broken lance is a 1954 western film made by twentieth century-fox , directed by edward dmytryk and produced by sol c. siegel .

shot in deluxe color and cinemascope , the film is a remake of house of strangers ( 1949 ) with the phillip yordan screenplay ( based upon the novel i 'll never go there any more by jerome weidman ) , transplanted out west , featuring tracy in the original edward g. robinson role , this time as a cowboy cattle baron rather than a lower east side italian immigrant banker in new york city .

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broken lance is a fox production directed by edward dmytryk in 1954 . philip yordan earned the 1955 academy award in the
best writing , motion picture story
category for it although it is now known that he didn ' t write a line of broken lance whose authorship goes back to joseph l . mankiewicz .
broken lance was made in 1954 and beautifully shot around monument valley . leading the cast is spencer tracy playing a tyrannical rancher , who find out as the story progresses has . . .
with both it being based on shakespeare ' s king lear and being a western remake of joseph l . mankiewicz ' s tasty film noir , house of strangers , broken lance had fine sources from . . .
broken lance is a 1954 western film made by twentieth century - fox , directed by edward dmytryk and produced by sol c . siegel . the movie stars spencer tracy and features robert wagner , jean peters and richard widmark .
rock hudson stars in seminole as 19th - century army officer lance caldwell . born and raised in . . .
broken lance is a 1954 western film made by twentieth century - fox , directed by edward dmytryk and produced by sol c . siegel . the movie stars spencer tracy and features robert wagner , jean peters , richard widmark and katy jurado .
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in the 1950 ' s , hollywood made several good westerns and
broken lance
is one of them .
broken lance
and
the searchers
have something in common , they are about a family living in the old west . except for katy jurado , this is everybody ' s best western . katy jurado ' s best western was
high noon
. this movie made robert wagner a leading man . it ' s great to see richard widmark as a bad guy . everybody in this movie had a meaty part .
although the saga of the self - made , autocratic cattle baron who helped shape the west is familiar film fare ,
broken lance ,
which landed at the roxy yesterday , makes a refreshingly serious and fairly successful attempt to understand these towering men . view full article in timesmachine »
broken lance [ dvd ] [ 1954 ] : urltoken spencer tracy , richard widmark , robert wagner , jean peters , katy jurado , earl holliman , hugh o ' brian , eduard franz , e . g . marshall , carl benton reid , philip ober , robert burton , edward dmytryck , sol c . siegel , richard murphy , philip yordan : dvd & blu - ray
crow has dated her fair share of high - profile hotties , including actor owen wilson , musician eric clapton and cyclist lance armstrong , although she admits there was never an equal balance in her previous relationships , which ultimately led to their demise .
the one and only spencer tracy stars in broken lance ( 1954 ) as a fierce rancher who has raised his sons ( played by richard widmark , robert wagner , earl holliman , and hugh o’brian ) with a potent work ethic but little paternal affection . before long , the brothers are at each other’s throats , with dramatic results for the whole family . also starring katy jurado , oscar® - nominated for her performance as tracy’s outcast wife , and jean peters as the young woman who catches wagner’s eye .
broken lance is the story of a family empire in the guise of a western . the plot is derived from king lear , though its more direct precursor is the film noir classic house of strangers ( 1949 ) , a similarly themed film also written by philip yordan . though yordan won an oscar for original story for lance , much of the credit for the tightly constructed film should go to screenwriter richard murphy , who keeps the film ' s focus on character and brisk pacing . the film is notable for a pro - environment subplot ( copper - mine pollution ) years before such themes became fashionable . the performances are top - notch - - spencer tracy and katy jurado in particular - - and the film is well - cast with reliable character actors in the supporting roles .
the same was true with former fiancé lance armstrong with whom she found herself feeling
really small ,
admitting she became a
self - appointed caretaker
who was always checking to make sure that
everyone else was ok , everyone else was happy .
rock hudson stars in seminole as 19th - century army officer lance caldwell . born and raised in florida , caldwell is assigned to fort king in the everglades . immediately clashing with his commanding officer major dade ( richard carlson ) , caldwell opposes dade ' s plans to . . .
nathan shows an excellent knack for complex plotting , especially for creating situations in which his characters are pulled in multiple directions by various loyalties and predilections . in the broken lance almost everyone is contemplating betraying everyone else , which results in a lot of enjoyable tension between the characters and suspense in the reader . it is a page turner . however , and i realize this is a sword and sorcery novel , at some points i found myself wishing the action scenes would get done with so as to get onto the more interesting plot considerations . on the other hand , that ' s probably just be my own preference . action junkies likely will not be disappointed .
lay to rest his own past in this film . joe , having served time in prison comes out full of resentment for his brothers who betrayed him and his father . but as a final gesture , he takes the indian lance planted in the ground next to his father’s grave and breaks it across his knee . he is done fighting .
saw broken lance last nite on encore western . it ' s my second viewing . i really enjoyed spencer tracy and kathy jurado . tracy is worth the price of admission and jurado ' s sad eyes never fail to draw me in . to those who say it ' s a play on joseph & his brothers , i ' m sorry i don ' t agree . beyond the superficial similarities , jacob ' s sons wouldn ' t have dreamed of disobeying him , let alone harming him the way the deveraux boys ( widmark , holliman , o ' brian ) do . the film has what i believe to be the best film courtroom sequences ever , i . e . the cross - examination of matt deveraux . definitely worth seeing .
hey , i would love to get married — i ' m still old - fashioned . but i don ' t think marriage is the be - all and end - all ,
the country crooner , whose parents have been married for 50 years tells the mag before poking fun at her own dating history .
it ' s better to have three broken engagements than three divorces .
you ' re going to do broken arrow after that , ron ? interesting layout of this film . . . even with the stiffness that hasn ' t ever completely left him ( wagner does a decent job of self - parody these years ) , what a bunch of veterans and eventual veterans . . . there ' s little chance of a wagner ever blowing a tracy off the screen . . .
cheyenne , i agree ; you stick with it for tracy . charles , well put . yvette , good points . i like katy in high noon . walker , reviewers often compare it to king lear . patti , wagner ' s tv work probably did a lot to rescue him from oblivion . wild flower , you are right ; they remind me some of irene pappas and james cagney in tribute to a bad man . todd , already covered broken arrow a while ago ; better western by far .
