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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jul 9, 2017 12:24:41 GMT
"Fasten your seatbelts, everybody. It's going to be a bumpy night."While the debut within the entertainment industry ends up as a complete disaster, Charles "Corky" Withers (Anthony Hopkins) promises to hit back, but only after he gets a few life lessons from an old mentor on how to perfect his act and create something new and special. A year later, we meet a new and improved Corky, who has now taken the business completely by surprise along with his new partner, Fats. But when a big TV producer suddenly comes knocking on the door, Corky ends up panicking and decides to flee the big city and head back to his old home town. There he meets up with the love of his life, Peggy (Ann-Margret), and the two seems to catch on pretty fast, but not everyone is too happy about this. One of them is Peggy's husband Duke (Ed Lauter), the other is Corky's partner Fats who wants to get back to the big city as fast as possible, to become a great star, and he will do anything in his power to make it happen!A chilling little psychological/thriller gem by Richard Attenborough, starring Anthony Hopkins, Burgess Meredith, Ann-Margret and Ed Lauter. My only "problem" with this film, is that all the DVD versions I have found either comes with horrible sound quality/good/great picture but no subtitles, or great sound quality/subtitles but lousy picture quality. I wished I would find one solid version, as this is one of my favorite Hopkins performances.
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Post by FridayOnElmStreet on Jul 10, 2017 10:19:38 GMT
Been awhile since I seen this one. I recall Hopkins being very good though. Gene Siskel called it one of the best films of '78.
One piece of trivia from IMDB I found amusing.
"Upon seeing Fats for the first time, Anthony Hopkins was allowed to take the doll home to work with it. However, he wound up being so unnerved by it that he called the consulting ventriloquist in the middle of the night, threatening to throw Fats into the canyon if someone didn't come and get the doll immediately. Richard Attenborough ended up going to Hopkins' house to calm him down."
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Post by lostinlimbo on Jul 10, 2017 10:23:53 GMT
The cast really do sell this somber, character driven psychology thriller. It's an excellent portrayal by Anthony Hopkins. The scenes of him and Fats are entertaining, but I really like the unsettling moment where Burgess Meredith's talent agent character confronts Corky about his mental deterioration at the lake.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Aug 7, 2019 21:26:59 GMT
I remember my uncle was reading the novel on the crapper, he used to leave it in the bathroom. Years later, I finally saw the movie. I guess I was expecting Hopkins to deliver Hannibal Lector-level creepiness, but that would come later. Still, it was alright.
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