Newman's handling of the outdoor scenes, especially those involving work, is -- like his own acting -- restrained but powerfully evocative.
Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
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Reviews Counted:6
Fresh:6
Rotten:0
Average Rating:7/10
Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Melodrama and action mix in this film about the personal and business struggles of a tightly knit family. The Stamper family runs an independent logging operation in the Pacific Northwest. While... Melodrama and action mix in this film about the personal and business struggles of a tightly knit family. The Stamper family runs an independent logging operation in the Pacific Northwest. While the rest of the logging companies in their city are frozen by union unrest, the defiant Stampers remain indifferent to the bitterness of the striking townspeople. The cantankerous elder Stamper simply dismisses the workers' struggle as a "pinko commie conspiracy." But the angry loggers are determined to make the Stampers pay a high price for ignoring their demands... [More]
Starring: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin
Starring: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel, Linda Lawson, Cliff Potts, Sam Gilman
Director: Paul Newman
Director: Paul Newman
Producer: John Foreman
Screenwriter: John Gay
Composer: Henry Mancini
Reviews for Sometimes a Great Notion
Newman handles the emotional drama well and directs one outdoor scene with consummate brilliance.
The result is rather good -- a sort of contemporary 'western' in the timber territory.
Newman starts tunneling under the material, coming up with all sorts of things we didn't quite expect, and along the way he proves himself as a director of sympathy and a sort of lyrical restraint.
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