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This is another film that’s been secreted away in the MGM vaults that honest cries out to be adequately transferred to DVD.
Talent abounds here. Originate with a huge director in Tony Richardson (Tom Jones, A Attractive Balance, The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, The Entertainer, etc) who is the perfect choice for such a project. Have Christopher Isherwood and Terry Southern adapt the screenplay from a improbable Evelyn Waugh unique. Assemble a perfect cast, including James Coburn and Dana Andrews, Milton Berle, Tab Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Margaret Leighton and Liberace (unforgettably!) in cameo roles. Feature the likes of Rod Steiger (why didn’t he try more comedy? He’s luminous here!), John Gielgud, Jonathan Winters in memorable supporting roles and top it off with qualified leads in Robert Morse and Anjanette Comer (both relative unknowns at the time, but perfect for the roles) .
How could the movie not be memorable?
Suffice it to say it holds up amazingly well after almost 40 years. It has to nefarious as one of the sizable classic comedies of the sixties.
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The area revolves around a young English twit named Dennis Barlow (Morse) who shows up at his uncle’s (Gielgud’s) doorstep, having won his air passage to LAX through some absurd stroke of luck. He has no money and his gregarious uncle takes him in and introduces him to the expatriated Brits that inhabit LA. Chief among these is the snobbish Sir Ambrose Abercrombe (Morley) who takes an instant disfavor to Barlow, whom he feels doesn’t adequately record the top-notch English gentleman (and he doesn’t) . In short order, Uncle Francis is canned by his crass Hollywood Studio boss (McDowall), in spite of the fact that he has been a faithful employee for 30 years. Unwilling to face the future at his advanced age, Uncle Francis hangs himself beside the decrepit pool that represents his sagging fortunes.
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It’s at this stage that the movie shifts satirical gears and the humor gets darker and darker. Waugh’s inspect of American mores and materialistic mindset as represented by the funeral industry is brilliantly captured by the screnwriters, director and cast. It’s a ample ensemble exertion from a once in a lifetime creative team. THE LOVED ONE deserves a titanic DVD release, hopefully in the not too distant future.
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Brilliant. Disturbing. Perplexing. Hilarious. Neglected.
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Screenwriter Terry Southern (with the equally intellectual Christopher Isherwood) are the correct stars here, having drafted and crafted a movie that’s both truly disturbing and hilarious. One of Southern’s finest film scripts (a superior equal to his Dr Strangelove and Easy Rider scripts), The Loved One is an unjustly ignored and forgotten gem from a time when brilliant comedies were not only critically lauded but publically applauded. Question the release on DVD!
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