side # 1 - - broken lance - pan and scan 1 . main titles [ 1 : 55 ] 2 . a proposition for an ex - con [ 8 : 36 ] 3 . an old friend [ 2 : 51 ] 4 . returning to what was [ : 19 ] 5 . appealing to her son ' s father [ 8 : 27 ] 6 . the men in charge [ 5 : 04 ] 7 . fighting for their rights [ 1 : 05 ] 8 . keeping up appearances [ 5 : 46 ] 9 . a matter of principle and law [ 7 : 03 ] 10 . concessions in court [ 2 : 04 ] 11 . what a father must do [ 4 : 10 ] 12 . the love of a good woman [ 9 : 11 ] 13 . too late to ask or change [ 12 : 05 ] 14 . a mother ' s counsel [ 1 : 24 ] 15 . a half - brother ' s hate [ 1 : 55 ] 16 . to bury the past [ 2 : 59 ] side # 2 - - broken lance - widescreen 1 . main titles [ 1 : 55 ] 2 . a proposition for an ex - con [ 8 : 36 ] 3 . an old friend [ 2 : 51 ] 4 . returning to what was [ : 19 ] 5 . appealing to her son ' s father [ 8 : 27 ] 6 . the men in charge [ 5 : 04 ] 7 . fighting for their rights [ 1 : 05 ] 8 . keeping up appearances [ 5 : 46 ] 9 . a matter of principle and law [ 7 : 03 ] 10 . concessions in court [ 2 : 04 ] 11 . what a father must do [ 4 : 10 ] 12 . the love of a good woman [ 9 : 11 ] 13 . too late to ask or change [ 12 : 05 ] 14 . a mother ' s counsel [ 1 : 24 ] 15 . a half - brother ' s hate [ 1 : 55 ] 16 . to bury the past [ 2 : 59 ]
the feisty , domineering cattle baron matt devereaux ( spencer tracy ) rules his vast empire with a ruthless hand . because matt ' s greatest love id for his indian wife , princess ( katy jurado ) and their son joe , matt ' s three sons from a previous marriage deeply resent them . after joe agrees to go to jail for a crime his father commits , he returns three years later to a different world - his father has died and his vengeful brothers control the land . own it on blu - ray & dvd : urltoken subscribe : urltoken about 20th century fox : official youtube channel for 20th century fox movies . home of avatar , aliens , x - men , die hard , deadpool , ice age , alvin and the chipmunks , rio , peanuts , maze runner , planet of the apes , wolverine and many more . connect with 20th century fox online : visit the 20th century fox website : urltoken like 20th century fox on facebook : urltoken follow 20th century fox on twitter : urltoken broken lance | # tbt trailer | 20th century fox urltoken
broken lance
, made in 1954 , starred spencer tracy in the role of matt devereaux , a rancher whose iron will works better in controlling his cattle empire , than on his own sons . tracy had married a daughter of an indian chief , had a son by this marriage , and the three brothers from his earlier marriage have worked up a full head of resentments toward joe , played by robert wagner . ben , the oldest , played by richard widmark , particularly resents joe , and the relationship held between his father and his half - brother . ultimately , the father runs afoul of the legal forces over a matter of a mine polluting the water that his cattle drink from . the ensuing battle in court finds joe taking the rap , being sent to prison for 3 years , and ben , finally taking control of the ranch . after joe is released from prison , he returns to start his life anew , but finds that his father has died , his mother went back to her people , and the brothers would like to see him locate elsewhere . however , joe has other plans , and he and ben must settle the conflict between them .
actor : marlon brando in
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, humphrey bogart in
the caine mutiny
, bing crosby in
the country girl
, james mason in
a star is born
, dan o ' herlihy in
adventures of robinson crusoe
actress : grace kelly in
the country girl
, dorothy dandridge in
carmen jones
, judy garland in
a star is born
, audrey hepburn in
sabrina
, jane wyman in
magnificent obsession
supporting actor : edmond o ' brien in
the barefoot contessa
, lee j . cobb in
on the waterfront
, karl malden in
on the waterfront
, rod steiger in
on the waterfront
, tom tully in
the caine mutiny
supporting actress : eva marie saint in
on the waterfront
, nina foch in
executive suite
, katy jurado in
broken lance
, jan sterling in
the high and the mighty
, claire trevor in
the high and the mighty
director : elia kazan for
on the waterfront
, alfred hitchcock for
rear window
, george seaton for
the country girl
, william wellman for
the high and the mighty
, billy wilder for
sabrina
released from prison several years later , joe returns to the ranch . the señora , his mother , persuades him to forget revenge and leave the country . joe decides to take her advice , but ben , fearing his revenge because he killed his father in the end , crosses his path and tries to kill him . the two half - brothers fight until two moons , the ranch foreman , shoots ben dead to save joe´s life . time passes , and joe and his new wife barbara ( jean peters ) visit matt ' s grave . there , joe sees the down - turned lance , the indian symbol for a blood feud , and breaks it in half , thus ending the feud . [ 5 ]
the first half of this book is almost as good as valnir ' s bane . what made me put down the series altogether though was the length of the climax . it ' s a 2 - part climax and , if you look at them both together , it ' s 70 pages long . 70 pages of blow - by - blow fighting , with tiny font . it gets boring after a while . another thing that annoyed me a little , not just with the broken lance but with the series as a whole , was that everything was so conveniently timed . they * small spoilers * find franka seconds before she ' s killed , they just happen to be under the bridge when the cannon is crossing over it , the sorceress just happens to be planning to attack the fort when the group gets there , shaedar just happens to be in the cave talking with the ratmen as reiner and giano were leaving , reiner just happens to report to gutzmann just as abel is ratting him out , it ' s all too convenient . i haven ' t yet read tainted blood , but i hope that ' s not the case in there as well . * spoilers over * the new blackhearts are rather forgettable . they show up when it ' s necessary to and have a very small amount of dialogue and three of them just seem like plot devices than actual characters . while the last 1 / 4 to half of the book isn ' t the best and is a little boring , the first half is nearly as good as valnir ' s bane . if you ' re going to buy this book , maybe just skim the final battle rather than read it word for word .
best historical album * * * winner : the cutting edge 1965–1966 : the bootleg series , vol . 12 ( collector & apos ; s edition ) — steve berkowitz and jeff rosen , compilation producers ; mark wilder , mastering engineer ( bob dylan ) music of morocco from the library of congress : recorded by paul bowles , 1959 — april g . ledbetter , steven lance ledbetter , bill nowlin and philip d . schuyler , compilation producers ; rick fisher and michael graves , mastering engineers ( various artists ) ork records : new york , new york — rob sevier and ken shipley , compilation producers ; jeff lipton and maria rice , mastering engineers ( various artists ) vladimir horowitz : the unreleased live recordings 1966–1983 — bernard horowitz , andreas k . meyer and robert russ , compilation producers ; andreas k . meyer and jeanne montalvo , mastering engineers ( vladimir horowitz ) waxing the gospel : mass evangelism and the phonograph , 1890–1900 — michael devecka , meagan hennessey and richard martin , compilation producers ; michael devecka , david giovannoni , michael khanchalian and richard martin , mastering engineers ( various artists )
actor : jose ferrer in
cyrano de bergerac
, louis calhern in
the magnificent yankee
, william holden in
sunset boulevard
, james stewart in
harvey
, spencer tracy in
father of the bride
actress : judy holliday in
born yesterday
, anne baxter in
all about eve
, bette davis in
all about eve
, eleanor parker in
caged
, gloria swanson in
sunset boulevard
supporting actor : george sanders in
all about eve
, jeff chandler in
broken arrow
, edmund gwenn in
mister 880
, sam jaffe in
the asphalt jungle
, erich von stroheim in
sunset boulevard
supporting actress : josephine hull in
harvey
, hope emerson in
caged
, celeste holm in
all about eve
, nancy olson in
sunset boulevard
, thelma ritter in
all about eve
director : joseph l . mankiewicz for
all about eve
, george cukor for
born yesterday
, john huston for
the asphalt jungle
, carol reed for
the third man
, billy wilder for
sunset boulevard
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cattle baron matt devereaux raids a copper smelter that is polluting his water , then divides his property among his sons . son joe takes responsibility for the raid and gets three years in prison . matt dies from a stroke partly caused by his rebellious sons and when joe gets out he plans revenge .
not necssarily a revierw as such ! this is a superb film , with outstanding performances , i , m writing this in case anybody can help hoping that it , s read ! i , m . . .
one of the greatest adult western dramas of all time , with theastonishing spencer tracy just excellent , as usual , and effortless in his performance . you . . .
75 / 100 . exceptionally fine western , with spencer tracy giving a superb performance . very well produced , good cinematography . the acting by all is very . . .
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the saga of the devereaux rancher family , set in 1880 ' s arizona .
