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| Part No: | B000JU8HBA |
| Manufacturer: | Warner Home Video |
| MFG Part: | WARD28887D |
| Customer Rating: | 4.5 / 5.0 |
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Winding curves and smashing dead ends make SUMMER PLACE a truly ironic tale of unrequited love and teenage lust. When a business man, Ken Jorgenson (Richard Egan) takes his wife, Helen (Constance Ford) and his daughter Molly (Sandra Dee) to an island off the coast of Maine, little does he suspect that he will rekindle the teenage love affair he once had with the now married Sylvia (Dorothy McGuire). Now it seems that events are going to repeat themselves when her son (Troy Donahue) and his daughter meet and fall in love. Subtle at first, SUMMER PLACE unfolds like a easy love story, but the surprise ending makes it difficult to forget.
Think
A Summer Place, and you'll probably be humming Max Steiner's wonderfully romantic instrumental theme song, a hand-holding hit in 1959. The movie itself is similarly irresistible, a colorful soap opera about the passions of a pair of dewy-eyed teens and their straying parents. At an island resort in Maine, Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue (the reigning teen idols of the day) fall hard for each other. What they don't know is that her father (Richard Egan) and his mother (Dorothy McGuire), lovers 20 years earlier, have rekindled their affair. Both, inconveniently, have spouses, which is what makes this a soap opera. Lovers of camp will find much to savor in the incredible '50s attitudes, and in the innocence of supervirgin Dee ("Johnny, have you been bad with girls?"). Yet the sincerity of writer-director Delmer Daves, cowriter of
An Affair to Remember, comes shining through the corn; and the grown-up affair anticipates
The Bridges of Madison County by 30 years.
--Robert Horton
| A Summer Place - Absolutely A-M-A-Z-I-N-G!! | 2010-07-20 | 5 / 5 |
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The title is very misleading. I saw this movie when I was a young girl and I didn't really understand it then, now in my 40's and seeing it from an adult's perspective - it blew me away!
Interesting how candid this movie was, considering the time frame it was set in and the issues surrounding pre-marital sex or fornication back then, especially with the impetus on marriage for society's sake. Moreover, what was more surprising was the embarrassment surrounding the young teens' dilemma; their initial fear, decisions and responsibilities regarding pregnancy; education, immediately taking control of their lives, deciding to wed but being turned away by the Justice of Peace because they were underage was sad.
What's more, is the sad turn of events regarding both their parents' adulterous affairs, alcoholism, and the young girl's mom completely disowning her because of her inappropriate actions, and the scandal that followed.
This movie had me enthralled and shocked at the girl's mom who decides to have a doctor examine her daughter to see whether or not she had sex. I was aghast!
Fantastic acting, gripping story-line, amazing directing, and fantastic scenery to expose the lifestyles of the wealthy in the 50's. This movie could have easily been about impoverished kids from dysfunctional families - identical theme: teenage pregnancy, fornication, adultery, alcoholism - different environment. A film like this back then would have met with loud gasps, and embarrassing feminine faintings. Every dirty story kept hushed - so I'm cheering loudly for this brave expose! Two thumbs up!!
Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue were absolutely the best characters for these roles.
This a MUST-SEE movie! Absolutely BRILLIANT!! FIVE stars! |
| Have you been bad Johnny? | 2010-07-17 | 5 / 5 |
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I watched this movie when I was 16 back in 1986, on TBS, and even with the dreaded commercial breaks I was riveted throughout.
Johnny's parents own an Inn that has fallen into some hard times, and Molly's parents are arriving to stay the summer. Johnny's mom used to have a thing with Molly's dad back in the day, no spoilers here because you can feel the sexual tension from the word go. Meanwhile Molly and Johnny also seem to be hitting it off. Of course Johnny's dad is a drunk and Molly's mom is a frigid b**ch. Sparks and words fly between everyone. Let's just say this is melodrama at it's best. I won't go into more detail so you can enjoy it for the first time.
I find it sad that Troy Donahue never really was considered a good actor, granted he was no James Dean or Monty Clift but he could hold his own when given a good part as in this movie. Sandra Dee, what can I say? She was a sweet- heart in every sense of the word.Richard Egan and Dorothy McGuire are incredible as the star crossed lovers, the scene with them talking in the attic after he fixes the roof is brimming with sexual tension.
For a movie that is filled with adultery and secret rendezvous' there is very little actual sex on screen, well as a matter of fact there is no sex on screen what so ever, couples even have twin beds in their rooms. Oh, those crazy 50's censors. But I kind of like it this way, you imagine everything and there is more time for actual dialogue, that wonderful 50's taboo dialogue : "I have naughty thoughts" "We're in 'trouble' " "You harlot" and my all time favorite: "Have you been bad Johnny? Have you been bad with girls?" Hell yes! |
| Sizzle Summer Romance | 2010-04-12 | 5 / 5 |
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| This is one of my favorite Troy Donahue movies with Sandra Dee so young and innocent I enjoy every minute of this movie their parents were full of consant drama that kept the movie intriging. The theme song "Summer Place" is like the movie so lovely and captivating. So highly recommended is this cd SUMMER PLACE. |
| Young Love! | 2010-04-07 | 5 / 5 |
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| A great Love Story from back in the day! Enjoyable then and enjoyable now. I am thrilled that I now own it. Sandra Dee and Troy Donahue are two of my favorites that I enjoyed back then. I will continue to purchase these "Oldies but Greaties"! And last but certainly not least; Richard Egan, Oh My!!! |
| Great memory | 2010-02-24 | 4 / 5 |
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| This is one of the movies which one remembers due to the music "summer place". Today it looks like a naive and puritan movie (like Romeo and Juliet) which the new generation won't even understand. I liked it than and like it today and Troy and Sandra are a cute couple (not really great actors). |
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