Robert Ellis Miller
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
Alan Arkin spiller Singer i denne filmen om Carson McCullers velansette første roman. Når han flytter til en søvnig by i Sørstatene for å være nær sin hjerneskadede venn som ligger på sykehus (Chuck McCann), så tiltrekker Singers stille godhet flere som er skadet i kropp og sinn.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
If John Singer could, he'd tell you about his inner world of beauty and dignity. But the card he holds must speak for him. "I am a deaf-mute. I read lips and understand what is said to me. Please do not shout." In the performance that earned him an Oscar nomination and New York Film Critics Award as 1968's Best Actor, future Academy Award winner Alan Arkin is Singer in this film of Carson McCullers' acclaimed first novel. When he moves to a sleepy Southern town to be near his hospitalized friend (Chuck McCann), a brain-damaged man-child, Singer's silent kindness draws to him others broken in body and spirit. Playing some of those others in a prime ensemble are Cicely Tyson, Percy Rodriguez, Stacy Keach and fellow Oscar nominee Sondra Locke.
Sweet November
Businessman Charlie Blake is wound as tightly as the wristwatch he slavishly obeys. He's all “hurry, hurry, ding, ding,” free-spirited Brooklynite Sara Deever says. He’s also perfect for her next human salvage project. She’ll welcome Charlie into her romantic life for one month – and one only. Then, Mr. November must step aside for Mr. December. Charlie and Sara share the life-altering power of love in the witty and wistful Sweet November, from Summer of '42 author Herman Raucher and remade 33 years later (with Keanu Reeves and Charlize Theron). Anthony Newley plays the increasingly unwound and smitten Charlie. And Academy Award winner* Sandy Dennis is Sara, whose Man-of-the-Month parade – sexually libertine on the surface – has a deeper, more heartrending resonance.