Job or family? The perennial conflict is depicted in this drama about a draftsman able to free himself from the job for a very overdue family vacation, who is threatened with the sack if he ... Read allJob or family? The perennial conflict is depicted in this drama about a draftsman able to free himself from the job for a very overdue family vacation, who is threatened with the sack if he doesn't return to work mid-holiday.Job or family? The perennial conflict is depicted in this drama about a draftsman able to free himself from the job for a very overdue family vacation, who is threatened with the sack if he doesn't return to work mid-holiday.
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While everyone else seems rudderless and flip-floppy, David Brian is unbeatable as a driven businessman with a complex compassionate side but who also knows his boundaries. worth a watch just to see how he handles his role.
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I normally only write reviews for the very top 5% or the bottom 5%, movies so far outside the average stuff, that I feel compelled to write. My compulsion here, come from my reaction to another review. To wit,
"The story completely misses the point that in forgetting the rabbit trap, it is Eddie who has the problem and wants to make it his bosses problem. Private companies are not like governments. They are not in business to provide jobs for people and they are not run by bosses who enjoy making life miserable for their employees. Unlike government departments, they have competitors and if they don't do it better and or cheaper, they lose market share and eventually go out of business. "
Wow. Where to start. Sure the sons point of view is simplistic, failing to see the company's profit and loss structure, but is an individual caring about the possible suffering of one of gods creatures all that insignificant? For all the fathers exposing children to hunting, decking them out in size 3 or 4 cameo's, and doing all but buying them child sized shotguns so they can get a jump on their killing odyssey, wouldn't the world be a bit nicer, a slightly better balance if more fathers would skip a day at work, just in case their child might have positioned a small animal for an awful death?
in my life, between being a combat medic, then a special forces medical instructor, and finally med school, internship and residency, I've seen a great deal of cruelty. Perhaps its why I see a need for more compassion, kindness and awareness of suffering of both humans and animals.
"The story completely misses the point that in forgetting the rabbit trap, it is Eddie who has the problem and wants to make it his bosses problem. Private companies are not like governments. They are not in business to provide jobs for people and they are not run by bosses who enjoy making life miserable for their employees. Unlike government departments, they have competitors and if they don't do it better and or cheaper, they lose market share and eventually go out of business. "
Wow. Where to start. Sure the sons point of view is simplistic, failing to see the company's profit and loss structure, but is an individual caring about the possible suffering of one of gods creatures all that insignificant? For all the fathers exposing children to hunting, decking them out in size 3 or 4 cameo's, and doing all but buying them child sized shotguns so they can get a jump on their killing odyssey, wouldn't the world be a bit nicer, a slightly better balance if more fathers would skip a day at work, just in case their child might have positioned a small animal for an awful death?
in my life, between being a combat medic, then a special forces medical instructor, and finally med school, internship and residency, I've seen a great deal of cruelty. Perhaps its why I see a need for more compassion, kindness and awareness of suffering of both humans and animals.
I saw this movie decades ago but, like Little Kidnappers, it made it big impression. Leacock was an affecting film director with a distinguished early career and I don't understand why so much of his later work was as a journeyman on television shows. I hope he was well paid.
A family that just has started their vacation, must return home because the father (Ernest Borgnine) is required by his boss. When they arrive, realize that they forgotten a harmless rabbit trap ready. Because of the insistence of his son, he try to convince his boss to let him go to the vacation spot to check whether any rabbit has been caught, and so release him from a slow death agony. He must choose between his job, or give a good example of compassion and love to all creatures to his son. The Ernest Borgnine acting is at his best. I love this film.
Ernest Borgnine is excellent as a husband and father whose long-awaited camping vacation with his family is cut short after his boss orders his return to the office; Borgnine's little boy is upset they left a rabbit trap behind, and is angry with his father for not caring about the potential death of an animal versus the demands of his job. Screenwriter J.P. Miller, adapting his 1955 teleplay, broadcast as part of the Goodyear Playhouse, is a bit too obvious drawing out the parallels between the man's position at work and the caged rabbit; but, even as the symbolism is beaten to a pulp, the star's performance carries the material. This project was clearly meant to get Borgnine back on "Marty" territory; while "The Rabbit Trap" isn't nearly as rich in personality as that film, it certainly has its heart in the right place, and Borgnine's confrontation scene with his hard-nosed boss is pretty powerful. ** from ****
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- TriviaDon Rickles' second movie.
- GoofsWhen Eddie (Ernest Borgnine) pulls into his driveway returning from the family vacation, it's clear that nobody else is in the front seat where his wife Abby (Bethel Leslie) would be sitting, but after the car stops, Abby opens the passenger door and emerges from the front seat.
- ConnectionsRemake of Goodyear Playhouse: The Rabbit Trap (1955)
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