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a trio of american adventurers marooned in rural mexico are recruited by a beautiful woman to rescue her husband trapped in a cave in apache territory .
a famous gunman becomes the marshal of warlock to end a gang ' s rampages , but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods .
wagon train survivors of an apache attack entrust the sheriff ' s prisoner , scout comanche todd , with their lives despite his wanted - for - murder status .
selfish chris teller pressures his older brother , a retired climber , to accompany him on a treacherous alpine climb to loot the bodies of plane crash victims .
a man is chasing four outlaws who killed his wife and finds them in a small town ' s jail but they escape to mexico .
marshal jake wade aids outlaw clint hollister escape jail but clint wants to know where wade hid an old hold - up loot taken while both men were outlaws in the same gang .
a pistol - packing tomboy and her grandfather discover a band of bank robbing bandits taking refuge in the neighboring ghost town .
a new foreman rejects the sexual advances of a frustrated rancher ' s wife , which leads to conflicts that could get him killed .
biopic loosely based on the last 18 years of jesse james ' life and focused on the relationship between brothers jesse and frank james .
a corrupt marshal is pressured by his army friend into negotiating the release of white captives of the comanches , but finds that their reintegration into society has its consequences .
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when barbara visits joe in prison , he angrily leaves her and when he grabs the iron bar cell door , it visibly shakes and wobbles . no iron bar door in prison is constructed shabbily enough to do that .
: the incident may be too trivial to recall . but isn ' t it true that you summarily hanged three of these men on the afternoon of june 4th ?
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this sturdy western is basically william shakespeare by way of joseph l . mankiewicz .
there may be debates about yordan ' s oscar - winning script , but dmytryk ' s direction of this compelling western is taut and the acting , especially by tracy and katy jurado ( oscar - nominated ) , is superb .
it lifts its plot line from joseph mankiewicz ' s powerful 1949 house of strangers .
o roteiro ( vencedor do oscar , acredite ou não ) é cheio de clichês ; e o final , esquemático . katy jurado foi indicada ao prêmio aparentemente por dizer ' my hosband ' o tempo todo .
a pretty good western . . . spencer tracy was never better . great job by all involved . . certainly richard widmark . please enjoy !
the feisty , domineering cattle baron matt devereaux ( tracy ) rules his vast empire with a ruthless hand . because matt ' s greatest love id for his indian wife , princess ( jurado ) and their son joe , matt ' s three sons from a previous marriage deeply resent them . after joe agrees to go to jail for a crime his father commits , he returns three years later to a different world - his father has died and his vengeful brothers control the land .
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in the second book of the black hearts series , reiner and his band of reprobates are given a new mission . all communications with a vital imperial border fort has been lost , and they are sent to find out what ' s going on - has the commander gone rogue , or are more sinister forces at work ?
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nathan long has worked as a screenwriter for fifteen years , during which time he has had three movies made and a handful of live - action and animated tv episodes produced . he has also written several award - winning short stories . he lives in hollywood .
as a long - time reader of nathan long ' s work ( no pun intended , but it ' s rather nice , no ? ) and a noisy fan his first blackhearts novel , valnir ' s bane , i thought i knew what to expect from this book . an anti - hero who schemes and winces and reluctantly - - sometimes accidentally - - makes smart choices . a misfit or two so maladroit and creepy that i want them to die . at least one horrible quandary that makes me think uncomfortable thoughts . and huge , gory battle scenes involving every bashing tool but the kitchen sink ( oh , wait , there ' s a skaven just getting bashed over the head with a kitchen sink ) . did i get what i expected ? absolutely ! in overflowing pagefuls . pages full ? anyway , in heaps and heaps . i expected to like most of the characters . what i did not expect was to admire any of them . what i did not expect was a hero . and long , damn his eyes , wrote a hero into this book . a traditionally tragic hero , to boot . so right in the middle of all my glee at the gore , i was also smearing away tears at moments of pathos . nathan long , i hate you . do it again .
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matt devereaux is the patriarch of the devereaux family . he had three sons , ben , mike and denny , with his first wife and a fourth son - joe - with her second wife , the american indian born katy jurado . averse to any changes in the way he heads his ranch , matt doesn ' t want his son ben to open an office in town in order to be in phase with the economic realities of the moment . matt doesn ' t believe his sons are mature enough and ready to take his place although he clearly prefers joe to his brothers .
now , when one of his neighbours produces manufacturing wastes in the river that kill forty of his cows , matt and his sons settle
in the good old way
the matter by destroying the property of the neighbour who , unfortunately , goes straight to the local court of law . times have changed and matt is about to go to prison for some time and pay $ 80 , 000 to the plaintiff . convinced that his father won ' t be able to stand the prison , joe takes the full responsibility of the act and is arrested .
ben and his brothers then refuse to sign the agreement accepted by their father and matt , in a climactic scene , whips ben . joe is sentenced to three years of prison , instead of two months , and matt undergoes a heart attack . during the three following years , ben will more and more stand up to his weakened father and even propose to sell some of the family land to the oil companies .
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matt devereaux ( spencer tracy ) owns a huge cattle ranch in texas . he went west with his wife and 3 sons , and when she died remarried an indian and has one younger son . matt is a mean tyrant , who treats his sons poorly and works them hard . the older 3 sons hate matt , the indian wife and their youngest brother . only youngest son joe ( robert wagner ) loves matt .
matt ' s cattle are dying because the river is being poisoned by waste from a copper mine upstream . matt and the boys go upstream and destroy the copper mine . the mining company goes to court . joe takes the blame and goes to prison for 3 years , to save matt from prison . while joe is in jail , the older brothers wrest control of the ranch from matt . they drive matt to his death by selling off land that he struggled so hard to acquire . they refuse a deal that would have let joe out of prison early . joe ' s mother is sent back to live with her tribe .
when joe gets out of prison , his brothers offer him a large amount of money to leave texas and never return . he refuses and wants revenge for his parents . joe goes back to the abandoned house they grew up in . one of the indian ranch workers sees joe , and brings his mother back to see him . . she convinces him revenge is bad , and that he should go with his ladyfriend to start a new life free of hatred . he agrees , but when he is riding back to town oldest brother ben ( richard widmark ) pops up behind him with a shotgun . joe tells ben he has sworn off revenge and is leaving . ben does not believe him , and ben says that he will never feel safe while joe is alive . ben takes joe out to a remote canyon , where ben plans to kill him .
in a switchback on the trail , joe gets the jump on ben and knocks him down . joe is escaping with ben shooting at him . the old indian ranch hand had been following and shoots ben .
if for no other reason , this 1950s western is worth seeing for spencer tracy’s performance . he plays an aging arizona cattleman who built an empire , using a six - gun and his own style of justice to preserve it . now those days are over .
not only do folks prefer due process in settling disputes , but three of his four grown sons are giving him troubles . they resent the old man’s rough fathering , and the oldest ( richard widmark ) has ideas about modernizing the family’s operation . they also hate him for the affection he gives to his youngest son , joe ( robert wagner ) .
a twist in the plot is that joe is a half - breed . the boys’ father married the daughter of an indian chief after the death of his first wife . this may have been common in the time of the frontier , but not anymore . joe’s mixed parentage also makes him unacceptable marriage material by the father of the girl he’s fallen for ( jean peters ) .
the film is about the fall of a patriarch . his fortunes turn after some of his old - style intimidation of those who cross him get him dragged into court . a copper mining outfit sues him for damages over a disagreement about use of water rights . the older sons reject the settlement deal and joe ends up spending three years in prison .
struck down by a stroke , the old man spends his last days in the care of his wife ( katy jurado ) , while the older sons do what they want with the ranch . out of prison , joe has scores to settle with his three brothers . their differences are finally resolved with the assistance of an indian employee of the ranch .
comes at a time when the hollywood stereotype of the bloodthirsty savage indian was changing . the film makes a point of dignifying them , though only as pacified members of a subdued race . prejudice against them and objecting to intermarriage are regarded by the film as narrow - minded , if not racist .
like the lone ranger ' s tonto , however , their function is to be faithful retainers . they come to the aid of spencer when he ' s outnumbered by the angry copper mine workers . they show up at his funeral to play their drums in respect for the departed . the appearance of a wolf at points in the film suggests the continuing of animist culture and traditions somewhere off camera . but for hollywood , it’s indian lite .
