How old were you when you saw this movie?
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rebus29 — 17 years ago(September 23, 2008 01:49 AM)
The Long Hot Summer came out when I was 9 years old, but my Momma would have tanned my hide if I'd even asked to go see it at the movies!
It was many years before it came on the TV, and so I'm guessing I was in my teensit was and is one of my all time favorites! -
rmgentile — 17 years ago(September 27, 2008 06:01 PM)
I was 45 - just watched it today!
I thought Orson Welles and cast were wonderful. I also find it much lighter than Tennessee Willliams' other plays. The characters are lovingly created and the family goes through some healing. Usually everyone's in a puddle at the end of Williams plays.
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mariahfan-1 — 17 years ago(January 13, 2009 11:01 AM)
I had to be about 6 years old the first time I seen this gem of a film and haven't seen it in years this Is where I truely fell in love with both Newman & Woodward you couldn't deny the magic between the two of them and like somebody else said I get those same butterflies when they kiss cause you can see how dearly they loved each other and it's painful to see those same scenes now since he passed away cause it inevitablely triggers an image of her so lost and lonely without him and it just breaks my heart to see her so emotionally broken
"You know where I was? Taking a bath in champagne" Mimi from A New Kind Of Love -
oldfilms89 — 16 years ago(July 23, 2009 09:27 AM)
I am also 19 years old and am also a HUGE Paul Newman fan. The Long Hot Summer is my favorite movie that he did. And I agree that it's a great romantic movie!
But, I have had my obsession a little bit longer. I first saw this movie on TCM (the best channel in the world in my book) and I was around 15, 16 yrs old.
I'm so so so happy that there are other people that are my age that really appreciate and love the older movies! I'm not alone!! Ha Ha
Keep loving him and the many other talented actor/tresses from back in the day!
The only people who face reality are too dumb to duck when they see it coming. -
diva_k13 — 15 years ago(September 05, 2010 03:05 PM)
Saw this great movie when I was a sophmore in college in 2004. Had seen Paul Newman in many films before hand (Awesome in Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by the way. His character here is so charming and yet, misunderstood. Joanne Woodward gives a strong performance, her character is admimrable and relatable, at least to me
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unapologetic_mocker — 15 years ago(January 03, 2011 11:54 PM)
So, anywho, how old were you when you saw this movie. I'm 19 years old and I saw the film this year when I started my Paul Newman obsession.
by - Lady_Lane on Mon Jul 17 2006 11:20:13
I know this was posted a few years ago and the op is infact older, but it's such a conincidence to find this thread now because I'm just 19 and starting
my
Paul Newman obsession. Gotta love life's silly synchronicities
However in the interest of an honest answer I was actually 18 seeing this film and absolutely loved it. I thought it couldn't get any better than Cool Hand Luke(and thus far, strictly speaking, it hasn't) but Paul Newman in "The Long, Hot Summer"? There aren't words that do it justice
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m_bruneio — 14 years ago(August 13, 2011 12:38 AM)
I agree. "Cool Hand Luke" is my favorite Newman film, but "Long Hot Summer" and "The Verdict" run a close race for second.
I first saw TLHS when, at the tender age of 16, I found myself with nothing to watch. I read the reviews in the TV Guide, and since I'd recently been blow away by "Cool Hand Luke" for the first time, figured I'd kill a couple hours and give it a chance.
I was totally hooked and in love with the movie.
Keep in mind, this is coming from a kid who in 1984 was into nothing but Jason, Michael Meyers, and Freddie. This movie and "Luke" marked a turning point for me: I realized I could understand, appreciate, and even enjoy "grownup" movies. The acting was superb, same with sets, locations, etc.
I also fell madly in love with the stunning Lee Remick! My gawd she was hot in that movie! She easily blew away most of my 80's crushes in the looks department, and her status as a Great Beauty has never faded. I wanted her to play Clara's part at first, but after repeated viewings, realized that the casting was perfect as is.
Other posters complained that the ending was too abrupt and "Hollywood" and I agree with them; it's almost as if the director suddenly realized he was running out of film and had to wrap things up quick! LOL Other than that, I wouldn't change a thing about it. -
fbm72751 — 11 years ago(January 30, 2015 09:12 PM)
I first saw it in 1971 when I was 17. I never thought I would like a film that resembles a soap opera but the film just stuck with me and wouldn't go away. When I bought my first VCR in 1983, it was the 3rd movie of my now massive library that I recorded on tape (long since transferred to dvd) aired by then-commercial free AMC channel.
Another reason this film sticks with me is that it reminds me of my growing up. I'm not from Mississippi or that matter from the South but the old cars, the Esso gas station, the small town scenes were a lot like my childhood (now long since torn down and now just a part of a much larger city which I long since left) Also at least one local ambulance outfit that I remember had a 1957 Cadillac like the one in the film, plus a gentleman down where we lived had a 1954 Lincoln like Clara's only it was a 2 dr hardtop, not a convertible. -
Violet_Bramble — 11 years ago(September 05, 2014 07:08 PM)
I honestly don't remember but I think I must already have been in my twenties. When I was growing up, I registered Newman primarily as the genius behind organic Oreos. I'd seen some of his later pictures and knew he was a great actor, but seeing this was a revelation of how electric he was in his prime. It's one of my favorite movies, an almost perfect romance; I must have seen it a dozen times since.
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kaskait — 11 years ago(February 02, 2015 07:56 AM)
I didn't see it as a young person. It came to my attention only about 10 years ago.
It was very sexy in a way that films just aren't anymore. They played with the tension and hyped it up which was very steamy. Nowadays they just show people jumping into bed at the wink of an eye. Boring.