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Seven Days in May, a review by Antares

Seven Days in May





Year: 1964
Film Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures, Seven Arts Productions, Joel Productions
Genre: Suspense/Thriller, Drama
Length: 118 Min.

Director
John Frankenheimer (1930)

Writing
Fletcher Knebel (1911)...Novel
Charles W. Bailey II...Novel
Rod Serling (1924)...Screenplay

Producer
Edward Lewis

Cinematographer
Ellsworth Fredericks (1904)

Music
Jerry Goldsmith (1929)...Composer

Stars
Burt Lancaster (1913) as Gen. James Mattoon Scott
Kirk Douglas (1916) as Col. Martin 'Jiggs' Casey
Fredric March (1897) as President Jordan Lyman
Ava Gardner (1922) as Eleanor Holbrook
Edmond O'Brien (1915) as Sen. Raymond Clark
Martin Balsam (1919) as Paul Girard
Andrew Duggan (1923) as Col. William 'Mutt' Henderson
Hugh Marlowe (1911) as Harold McPherson

Review
       Today it is hard to imagine the fear and anxiety that the populations of the two superpowers felt after the Cuban Missile Crisis. With the buildup of each countries arsenal of nuclear missiles, insuring the concept of mutual assured destruction, both the United States and the Soviet Union teetered on the brink of annihilation in their quest to extend their political ideologies around the world. With the Soviet Union entrenched in the dogma of the Communist manifesto, debate as to the lunacy or viability of the nuclear arms race was left to the varied political factions of the United States. It is in this tense political atmosphere that the film Seven Days in May occurs. With a taut screenplay by Rod Serling and helmed by the hottest director of the time John Frankenheimer, Seven Days in May Casey (Douglas) becomes apprehensive about his commanders intentions, forcing him to contact the president with his suspicions. Over the course of the film the battle by both sides to stop the other is played against a timeline leading up to the coup, hence the .

       It must have been refreshing for Serling to be able to move away from the science fiction scripts he had become famous for while making The Twilight ZoneSeven Days in May delivers the goods and I give it my highest recommendation.


Ratings Criterion
5 Stars - The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.


(From Seven Days in May (1964) on February 21st, 2010)

Summer of ’42, a review by Antares

Summer of '42





Year: 1971
Film Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures, Mulligan-Roth Productions, Warner Home Video
Genre: Drama
Length: 104 Min.

Director
Robert Mulligan (1925)

Writing
Herman Raucher (1928)...Writer

Producer
Don Kranze
Richard A. Roth

Cinematographer
Robert Surtees (1906)

Music
Michel Legrand (1932)...Composer

Stars
Jennifer O'Neill (1948) as Dorothy
Gary Grimes (1955) as Hermie
Jerry Houser (1952) as Oscy
Oliver Conant (1955) as Benjie
Katherine Allentuck as Aggie
Christopher Norris (1953) as Miriam
Lou Frizzell (1920) as Druggist
Robert Mulligan (1925) as Narrator (Uncredited, Voice)

Review.
 
       Directed by Richard Mulligan and based upon the true-life remembrances of screenwriter Herman Raucher,

Ratings Criterion4 Stars - Historically important film, considered a classic.

(From Summer of ’42 (1971) on March 5th, 2010)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

ENT 4.19 In A Mirror, Darkly, Part II
Cast: Scott Bakula (Jonathan Archer), John Billingsley (Phlox), Jolene Blalock (T'Pol), Dominic Keating (Malcolm Reed), Anthony Montgomery (Travis Mayweather), Linda Park (Hoshi Sato), Connor Trinneer (Charles "Trip" Tucker III), Gary Graham (Soval), Gregory Itzin (Admiral Black), John Mahon), Derek Magyar (Kelby), Pat Healy (Alien), Majel Barrett (Computer Voice), David Sobolov (Slar)

In this second part, Archer has taken control of the Defiant (which is of the same starship class as the original Enterprise). So we get to see his crew onboard a ship which is very similar to the old Enterprise. They even wear the appropriate uniforms.
This episode is a good conclusion to the two-parter.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on September 26th, 2009)