Ernest
Supporting Actor
- Joined
- Dec 21, 1998
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The thing that has always bothered me about this film as well as the '57 version of A Farewell to Arms is that the actors are too old for those parts! Ideally, Elizabeth Taylor, Natalie Wood, Joan Collins, or Joanne Woodward should have played Brett, with Robert Wagner, Paul Newman, Don Murray, Anthony Perkins, or John Kerr cast as Jake Barnes. Likewise for Frederic and Catherine in Farewell. Flynn was fine in his part (strange how late in his career he was finally able to prove what a great actor he was). I know that David O. Selznick made Farewell as yet another cinematic valentine to his wife Jennifer Jones, but he was stretching things here.
Well, Joan Collins was under contract to FOX and she wasn't considered, too bad. Always wondered how different "Cleopatra" would have been with Collins in the lead. However I digress and apologize. Always adored Joan, so tired the comparison was made with Taylor. Joan was every bit as beautiful as Liz......Just sayingThe thing that has always bothered me about this film as well as the '57 version of A Farewell to Arms is that the actors are too old for those parts! Ideally, Elizabeth Taylor, Natalie Wood, Joan Collins, or Joanne Woodward should have played Brett, with Robert Wagner, Paul Newman, Don Murray, Anthony Perkins, or John Kerr cast as Jake Barnes. Likewise for Frederic and Catherine in Farewell. Flynn was fine in his part (strange how late in his career he was finally able to prove what a great actor he was). I know that David O. Selznick made Farewell as yet another cinematic valentine to his wife Jennifer Jones, but he was stretching things here.
Since The Sun Also Rises was a FOX film, Collins could have been considered. The dumbest move she made while under contract to Fox was turning down Sons And Lovers which got her replacement Mary Ure an Oscar nomination.Well, Joan Collins was under contract to FOX and she wasn't considered, too bad.
I'd LOVE Sons and Lovers on Blu. And the Sundowners...Since The Sun Also Rises was a FOX film, Collins could have been considered. The dumbest move she made while under contract to Fox was turning down Sons And Lovers which got her replacement Mary Ure an Oscar nomination.
There's a very good chance The Sundowners could show up as part of the Warner Archives blu ray releases. With Disney now controlling Fox, the chances of a Sons And Lovers blu ray are slim to none. I'm grateful to have the Australian DVD of Sons And Lovers which sports a very nice anamorphic transfer.I'd LOVE Sons and Lovers on Blu. And the Sundowners...
There are a few films I need from Fox that Im sure will never see the light of day... STATE FAIR (1933), THE PIED PIPER (1942?). SONS AND LOVERS, THE TURNING POINT...There's a very good chance The Sundowners could show up as part of the Warner Archives blu ray releases. With Disney now controlling Fox, the chances of a Sons And Lovers blu ray are slim to none. I'm grateful to have the Australian DVD of Sons And Lovers which sports a very nice anamorphic transfer.
It’s stereo. Sounds and looks very good IMO.The DVD is 4.0 stereo but the UK Blu-ray is mono?