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Holistic Guidance - Who Is Harry Kellerman
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List Price: $9.98
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Barbara Harris, Jack Warden, David Burns, Gabriel Dell
Directed By: Ulu Grosbard
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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786305382201
Format: Color
ISBN: 6305382204
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Release Date: 1999-05-25
Running Time: 108
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1971
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Summary: Pretty pathetic, definitely a waste of time
Comment: I'm a big Hoffman fan, but this one was a stinker. A very generic script
with big stereotypes about rock stars, psychiatrists, squares, etc. Very dated and very dull and boring. A lot of scenes where they just let the camera roll on and on while nothing is happening and the dialog goes nowhere. Hoffman's performance is pretty poor, but basically it's not his fault, because there was nothing to work with and I don't know what the point was. I turned it off halfway thru b/c it was too pathetic to watch.
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Summary: Quite a trip!
Comment: This movie captures the essence of the hippie era - a wandering through a vaguely hallucinatory landscape of soul-searching and finding oneself. It's a reflection on the disappointments of success. Although the title of the film and this unformed subject matter may put some people off, this is actually quite a trip, man.
In addition to being an engaging blast from the past, there are two things in this film that make it an unforgettable must-see. The first thing is Barbara Harris' performance. Her gentle, falling-leaf reconciliation with the fact that neither she nor any woman is likely to have the romance that was the stuff of all their dreams - is one of the best, most heart-wrenching scenes ever captured on film. Barbara Harris may not have won the Academy Award, but she wins silver-screen immortality with this portrayal.
The second reason to check out this movie is the music - especially the closing song sequence that's a collaborative effort between Shel Silverstein and Dr. Hook (the band). That trailing refrain, "This is the Last Morning" is all of us trailing off into the dying of all our dreams. It's a great and sad song. But it's all right, man. It's the journey that counts.
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Summary: An Oddball Treat
Comment: This is a rather bizarre film, unlike any other I've ever seen, but I love it. Dustin Hoffman shines as Georgie Solloway, a Paul Simon-esque songwriter who is finding his tremendous financial success increasingly unfulfilling. His lack of happiness, lack of sleep, and lack of real friends has him talking to himself and thinking he's crazy. And he may well be, since his conversations with his therapist (the always excellent Jack Warden) seem to be mostly hallucinatory. Hoffman appears in nearly every second of the film, and his performance is a tour de force. Some of the film's 'hip' dialogue has aged poorly, but the soundtrack is great, and by and large the movie is an undiscovered treat from director Ulu Grosbard, who didn't make another picture for six years ("Straight Time," also starring Hoffman). Look for Dom DeLuise in a small, early part as Hoffman's accountant, and especially for Barbara Harris' fantastic portrayal of a would-be singer who knows that she has probably aged past most of her schoolgirl dreams. She was nominated for Best Supporting Actress for this role, and deservedly so. She would lose out to Cloris Leachman ("The Last Picture Show"), but she gives one heck of a performance.
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Summary: A great movie with a lousy title
Comment: Barbara Harris gives her best performance in the audition scene. The veteran actor was never so vunerable, so delightful and so beautiful. Hoffman played fantastically to her tenderness. And Gabe Dell,so many years ago and the Dead End Kids and in this movie, a swinger. Doesn't the man ever age, whatever the guy is eating and drinking, let me know. It took me about 15 years before I found a tape and now it's #1 on my list. I feel very fortunate to have it. Hell, I even liked Dom and that's going the whole nine yards. Great show to watch on a dark and stormy night.
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Summary: i have waited 28 years for this one....
Comment: i first saw this movie when it was released in 1971 and it blew me away. i have waited 28 years to find it on video. in around 1985 i stumbled on it on late-night tv, about a third of the way thru and taped what was left....the movie had that much of a pull on me. hoffman is brilliant as a bob dylan-like, aging rock star who has everything and nothing. terrific writing all the way thru, the film blends music, psychoanalysis, lament and comedy.
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