Desk Set
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Movie Reviews of Desk Set
Movie Review: Thanks goodness for WIDESCREEN!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is my favorite Hepburn-Tracy movie and I consider it essential viewing with other holiday favorites every Christmas season. I can't wait to trash my "full screen" VHS version and finally see scenes where both actors once again appear onscreen at the same time. The rooftop scene in "full screen" ends up being two noses talking to each other. Widescreen will finally let the movie be seen as it should.Now, if we can just educate the general public on the disadvantage of the Full Screen format so studios will only offer Widescreen versions in the future. <sigh>
Movie Review: The Hepburn/Tracy Team is Timeless!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie as a kid, and it remains as fresh and funny now as it was the first time I saw it! Snappy dialog and wonderful chemistry between the main characters. A snapshot of a period in time when computers were still several stories high and employees still clustered around the water cooler for news. As a reference librarian, I like the way the film portrays how research was done "back in the day," before the internet and email were available and librarians had to use print resources - and their brains - to disseminate information. Plus the movie is just plain fun!Movie Review: Desk Set
Summary: 5 Stars
This is great movie for fans of Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy. It's also a great movie if you are a lover of classic movies. It's a good comedy, and Hepburn and Tracy are terrific in this movie genre. Some people will find it interesting what technology was like about fifty years ago and the effect it had on people at that time. It's the kind of comedy that will keep you laughing without getting raunchy or unpleasant. Baby boomers will enjoy this, and so will younger people.Movie Review: A Tracy-Hepburn gem
Summary: 5 Stars
Buy this film! No, really, do it! It's a fine piece of comedy from Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn centered in the 1950s about automation in the work site. Both leads work fine together and, if you can catch it, ad-lib some of the dialogue. The supporting cast has not one weak link among them. Watch also for the running site gags (think, "Wandering Jew" plant). Unfortunately there is no commentary and few extras. Nevertheless this is a great film to add to your collection.Movie Review: Improved viewing on DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
I own the VCR tape of this movie, and the widescreen format makes the movie more enjoyable. It must have been made shortly after Cinemasope became popular as the movie studios attempt to make television viewing of movies less enjoyable, Many scenes deliberately have two parties at the extreme edges of the widescreen image, which forces video editing in the full screen format. The movie is a clasic Tracy-Hepburn with Gig Young failing to get the girl once again.