richardchatten
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Largely set in one room in a colonial-style house built in 1900; and although superficially similar to Robert Zemeckis' earlier 'Allied' founded upon a much more sophisticated visual conceit adroitly executed.
Until - literally - the final shot the setting remains the same - as does the camera angle- as we see the area evolve from primordial swamp through the Colonel era to modern estate - along the way taking in both the Spanish Influenza epidemic to Covid-19 - while a colonial mansion once occupied by Benjamin Franklin throughout looms inscrutably in the background.
Until - literally - the final shot the setting remains the same - as does the camera angle- as we see the area evolve from primordial swamp through the Colonel era to modern estate - along the way taking in both the Spanish Influenza epidemic to Covid-19 - while a colonial mansion once occupied by Benjamin Franklin throughout looms inscrutably in the background.
This adaptation of Robert Louis Stephenson's novel marked Disney's first excursion into live action filmmaking - under the firm hand of director Byron Haskin - achieving a level of excellence the studio's subsequent live action features signally failed to achieve.
Did I mention Robert Newton? His eyeballs alone should have won him an Oscar.
Did I mention Robert Newton? His eyeballs alone should have won him an Oscar.
A reminder of the early eighties when feminism was at its most rhetorical; enjoying a considerable coterie following upon its original appearance at screenings accompanied by the mirthless laughter of like-minded audiences having their assumptions reinforced.
While the much vaunted climactic sequence where (SLIGHT SPOILER COMING:) all the women in the courtroom burst out laughing en masse - like Chancey Gardner walking on water in the scene that ends 'Being There' - simply demonstrated the makers' inability to bring the film to a satisfactory conclusion.
While the much vaunted climactic sequence where (SLIGHT SPOILER COMING:) all the women in the courtroom burst out laughing en masse - like Chancey Gardner walking on water in the scene that ends 'Being There' - simply demonstrated the makers' inability to bring the film to a satisfactory conclusion.
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