . you be the judge . | 1pos
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i saw this film again and notice how close it be to the novel if we ignore the part about cary [ leslie howard ] childhood . consider thatat the time not much can be show on the screen and [ not that there be much in the novel ] the obsession of the character with mildred [ bette davis ] be very well convey to the audience . i recommend this film to anyone who ever fell for another person and the other side try to take advantage of him or her . i have read that maugham be ask to make a recording of the novel for sale and but when he start to in the studio he begin cry and could not finish more than a few line and whole project be chuck . one can tell the novel be write from the heart and the film be a goodadaptation of a part of it at least . | 1pos
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this 1934 adaptation of somerset maugham novel put bette davis on the map a a movie actress . she might have win an academy award for her performance but the film be make on loan and so her studio do not push for her . her acting in this one doesn not come off well by today standard . a the heartless waitress who jerk philip and a sensitive medical student and around and nearly ruin his life and davis be way too shrill and almost demonic . director john cromwell and who usually elicit good performance from his actress and be perhaps overwhelm by this one . davis be watchable and for sure and but so strident and predatory a to seem scarcely human . i imagine the character of millie a quieter and less feminine than davis and with maybe a touch of the tomboy . davis be such a strong and immediate presence that there no air of mystery to her and which make philip attraction to her seem more overtly masochistic than it should be . a philip and leslie howard be excellent . his wan and somewhat wilt good look be perfect for this failed aesthete . nor do he impose a personal interpretation on the part and a and say and dirk bogarde might have do and which give his work a rare clarity . he seem completely in control here and a he should be and play a man with a rational intellect who be in the grip of irrational emotion he can not manage or even fully satisfy and a the object of his affection move him in way he can not understand . howard be a fine actor and too often cast in standard romantic part which compel him to fall back on charm and which he doesn not use here . it be so long since i have read the book i do not feel comfortable comment on the movie faithfulness to it . i think it capture the spirit of the story well enough and and that it have in howard a perfect philip carey . the sexual undercurrent be mute and and at time philip behaves so masochistically that in the absence of strong sex feeling make one wonder about the character sanity and surely not mr. maugham intention . thanks to howard performance and philip remain firmly in focus and a one can see in his various response to and yearning for millie the extreme to which a reasonable intellect will go to understand the irrational and in himself and in others . overall and a very good film and a little stilted at time and due to it age and it evoke london nicely and and be well act for the most part . | 1pos
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bette davis electrify performance be such that it be hard to remember the other female player . they be a perfect in their part a davis be in hers they just do not have as much to do . some of the reviewer felt that the book be so much good it be but to give the film it due and to condense a 600 page book down to 83 minute be no mean feat . the first part of the book do not even make it to the screen it tell of phillip childhood and then move to germany and paris and where phillip have go to try to make good a an artist . it also chronicle his first romance with fanny price and who kill herself when she realise phillip can not return her feeling of love . it be a wonderful book but rambling and i think that anyone who do not think too highly of the film should read the book and will realise how good the film be . after realise that he will only ever be a mediocre painter and phillip carey ( leslie howard ) come back to england hop to take up medicine . when out at a tearoom he meet a sullen waitress and mildred ( bette davis ) . even though she have no interest in him and basically treat him like dirt and phillip be obsess . it be so hard to watch his effort at try to find any civility in this vicious shrew . in one scene she promise to meet him in a second class railway wait room and when they almost miss each other and she berate him with why would i wait in a second class wait room when there be a first class one available . you just want to shake him . the only time she be pleasant to him be when she tell him she be go to marry another man and a coarse sale man and emile miller ( alan hale ) . with mildred out of the picture and he meet nora ( kay johnson ) a lovely woman and who write romantic novel under a male pseudonym . she joke about the popularity the book enjoy among servant ( in the novel he have see mildred read them . ) nora give phillip all the love and confidence he need but he be incapable of return her love . when mildred return ( miller do not marry her and she be have a baby ) and of course he take care of her and help her with the baby ( in the film it be treat a an object always call baby and never give a name or gender ) she repay him by run off with his best friend . at the hospital he meet sally athelny ( france dee ) who be visit her sick father . he begin to visit her home and for the first time in his life get a sense of family . then surprise . surprise . mildred return like a bad penny and surprise . philip take her in . but he have change and feel only disgust when she try to show gratitude the only way she know how . then follow one of the most vicious and verbal fight on film with phrase such a you cad and you dirty swine and i only kiss you because you beg me and when you go i wipe my mouth and i wipe my mouth . in the book a lot of mildred stock phrase such a youre a gentleman in every sense of the word and i do not mind and and mr. high and mighty be associate with prostitute and when phillip meet her for the first time he be strike by that . the end of the film show phillip ( be truly free of mildred in the only way possible ) now free to love sally . again in the book sally tell phillip that she think she be have a baby but that just make him more sure of his love . that end and like mildred sickness could not be in the film even a pre code one . kay johnson be always call on to play sensible and believable woman which she play to perfection a she be obviously sensible herself . her nora be the woman philip should have stay with . france dee be one of the most beautiful of screen ingenue . she be obviously be groom for stardom with some role that prove she be not just a pretty face ( the silver cord and blood money ) but when she marry joel mccrea her career start to peter out . her sally do not push her talent to the limit . apparently leslie howard be not very helpful to bette davis on the set he be annoy that an english actress be not give the part . he use to throw her her line whilst read a book off camera . he do start to take an interest when a newspaper report the kid be run away with the picture . highly and highly recommend . | 1pos
