...'cause I can't locate a copy of it on any acceptable format anywhere. My plan is (was) to move away from the problem of affluence in reckless teen pics and see how a social ill like drug addiction is presented in an American feature circa late fifties. Based on its description, A Hatful of Rain (1957) fills the bill perfectly. Not only that but Anthony Franciosa's performance in the movie earned an academy award nomination that put him in competition with the likes of Guinness, Brando, Quinn, and Laughton. This I gotta see. Unfortunately, I haven't been able to locate it. I'm presently in the middle of writing a post about a very different and very cool film (planning to go live with it late Sunday night). Still, I'd like a chance to at least see A Hatful of Rain. Anybody know if a digital download or DVD version exists or if plans are in the works for a release?
It's playing on TCM January 18th.
Posted by: Jacqueline T Lynch | 14 November 2009 at 05:16 AM
Jacqueline, you're the greatest. Thanks! I'll set the DVR as soon as possible. 'Course I probably shouldn't wait that long to post again :D Have you seen it before? Zinnemmann directed some of my favorite films noir, westerns, and war dramas so I'm anxious to see how he tells this story.
Posted by: Thom | 14 November 2009 at 07:11 AM
I have seen it before, some great performances and a very stage-like quality to the scenes. It was on not too long ago, I can't remember when, but I discovered it accidently while flipping channels and I remember wishing I had known it was going to be on so I could have recorded it. Too bad I didn't, I could have sent you a DVD.
Posted by: Jacqueline T Lynch | 16 November 2009 at 05:14 AM
Thanks, Jacqueline. I read on imdb that Fox Movie Channel also plays it from time to time. I'll keep the DVR ready. Every time I think of Zinnemann I think of those overhead and long shots juxtaposed with emotional CUs in High Noon (probably my fav western). If this is a stage adaptation he must work in a different style. Still anxious to see it. Perhaps when I finally do sit down with it we can do a double review of it or something.
Posted by: Thom | 21 November 2009 at 04:09 AM