robert wagner is a bland presence in the film . he seems to remember his lines but delivers them with a flatness that always makes me wonder about his appeal . spencer tracy , on the other hand , fully inhabits his role . he commands every scene he is in , whether scolding the plaintiff’s attorney from the witness stand or trying to dissuade his oldest son from selling off part of the ranch .
this latter scene with widmark is played out in a single five - minute take , each man on one side of the cinemascope frame . spencer is sitting , recuperating from a stroke ; widmark stands , declining to take a seat and fiddling with a leather glove . the pacing , performances , and delivery are a simple yet masterful portrayal of the shifting dynamic between the two characters .
in secondary roles are hugh o’brian and earl holliman as the two other brothers . o’brian , who had not yet gained fame as tv’s bat masterson , seems always to fade into the background , probably for that reason . the talent least appreciated in the film is mexican actress katy jurado , playing a native american . the script provides her with few lines , and she’s rarely given more to do than offer a worried look when there’s something to be worried about .
credit is due to the stuntmen for some breathtaking stunt work near the end of the film as one character pursues another over a rocky terrain . both take long dives into a stagnant pool of water that seems surely to harbor brain - dashing boulders under the surface . also , the costumers get a nod from me for tracy ' s lbj - style stetson . it ' s perfect for him .
according to imdb . com , director edward dmytryk had an abusive father and left home at an early age . you wonder how much of this finds its way into the complexity of spencer’s character . the man is likable but capable of violent outrages against his older sons . that he has alienated them is his own fault , and their grievances are clearly justified .
a member of the communist party briefly during wwii , dmytryk ended up doing time for refusing to comply with the huac hearings . later , agreeing to name names , he resumed what became a long directing career in hollywood , though like elia kazan , he lost friends as a result of the whole blacklisting ordeal .
) . ironically , his credits show him to be a “front” for a blacklisted screenwriter during the 1950s .
i thought wagner was miscast in this , like you i also thought he lacked any ability ? however , widmark and the great spencer tracy !
keep the film alive . not one of the best films .
i saw this many many years ago but truth be told , it was never one of my favorites . like you , i thought robert wagner was lost in the role . ' bland ' is a good word to describe wagner ' s early career . he had zero charisma . but as he got older , he seemed to acquire charisma . not everyone of these early mr . blandings ever did . richard widmark was not the best actor in the world , certainly , but he was born with charisma and that carried him through . that and the gorgeous blond hair , of course . i ' m fond of actors with blond hair . : ) hugh o ' brian did achieve charismatic status as wyatt earp - no question . i think it was the profile . : ) i always liked katy jurado , i wish she ' d been given more to do in her long career . she always played similar roles . i remember her in a very similar role in one eyed jacks where she played karl malden ' s long suffering wife . i enjoyed reading your post very much . if i ' d been in the audience when elia kazan showed up at the oscars i ' d have booed too .
according to my notes in brian garfield ' s western films , i first saw this as a kid in 1954 , then again in 1988 , and finally a few months ago . not a big favorite but i enjoyed it . garfield mentions this is a remake of house of strangers starring edward g . robinson as the father , and then remade again as a circus movie , the big show .
robert wagner made one great film . a kiss before dying . he ruined a lot of other ones . but anything with spencer tracy is worth a look .
robert wagner didn ' t seem lost in the role to me . i don ' t know what many of you were expecting . theatrics ?
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a patriarchal rancher ' s empire is threatened by conflict within his family . on the day of his release from prison , the son of a cattle baron swears vengeance on his three half - brothers responsible for dispossessing him of his inheritance and driving his father to a fatal stroke . the ensuing story unfolds in flashback , tracing the sibling rivalries that led to the man ' s imprisonment .
in this splendid 20th century - fox cinemascope western , a magnificently grizzled spencer tracy stars in the role he was born to play - king lear . even though the daughters have become sons , this is the ( uncredited ) westernisation of shakespeare ' s tragedy about the royal patriarch and his disparate family . it ' s also a re - make of house of strangers , the joseph l mankiewicz crime drama that was also re - made in the big - top setting of the big show . still , despite the claims for akira kurosawa ' s ran , this is the definitive screen version of the bard ' s celebrated work , and the western setting provides a dimension of grandeur : it ' s no accident , surely , that this was one of the first subjects used to show off the then new cinemascope process .
a cattle baron ' s son seeks revenge on his three wayward stepbrothers for driving their father to an early grave and then seizing control of the family business he worked tirelessly to build up . epic western loosely based on shakespeare ' s king lear , starring spencer tracy , robert wagner , richard widmark and earl holliman .
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spencer tracy stars in this fine western of a tough cattle baron who is not above taking the law into his own hands to deal with rustlers and trespassers . the film also dwells on the internal strife within the family as three of the rancher ' s adult sons quarrel over the old man ' s mistreatment of them and resent his marriage to an indian woman . the story is told in flashback and begins with the release from prison of robert wagner , tracy ' s son from the union with his younger wife . the film is a quest for revenge by wagner who blames his half brothers for tracy ' s death while he was behind bars , with richard widmark being the leader and instigator against wagner . jean peters appears as wagner ' s love interest and katy jurado is tracy ' s comanche princess . tracy ' s destruction of mining property gets him into big trouble and it is wagner who takes the blame for tracy and goes to prison instead of his father , which is the final break between the four brothers . the film was shot in cinemascope and captures the beautiful expanses of the old west .
when this film came out , the main attraction was that it was in cinemascope and i cannot remember where this system was better used . this is a great film , one of the best westerns ever made . it starts with a wolf running in the giant landscape and finishes with a wolf howling and kathy jurado smiling because she knows what it means . robert wagner is called joseph , and has a lot in common with joseph in the bible , because of the way he is treated by his brothers from a different mother , and specially on the issue of forgiveness , which in this case will be represented by whether he will seek revenge or not . spencer tracy is the patriarch , he also has in common with the biblical jacob the fact that he worked so many years . richard widmark is the son who cannot forgive tracy for having married jurado , and for having treated him so hard . when he tries to explain to tracy why he hates him , tracy gives a great answer telling him that the gates were always open , he could have left like tracy did in his youth , and the fact that he did not leave reveals widmark ' s blind ambition . tracy and sons fight the people on a copper plant which is polluting the river in a scene very reminiscent of the family going against the railroad in
duel in the sun
. make sure to see this film on widescreen .
this was a little bit different of a western in that a significant segment of the film deals with a trial . spencer tracy is excellent as always , this time playing a rough patriarch , head of the
devereaux
family . in fact , he ' s the main attraction of the movie despite a bunch of well - known actors and actresses in here . of the rest of that crew - robert wagner , jean peters , richard widmark , katy jurado , hugh o ' brien , earl holliman , eduard frans and e . g . marshall - only widmark plays a memorable character . if the story was a memorable as the cast this would have been super . as it was , it was pretty forgettable , and i am a big fan of westerns . irs disappointing .
superb cast with actors of stature in minor roles . probably the most notable performance of spencer tracy ' s career . great plot seething with bitterness . the emotional climax is reached when spencer tracy finds himself being stabbed in the back by his friends .
i put you in that governor ' s chair and i can pull it out from under you ,
he rages . this is followed by a pathetic scene where he rides out to seek revenge only to collapse with a heart attack .
this movie has a great cast with spencer tracy as the father and owner of a large ranch and and his sons played by robert wagner , richard widmark , and hugh o ' brian as his sons . tracy has been in charge a long time and has a lot of power that got e . g . marshall elected governor . but everything starts going downhill when two of his sons are caught stealing cattle and tracy kicks them out . the sons don ' t think they are being paid enough and richard widmark is the first one to turn on his father when he goes on trial for destroying a rival ' s property . robert wagner is the only one to stand up for his father and he winds up going to jail . katy jurado plays tracy ' s wife and also was in high noon and one - eyed jacks .
epic family drama about pride , racism , injustice and the problem of being right without getting it .
