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i just love this movie

posted 19 years ago by tinkieebelliee
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i saw this movie at the library last week and picked it up becasue of the cover i thought, this looks intresting, why not try it, ohhh my it was!but now i am hooked on good movies with simular plots. i dug out some old movies but none equaled it and i want to watch somthing amazing as well as it. so i checked the recomendations on this website and they didnt sound that good so can someone recomend me a good movie!! also i was wondering if anyone knew the title and author of the book unless it is the same and was it any good?

Captian Hook:If I were you, I'd give up
Peter Pan: If you were me I'd be ugly!

[–] sugar-bear 19 years ago

Title:Be Ready With Bells and Drums
Author:Elizabeth kata

It's all about the corned beef sandwiches and pineapple juice

[–] dcurry-1 19 years ago

Here are a few:

One Potato, Two Potato (1964)
Imitation of Life (1959)
The Well (1951)
Pinky (1949)
Lost Boundaries (1949

[–] theodoreb 19 years ago

A PATCH OF BLUE
is my all time favorite movie.
The entire cast gives the best performance. By the end of the film, I could personally strangle Shelley Winters. She is more than convincing in the part. Elizabeth Hartman also is great as the blind daughter. And don't forget Elisabeth Fraser as Winter's shady friend, one of Hollywood's gifted character actresses. I also enjoyed Fraser in four Doris Day movies: YOUNG AT HEART - THE TUNNEL OF LOVE - THE GLASS BOTTOM BOAT and THE BALLAD OF JOSIE.

[–] shepardjessica-1 19 years ago

Excellent performance from Elizabeth Hartman (died too young). She was also great in You're a Big Boy Now with Peter Kastner, Rip Torn, Karen Black, Julie Harris, and Geraldine Page.

[–] zelda1964 19 years ago

In the days of old, There was an awkward way to elaborate on touchy topics;Here the Director has a great way to openly show Racism and depict the Handicapped in one moving Film.

I love Selina and in Her world, we see a Naive and Young woman who wants to reach out to People she can only feel with her Heart.She is taught different values from her Mother and grandfather who have their way of Abusing her.
Sidney Poitier is wonderful, in that His Character(Gordon) is the Shining Knight who comes to save Selina from that torture and sadness she grew up learning.

[–] rudeboy8080 17 years ago

I am not a fan of tear jerker dramas, but A Patch of Blue is a good film. At times, I forget it's a movie and a work of fiction based on a book.