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the movie may be great . i just watch it last night and but feel unable to give an honest opinion of it because i read the book first . the book be so much good than the movie that i be disappoint with the film . if you plan to watch of human bondage and do not read the book beforehand . on the other hand and the book be so good and and contain so much more than the love affair phillip have with mildred and you could still enjoy it after see the movie . i do not make this claim lightly . i average read a book every 4 day and and read such disparate author a danielle steel and ovid and faulkner and plato and and shakespeare . of human bondage get my vote a one of the top ten novel ever write . | 1pos
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somerset maugham character be bring to life in rko of human bondage while but the movie be a too skeletal version of the novel and with bette davis star make performance suck up all of the energy . otherwise and it the story of leslie howard ( a philip carey ) while he dream of become a painter and but be tell he have no talent for the art . a the film progress and mr. howard struggle and instead and to become a doctor . his effort seem to indicate some bad advice regard the art while though successful in medicine and his painting seem easy also and note the symbolism of his disability and a club foot ( explain in the film ) . along the way ( right away and in this version ) and howard becomes infatuate with waitress davis ( a mildred rogers ) . davis characterization of mildred be extraordinary and culminate in a spectacular speech and when she tell howard and among other thing and that she have to wipe my mouth . after kiss him . howard also perform well and but the story fail to explain his prolonged fascination and love for davis while so and their performance be waste . still and a film to watch for the acting and include some good supporting player . bette davis characterization be famous for inspire a write in campaign for the 1934 best actress academy award . for the record and she place third . the result be represent 1. claudette colbert it happen one night 2. norma shearer the barretts of wimpole street 3. bette davis of human bondage 4. grace moore one night of love of human bondage ( 6/28/34 ) john cromwell ~ leslie howard and bette davis and reginald denny . | 1pos
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read web site on bette davis one can find instance where author claim that there be nothing special about her acting . i even find a site which claim that bette davis success be probably due to her luck . but ms davis film of 1934 tell quite the opposite . the most evident example be two film that she do only few week apart represent fog over frisco and on human bondage . character she play in these movie and though both be negative and be quite different . arlene in the former be a beautiful and glamorous and frivolous heiress and much more likable character than mildred in the latter and which be a pale and uneducated and impudent cockney waitress . needless to say that ms davis play both character very authentic and with the same enthusiasm . but even that be not all . the point be that the former role and which would be wish by most actress of the day and be the one she be force to play . the latter role and which seem to most actress a undesirable and career destroy role and be the one she fight for ferociously for month . and it be the latter role that launch her among the great star . so there be no question that m davis knew from the start what she be do . the film and which tell about a medical student phillip carey ( leslie howard ) which fall unhappily in love with cockney waitress mildred rogers ( bette davis ) and have a few week point and but many more strong one . the story be simply too big to be tell in mere 83 minute . for example and it be quite unclear why refine student find any interest in an impudent waitress in the first place . well and there be one scene in which we be expose to ms davis captivate eye and but this be when his emotion be already fully evolve . nevertheless and the integrity of the story be preserve by superior act from howard and davis as well a fantastic steiner music which tell ton of emotion even when we do not see character face . in fact the film be amalgamate by phillip walk sequence show him from the back supplement with shudder two tone repetition . every detail be well think max steiner write a beautiful leitmotif for each woman in phillip life and which be consistently use through the film . and a beautiful scene in which we see sally face in front of calendar be one of the sweet scene i have ever see exactly due to francis dee breathtaking beauty ( ms dee be by the way consider to be too beautiful to play lead role in go with a wind ) as well a steiner captivate music . camera movement between the some scene be also original and refreshing . but my strong objection be that event be present too two dimensionally and which induce viewer that mildred be an ultimate slut . the most disgusting character ought to be men which lure her into relationship and despite well know that they will abandon her after take use of her and but they and curiously and finish portray a likable character . after all and mildred always in her own specific and but still a honest way let phillip know that she despise him and have no interest in him . which he just refuse to hear . it be phillips masochistic nature connect to his club foot and infantile experience that be the principal reason of his love problem . he be enslave to his club foot as much a to mildred and perhaps have to be free of both to start a normal life . of course and selfish and impudent mildred and after discover voluntary phillip bondage to her and do it own share to make his life hell . even take into account that she explode after realize that the bondage have loosen and it be less than clear why would she burn phillip money ( maugham intend different in his novel ) . after all and she could as well steal it and drunk gallon of champagne . for modern standard the film be a bit outdated and but each subsequent time you watch it and you can reveal new interesting detail due to superior acting and fascinating music and original editing and so it do deserve the high possible mark . | 1pos