. . . anybody that throws ten thousand dollars in a spittoon makes me nervous .
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raising helen is a 2004 american comedy-drama film directed by garry marshall and written by jack amiel and michael begler .

it stars kate hudson , john corbett , joan cusack , hayden panettiere , siblings spencer and abigail breslin , and helen mirren .

it grossed $ 37,486,138 at the u.s. box office .

raising helen

director garry marshall & susan sarandon during ' raising helen ' on location - new . . .
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almost nothing about raising helen rings very true , other than the camera ' s crush on kate hudson .
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raising helen is rated pg - 13 for thematic issues involving teens . the running time is 1 hour and 59 minutes .
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raising helen starring the fabulous kate hudson , is one feel good film which i enjoyed so much i have watched it numerous times .
hayden panettiere during ' raising helen ' on location - new york at soho in new york city , new york , united states .
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kate hudson & hayden panettiere during ' raising helen ' on location - new york at soho in new york city , new york , united states .
hayden panettiere & abigail breslin during ' raising helen ' on location - new york at soho in new york city , new york , united states .
director garry marshall & susan sarandon during ' raising helen ' on location - new york at soho in new york city , new york , united states .
two god - sent cheerleaders come to helen ' s aid as she undergoes her drastic makeover . those raising helen are her oldest sister and supermom jenny ( joan cusack ) , who has no problem raising anyone , even her unborn child , and a hunky lutheran pastor played by john corbett in the same way he played the hunky fiancé in
raising helen received mostly negative reviews from critics , earning a 23 % rating on rotten tomatoes which the website calls the film :
as shallow and formulaic as a sitcom .
raising helen is a good family movie for kids 11 and up . i like the messages throughout about having to eventually grow up , take responsibility and realize that . . . continue reading
raising helen was great ! there was a good amount of sexual content but it was handeled in a moral way , especially twords the end . it was a movie that made you l . . . continue reading
a special behind - the - scenes look at the making of garry marshall ' s heartwarming and hilarious new film , raising helen , hosted by kate hudson and starring garry marshall , kate hudson , john corbett , joan cusack , hayden panetierre , spencer breslin , helen mirren and hector elizondo .
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yeah , it’s a shame three children were orphaned . let’s move on to helen .
because helen takes no real risks , because she lives surrounded by the safeguards of formula fiction ,
saving helen
is fated from its first shot to be obedient to convention .
tragedy strikes . their sister lindsay ( felicity huffman ) and her husband are killed in an accident , and in her will , lindsay leaves custody of her small son and daughter , not to jenny the perfect homemaker , but to helen the fast - track girl . how can this be ? helen and jenny are both appalled , but helen takes on the task of raising little henry and sarah , played by real - life siblings spencer and abigail breslin .
imagine if you will the concept of jersey girl expanded by a factor of three . now , factor in a touch of the dakota fanning / brittany murphy relationship from uptown girls . sprinkle with salt , add a touch of lemon , and you have the recipe for raising helen .
helen has devoted a life’s work to helping others and her wonderful story is told in the spellbinder , written by adrian williams and first published to mark both helen’s 90th birthday and the centre’s 40th anniversary .
on the first half of the end credits , helen and dan were on a zamboni in the dark .
the war , marriage and the job of raising a family meant that helen’s educational difficulties faded into the background for several years . “i think i was aware that my husband thought i was rather stupid , but it wasn’t a big issue , ” she said with one of her characteristic peals of laughter .
the only interesting aspect of summerland is its timing . the series debuted the same week as the new garry marshall movie raising helen , which stars kate hudson as a carefree fashionista whose fabulous life is altered when her sister dies in a car crash , leaving a will stipulating that she has to take care of sis ' s trio of mourning kids . it would take the wisdom of solomon to decide between two such identical entities . luckily , the american audience has that wisdom , conferring sort - of hit status on summerland and showing mild disinterest to raising helen . how did they decide ? god only knows . . .
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to obtain comedy , you don ' t give helen problems and then supply a man who solves them ; you supply a man who brings in additional problems . i can imagine this premise being passed through the imagination of a director like gurinder chadha (
bend it like beckham ,
what ' s cooking ?
) and emerging fresh and exciting .
raising helen
is tame and timid from beginning to end , and relentlessly conventional .
picking up where the feature film of the same title leaves off , comedy follows a young manhattanite as she struggles to balance her new hard - won job at a modeling agency with raising her recently orphaned nephew and nieces .
helen was born in holland on 17 august 1920 . her father emil huitfeldt was in the norwegian diplomatic service and her english mother dorothy latham was born and bred in frensham , the surrey village which was eventually to become the home of helen arkell .
raising helen , now available on www . tonton . com . my ! synopsis ( from imdb . com ) : after her sister and brother - in - law die in a car accident , a young woman becomes the guardian of their three children . starring : kate hudson , john corbett , joan cusack , hayden panettiere , abigail breslin , spencer breslin
raising helen
is a perfectly pleasant comedy in which nice people do good things despite challenges which are difficult but not excessive . as a pilot for a tv sitcom it would probably be picked up , but it ' s not compelling enough to involve a trip to the movies . from beginning to end , we ' ve been there , seen that .
hudson is fine as helen in the early scenes , enjoying her own deliciousness as mistress of her universe . what ' s more fun to watch here is the way hudson holds up as helen ' s world falls apart around her . helen isn ' t sure she can give or deserve the kind of affection required by the children and by the pastor . helen must also be willing not to be completely loved every single second . hudson shows us as an actress that is a lesson she has already learned .
garry marshall is a smart director with more of a comic edge than this movie allows him . i wonder if at any point he considered darkening the material even a little , and making hudson ' s character a shade more desperate and less lucy - like . there ' s nothing at risk in
raising helen .
we ' re not even surprised the kids go to helen and not her sister , because the sister is written in a way that makes her impossible as a parental candidate .
helen harris ( kate hudson ) is living the high life in new york city and working for a top - modeling agency , when her sister and brother - in - law die in an auto accident . her good times are over when she gets a letter from her sister ' s attorney . helen has been given custody of her sister ' s three children . helen has never raised any children , and she thinks her older sister , jenny ( joan cusack ) is better qualified to raise the children . helen accepts the custody of the three children , and they move to a new apartment in queens . helen loved staying out late and going to nightclubs , but she now has to take care of the children . helen is forced to change her lifestyle and become a real mom , which in turn gets her fired from her glamorous job . in the end , helen learns what is really important in life . douglas young ( the - movie - guy )
the single and successful executive of the fashion world , helen harris ( kate hudson ) , becomes the guardian of her two nieces and one nephew after the death of her sister and her brother - in - law . she moves from manhattan to queens , and faces difficulties trying to raise the children .
raising helen
is another absurd and corny hollywoodian tale , or fairytale , or s * * t tale . there are some few funny moments , but the story has an absolute lack of logic and coherence . the changing of the character of helen , from a fashionable independent single woman of manhattan developing her successful career in the fashion world into a suburban mother of stepson and stepdaughters is one of the most ridiculous and corny i have ever seen . i like joan cusack , hector elizondo , kate hudson and john corbett , i tried to like this movie , but the screenplay is a shallow unbelievable crap . my vote is four . title ( brazil ) :
um presente para helen
(
a gift for helen
)
helen harris is living the life she ' s always dreamed of : her career at a top modeling agency is on the rise ; she spends her days at fashion shows and her nights at the city ' s hottest clubs . but her carefree lifestyle comes to a screeching halt when one phone call changes everything . helen soon finds herself responsible for her sister ' s children : 15 - year - old audrey , 10 - year - old henry , and 5 - year - old sarah . no one doubts that helen is the coolest aunt in new york , but what does this glamour girl know about raising kids ? the fun begins as helen goes through the transformation from super - hip to super - mom , but she quickly finds that dancing at 3a . m . doesn ' t mix with getting kids to school on time - - advice that helen ' s older sister , jenny , is only too quick to dish out . along the way , helen finds support in the most unusual place - - with dan parker , the handsome young pastor and principal of the kids ' new school - - and realizes the choice she has to make is between the life she ' s always loved . . .
