1918
by Ken Harrison (II)
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Actor: Belinda Jackson, Betty Murphy, Horton Foote Jr., Jeanne McCarthy, Lisa HowardDirector: Ken Harrison (II)
Brand: BRODERICK,MATHEW
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 94 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-07-13
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Image Entertainment
Movie Reviews of 1918
Movie Review: And you know for sure which grave is my Father's??
Summary: 5 Stars
Horton Foote is a playwright and screenwriter of the gentlest, most powerful kind. His beginnings in small town Texas has informed most all of his writing ever since. He has written for broadway, live television and hollywood. He wrote the amazing screenplay for "To Kill A Mockingbird" based on Harper Lee's book. He wrote the films "Tender Mercies" and "Trip to Bountiful" (based on his play) He's won the Pultzer Prize for his play "Young Man From Atlanta" (1995). Many of his plays have ended up on video/dvd and "1918" is one of them.
There is a series of plays written by Mr. Foote called "The Orphan's Home Cycle". Nine terrific plays, gentle and rewarding individually...put them together and you have a gorgeous epic that spans decades. The plays follow a boy named Horace from childhood to adulthood.
The middle three plays of this cycle are: "Courtship", "Valentine's Day" and "1918" and are all on DVD and available on Amazon.
"1918" takes place in a small Texas town during the outbreak of the infamous influenzia epidemic and the comings and goings of soldiers during World War I. It picks up a short time after "On Valentine's Day" ends. Elizabeth and Horace have a child and the family is reunited. But as the sickness of the epidemic and the insidious mutilations of the war casulties all come closer to the their doorstep, Horace is faced with decisions beyond his grasp. Trying to come to terms with his "orphan" status and new family. The delicate way the subjects of love, danger, security and family roam in and out of the dialouge is very moving.
"1918" stands alone as an amazing timepiece. Put the film together as the finale with the previous chapters: "Courtship" and "On Valentine's Day" and you have an amazing statement of life in small town America from 1915 to World War I. You have a dramatic poem about love and endurance. You also have an important document of Amercan theater by having a record of this great playwright's work come to life.
The same wonderful cast is in all three films, offering great continuity of performance and sparse, tender storytelling.
Courtship, On Valentine's Day,
The Trip to Bountiful, Farewell: A Memoir of a Texas Childhood
Summary of 1918
No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 13-JUL-2004
Media Type: DVD
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