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| ACTORS: | Walter Matthau, Jill Clayburgh |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Ronald Neame |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 21 August, 1981 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-comedy |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097360140842 |
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Customer Reviews of First Monday in October
See the Lysol Lady of Orange County Long before Sandra Day O'Conner (In 1981 President Reagan appointed her to the U.S. Supreme Court) there was a play about the first woman on the Supreme Court. <
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>This movie "First Monday in October" (1981) chronicles the potential problems of allowing such a radical act to happen. It involves momentum engines and cabals. This is a great supporting cast; try to remember where you saw them before. <
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>Justice Dan Snow (Walter Matthau) and Justice Ruth Hagadorn Loomis (Jill Clayburgh) play off each other as they are politically polarized (not necessarily left vs. right) over several subjects. While banding around they come to realize that they have more in common personally than differences. The story shows how they learn from each other and cope with adversity. We have fun in the meantime watching the interaction. <
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>You may notice that we are also introduced to a large dose of Handle's Water Music. Most Walter Matthau chooses many classical pieces of music for his movies. This music was also played in the Charles and Camilla at the religious blessing. <
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Worth watching but fails to live up to its potential
Matthau was a veteran actor and Clayburgh was a rising star in Hollywood when this movie was made. This is a lightweight comedy-drama. There is some great verbal sparring between the two and you expect the movie to put them in situations that can take advantage of it but unfortunately the plot is not up to the standard of the actors.
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>Clayburgh plays the first woman to be appointed to the US Supreme Court. Mathhau is one of the current Justices, a crusty veteran who doesn't get along with anyone else. The plot calls for Clayburgh to beconservative and Matthau a liberal. This helps get the verbal sparring going early.
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>Unfortunately the plot starts to bog down and is a disappointment after the initial promise shown. The writers create some sexual tension between the two as Clayburgh and Matthau's characters get to know each other and understand where the other is coming from, each develops a deeper appreciation of the other while still disagreeing with the other's viewpoint. Unfortunately this tension is never released as nothing ever happens between the two.
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>The plot really starts to sag when we find out that Clayburgh's ex-husband's company is implicated in a case that casts aspersions on Clayburgh's professional ethics. There are some elements of the real-life Whitewater case so perhaps the writers ran out of ideas and borrowed from the headlines in the newspaper. In any case this subplot is very uninteresting and the movie ends leaving you feeling it could have been so much better.
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>Still, its a movie worth watching if only for the first half. Its pretty lightweight so don't expect too much.
Great Story - Great Cast
First Monday in October is a wonderful story, Walter Matthau is outstanding and funny as the irascible "Great Dissenter". Jill Clayburgh's "Madame Justess" presents a great foil and she carries off the role with aplomb. Filled with great lines and wonderful debates, this movie is well worth watching again and again.