kate hudson plays helen harris , an executive assistant at a top modeling agency . helen is really into her job and all its accoutrements ( dating male models , nonstop partying , etc ) . helen has two sisters , both of whom are married with children . it is a rule in low - rent domestic tearjerkers that there must be a scene in which all the characters dance and lip synch to an oldie , and so we get a scene in which helen and her extended family bop around the living room to a classic devo tune . has your family ever done this ? do you know of any family that ever has ?
helen harris is living the life she ' s always dreamed of : her career at a top modeling agency is on the rise ; she spends her days at fashion shows and her nights at the city ' s hottest clubs . but her carefree lifestyle comes to a screeching halt when one phone call changes everything . helen soon finds herself responsible for her sister ' s children : 15 - year - old audrey , 10 - year - old henry , and 5 - year - old sarah . no one doubts that helen is the coolest aunt in new york , but what does this glamour girl know about raising kids ? the fun begins as helen goes through the transformation from super - hip to super - mom , but she quickly finds that dancing at 3a . m . doesn ' t mix with getting kids to school on time - - advice that helen ' s older sister , jenny , is only too quick to dish out . along the way , helen finds support in the most unusual place - - with dan parker , the handsome young pastor and principal of the kids ' new school - - and realizes the choice she has to make is between the life she ' s always loved and the new loves of her life .
the kids adore their cool aunt helen , so they want her to be their substitute mommy , leaving the kate hudson character no choice but to comply . as you might imagine , this causes a substantial amount of upheaval in helen ' s life as she has suddenly going from being trendy urbanite to mundane soccer mom .
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romantic interest is provided in the form of pastor dan ( john corbett ) , who runs the parochial school she enrolls the children in . he’s a patented nice guy who tries to help her out . we know they are meant to be together by the way she suddenly becomes stupid in his presence ; helen is supposed to be smart enough to manage top models , yet she believes pastor dan’s joke about proving her religion through a blood test . eventually a big crisis rears its ugly head , forcing helen to take the job of raising children seriously . she then sets out to prove her newfound seriousness to jenny .
helen harris is living the life she ' s always dreamed of : her career at a top modeling agency is on the rise ; she spends her days at fashion shows and her nights at the city ' s hottest clubs . but her carefree lifestyle comes to a screeching halt when one phone call changes everything . helen soon finds herself responsible for her sister ' s children : 15 - year - old audrey , 10 - year - old henry , and 5 - year - old sarah . no one doubts that helen is the coolest aunt in new york , but what does this glamour girl know about raising kids ? the fun begins as helen goes through the transformation from super - hip to super - mom , but she quickly finds that dancing at 3a . m . doesn ' t mix with getting kids to school on time - - advice that helen ' s older sister , jenny , is only too quick to dish out . along the way , helen finds support in the most unusual place - - with dan parker , the handsome young pastor and principal of the kids ' new school - - and realizes the choice she has to make is between the life she ' s always loved and the new loves of her life . written by sujit r . varma
families can talk about how they think about plans to care for children in case of tragedy . why did the children ' s parents choose helen instead of jenny ?
although predictable in places , the romantic dramedy represents hollywood ' s refreshingly realistic correction of the 20th century feminism : it is possible for unexpected , ill - timed motherhood , with all its emotional and financial hassles , to gratify a woman in a way unsurpassed even by a successful career in the fashion industry , a manhattan zip code , and lenient sex life . helen soon learns—as all people raising children do—that she can ' t have it all . manhattan gives . . .
this latest take on a familiar setup is not a romantic comedy , as suggested by the trailers and commercials . raising helen is more of a light drama with some comic and tragic moments . it has a solid script and a strong cast led by the deliciously twinkly kate hudson , with helen mirrin as her boss , joan cusack and felicity huffman as her sisters , sakina jaffrey as one tough bat - wielding mother of a neighbor , and john corbett providing guidance , support , and some romantic interest as the lutheran pastor who is principal of the school . that puts it way ahead of garbage like cop and a half and curly sue .
helen and her other sister jenny ( joan cusack ) are in shock when they hear lindsay & paul left helen in charge of their three kids : 15 - year - old audrey ( hayden panettiere ) , 10 - year - old henry ( spencer breslin ) , and five - year - old sarah ( abigail breslin ) . convinced she can raise the kids and maintain her already fast - paced schedule , helen quickly finds herself burnt out and disheartened by her responsibilities and jenny ' s lack of faith .
emil’s job meant that the family changed countries regularly . after holland came berlin and then a posting to denmark , which was where helen was to spend most of her childhood .
helen harris ( kate hudson ) is very successful in the fashion industry and has a nice manhattan lifestyle which keeps her extremely occupied and content . helen ' s world suddenly changes when her sister lindsay ( felicity huffman ) and brother - in - law paul ( sean o ' bryan ) die in a car accident turning everyone ' s life upside down .
“i have remained a devoted admirer of helen since meeting her 40 years ago . without her pioneering work , countless dyslexics would still be struggling at the back of the classroom . ”
helen then received a letter from her sister to say that carl had been diagnosed as word - blind . he had difficulties with spelling , reading , number work and organisation , just like helen . “i made up my mind that next time i went to denmark i would go and see the person who had diagnosed my nephew and was now teaching him . ”
helen harris ( hudson ) is living the life she always dreamed of . her career at a top manhattan modeling agency , working for dominique ( helen mirren ) , is on the rise ; she spends her days at fashion shows and her nights at the city ' s hottest clubs . but her carefree lifestyle comes to a screeching halt when one phone call changes everything .
kate hudson stars in this romantic comedy from feelgood specialist garry marshall as helen , a fast - living fashion agent who ' s left to bring up her sister ' s kids - nightmare teenager audrey ( hayden panettiere ) , ten year old henry ( spencer breslin ) and little cutie sarah ( breslin ' s sister abigail ) following a tragic accident . but with great responsibility comes great pandemonium . luckily , helen finds a personal saviour in john corbett ' s priest , a self - proclaimed
sexy man of god .
helen mirren and joan cusack join the throng .
if helen has any notions that she can be a mom and keep her agency job , she ' s disabused by dominique , who expects total dedication . soon helen has lost her job , moved her little family to a lower - middle - class neighborhood in queens , and enrolled the kids in a nearby lutheran school run by pastor dan ( john corbett ) , who is single and therefore preordained to fall in love with helen , although not before many plot - laden details have been worked through . she gets a job in a car dealership run by the unfailingly dynamic hector elizondo .
helen is a hip agent in an extremely fashionable model agency , living it up in nyc when she hears of the death of her sister and brother - in - law . completely to her and her other sister ' s surprise , she is given custody of the 3 children . exchanging fashion for family , helen and the children explore what makes a family and how they can grow together .
helen received an mbe in 1999 for her work in dyslexia and further royal recognition followed in 2003 when she was honoured as a pioneer to the life of the nation at a buckingham palace reception .
when the war ended the arkell family came back to frensham and moved in with helen’s parents at hollowdene . but the marriage did not run smoothly and it was to end in separation and eventually divorce .
after the sudden death of her sister , high - flying career woman helen harris becomes the guardian of her three children and must make some tough decisions . realising that she is unable to reconcile her new
the centre was founded by helen , joy pollock and elisabeth waller and first opened its doors in london on 26 april 1971 . it has been based at its current location in frensham , surrey , since 1987 .
this is a great movie for girls 13 and up . i watched it at a sleepover with two of my friends and i loved it ! there is some implied sex , helen unbuttons a guy . . . continue reading
helen had spent a couple of years being educated at home before going to the convent school , where the teachers merely felt she was slow on the uptake rather than having any insight that her problems might be more serious .
