ljgranberry
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- Larry Granberry
Any chance this camp classic from the 60's is coming to blu ray any time soon?
Yes, this movie is sooooo bad! I will watch it just to wallow in the mud. Patty Duke gives one of the greatest stinkeroo performances of all time.Matt Hough said:Truly one of my most enjoyable guilty pleasures. And I'll bet I read the book (which covers a greater time span and goes much deeper into the lives of all the main ladies) ten times.
Also on Comcast.Will Krupp said:There's an HD master on netflix as we speak that looks great so....here's hoping!!!
Yes, the novel is wonderful and fills in a lot that the film didn't include. I would never have read it if someone I thoroughly trust in these matters hadn't assured me I absolutely should, and I loved it. It's due for a re-read.Matt Hough said:Truly one of my most enjoyable guilty pleasures.
And I'll bet I read the book (which covers a greater time span and goes much deeper into the lives of all the main ladies) ten times.
Everett Stallings said:Also on Comcast.
You know, it's funny. I love Comcast but the functionality controls and the overall picture quality of netflix (less compression perhaps?) makes the experience so much more enjoyable than watching things on-demand through the cable box.Everett Stallings said:Also on Comcast.
Yet I'll take the earnest, not-in-on-the-joke original over the self aware, hip parody any day.Lord Dalek said:Beyond is not junk. That movie is high art thank you very much.
Williams arranged the version in the film, which is not the same as the hit version on Scepter Records (which would not allow her to appear on the soundtrack album on 20th Century-Fox Records). The hit version, which reached #2 on the charts (kept out of #1 by Paul Mauriat's "Love Is Blue") was arranged by Pat Williams and produced by Burt Bacharach. Because Warwick could not be on the ST album (which I bought and was surprised to find no Warwick), it was sung there by Dory Previn.Brian McP said:The movie does have a great John Williams score, an adaptation of themes by Andre and Dory Previn, and he received his first Academy Award nomination for this movie -- he also arranged the theme song that became a hit for Dionne Warwick.
Susan Hayward can sing (she used her own voice in I'll Cry Tomorrow and did Mame on stage) but she was hired at a moment's notice after Judy Garland bailed and didn't have time to brush up with voice lessons so she was dubbed on the I'll Plant My Own Tree number. Garland did record the song (but didn't film it as far as I know) so it would be nice if it were included as an "extra" on the blu.Matt Hough said:"I'll Plant My Own Tree" on the soundtrack album is also not the one in the film. On the LP, it's sung by Eileen Wilson; in the film, by Margaret Whiting.
Why wait for the Blu-ray? Maybe this will tide you over.Thomas T said:Susan Hayward can sing (she used her own voice in I'll Cry Tomorrow and did Mame on stage) but she was hired at a moment's notice after Judy Garland bailed and didn't have time to brush up with voice lessons so she was dubbed on the I'll Plant My Own Tree number. Garland did record the song (but didn't film it as far as I know) so it would be nice if it were included as an "extra" on the blu.