This film is based
on a play by Tennessee Williams. Willie
Starr is wearing one of her older sister’s dresses and she is walking on one of
the rails for the railroad. She
lives in a condemned house and she does this walking to see are far she can go
before she falls. When she falls, she meets a
young boy named Tom and she starts telling him about her older
sister Alma. The family lived in the
large boarding house near the railroad tracks and it is the depression. They have dancing, sell liquor and Alma
is the most popular and pretty girl in town. Alma doesn’t know what she wants to do with her life but she
does know she wants to get away from her overbearing mother and this town. Owen Legate comes to take a room in
their house and he seems like a nice man.
He is really there to hand out pink slips to the men who work for the
railroad. Everyone in town hates
him for two reasons. One reason is
the pink slips and the other is that Alma likes him.
I liked this film
except for the ending. Alma likes
to dream and she takes her black and white life and turns it into color. Owen doesn’t have any dreams and he
doesn’t care that everyone he meets hates him for what he does. He sees Alma has dreams and it makes
him realize he needs her in his life.
He doesn’t think he can live without her but Alma doesn’t know how much she can expect from him. She makes a mistake in her efforts to
get away before she goes to meet Owen in New Orleans. 3 ½* (I liked this movie)
110 min, Drama directed by Sydney Pollack with Natalie Wood, Robert Redford,
Charles Bronson, Kate Reid, Mary Badham, Alan Baxter, Robert Blake, Dabney
Coleman, John Harding, Ray Hemphill, Brett Pearson.
Note: Imdb 7.1 out of 10, 64% critic 77%
audience on Rotten Tomatoes, Amazon 4.4* out of 5* with 257 reviews.
Special
Note: This movie was filmed in Bay
St. Louis and New Orleans, Louisiana.
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