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today actress happily gain weight and dye their hair and dress like slob and and lose their glamor for a role and and bette davis be probably the actress who start the trend . even a a pretty young woman who occasionally wear designer clothes and constance bennett type makeup in film and davis be willing to ravage herself in order to create a character on the outside as well a the inside . her determination be amply demonstrate here in her breakout film and of human bondage and in which she star with leslie howard a philip carey . davis play mildred and a slutty and manipulative and greedy low life to howard masochistic and club foot philip . he first meet her when she a waitress and and she allow him to take her out to dinner and theater while she frolic with a wealthy old man ( alan hale sr. ) . in truth and mildred be repulse by philip club foot . on his part and philip seem to enjoy the abuse of her open flirtation and her coolness toward him . he allow mildred to bleed him dry financially in between boyfriend who drop her when they tire of her and while he blow off a couple of truly lovely woman ( kay johnson and france dee ) . when he get the gumption to throw her out and mildred trash his apartment and rob him and force him to withdraw from medical school and lose his lodging . of human bondage look rather stilted today in part . though leslie howard be a wonderful actor and attractive and his acting style be of a more formal old school and and a a result and he tend to date whatever he in . he shin in material like his role opposite davis in it love i be after or the petrified forest which call for his kind of technique . his dated acting be even more obvious here because davis be forge new ground with a gritty and edgy performance that would really make her name . if she seem at time over the top and she come from the stage and and the subtlety of film act would emerge later for her . contrast this performance with the restraint and warmth and gentleness of her henriette in all this and and heaven too or the pathos she bring to dark victory . she be a true actress and a true artist . davis really allow herself to look like holy hell while mildred deterioration be absolutely pathetic a philip seem to gain strength a her spirit fade . an excellent film in which to see the burgeoning of one of film great star . | 1pos
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when i saw that this film be only 80 minute long and i thought we be in trouble . condense the gigantic w. somerset maugham novel down to a movie that clock in at under an hour and a half seem like a disaster wait to happen . but you know and the movie not half bad and and it even manage to retain much of what make the book resonate so much with it reader . i have hear many film buff complain that leslie howard be a wet noodle of an actor and and he be and but i can not think of anyone more suit to play the role of philip carey than a wet noodle and for that certainly what carey be . howard play him well and which mean you want to shake him and slap him upside the head repeatedly and then finally take him out and buy him a spine . ah and and then there bette and a the girl with whom carey be obsess and who bring his world crash down around him . i do not know what on earth the appeal of mildred be in the book and and the movie stay true to that detail . but a play by davis and she do become the most fascinating character in the story and and if she nasty and unlikable and she at least the most dynamic person on screen at any give time . davis performance here be credit with change the course of screen act and much a brando would do nearly 20 year later when he scream out stella . in that little known tennesee williams play and and it not hard to see why . davis be intense to the point of scary . she make no effort to wring any sympathy from the audience and and she allow herself to look ugly and most unglamorous . her appearance when carey walk in on her late in the film to find her dead or nearly dead of an unnamed disease ( though not much care be take to hide the fact that it an std ) be shock . of course and it help that this movie squeak out just before the production code go into effect while if it have be make a year later and you can bet thing would have be a bit different . yes and much of the novel and and many of it most interesting part and be leave on the cutting room floor and and the story really do become about carey and mildred and not much else . i find that to be the least interesting and most tedious part of maugham novel and but it be the part that give the novel it title and seem to be the part that reader be still draw to now and so it strike me a a wise decision on the part of the film maker that they choose to adapt the novel the way they do . grade represent b plus . | 1pos
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although this film put davis on the map due to her brilliantly intense performance a the illiterate guttersnipe waitress or prostitute mildred rogers and this film be strangely unsatisfying to me a a whole . the acting be indeed fine in most every respect . what i can not fathom for the life of me be just how or why phillip and a sensitive and well bred young man would take the constant abuse this tramp constantly dish out towards him represent i find his naive tolerance quite ridiculously unbelievable in certain respect . yes and i know he be a sensitive club foot and introvert intellectual . but davis be such a venomous witch that nobody that culture would tolerate her attitude or action and make it believable . davis be astound in her role represent yes and she may go overboard in her histrionics now and then and but it a vividly creative portrayal any which way you look at it . too bad she wasn not play a gangster moll . her character would have be completely believable a a tramp among low life . | 1pos
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. that the bette davis version of this film be good than the kim novak version . despite all of the other comment write here and i really prefer the bette davis version and even though the novak version have a more coherent story line . however represent davis mildred raw emotion seem to me to be more apt to a sluttish girl who seem easily to become a prostitute . and it be those raw emotion that constitute part of what the poor doctor fall in love with . he have emotion of despair and of failure and of otherness strong emotion that he repress . davis mildred and on the other hand and display her emotion immediately and without censure . she have no feeling of despair and or of failure and or of otherness while rather and she be merely survive a a poor cockney woman in the victorian era . novak portrayal be a more vulnerable mildred than be davis and almost through the the whole movie . davis mildred be never vulnerable until she actually have to go to the doctor and beg for assistance . and when he revile her for her method of keep body and soul together and and for continually take advantage of his love for her she unleash arguably the most passionate repudiation of snobbish holy than thou attitude ever see on screen represent i wipe my mouth . i wipe my mouth . novak vulnerability be excellent . davis realism be monumental . imdb vote concur . | 1pos
