Georgy Girl
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Movie Review: Georgy Girl
Summary: 5 Stars
A review of the story line of the movie. Main actor and actress' in the movie. Dvd, blu ray or video. Rate the movie,R, PG, PG-13, Adult. Ofcourse we want to know the price of the product as well as the shipping price. I like to know if I'm ordering new or used movies. Guess thats about the size of it. Shirley Stiley Email Shirlsl@msn.comMovie Review: My favorite movie.
Summary: 5 Stars
I've seen this movie about 5 times throughout the years. It's a real gem--funny, quirky, and touching, with terrific acting. I wanted to have my own copy in memory of actress Lynn Redgrave, who passed away recently. She is brilliant in this movie, even at such a young age.Movie Review: Georgy Girl
Summary: 5 Stars
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Movie Review: Delightful memento of 1960s Swinging London... Acceptable B&W transfer from Sony
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a film which is better known for its title song than for the movie itself. Which is a little unfair because the film is quite delightful in its own quirky 60-ish fairytale way. Georgy, played by a young Lynn Redgrave is a plain, homely British girl living in the swinging London of the 60s. Her roommate, the "sensational" Meredith, played by an equally young and very sexy Charlotte Rampling, is intent on enjoying life to the fullest. While Meredith goes out partying every night, with or without her semi-steady boyfriend (Alan Bates), poor dowdy Georgy remains at home. When Meredith gets pregnant and decides to keep the baby, Georgy is exhilarated. Exhibiting maternal intincts sorely lacking in her fun-loving friend, she takes it upon herself to care for the baby while the real mother and father disappear back into the swinging single life. Acknowledging the fact that she wants to be a mother more than a trophy wife, and accepting her lack of looks in a society that values physical beauty above all else, she accepts the proposal of marriage from her father's elderly millionaire boss (James Mason). It is a fairytale tinged with the sadness of compromises which most of us would be all too familiar with in real life, but as the song goes in the final scene, "at least he's a millionaire". If you're familiar with the title song, watching the movie will bring an added poignancy to the words. A little sad at times but uplifting overall, this is a treasure from a bygone era.
The movie was nominated for 4 Academy Awards including Best Actress, Supporting Actor, Cinematography and Best Song but won none, not even for its famous title song. "Georgy Girl" sung by The Seekers, lost out to John Barry's "Born Free" but has remained a classic ever since.
Sony/Columbia have issued a barebones DVD with the film transferred in a 1.78:1 aspect ratio (anamorphic). This is obviously not the film's original theatrical aspect ratio simply because no films were shot in this ratio at that time. The original presentation was either 1.66:1 or 1.85:1 and it has been cropped so as to make a perfect fit for the new widescreen TV format. For years we have had to endure widescreen movies being panned-&-scanned to fit standard TV screens, now we have to endure movies being cropped to fit the new 16:9 widescreen TVs. When will these studio executives learn to leave viewers in peace to watch movies in their original presentation? That said, the visual composition of this transfer is not unduly harmed. This film was originally shot in Black and White, and it is presented that way on DVD, not in color as stated at Amazon's website. The picture looks fairly good with a certain amount of speckling on the source print but otherwise no overt print damage. Greyscale is fairly well rendered. Blacks are rich and deep but at the expense of shadow detail in darker portions of the image. Dark scenes look too dark. Sound is in the original 2.0 mono with optional English and Japanese subtitles. The music sounds just fine on this transfer. Aside from the trailer, there are no other extras.
Movie Review: Hey there Georgy Girl or Lynn Girl
Summary: 4 Stars
Georgy Girl is one of those off beat British cultural comedies from 1960's. Georgy is a young girl at ends with her world. She wants to be one of those free spirited youth but just doesn't fit in with the group she wants to be a part of.
Her father is a butler and his boss (James Mason) has his eye on the young frumpy Georgy. She sees the advantage of being good to him but wants the free spirit life. She rooms with the sultry and sexy Meredith (Charlotte Rampling). Meredith lives for the moment but when she gets pregnant, things change.
Joe (Alan Bates), the father, moves in with Meredith and Georgy stays on as the nanny. But Meredith grows tired of being a mother and being tied down to one man and leaves. Georgy stays on and Joe realizes that Georgy is the special girl.
This was Lynn Redgrave and Alan Bates' breakthrough film. While Redgrave would never recapture this success, Bates caught the eye of a number of directors including Ken Russell and John Schlessinger.
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