helen arkell overcame her own dyslexia to become an inspirational figure for many who felt the benefit of her support , advice and expertise . children who were chronically dyslexic but successful in adulthood give her the credit for changing their lives .
helen ' s life takes a dramatic turn one day when her older sister and brother - in - law are killed in a car accident . their three children – audrey ( hayden panettiere ) , kenny ( spencer breslin ) , and sarah ( abigail breslin ) - have been orphaned , so they need a guardian . it ' s assumed that helen ' s sister , jenny ( the always enjoyable joan cusack ) , will be chosen for this assignment . while helen was born with grace and charm , she ' s somewhat lacking in the maturity category , and her carefree ways don ' t exactly jibe with parenting like jenny ' s . to both women ' s surprise , their deceased sister has different ideas .
kate hudson , who stars , seems to be following in the footsteps of her mother , goldie hawn ; both have genuine talent , but choose too often to bury themselves in commercial formulas . hudson plays helen harris , a high - powered manhattan career woman who works as the personal assistant to dominique ( helen mirren ) , the head of a famous modeling agency . she works hard , is on call 24 - 7 , and even when she parties , she ' s talent - scouting . she has a sister named jenny ( joan cusack ) who lives in the suburbs and raises her children as a disciplined time - and - motion study . jenny ' s house , helen observes , looks like a showroom at the pottery barn .
despite her already hectic schedule , helen finds the time to develop a genuine affection for her new dependents , as well as an equally genuine attraction to dan parker ( john corbett ) , the kids ' school principal and local lutheran pastor . eventually , helen realizes she can ' t balance the two lives , and is faced with a difficult decision , her fashion career or her nieces and nephew . by luck , she got promoted to agent with her modeling agency and keep the kids as well .
helen struggled on at the convent school in copenhagen until she was 16 . her father retired at that time and decided that rather than returning home to norway , he would relocate the family to england . helen’s maternal grandparents , morton and agnes latham , who had both died recently , had lived in hollowdene , a rambling victorian house with vast grounds in frensham . the house overlooks what is now frensham recreation ground , an area of land which was presented to the village by dorothy huitfeldt in memory of her husband and parents .
despite helen’s adaptability and capability with languages , coping with the lessons was another matter altogether . “i was very bad at school . i read very inadequately and very , very slowly and my writing was atrocious . i found putting my thoughts on paper was extremely difficult .
helen is at the newsagent ' s and is happy for tinka ' s success . her bag falls from her shoulder to the forearm , but in the next shot the bag is back on the shoulder . in the next shot , the bag is back on the forearm .
the single and successful executive of the fashion world , helen harris , becomes the guardian of her two nieces and one nephew after the death of her sister and her brother - in - law . she moves from manhattan to queens , and faces difficulties trying to raise the children .
the romance between helen and pastor dan progresses with agonizing slowness , complicated by helen ' s belief that lutheran ministers cannot marry ( her attempts to fake lutheranism to get her kids into the school is amusing , but could have been subtler ) . finally pastor dan breaks the ice :
i ' m a sexy man of god , and i know it .
then there are the scenes where the kids resent this man who seems about to replace their father , and the obligatory group visit to the zoo , scored with the obligatory use of simon and garfunkel ' s
at the zoo .
then older sister lindsay ( felicity huffman ) and her husband are killed in a car accident . the will leaves custody of their three children to helen , not to jenny ( joan cusack ) , the anal - retentive responsible sister . the reason for this perplexing choice is explained in two letters , one to each sister , the contents of which are not revealed until it’s dramatically appropriate ( i . e . at the end ) . helen attempts to take care of adolescent audrey ( hayden panettiere ) and youngsters henry ( spencer breslin ) and sarah ( abigail breslin ) . however , this means quitting her agency job and working at (
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helen ( kate hudson ) , a young woman who thinks she has everything she wants , including a glamorous job in a modeling agency . she gets to go to parties and wear chic clothes and be the cool aunt to her sisters ' children , the fun one who thinks that fake ids are great and shows that you never really have to grow up . but then helen ' s sister and brother - in - law are killed in an accident and it turns out that they left their three children not to the older , stable , potpourri - loving earth mother sister jenny ( joan cusack ) but to helen . helen is willing , if a bit shell - shocked . but for the first time she has taken on some problems that can ' t be solved with a dazzling smile . the three children show her how messy , exhausting , painful , more exhausting , expensive , scary , difficult , and then even more exhausting life can be . she will think of it as an unbearable burden . she will have to leave manhattan for brooklyn and take time from her job for an emergency involving shoelace - tying . she will make mistakes and let people down . she will worry that she is not up to the challenge . and she will get a chance to find out whether she is .
veteran director garry marshall and screenwriters jack amiel and michael begler aim to strike a balance between romantic comedy and heartstring - tugger in this blandly wholesome , good - natured bit of escapism , but its predictability and clichéd plot make it instantly forgettable . kate hudson stars as perky young helen harris , whose eye for spotting new talent . . . read more
however strong the feelings were , helen kept them to herself . “my parents were very busy and i suspect they didn’t think too much about me . they were the last people i would have talked to about it – i didn’t talk to anybody . i had friends who might have helped me by correcting my spelling but i never really confided in them either . ”
“but because my parents didn’t know how long we would be there , they thought a danish school would be a bit useless for me because it wouldn’t apply much anywhere else , ” recalls helen . “so they sent me to a french convent school in copenhagen . this was for oddities like me who didn’t have much of a background in education . it wasn’t a very conventional learning school .
most of helen ' s lessons in survival come not from her sister , a forbiddingly humorless caricature , but from her across - the - hall indian neighbor nilma prasad ( sakina jaffrey ) , who , just like all neighbors in sitcoms , is willing to drop her own life at a moment ' s notice to play a supporting role in the heroine ' s ; she channels ethel mertz .
helen huitfeldt went through her entire childhood and early adult life believing she was stupid . not until she was well into her twenties did she become aware that she might be suffering from a condition which at that time was known as word - blindness and is now recognised as dyslexia . the discovery was to change her life in ways she could never have imagined as she struggled through her schooldays .
our heroine , helen ( played by almost famous band - aid / goddess kate hudson ) , is a rising star at a metropolitan modeling agency . all of the bigwigs are impressed by what a natural she is despite the smothering , kinetic pace of this industry . she ' s hip and fun , a rising star in the big apple , and the model equivalent of a can ' t - miss prospect .
this left helen as a single mother who , in her own words , was totally unqualified for anything . but the end of the war had also allowed her to resume contact with other members of the family . her sister binkie and her family were in denmark and her brother paul and his family were in norway . as both countries were under german occupation , communication during the war had been virtually impossible apart from an occasional red cross letter .
eventually they returned to hollowdene and it was not long before helen met and fell in love with an army officer called john arkell . “he was in the territorials and he was going to be sent to finland – everything happened in a tearing hurry and i was married when i was 19 . but in the event my husband didn’t go to finland or anywhere else – he was an instructor at catterick camp for most of the war and two of my three children were born there . ”
in the face of all these dramatic changes , helen also discovers romantic entanglements . during the new family ' s move to the borough of queens , they have picked up a stray in the form of local pastor , dan ( everyone ' s favorite northern exposure dj , john corbett ) . the man of god falls fast and hard for this struggling woman faced with so many dramatic changes in her life . it ' s also worth noting that the three kids need a strong father figure .