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another comment about this film make it sound lousy . give talk picture be so new i think the script and act be good . davis be so young and fresh . she have not yet find her own style that we have grow to expect . yet it be great to see her this way still learn the craft . so many clichés come from this film and it seem and this film blaze some trail for the next 70 year . my vote be see it and remember how young this type of film be . keep and open mind and you maybe shock at how troubled the character be in this picture and for be 1934 and how we view the early part of last century a uptight . i love it and hope you make up your own mind about it not influence by others negative and one note comment . | 1pos
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this movie be obviously low budget and film in british columbia and canada . the obstacle that have to be overcome to make this movie convincing ( set in california and late 60 80 ) be well conceive . i believe this be the best and most accurate version of the zodiac killing that plague the town of vallejo and the bay area from 1968 19 . ( he be never catch ) . edward james olmos ( det . dave toschi ) and george dzundza ( zodiac at the time believe to be arthur leigh allen and since clear by dna and fingerprint ) play a game of cat and mouse re visit crime scene together and each one try to trigger the other into an emotional revelation . olmos die from some type of terminal disease and know dzundza do it and still totally obsess to the point of lose his family and become a full blown alcoholic along the way . dzundza totally oblivious and self absorb ( like all serial killer ) to the carnage leave in his wake . the only disappointment be theover the top end otherwise pretty accurate . if you tire of the typical hollywood fluff or have an interest in the zodiac case and check it out . | 1pos
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i usually steer clear of tv movie because of the many way you know that it tv movie five second into the picture . this one get my attention because of the unusual title and it gloomy and well craft mood that be establish from the very start . while the ever present rain confirm my suspicion of a misplaced story ( even if claim to be set in california the movie be largely shot around a stormy vancouver and b. c. ) and the dark and oppressive outdoors beautifully complement olmos excellent acting . | 1pos
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the premise of this anime series be about bread and of all thing to base a plot on . i truly laugh . the main character have a special bread make power that he be bear with and and he go off to bread bake school . i wish it be available on dvd and and it doesn not matter if it subtitle or dub it that good . even the theme song alone be funny . at one point in the theme song and there an african japanese man with an afro on horseback and wield a french baguette a if it be a samurai sword . these image will not make sense unless you see the anime . you will laugh until your side hurt . it be definitely the most unique anime i have see thus far . | 1pos
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when i first start watch this anime i never think that something about make bread could actually be interesting and but thankfully i be mistake . from the moment i start watch it and anime just pull into the world of bread making and i be hook . the big advantage of this anime be it humor and which be very intelligent and very funny and with some recur gag . but the animation and soundtrack and character development be below average and while these disadvantage aren not see so much in the first episode and because of the great job on this anime and it really start to show in the last 20 episode and when the reaction and recur gag just grow old and and aren not as funny a before . as far a i be concern and if this anime have end with episode 52 i would have give it a 9 and but the last episode just leave a bitter aftertaste and which sadly can not be wash away by the awesome 50 episode . positive . | 1pos
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for those of you who think anime be just about giant reptile rap schoolgirl and think again . there be a totally different side to the japanese animation . yakitate . japan be one of those show . it be a sweet natured tale of a young boy with the gift to make delicious bread . his universe be all about create a japanese bread that can match with the famous european bread . the show be as wacky a they come and i be sure that non japanese viewer will miss a lot of the joke . but it be still very nice to watch because of the complete innocent vibe of the show . in the world of yakitate . it be not uncommon for people to look like they have just have an orgasm after eat bread . the bread be hallucinate and can give the consumer a wide array of super power and from time travel to swim like a fish . that weird aspect make it into one of the least predictable and funny show i have watch in a while . | 1pos
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yaitate . japan be a really fun show and i really like it . it be show in our country just recently in hero tv and ab cbn every 5 represent30 . it be about azuma kazuma who be try to fulfill his dream to make japanese bread that will represent his country . he be work in the southern toyo branch of pantasia and he be also help his friend ( tsukino azusagawa ) along with other baker ( like kawachi kyousuke and kanmuri shigeru ) to beat st. pierre and take control of pantasia . they fight other skillful baker from many other country and not only learn to make different kind of bread but also learn to cook other food . it be a really funny and unique anime because they also mimic character from other anime ( like naruto and detective conan and one piece ) and famous people from real life . it be one of the best work of takashi haschiguchi and be really a must see for people of different age . | 1pos
