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Summer and Smoke

Laurence Harvey , Geraldine Page , Peter Glenville    Unrated   DVD
4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
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3.0 out of 5 stars Summer and Smoke Jan 7 2011
Format:DVD
This movie had a lot of potential, but it was a little too long and it fizzled out in the last quarter or so of the movie. The way it ended could be set up for a sequel but there is nothing to follow this. I am still waiting for the ending. If you like movies to end happily ever after or you want to see it all tied up in a bow (so to say) this movie will disappoint. Both main characters went through life changing transformations that I think were not developed and portrayed very well. The ending did not relate to the flow of the movie at all!!...In my opinion some writer or director should rewrite the last half of the movie and you would have a winner.
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Format:VHS Tape
I've been a huge fan of Geraldine Page for years as well as of Tennessee Williams' plays. Why does the DVD boxed set of Tennessee Williams' plays-on-film not contain "Summer and Smoke" (showcasing yet another brilliant powerhouse performance by the incomparable Geraldine Page)? (At least a couple of buried treasures are included in the boxed set: "Baby Doll" and "Night of the Iguana".) Guess, I'll keep waiting ...

p.s. Finally!! Four and a half years after I wrote this review, this film containing the remarkable performance by the amazing late Geraldine Page is now on DVD !! Thank you to whomever !!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Page: Shatteringly brilliant Feb 9 2004
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Format:VHS Tape
Thank God for the wonders of Ms. Geraldine Page. If it weren't for her, I doubt that the film would have the same effect. A tragedy unfolds and Ms. Page gives us all emotional aspects of the character she portrays. It is hard to believe that she is not Alma (the character she plays) because her sense of reality in the film is so strong. A lesson for all actors -- she has obviously done her homework -- she is concentrated and resonates with that human pain that exists within all of us. I sorely miss her. I remember seeing this film as a child in the theater and young as I was, I knew I was watching someone extraordinary. We would have sorely lost out without her.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A Summer Viewing Tradition
I cannot get through a summer without seeing this fine film. For me,it captures the sad brevity of summer and the classic melancholy of Tennessee Williams. Read more
Published on Jun 13 2003 by Charles E. Jeffries
5.0 out of 5 stars More brilliance from my darling Geraldine
OK...OK...here I go again on the peerless Miss Page...this one will be quite succinct...
SHE IS MAGNIFICENT! RENT IT! BUY IT! DON'T MISS IT!
...where is the DVD?
Published on Mar 29 2003 by "nataliesnumber1fan"
5.0 out of 5 stars Geraldine Page gives the best performance of her career!!!
The finest actress ever to live, Geraldine Page recreates her broadway role as the spinster Alma, who lives with her parents to care for her ill mother{Una Merkel, in a brilliant... Read more
Published on July 26 2002 by ryan cole
5.0 out of 5 stars GERALDINE PAGE, most unappreciated...
There are a lot of things you can say about this film, but foremost must be the performance of Geraldine Page, perhaps the finest female performance ever captured on film. Read more
Published on Feb 14 2002 by R. Gawlitta
5.0 out of 5 stars GERALDINE PAGE, most unappreciated...
There are a lot of things you can say about this film, but foremost must be the performance of Geraldine Page, perhaps the finest female performance ever captured on film. Read more
Published on Feb 14 2002 by R. Gawlitta
5.0 out of 5 stars Summer and Smoke
The first time i watched this movie was at S.F.'s Castro Theatre's tribute to the Great Tennessee, and not to mention that I was flying extremely high on psychedelics, and the sets... Read more
Published on Oct 10 2001 by Merle Taffer
5.0 out of 5 stars IN THE PARK . alone ... waiting..... at night.
It's THAT final scene that always grabs ya, poor Alma, little desolate sitting there, next to that grotesque stone angel, a bit like Blanche, waiting for that Gentleman Caller,... Read more
Published on Aug 9 2001
5.0 out of 5 stars Summer, Smoke and Blood
Tennessee Williams is once again settling his accounts with parents and the South. One daughter is encaged by her preaching father into absolutele spinstery. Read more
Published on Oct 24 2000 by Jacques COULARDEAU
5.0 out of 5 stars Geraldine Page - a Miracle in this Fabulous Movie!
Tennessee Williams did another great job with "Summer and Smoke" and the memorable phrases that he came up with will stick with you forever. Read more
Published on Aug 16 2000 by DANIEL E MILLER
5.0 out of 5 stars Life on iceberg
Living in Vicksburg for 17 years gives me a special pleasure to appreciate this film. Tom Williams who grew up at parsonage in Columbus at his uncle lived also shortly in Vicksburg... Read more
Published on April 24 2000 by john andersen
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