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Crazy Like a Fox (2004)
A "must see" drama for anyone interested in "Honor" versus Business.
One of the most beautiful opening sequences ever filmed starts this movie out on a positive note. The actors are so well cast that you will find it hard to believe they are acting. The young and beautiful villains are so very, very real. At the same time the "hero" is older and not very well shaven, but you feel his pain with every scene. He embodies several generations of Southern Gentlemen. He loves his home, his land and his heritage with a love that is palpable and endlessly enduring.
This story wrenches your emotions this way and that as practicality takes a backseat to honor. The well-fare of his well loved previous employees hangs in the balance. A threat to the very existence of his family home forces the hero to make some unusual decisions and bend the law considerably.
The photography is superb. It is both moving and heart-wrenching when one knows that so much of that same land is about to be paved over with "progress". Nature is given a brilliant part in the over all list of characters. And what an actress she turns out to be!
This film should be required "watching" for anyone thinking of exchanging city living for a country experience. Can you tell? I LOVED this film. See it and judge for yourself!
Great Performances: Verna: USO Girl (1978)
What a fabulous cast! What a treat and a surprise!
I just saw this movie last weekend at the Piedmont Filmmakers Festival in Warrenton Virginia! I had never seen it before, so it was a great treat! Not dated at all, it really should be re-released because it's message is timeless.
At first this movie seems predictable and simple but as it progresses and you become familiar with the characters it blossoms.
Sally Kellerman is timeless and so sadly sexy and subtly miserable. William Hurt is just dreamy. Apparently his first film, and yet he shows here all the charisma of later films with a brand of boyish charm that should be bottled and sold over the counter.
An added surprise was a wonderful cameo role by famous producer Ron Maxwell. Get a copy of this movie and enjoy!