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yakitate . ja pan ( translate a fresh baked . japanese bread ) be the story of a young man name azuma kazuma and his journey to make the perfect japanese bread or ja pan and for japan and and for the japanese and that will be recognize the the whole world . of course and that just on the outside . in reality and yakitate . ja pan isn not really about the bread and but the reaction that come after eat the bread and and the pun that come with the reaction . the series be lovable because of these pun . from popular anime title like naruto and detective conan and and dragon ball to blockbuster movie like the matrix and lord of the ring . it all there . so what make this title different from other title of the same genre like cook master boy or mr. ajikko . well and unlike the others who use cook for world domination and yakitate . ja pan be purely comedy . sure and there be time that the story turn to drama and or even murder and but the comedic atmosphere make you laugh at them . you will be laugh at their own view of heaven . just watch it . just remember that this be also fiction and although some of the bread make here be base on real bread and eat the home make japan # 2 would not turn you to a super saiyan or turn your body to rubber . | 1pos
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i saw this movie a a kid on creature feature when i live in new york . it be a pretty creepy movie and though not as good a horror hotel . i just buy this movie on dvd and and it be different from what i remember because in the dvd that i buy there be several scene where the actor speak in french and or or italian and no subtitle be provide . then the other actor respond in english to what be be say . kind of weird . also on the dvd box and the name of some of the actor be spell differently than on imdb . aside from that and this movie be different in that the character of elsie take her clothes off and provide a nude shot in one scene and in another scene julia try to force elizabeth ( barbara steele ) to make out with her by push her down on the bed and kiss her while steele resists . that scene exist in the tv version and but it be very edited . i wonder if there be any extra footage that could be incorporate into a remastered ultra edition . it seem sad that some of these old low budget classic have be splice to bit and sell in all kind of edited version . where be the master tape and all the unused footage . aside from the first boring twenty minute before allen be deliver to the castle and the rest of the movie be pretty good . there aren not too many special effect ( but herbert face after julia club him be a good one ) . the creepy atmosphere and the strange and exotic and and seductive look of barbara steele make the movie a lot good than it should be . i can honestly say that if barbara steele have not be in this film and it would be a big zero . she make the movie a ten . | 1pos
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antonio margheriti danza macabra or castle of blood be an eerie and atmospheric chiller that succeed on all front . it look absolutely beautiful in black and white and it have wonderfully creepy gothic vibe . alan foster be an english journalist who pursue an interview with visit american horror writer edgar allan poe . poe bet foster that he can not spend one night in the abandoned mansion of poe friend and thomas blackwood . accept the wager and foster be lock in the mansion and the horror begin . the film be extremely atmospheric and it scar the hell out of me . the crypt sequence be really eerie and the tension be almost unbearable . barbara steele look incredibly beautiful a sinister specter elisabeth blackwood . castle of blood be easily one of the best italian horror movie make in early 60 . a masterpiece . | 1pos
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antonio margheriti danza macabra aka . castle of blood of 1964 be a beautiful and incredibly haunt masterpiece of italian gothic horror and and after mario bava la maschera del demonio ( aka . black sunday ) of 1960 and roger corman pit and the pendulum of 1961 ( star the great vincent price ) another must see that earn the wonderful barbara steele her more than deserve fame a the most important female horror icon in the history of motion picture . but not only be the beautiful and brilliant barbara steele one of my favorite actress of all time and the screenplay to danza macabra be co write by no one less than the cinematic genius sergio corbucci and who direct such ingenious spaghetti western milestone a django ( 1966 ) and the great silence ( 1968 ) . italy number 2 in the field ( right after mario bava ) and director antonio margheriti be one of the all time master of gothic horror and and castle of blood be doubtlessly his great achievement . hardly another film work so brilliantly in create an incredibly haunting and yet beautiful atmosphere a it be the case with this creepy masterpiece . when he encounter the famous writer of brilliant macabre story and edgar allen poe and in a gloomy london tavern and young journalist alan foster ( george rivière ) accept a bet from a nobleman and that he can not spend a night in his haunted castle in the night of all soul eve . as soon a foster enters the eerie castle and mysterious thing start to happen . after a little while and however and he encounter an enchant resident of the castle and the stunningly beautiful elisabeth blackwood ( barbara steele ) . the mysterious event so far and however and have only be foreboding of the terror the castle bear and however . the eerie castle set alone would be sufficient to create a gloomy mood and the excellent black and white cinematography and a great score by riz ortolani create an incredibly haunting atmosphere that be eerie beyond comparison . the wonderful barbara steele be fantastic a always and i simply can not find enough word to praise this wonderful actress . no other actress have ever be capable of unite ravish beauty with the uncanny a it be the case with steele and and no actress ever will . besides steele and the movie cast contain another stunning beauty and margarete robsahm and and she also deliver a great performance . george rivière performance a alan foster be great and and the rest of the performance be also very good . castle of blood be outstanding in many department represent barbara steele deliver one of her best performance and the cinematography and location be beautifully haunt beyond comparison and the atmosphere be incredibly eerie . the film simply be a perfect whole of atmosphere and gothic beauty and the art of terror . in short represent castle of blood be one of the most atmospheric and great gothic horror film ever make and and must not be miss by anyone interested in the genre . positive . | 1pos
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well execute old and very dark house horror . good set up which include the character of poe and himself and allude to the story in a london pub . although from here it be pretty much the one guy who have take the dare to visit the house on a particular night run from room to room either look for or avoid people and it be still most enjoyable . plus we have the delightful and enigmatic barbara steele . there be some wooden dialogue and some unexplained bit and bob but it be the super creepy atmosphere that be maintain throughout and that and the super musical score that keep this one move nicely along . dvd originates from u and have a few extra . | 1pos
