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<blockquote data-quote="Snarky Oracle!" data-source="post: 418849" data-attributes="member: 57984">Oh, please don&#039;t confuse Stanley Kramer with Doug Cramer!GWCTD was, obviously, very controversial back in 1967 -- some audiences were angry Kramer&#039;s film was &quot;too safe&quot; (which was on purpose) and many were angry that he made it all, given the subject matter (still then off-the-charts for some).Some also feel the nepotistic casting of Houghton as Potier&#039;s fiancée is a bit &#039;off&#039; and want a different actress.Tracy died two weeks after delivering his finale speech, and Hepburn claimed she never saw the final film (&quot;Can&#039;t watch it!&quot;)... She got her second Oscar (the first in ~35 years) for GWCTD, winning her third the very next year for LION IN WINTER, arguably her most deserved (and tying with Streisand), her fourth for that cabin-on-the-lake movie with the Fondas.The ambiance to the film is classic late-60s cinema of the nostalgically sanitized kind (Kate walking onto the terrace and making almost-weepy at the sunset could only come off that effectively during that era). Sometimes I&#039;ll watch GWCTD on a double bill with the original NIGHT OF THE LIING DEAD for purposes of balance (and almost always on a Sunday night, for some weird reason).&nbsp; Cecil Kellaway&#039;s inability to warble The Beatles -- or at least stay in tune -- is sweet.And how about the moves on that groovy delivery boy?[MEDIA=youtube]7L576AJtjO4[/MEDIA]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarky Oracle!, post: 418849, member: 57984"] Oh, [B]please [/B]don't confuse Stanley Kramer with Doug Cramer! GWCTD was, obviously, very controversial back in 1967 -- some audiences were angry Kramer's film was "too safe" (which was on purpose) and many were angry that he made it all, given the subject matter (still then off-the-charts for some). Some also feel the nepotistic casting of Houghton as Potier's fiancée is a bit 'off' and want a different actress. Tracy died two weeks after delivering his finale speech, and Hepburn claimed she never saw the final film ("Can't watch it!")... She got her second Oscar (the first in ~35 years) for GWCTD, winning her third the very next year for LION IN WINTER, arguably her most deserved (and tying with Streisand), her fourth for that cabin-on-the-lake movie with the Fondas. The ambiance to the film is classic late-60s cinema of the nostalgically sanitized kind (Kate walking onto the terrace and making almost-weepy at the sunset could only come off that effectively during that era). Sometimes I'll watch GWCTD on a double bill with the original NIGHT OF THE LIING DEAD for purposes of balance (and almost always on a Sunday night, for some weird reason). Cecil Kellaway's inability to warble The Beatles -- or at least stay in tune -- is sweet. And how about the moves on that groovy delivery boy? [MEDIA=youtube]7L576AJtjO4[/MEDIA] [/QUOTE]

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