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Sidney Poitier won an Oscar for this endearing movie about a handyman who thinks he's just passing through a little town in New Mexico, and ends up staying awhile to build a chapel for a cluster of German-speaking nuns. The renowned actor is highly entertaining in his combative exchanges with Lilia Skala, playing a Mother Superior who survived Hitler and makes no bones about bullying the goodhearted, itinerant worker into doing more and more for her. The film has an ambling, easygoing style with several memorable moments, not least of all is Poitier leading his holy hostesses through verses of the gospel song "Amen." Lilies is directed by the late Ralph Nelson, a pioneering director of live television who also made a number of popular feature films with notable performances (Jackie Gleason in Requiem for a Heavyweight, Cary Grant in Father Goose, Cliff Robertson in Charly) in the 1960s and 1970s. --Tom Keogh
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LILIES OF THE FIELD
Genre: Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD
SKU:GMDB2221840
Genre: Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 0000-00-00
Media Type: DVD
SKU:GMDB2221840
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Format:DVD
Lili of the field était défectueux. Pour retourner le dvd j'ai suivit vos instruction, mais les 2 tentatves ont échouées et j'ai fini par payer pour le retour,j'imagine que cela arrive a l'occation et je ne le regrète pas. Le service en français pour le retour très mauvais, j'ai préféré celui en englais même si j'ai beaucoup de difficulté avec cette langue. Mais pour le service la livraison tout est parfait. Merci Claude Husereau
By J
Format:DVD
Mostly its just Poitier showing his acting chops. He is awesome. One of his finest roles. Wise & funny. A simple man thrust into an absurd situation rises to the occasion. Poitier was all about dignity and responsibility.
By Kim Robinson
Format:VHS Tape
A black man (Sidney) is passing through town minding his own business...but some German Sisters catch him in their grips like powerful sticky hooks, and will not let him go until God's plan is fulfilled.
The German Sisters feel that (Sidney) is a God-send. This is the man who will build their chapel, their black angel, God's carpenter. ALLELUIA!!!!!!!!!!
(Sidney) tries to leave many times, but God's plan is so apparent that something always stands in his way...not only that, but the sisters make him feel guilty about leaving. He was sent to them from GOD.
The relationship that develops between he and the sisters is beautiful and humorous at times. When he sings 'AMEN' one cannot help but Know he was meant to be there.
This is a movie about faith and love. How the most unconventional relationships can be the most fulfilling, brilliant, Godly, unforgotten.
A simple man passing through town learns that living for himself is not enough. He is in town long enough to build a chapel, build relationships, find a purpose.
When the chapel is built, he leaves once again to find whatever it was he was searching for...
but the viewer knows he shall never be the same. AMEN
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Amen.
Simple, uncluttered, charming- sadly, this film could not be made today simply because the mentality of so many Hollywood studios is steeped in formulaic storytelling: more... Read more
Published on Oct 22 2003 by Chris Aldridge
4.0 out of 5 stars
"EVERYONE stand up!"
Let me start this off with one irreversible fact: I am not a religious person. Thus it is a pleasant surprise for me to be charmed by a film which, quite simply, is about faith. Read more
Published on Nov 23 2002 by Sarah Hadley
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amen
I have a soft spot for "Lilies of the Field." One of my favorite teachers first introduced me to this movie. Read more
Published on Sep 12 2002 by NotATameLion
5.0 out of 5 stars
NOTICE HOW THERE AREN'T ANY RATINGS BELOW 5 STARS???
The reason for that is simply because this movie is great. It's simple. Simply great. It's an all around nice movie, unlike so many ridiculous, time and money wasters being vomited... Read more
Published on July 5 2002
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Another Poitier Triumph
Although highly regarded in its day, "Lilies of the Field" is now considered a relic of the civil rights era or Hollywood's token Oscar "gesture" to a Black... Read more
Published on May 24 2002
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Divine Persuasion
In 1962 Sidney Poitier won the Academy Award for Best Actor for director Ralph Nelson's LILIES OF THE FIELD. Read more
Published on Mar 21 2002 by hille2000
5.0 out of 5 stars
Simple
There isn't much more to say about it. It's a simple movie, to the point. Simple but great.
Published on Oct 20 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars
SPECTACULAR!!
I just watched this film for the first time and it was amazing. I did not rent it for the back cover paragraph, but for the cover. Read more
Published on Aug 5 2001 by Wilson Pruitt
5.0 out of 5 stars
True delight!
I saw this film on television during easter many years ago and it made me very happy - a film to be remembered. Read more
Published on July 30 2001 by Erling
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A true Classic
"But Daddy where is the color?" I watched this movie the first time in 1963, and being a guy I really wasn't suposed to like it. Read more
Published on April 12 2001 by Bodo Clifford Wieringa
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