From the Terrace
by Mark Robson
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Actor: Ina Balin, Joanne Woodward, Leon Ames, Myrna Loy, Paul NewmanDirector: Mark Robson
Brand: Fox
Cinematographer: Leo Tover
Producer: Mark Robson
Editor: Dorothy Spencer
Writer: Ernest Lehman
Writer: John O'Hara
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 149 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-05-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of From the Terrace
Movie Review: Wanted it all, when he got it, the price was too high and the reward empty.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of my all-time favorites of Paul Newman (Alfred Eaton) and Joanne Woodward (Mary St. John). They play off each other magnificantly, she the upper crust, wealthy, spoiled socialite, he the forgotten son of a steel mill owner with a desire to prove his worth in money and business success because his father deprived him of self-worth and love. Newman does a great job early in the movie of communicating the pain of knowing his father loved his brother most and never really loved him. He was driven to prove he didn't need his father, he would show him he was worth something, his goal was to achieve great business success, be richer and more successful than his father ever was. The MacHardie character (head of the Wall Street firm of J.D. MacHardie) portrays the businessman who has put the success and the reputation of the company ahead of family, personal relationships, and success in one's personal life. Nothing matters more than the company--it's first, last, and foremost always, all else is to be sacrificed for the sake of the company. His comment about marriage to an adulterous wife is less the sin than divorce because divorce breaks a contract and breaking a contract is condemnation on the reputation of the company. As MacHardie said, adultery is just between man and wife and God, this so exemplifies the all-encompassing appetite of big business--globbling up people and lives and using them up, nothing matters more than the company, lives are lived based on what's best for the company.
The tenderness between Newman (Alfred now David to Natalie) and Balin (Natalie)is touching, it's love at first sight for her, even though she denies it. Alfred sees the warmth and tenderness of a loving close family with Natalie and her father/mother; he has never experienced this family bond--not in his own family or in his marraige. The relationship is wrong, but Natalie pursues Alfred without the sleazy feeling of an illicit affair. Ina Balin plays this role perfectly--innocent, caring, loving and kind, there is an instant bond between Alfred and Natalie and you feel the pain of their decision to end it but the relationship haunts them both.
Mary meantime has decided her socialite, partying life is just what she likes, and she flouts her affair with her old flame and fiancee in Alfred's face. She's confident Alfred will never give up his career and compromise his business success. Mary and Alfred grow completely apart and Alfred has to choose between his goal of bettering his father or giving it all up for the love of his life.
The music from Elmer Bernstein is beautiful for this movie. And Joanne (Mary) is dressed to the nines--such a contrast in her beautiful dress designs and the simple clothing of Natalie, all pointing to Alfred's stark choice between his high-flying career and love.
There is something special about this movie over others Newman and Woodward have done (however, I do like The Long Hot Summer very much, lots of real romance between Newman and Woodward in that one since they were married just after that movie's release). Newman has other great movies, such as Cat On A Hot Tin Roof and The Verdict, but I have watched From The Terrace many times and enjoy it each time. It's a good one to add to a Newman/Woodward collection.
Summary of From the Terrace
FROM THE TERRACE - DVD MovieFrom the Terrace is one of Paul Newman's lesser-known films, but it's a worthy showcase for the actor's developing screen persona. Like Butterfield 8, this is a slick, prestigious adaptation of a John O'Hara novel, about loose morals and forbidden love among the wealthy elite. Director Mark Robson lacks the mastery of melodrama that Douglas Sirk would've brought to this material, but he's still on target with O'Hara's tale of a prodigal son (Newman) who rejects his late father's steel mill in favor of big-business conquest, only to find his trophy wife (superbly played by Newman's off-screen wife, Joanne Woodward) straying into the arms of her former fiancé, while he falls in love with a socialite (Ina Balin) with whom he's much more compatible. A well-tuned drama of marital discord and unchecked ambition, From the Terrace was sharply adapted by Ernest Lehman between the triumphs of North by Northwest and West Side Story, and Newman's brooding performance gave him a solid boost to his iconic role in the 1961 classic The Hustler. --Jeff Shannon
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