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The Horse's Mouth (1958)
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11 November 1958 (USA)
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Smart Alec
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A somewhat vulgar but dedicated painter searches for the perfect realization of his artistic vision, much to the chagrin of others. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 4 wins
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3 nominations
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Too Neglected
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Alec Guinness | ... | Gulley Jimson |
 | Kay Walsh | ... | Coker |
| Renee Houston | ... | Sara Monday |
| Mike Morgan | ... | Nosey |
| Robert Coote | ... | Sir William Beeder |
| Arthur Macrae | ... | A.W. Alabaster |
| Veronica Turleigh | ... | Lady Beeder |
| Michael Gough | ... | Abel |
| Reginald Beckwith | ... | Capt. Jones |
| Ernest Thesiger | ... | Hickson |
| Gillian Vaughan | ... | Lollie |
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97 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.66 : 1 more
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Joyce Carey, the author of the novel which inspired the film, based the role of the self-destructive painter on his good friend, the great Welsh poet 'Dylan Thomas'.
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Quotes:
Gulley Jimson:
What are your feet like?
Charwoman: Why?
Gulley Jimson: If they're really old, trampled feet - as I suspect - I'd like to draw them.
Charwoman: Draw your own feet!
[she leaves]
Gulley Jimson: Old women's feet... thin, flat, long, clinging to the ground like reptiles.
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Charwoman: Why?
Gulley Jimson: If they're really old, trampled feet - as I suspect - I'd like to draw them.
Charwoman: Draw your own feet!
[she leaves]
Gulley Jimson: Old women's feet... thin, flat, long, clinging to the ground like reptiles.
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Referenced in Curious George (2006)
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LIEUTENANT KIJE
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My late wife, an artist, loved this film, and it gave me such insights into the way her mind worked. Guiness is wonderful; for once we see many levels of the character he portrays. Kay Walsh is so touching as the woman in his life, while Mike Morgan makes the perfect art groupie. It's funny to see Dr. Pastorious in old age; he has barely changed since Bride of Frankenstein.
The humor is gentle and quiet except for the studio renovation scene, but it is when Gully stands in front of a canvas that the truth of this film comes out. His almost soliloquy on the human foot; the scene where he shrugs and says that was not what he was trying to say, after he has ruined the toff's wall, these are priceless and our entry into an artist's mind. When the houseboat sets sail down the Thames, to the comment about the sea by the looney who pipes Gully aboard is a bit of perfection set on celluloid. He stands there, framing a vision of another canvas on the hull of a freighter, while reciting this wonderful doggerel that I always get mixed up when I try to say it, and all the while Nosey and Sara spur him on. I've never read the book and wonder if this represents his death, but I take from it what I will.
One other thought: there are certain films shot on location that should be filed away as time/place documentaries. This one is a perfect example: London 1958.