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i have never see a barbara steele movie that i haven not like and and have always be a sucker for a good haunt house story ( especially for such wonderful picture a the legend of hell house and the original version of the haunting and house on haunt hill ) and so i have a feeling that castle of blood would be right up my alley . and boy and be it ever . this french italian coproduction and while perhaps not the classic that steele first horror film and black sunday and remain to this day and be nevertheless an extremely atmospheric and chill entry in the spook genre . film in black and white and it manage to convey a genuinely creepy miasma . the film concern a journalist who bet one lord blackwood and an author name edgar allen poe that he can spend the night in blackwood castle on the night of all saint day and when the spirit of those kill in the castle reenact their fate . the viewer get to see these death and and they be pretty horrible and for the most part . the film do indeed send shiver up the viewer spine and and in the uncut dvd that i just watch thanks to the fine folk at synapse even feature a surprising topless scene and some mild lesbianism . and barbara be wonderful in this movie while her otherworldly beauty be put to good advantage play a sympathetic spectre . her mere presence turn a creepy ghost story into something truly memorable . not for nothing have she be call the queen of horror . | 1pos
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this begin a wager between edgar allen poe and a journalist . poe bet that the man can not spend an entire night in a creepy castle . well and of course he can and but will he come out unscathed . hard to say with all these strange people that aren not suppose to be there wander around and include the icy barbara steele . this be a fairly odd film in that the presentation be both in french and english and and switch back and forth a few time . perhaps this be do because bit of dialog be lose . it also rather dark and claustrophobic and be that one doesn not see much beyond a small circle of light that candle and such generate and plus there a feel of dread and impend doom pretty much at all time . this version ( on synapse ) be also uncensored and i wonder what might be censor in a film from 1964 until i saw the topless scene and i guess that might be it . overall this be pretty good and in gloomy black and white . barbara steele definitely make the movie too . positive . | 1pos
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i remember see this film at the west end theater in louisville and kentucky when i be a boy . the scene where dr. carmus find the gardener coffin and and the breathing dead body therein and be the scary part of the movie for me and only intensify by the darkness of the film . i also wonder about the people hang from the tree at the end and until i recognize the part of the film in which the family name of the blackwood be change from blackblood and due to the fact that in the family history there be a character who be know for his many hanging of various people . sir thomas blackwood seem to get his kick out of add to the death cause by his family . i also notice that a foster first enter the gate of the cemetery and he be careful in notice the sharp object of the gate and where he meet his end . i would not hesitate to recommend this film to horror movie lover . | 1pos
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the dvd for danaza macabra ( castle of blood ) be very odd . that because part of the film be in french with subtitle and the rest be dub into english from the french . sometimes and character switch between the two in the middle of a scene . when i try to get the film to be just subtitle or just dub and it make no difference . odd and but still watchable . the story purport to be base on a poe story and though i can not recall which one . in fact and the character of poe appear in the beginning and end of the film though it do not look especially like him . a rich man make a bet with a guy down on his luck that he can not stay the entire night in a manner home . it seem like an easy bet to win even if the house be very creepy . however and it can not be that easy and a the rich guy say that all those who previously take the bet die yet this fool still want to make the wager . while in the home and he meet lovely barbara steele within and fall madly for her . later and however and he learn that she die more than a decade earlier . how can this be . i could tell you more about the plot but do not want to spoil any of the suspense . see it for yourself to find out the rest of the story . this film get very high mark for create a creepy atmosphere . the house and black and white cinematography and music work together to make for a scary look film . a for the plot and it interest especially because there be many twist and turn so many that you be wonder just who be and who isn not among the undead by the end of the film . the only negative be that i felt sorry for the poor snake that be needlessly kill . crazy a it might sound and i felt sorry for it and it hardly seem necessary . also and parent may want to know that towards the end there be a bit of nudity . a strikingly beautiful woman appear topless and but it hardly necessary for the plot . | 1pos
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if youre a fan of gothic horror and then youre definitely absolutely guarantee to love this wondrous italian 60 film castle of blood . be really talk about creepily creak door and eerie portrait that appear to be move and spontaneously die candle although there no wind and smoke come from underneath heavy wooden chamber door . speak in term of atmosphere and style and this masterful piece of gothic film making be one of the best out there while just one tiny league below landmark such a black sunday and the three face of fear and curse of the cry woman . the prominent director duo sergio corbucci ( the great silence and django ) and antonio margheriti ( cannibal apocalypse and killer fish ) be successful in all area and include a powerful plot ( one that be genuinely nightmare induce ) and ultra sinister scenery and filming location and stylish black and white photography and spine chilling music and a brilliant gathering of talented performer . barbara steele and starlet of the aforementioned black sunday and italian goth muse number one and shin brightly again a a spiritually torment character and she literally surround by excellent co player . one of them and silvano tranquilli and even give away a fairly credential depiction of author edgar allan poe . the story involve him and another wealthy visitor of a countryside tavern challenge a brutal young journalist to accept a morbid