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Movie Reviews of Tomorrow
Movie Review: TOMORROW
Summary: 5 Stars
RATING-PG for thematic elements. There is one intense scene of pain during childbirth but nothing explicit. A murder happens on-screen but nothing graphic or closeup.
STARRING-Robert Duvall. Screenplay by Horton Foote.
THEME-Unconditional love and compassion.
STORY-Based on a short story by William Faulkner, the film opens with the brief flashback of a night scene where a young man and woman are apparently trying to elope without her parent's knowledge. The family is aroused and the young man is shot and killed by the father. The camera then moves to the courtroom of a small Mississippi town where a murder trial is in its final argument stage. As the defense wraps up its final argument, the camera pans the jury zooming in on Jackson Fentry (Duvall). When he casts the lone vote against acquitting the father resulting in a hung jury, the defense attorney wonders why would this man vote against 11 of his peers, in this his first trial as a lawyer. The rest of the movie tells us why by taking us back 20 years in the life of Fentry. Duvall is at his best in his role of Jackson Fentry, an introverted cotton farmer who leaves his father's farm to be the watchman at a rural sawmill about 30 miles from home. We see a tragic and touching love story between Duvall and a young, pregnant woman who has been deserted by her husband. In Duvall you see man's capacity for love and to do good. In the end we also experience man's capacity for evil and to do harm to his fellow man. This is not a fast-paced action film with lots of special effects but the acting is outstanding and well worth watching. Lu G. for Lu's Reviews 9/15/2007. www.lusreviews.blogspot.com
Movie Review: Cinematic Masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars
After so many painful memories of too many Lit classes with far too much Faulkner I almost turned off this movie the minute the announcer on TCM said his name in relation to this movie. Well I'm glad I did, though I can't say this movie hasn't cost me. This is not a feel good movie, it rips your heart out. I don't tend to like Faulkner, he always seemed a bit pretentious in comparison with contemporaries like Hemingway. This movie/story is as far from pretentious as anything could be but with all the depth and heart kept in. If anyone every asked me what a truely good person would be like, I could only point to Duvall's masterful portrayal of Fulkner's heartrending character. This film is deliberate in its simplicity and that may turn some people off. It's a story about simple people in a simple setting, which may seem alien to our modern over-stimulated brains. However, it all works beautifully to create an incredibly real and touching slice of life. I wouldn't recommend this to people who need a lot of action in a movie or even people who aren't movie buffs. Also, you likely need to be a fan of drama to like this film and not find it slow. Then again, I hate drama but adored this movie so maybe you should take a chance.Movie Review: Love can be found where you least expect it
Summary: 5 Stars
This excellent movie's screenplay is by Horton Foote, who adapted it from William Faulkner's short story by the same name from the collection "Knight's Gambit." Robert Duvall plays Jackson Fentry and Olga Bellin plays Sarah Eubanks. While sharecropping on a cotton farm, Fentry takes in a stranger, Sarah, who is homeless and pregnant. Fentry shows Sarah great kindness and concern until she delivers her baby. Much later, Fentry hangs a jury that is hearing the case of one Buck Thorpe, who stands accused of murder. Exactly why Fentry, who is an uneducated, dirt-poor farmer, is the only member of the jury who votes for Buck's acquittal, is what the movie is about. "Tomorrow" is not only a great movie, but also the screenplay is one of the finest adaptations around. A must-see movie.Movie Review: Tomorrow
Summary: 5 Stars
"Tomorrow" is simply the best film adaptation of a Faulkner work ever made.
When the adaptation first appeared on television, Faulkner declined to accept a royalty because he was so impressed with Horton Foote's adaptation. Robert Duval and Olga Belline give superb performances in this film adaptation based on the T.V. adaptation of Faulkner's short stiry originally published in "The Saturday Evening Post." Shot on location in Mississippi in black and white.
Movie Review: Haunting movie...
Summary: 5 Stars
I saw this movie years ago...forgot the name of it but through the wonders of the internet was finally able to find it again. If you like understated acting and a good story it is as fine a movie as you'll ever see. Robert Duvall is so good...he just flies right below the radar with his performance and is deeply affecting. This is an example of incredible storytelling that is often missing in today's hit-you-over-the-head-with-the-plot-and-special-effects movies.