the huitfeldts moved into the empty house and to helen’s alarm her parents then began to discuss which english school she should go to . “i was absolutely horrified because i didn’t think my english was very good , but in the end i received private tuition from a retired eton schoolmaster who lived nearby . sometimes an extra teacher might have been brought in for maths , but i never could add two and two together ! my mother was quite musical so i was sent to piano lessons and i was absolutely useless at that too . ”
a s far as heartwarming comedies go , this one has all the parts necessary : the heart , the warmth , and the comedy . at the outset , the storytellers get the heart commiserating with three grieving children—audrey ( hayden panettiere ) , henry ( spencer breslin ) , and sarah ( abigail breslin ) —when their parents are killed in a car accident . the heart warms as the kids ' supercool young aunt gives up her exciting career , and the perks that come with it , to take on the uncool role of the orphaned kids ' guardian . the chuckles come easily , even in the predictable moments , as you watch dazzling helen harris ( kate hudson ) grow into her new skin .
romantic comedy starring kate hudson as helen harris , a 20 - something manhattan socialite with a successful fashion career . however , her dream lifestyle is brought to a shuddering halt when she gets a phone call to inform her that not only are her sister and brother - in - law dead , but she must now assume reponsibility for their three children aged 15 , 12 and 5 . convinced that she can bring them up and maintain her hectic schedule , she throws herself into her new responsibilities - but soon finds herself burnt out and unable to cope . an unlikely source of support - and , over time , a deeper attraction - comes from the children ' s school principal and local pastor dan parker ( john corbett ) .
in which puss in boots stops and makes cutesy , goo - goo kitty eyes at people ? well , this movie is like that look . it’s so cloying , designed to manipulate your heartstrings at every conceivable turn . the problem is that manipulation quickly becomes apparent . you eventually realize that there’s no substance here . that fact is evident in the big things – you can foresee every single plot development coming long before it actually gets there – as well as in the small things . every element is designed to show that helen is a good person who loves children and will make a wonderful mother just as soon as she grows up . pardon my skepticism , but i believe the kids would have been better off with jenny .
the movie , directed by garry marshall (
pretty woman
) , is not unaware of the lifestyle differences between single manhattan career women and receptionists in queens . not even after helen unloads an eyesore green lincoln and is promoted to sales does she have the money , or the skills , to make things work - - even though she learns fast . but she ' s let off fairly easily . the movie exists in the kind of economy where one working - class paycheck could just about support a family , and where city kids went to the wholesome parochial school down the street . times are harder now , but the movie doesn ' t know it - - can ' t afford to , if its sunny disposition is to prevail .
parents need to know that this movie has some strong language . characters drink and smoke . helen ' s smoking , imitated by one of the children , is evidence of her carefree lifestyle ; we see her wearing a nicotine patch after she has to begin to be more responsible . similarly , as the fun aunt she approves of a fake id for an underage girl ; as the parent , she does not . and before she has the children , she has casual sex , but afterward she is ready for a more complete relationship . an underage couple plan to have sex but are stopped in time . some members of the audience will find the movie ' s portrayal of public school to be unfair . a strength of the movie is friendship between diverse characters .
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a higher than expected opening in spain and a lower than expected decline in the u . k . allowed
to retain top spot on the international charts . the film opened first in a handful of markets , including a $ 4 . 7 million opening in spain on 356 screens , $ 377 , 000 in denmark , $ 352 , 000 in taiwan and $ 275 , 000 in israel . its most prolific market continues to be the u . k . where the film brought in $ 8 . 5 million during its second weekend there ; that ' s a 42 % drop - off , which is a little high for the market , but not as high as expected given its huge start last weekend . that one market represented more than half of its weekend total of $ 16 . 3 million on 1700 screens in 28 markets for a running tally of $ 82 . 9 million .
open in the u . k . over the weekend with an astounding $ 14 . 8 million on 456 , which is more than four times the
' s earnings there in 2000 . that figure was also more than 8 times the second place film , and more than half the market ' s total box office . add in a handful of openings in other , mostly smaller markets and the film brought in $ 19 . 2 million on 1 , 700 screens in 15 markets for a $ 58 . 8 million total so far .
every week films get a second chance at success from the home market ; or , in some cases , a first chance at success . here is a list of wide releases , limited releases and a few from the growing tv on dvd section , including the winner of the dvd pick of the week ren & stimpy - the complete first and second seasons -
just a month ago it was looking as if 2004 would suffer through a disastrous summer as the first two tent - pole releases failed to live up to expectations . however , since then we ' ve had record after record fall . the first weekend in june continued this trend as the top 3 films broke several records between them . since it was a post holiday weekend , a drop in the overall box office was expected , but with a decline of just 2 . 8 % to $ 186 . 7 million it was enough to become the largest ever 3 - day weekend . and the increase from last year was an incredible 14 . 6 % there ' s more and more to celebrate about 2004 .
would be in the top three , if not number one . and because of that , it ' s no surprise that no other studio would try and take on harry potter .
in retrospect , i may have been a little harsh on the new films opening this weekend as two of the three earned more during the 3 - day weekend than i thought they ' d earn during the 4 - day weekend . and that helped this memorial day long weekend become the biggest weekend ever . comparing the 3 - day total we see a 12 . 4 % increase from last weekend and a 9 . 9 % increase from last year . however , last year at this time it was not memorial day . compared to last year ' s memorial day the three - day portion is up 16 . 9 % and the four - day potion is up an incredible 22 % to nearly $ 250 million . this will create a lot of buzz , which will result in free publicity for the rest of the summer movies .
should repeat as winner at the box office . and at least one , and possibly both , of the wide releases could be d . o . a .
during the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content . here the list of this week ' s releases , a couple of new sites and few updates including the winner for the week ,
. if you know of any new movie websites not on this list feel free to e - mail me with the details .
during the past week promotional websites for several movies were launched and some older ones added additional content . here the list of this week ' s releases , a couple of new sites and few updates . it was another deceptively slow week as there are lots of site on the list , but none stood out as an award winning site . many were simple placeholders , others had just minor updates , and the only three flash sites to launch were mostly marked coming soon . i was even tempted to not give out an award or maybe even bring in a
may marks the start of summer , at least according to the movie industry . and while memorial day weekend is the official start of summer , the first weekend in may is becoming increasingly important . so it ' s no surprise that there are 8 movies set for wide released during the upcoming month . . . . wait a minute ; that can ' t be right . with just 8 movies opening each week there will be the potential blockbuster and the counter - programming movie , thereby maximizing profits . obviously this has to change .
this week ' s new batch of movie release dates has some more shuffling around of this summer ' s blockbusters , and even next summer ' s blockbusters . we also have release dates for some smaller ( and more interesting ) movies . among movies with moved dates :
each week , the studios do another dance , shuffling around the release dates of their movies in an effort to best position themselves for future success . this week sees the sudden disappearance of
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after her sister and brother - in - law die in a car accident , a young woman becomes the guardian of their three children .
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[ garry marshall ] piles on the cornball touches with the sledgehammer effect of a bad sitcom director .
this ode to the most stifling aspects of family and motherhood make you feel like the hicks have all uprooted themselves and moved into the front office at touchstone .
even those who seek the undemanding entertainment of life troubles being bravely dealt with might end up wishing they were given more than just sitcom resolutions .
far from the worst cookie - cutter film to come off the hollywood assembly line , merely the latest .
marshall does a decent job with this film , keeping everything ' nice ' as you find in most of his movies .
yet another social fable about women in distress from gary marshall with no foundation in any reality and a mannered , irritating performance from kate hudson .
satisfying only because of joan cusack ' s sterling performance . will somebody please give that actress a starring role in her own vehicle ?
i really hate john corbett and kate hudson together . is it just me ? ? he seems way too old for her here and the whole man of god thing had a serious ick factor for me too . i think if they had have had a different character for the male romantic lead , and cast someone better suited to her , i may have liked this a little more . there was a not too bad story there otherwise , and some familiar faces in the cast of kids .
another money vehicle for kate hudson , only joan cusack makes it any level of watchable . full review later .
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basically the story of a man forced to finally see the injustice around him . riley’s movie is designed to do the same thing to you . …
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
roger ebert ' s speech on empathy for the
11th hour
series on april 9th , 1994 , being republished here in honor of his birthday june 18 .