wager . if he alan foster would survive spend one night in the infamous blackwood castle and he receive the astonishing reward of $ 10 and a newspaper interview with poe . needless to say the ordeal be much more dangerous than it sound and even for somebody like alan foster who a firm non believer in ghost and vampire . the night start out great for him and a he even meet up with the stunningly beautiful woman of his dream and but gradually he learn that blackwood castle be a hellish place where the ghost of the previously decease visitor be trap for all eternity . i do not know about you and but this be seriously one of my favorite horror movie premise of all time . co director antonio margheriti clearly be proud of this film as well and because he remake it himself a couple of year later a web of the spider . that movie have a handful of trump and like for example the casting of no less than klaus kinski in the role of edgar allan poe and but in general this original be vastly superior . castle of blood literally ooze with atmosphere and maintain a thoroughly unsettling ambiance throughout . this truly be one of the rare film that can make the hair on your arm and back of the neck rise with fear if you watch it in the right circumstance . watch it late at night and preferably alone and in a candle lit room and and you will get an idea about the true definition of horror . | 1pos
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i originally saw this movie a a boy at the old rialto theatre a part of a saturday afternoon matinée triple bill which also feature vincent price last man on earth and mario bava nightmare castle . i have nightmare about blood lusting ghost for a week afterwards . though i do not know it then and all three movie would prove to be classic of the genre . no wonder i be so scared . though all three film frighten me and it be castle of blood that have the most profound impact . it be the first on the bill . i do not even get to see it from the beginning a we be late get to the cinema and miss the first 20 minute of the movie . that lot to miss since the edit print only run about 79 minute ( the unedited run 87minutes ) . but despite this and the dark creepy atmosphere ( complete with ruined castle and fog enshroud cemetery and shadow and cobweb ) and gothic set design and strong acting and and suspense ( especially the last 20 minute ) scar the bejeepers out of me and make a lasting impression it take me year to finally get a copy of the film for my collection . since it be a french italian import and it wasn not a movie that show up on the late show in winnipeg . i couldn not quite remember the title ( remember i do not get to see the beginning of the film and be scar witless ) and and to make matter bad and the film have be release under literally a dozen different movie title ( aka danze macabre and coffin of terror and castle of terror and long night of terror and etc . ) and the usa or uk work title castle of blood be very generic and similar to dozen of other b horror and suspense film and make it illusive . but thanks to the internet and perseverance and i find it at last . what a treat to finally watch the film in it entirety after so many year . it may not have have quite the sheer emotional impact that it do when i be a boy and but a haunt house movie go and it stand up well and compare favourably to similar iconic film of the period such a the haunting and the innocent or black sunday and the film be a fine early effort of italian director antonio margheriti . it star 60 scream queen icon barbara steele and feature a well write screenplay by sergio corbucci about a sceptical writer ( george riviere ) who and on a bet and spend the night in haunt house and unsuspectingly become part of an annual ongoing ghostly story . the hypnotic steele be well cast a the ghostly love interest a be arturo dominici a dr. carmus and and margarete robsahm a julia . many of the trick margheriti employ to create the film eerie atmosphere ( cobweb and creaking door and fog and etc ) be bind to seem cliché to a modern audience and but they work far more effectively in black and white than they ever could in modern day colour . rather than use body count and special effect and the film create scar the old fashion way and rely on a good story and stylish direction and fine set production and interesting camera work and and strong acting performance . margheriti do a marvellous job take these element and build the film suspense a the horrify paranormal secret of the house gradually reveal itself to the unwitting writer . the film be not without fault . the pace drag at the beginning of the film ( ironically and the 20 minute i originally miss ) . this be probably worsen by synapse film effort to restore the film to it original length . though fan will likely appreciate the chance to see the film restore in term of the intro it may have be more of hindrance than a help . the english voice dub be merely passable and and in the restored scene and the language shift from english to french ( english subtitle provide ) which be sure to be annoy to some viewer . however and synapse film deserve kudos for the quality of the print . clearly some effort be put into it restoration and deservedly so . i enjoy the film immensely and highly recommend it to aficionados of 60 italian goth film and or anyone who enjoy a good ghost story . rob rheubottom winnipeg and mb canada . | 1pos
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this complicate story begin fairly simply and with an english journalist accept a wager from edgar allen poe and his friend lord blackwood that he can not spend a night in the haunt blackwood castle . once there and the writer wanders around the dusty room and corridor and until music and a glimpse of a waltzing couple lead him into an empty room . he sit at the harpsichord and start to play the tune he have hear and and be surprise to be tap on the shoulder by the stunningly beautiful elizabeth blackwood . she inform him with an ambiguous charming or eerie manner that she have prepare his room upstairs and that someone be always expect on this night . the night of the dead . thus begin a startling series of supernatural event that bewilder the journalist all the rest of the night . spoiler ahead represent it probably would not surprise too many viewer to learn that the lovely elizabeth be actually a ghost . this doesn not prevent her from fall in love with the journalist and but it do make thing more complicated for them than for the average couple . this be a fun movie and with absolutely everything represent ghost and the spooky castle and repeat vision of past event and sex and violence ( though both have be tone down in the version most american have see over the year . ) the alluring and captivate barbara steele be the main reason to see it . she have a strange charisma unlike anyone else you have ever see in the movie . recommend . | 1pos
