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Yes, I was thinking the same thing myself. I wonder what the true story is, here, because it's obvious that SOMETHING was going on behind the scenes. Cynthia Belliveau had been in every episode of seasons one and two, but then her character was missing entirely from half of season three, with the actress eventually being replaced by Laura Bruneau.
Seems that there had to be some sort of backstage drama going on, but I have no idea what the story is or just what happened.
After watching both versions----I find I enjoy both, but do prefer the American remake.
Whoops, guess again! I'm glad it wasn't Nigel---I find the character likable and hope he'll appear even more often in season 3.
I AM surprised that they got rid of one of the eight main ghosts, and can't help but wonder if this is only temporary and Flower will be coming back. That said---if they HAD to get rid of one of the eight, Flower is the one I would have chosen to leave too, because I found that character the least interesting out of all the main ghosts.
A full 16 years after the initial query.... This film was released on blu-ray by Scream Factory in 2017. It's now out of print, but copies of the disc can be found on eBay for $10 or so. The blu-ray features an informative commentary track, as well as an interview with the writer.
Yes, I found the father to be VERY unsympathetic; a real jerk. I just didn't have patience for that sort of a**hole personality, and ended up wanting to punch him in the throat. Heh---okay, maybe I didn't quite have such a physical reaction, but in this film, all my sympathy went to the mother.
I'll agree--when the film started, it took me a while to figure out it was supposed to be set in the 40s; at first I thought the son had come back from Vietnam. This is primarily because the Judy Collins music immediately gave the film a late-1960s vibe, and Patricia Neal's contemporary hairstyle threw me off. If you Google photos of Patricia from 1945-1949, you'll see exactly what her hairstyle SHOULD have looked like in this film. It was most definitely out of period, and as such I found it very distracting.
Yes, the fact that her name was "Eldritch" is an immediate clue that something supernatural is going to happen.
Yes, something appears to have been lost in editing, because naturally the one thing everyone instantly thinks is "why didn't she just run out the door the moment she first sees the killer doll?" It would appear that there was a scene shot, but deleted, that showed her trying to get out of the apartment right off, but unable to do so because of the twisted bolt.
Ha, I was wondering the same thing, how he managed to rearrange her hair so she wouldn't notice that it had been down. (Though of course as it turns out, it didn't matter if she did notice....)
I enjoy "Calamity Jane" more than "Annie Get Your Gun" for one simple reason: a more appealing lead actress. I know that many wouldn't agree with my assessment, but I've always found Betty Hutton to be unbearably over-the-top in the role of Annie Oakley. Everything about her portrayal of the character is too broad; her singing, her acting---it's all painful for me to watch. While Doris wasn't exactly understated as Calamity, I just find her more likable.