The Night of the Hunter (1955)

Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (ItsaDollThang) — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:58:09 PST

Honestly this version doesn't creep me out at all. Now the Chamberlain version, that does. I was so used to seeing Richard Chamberlain in heroic roles it was a total freak out seeing him play that part. He was very effective in it, I thought, but it bugs ...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Colossus Rex) — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:16:28 PST

I just reread the novel with my book group, most of whom were knocked out by it. A beautiful piece of work.There are differences between the book and film, but on the whole the film is remarkably faithful, often lifting dialogue verbatim.

Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (hermanthegerm) — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 17:13:42 PST

Something that doesn't get talked about enough is the effective way in which Laughton cuts to shots of animals to comment on the action. I particularly like how when the children are drifting across the stream, it seems that all the animals are loo...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Bill Warren) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 17:46:50 PST

Additonal note: as far as I could tell, except for the brief summing-up segments at the very end, the feature of Laughton's footage seemed about the same as when we saw it at a UCLA theater a couple of years ago. At the end of one of th...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Wich2) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:52:08 PST

Your last point is a very good one, Bill. Reminds me of a comment by Spielberg in an old interview to the effect that in the best classic films, the audience is given a whole meal. Not just a spicy entree or sweet desert alone, as in often the case in ...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Bill Warren) — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 07:17:16 PST

Now I've watched the unusual feature drawn from the eight hours of Laughton's footage; I don't know if it can really be called a documentary--it may be unique unto itself. But whatever it is, it's an amazing adjunct to a movie that itself is pretty ...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Bill Warren) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 18:48:17 PST

The behind-the-scenes featurette on the DVD & Blu-Ray is more a >feature< as it's two and half hours long. I don't know if it's the same assemblage they showed at a UCLA theater last year, as there was a lot more footage available--bu...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (zogstar67) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 16:52:23 PST

Mine is in the mail,but I saw one of the extras which is essentially a documentary of outtakes assembled in film order. Laughton is offscreen most of the time, but we hear his voice constantly as he guides each actor carefully through line readings,...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (pringly) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 03:43:25 PST

Rakshasa, Did you see the out takes yet???? If you do or anyone else does, give a report, please!!!!!!

Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Rakshasa) — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 02:02:54 PST

This DVD/Blu-ray set is a work of art. I just got through the booklet and the first disc. Simply beautiful.Onto Disc 2!

Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (zogstar67) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 17:27:25 PST

Just watched the edited outtakes documentary with a sympathetic audience and it's just phenomenal. Every serious fan of this film needs to see it.

Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (LesDaniels) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 04:31:53 PST

Maybe she sensibly doesn't wish to be reminded of her abysmal performance, one of the worst kid portrayals in a genre that's filled with stinkers, and all the more deplorable in a film of such high quality. It's like a pimple on the nose of a beautiful wo...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (TomWeaver999) — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:03:59 PST

In the doc, they talk about where she is and what she does these days, so I assume she's not interested in swinging down Memory Lane. Perhaps maybe because she doesn't remember anything. Everything I did when *I* was that little ... I remember .0000001 pe...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Friend of Daniel) — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 17:43:42 PST

What about Sally Jane Bruce, who played Pearl? According to IMBD she became a elementary school teacher who focused on enviromental issues, and she is still amongst the living.Any truth to the story Laughton cast her because he was amused by the fact she ...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Rakshasa) — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 05:51:29 PST

Just got home and found the NIGHT OF THE HUNTER Blu-ray waiting for me. I may not get to dig in until this week, but man, it looks like a fantastic package.

Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Bill Warren) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 18:03:08 PST

I exchanged some messages with Lauren about Billy; she asked me not to tell the details, but yes, he's basically permanently hospitalized. He was generally not a particularly good child actor, but he's very good indeed in NIGHT OF THE HUNTER. ...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (pringly) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 03:00:17 PST

Thanks Tom. I'll have to look up her bio. Its a shame, from what little I've seen of him, he appeared to have been a talented fellow.

Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (TomWeaver999) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:45:14 PST

Still around -- his brother Michael (who has a small part in NIGHT OF THE HUNTER) has carted him along to an autograph show or two, I believe. But after a few too many years of ... "hard living" ... I don't think Billy knows which end is up any more. His ...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (pringly) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:36:01 PST

Does anybody know what happened to Billy Chapin who was really good in this movie???? I've seen him in a few other things like Tobor, the Great in which he was pretty bad and in a little bit part in Drag Net on a very good christmas episode. I looked him ...
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Re: The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (Rakshasa) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 02:30:49 PST

My Blu-ray is on the way from Amazon. Can't wait!

The Night of the Hunter (1955)

feeds@yuku.com (yendor1152) — Sat, 10 May 2008 17:26:38 PST

I couldn't find anything here about THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER, directed by Charles Laughton and starring Robert Mitchum as psychopathic "Harry Powers." As a ten year old, I caught this lyrical masterpiece on late night tv--an experience I'...
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