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i have watch this movie a number of time and and find it to be very good . this movie be also know a castle of terror and coffin of terror and and dance macabre . barbara steele and be her usual beautiful or creepy self . george riviere and the male lead and do a good job with his role . the whole movie be drip with atmosphere and and there be a good deal of tension throughout . the camera angle be good and the acting and for the most part and isn not bad . this film be quite suitable for a rainy day or evening . i have the dvd uncut version and which be far superior to the edited tv version . grab some popcorn and turn out the light and settle back and enjoy . john r. tracy . | 1pos
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when american author edgar allan poe visit london and he be approach by british journalist alan foster and who become the target of a peculiar wager . not believe poe assertion that all of his macabre story have be base on actual experience and foster accept a bet from poe and his friend sir thomas blackwood that he can not spend an entire night in the blackwood haunt castle . once instal in the abandon castle and foster discovers that he be not alone and a he be approach by various beautiful woman and handsome men and and a doctor of metaphysics who explain that they be all lose soul damn to replay the story of their demise on the anniversary of their death . the first time i watch this glorious bit of classic horror and i be mesmerize the entire time . i find the movie genuinely creepy and at the same time sorrowful . babs steele be undeniably beautiful . the music score make the atmosphere twice a terror inducing . the topless scene throw me for a loop and a i be not expect it . it look a synapse do a great job with picture enhancement and because this movie look damn fine for it age and and it the uncut international version and to boot . this be the movie responsible for me start a babs steele and klaus kinski collection . | 1pos
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castle of blood be a good example of the quality work in the horror genre be turn out in italy in the 60 . the film have all of the right element old dark house and atmosphere and a decent story and and barbara steele . steele make most any film worth see . the story concern a haunt castle . people have visit and but none have return . our hero make a wager that he can spend the night in the castle and return to collect his winning . but and the night he visit be a special night . it the night each year when the dead return to relive their death . the only flaw i see in the movie be the running time . it almost feel pad . there be a large portion of the first act where literally nothing happen . our hero stumble around in the dark find nothing of interest . but once he do find something and the movie pick up and become quite enjoyable . castle of blood be a definite must for steele fan and fan of italian gothic horror in general . | 1pos
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italy produce a lot of really great and original horror film in the 1960 and this be certainly one of them . the first thing you will notice about danse macabre be the style of the film . shot in beautiful black and white and and due to director antonio margheriti use of light while the film almost look like it could be a german expressionistic horror film . this and couple with the horror fill plot line ensure that danse macabre be a film that truly capture the essence of horror . of course and the fact that the beautiful barbara steele appear in the film doesn not harm matter and the good news continue a and in this film and she get to flex her act muscle more than she do in the film that make her famous . the plot be very aware of the time in which this be release and and so incorporate the great edgar allen poe . we follow alan foster and a writer who accept a bet from poe himself and lord blackwood that he can not spend an entire night in the latter creepy old castle . everyone that have spend the night there previously have die . and our hero be about to meet the previous wager taker . nowadays and horror film do not tend to focus so much on each shot and the result be that there isn not much beauty leave in the genre . it be refresh and therefore and to see this film . many of the shot here be incredibly beautiful from the female side of the couple wearing just a see through skirt and to my personal favourite a shot of smoke creep in from under a door . this my first antonio margheriti film and and even after see just this one while it obvious that he be one of italy premier director . also interest be the fact that screenplay be co write by another of the italian great while django creator sergio corbucci . the plot can meander a little too much at time and but there always enough atmosphere on hand to make sure that the film never become boring and the fact that it be always intriguing and even when the plot slow down and ensure the same thing . the way that danse macabre utilise the haunt house theme be both well do and original and and help to keep the story as eerie a possible . on the whole and fan of italian and or or cult cinema will not want to miss this little gem . | 1pos
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i first remember see this one back in the 70 when it be show on late night television . scar the hell out of me . but then and i be a teenager back in those day and not a jade about film a i be now . castle of blood ( aka represent danse macabre ) be a fine example of the 60 italian horror genre and along with mario bava black sunday ( 1960 ) and curse of the living dead ( aka represent kill baby kill ) ( 1966 ) and mario caiano nightmare castle ( 1965 ) . if you want spooky atmosphere along with great writing and then check these out as well . i also rate these along with those early poe film that roger corman be do during the same period . i saw the new synapse dvd that be take from a french print and it a great improvement over that old pan and scan print that be make the round on television over the year . it add a couple of minute of dialog ( in french ) that do not really add much to the movie a whole and but it nice to see it complete and without cut . unfortunately the dvd doesn not really offer any extras beyond still from the film . one flub i notice be in the opening scene and see the smoke effect man next to the camera be reflect on the glass of the inn front door . i guess the editor do not catch it at the time and or maybe they do not care and but it be something i do not notice the first time . that the wonder of dvd . you get to see all the flub and mistake and detail that weren not apparent the first time around . but no matter . but no matter and it still get a 7 on the imdb meter . | 1pos
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