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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)

The Dreamers, a review by addicted2dvd

The Dreamers: Original Uncut NC-17 Version (2003/United States) Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment Director: Bernardo Bertolucci Writing: Gilbert Adair (Screenwriter), Gilbert Adair (Original Material By) Length: 115 min. Rating: Rated NC-17 : Explicit Sexual Content Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, French: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Michael Pitt as Matthew
Eva Green as Isabelle
Louis Garrel as Theo
Anna Chancellor as Mother
Robin Renucci as Father
Jean-Pierre Kalfon as Himself

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Music Videos
• Closed Captioned

This is the second movie I watched today... and it is the second movie I found to be a bit on the strange side. Though I did like this one a little more then the previous (Bug). At least it was definitely easier to understand what was going on at all times. The twins' (brother and sister) relationship is what I found to be so weird. This movie is little more then a strange story with a bunch of old film clips and lots of sex/nudity (both female and male nudity). It isn't that it is a bad film... just as I said... strange. I must say though. I was captivated by the female twin played by Eva Green... she is gorgeous.




(From The Movies from Within My Lifetime: 2012 Edition on March 10th, 2012)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Rick

Victoria's Secret - Part 1

From the very beginning you can tell this episode is going to be different. There was some comedy in it, the hat as Tom pointed out  I also got a chuckle at the vacuum and the TV Fraser borrowed, both were broken and HE had to fix them before he returned them  But it is for the most part all Drama.

I thought Ray acted kinda crappy when he came to Fraser's house to get the money, it did give them a chance for Fraser to leave the appartment I guess it worked. It seemed a bit out of character to me though.

The story is pretty predictible but still enjoyable. Great ending. The next episode is beginning right now 

Rating:


(From "Due South" marathon on July 28th, 2009)