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Outstanding!!!
Al Pacino (The Godfather, Looking for Richard) won an Oscar for Best Actor for his outstanding performance as Lt. Col. Frank Slade. I have bought the tape through Amazon and have watched it a bazillion times. I have seen many other actors playing a blind man but Pacino outwits them all. I have watched it closely just to watch his eyes. He is terrific! Every time we watch the movie we spend at least two days going: "Oo-rah!" I like prep school movies and I have two movies where Chris O'Donnell (Circle of Friends) Charlie Simms is in a prep school. I guess it goes with his type. I like the part of Charlie who is doing the best he can with the weekend he has to face. One of the most difficult things for people is to feel is useless. That is how Lt. Co. Frank Slade feels. He also has a cynicism about life that in a sense is funny because of its irony. He meets Charlie and has everything planned out. The Colonel has extremely good taste. Meeting young Charlie, who is in a very difficult situation, the outspoken Lt. Col. found a reason to live and to feel useful again, even enjoying the smell of the perfume of Charlie's teacher. I did not see the 1974 Italian film "PROFUMO DI DONNA," but would love to see the performance of the late Vittorio Gassman, one of the most well known actor of the Italian Theater and Cinema. My Favorite Scenes: Lt. Col. driving in New York city, dancing tango, and giving a speech before the student body, to clear up Charlie's name. This is a great movie! My Favorite Quotes: Lt. Col. Frank Slade: "Oo-rah!" ..." But there isn't nothing' like the sight of an amputated spirit, there is no prosthetic for that.." "There are two kinds of people in this world, Charlie. The first group are the people that face the music; the second group are those who run for cover. Cover is better." <
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SWEET SMELL OF SUCCESS
Hard to believe that it took Oscar so much time to finally give Al Pacino a well deserved Best Actor oscar. In this movie, yes, he does overdo it at times, but his performance is mesmerizing and brilliant nonetheless. He plays a blind Army veteran who takes his young aide off to New York to have one last fling before he commits suicide. Chris O'Donnell is very good as young Charlie, who in spite of Al's nasty demeanor, finds himself really liking him and trying to prevent Al's suicide. A subplot involved O'Donnell's witnessing a student prank that could result in his expulsion, and his decision not to squeal on the rich perpetrators. <
>It's all a little too long, but there are some wonderful moments including the tango scene with lovely Gabrielle Anwar and Pacino's deliciously over the top defense of Charlie at the hearing. An entertaining movie, with Pacino's Oscar well deserved.