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Beauty and the Beast (1976)
Please release this Beauty!
What a waste that this superb work is not available for us in VHS, DVD or something. The acting was superb, in my opinion this is the best version ever done of the Beauty and the Beast. The expressions of the cast far surpass anything such as the more recent animated version.
Legends of the Fall (1994)
Not the book, but still good!
I had the pleasure of reading the Novella in the early to mid 1980's, long before a film was a consideration. In my opinion this was very well written, and for some reason I did not find the romance angles to predominate the story line. The glimpses of the Great War and the time that followed struck me as very powerful. The movie seems to highlight the romantic angles, and I feel it took away from the power of the characters of the Col. and the narrator. Brad Pitt and Company seemed shallow. Still, Anthony Hopkins and some of the "lesser" characters turned in fine performances. So did the excellent looking horses, and the cinematography is fabulous!
Mississippi (1935)
I wish I could buy a copy!
I've seen this about twice, but many years ago. Perhaps a corny, old fashioned melodrama, but you get the combination of a very young Bing Crosby singing sweetly, and a very funny W.C. Fields. In one scene, Fields' character is setting in the Cabin bragging (telling lies,of course) about his exploits as an "Indian Fighter". A "Cigar-Store Indian" is being carried along the deck, and as it passes his window, he does a double-take, and proclaims: "Of course now, the Red Man and I have smoked the pipe of peace". I believe that circa 2001 some people find this racist. I felt that scene actually MADE FUN of his blustering attitude, and gave all people of good nature a laugh on the character.