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| ACTORS: | Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, William Holden |
| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | George Seaton |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 17 May, 1955 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Paramount Studio |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Black & White, HiFi Sound, Closed-captioned, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Feature Film-drama |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 097360590531 |
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Customer Reviews of The Country Girl
An excellent film "The Country Girl" is certainly a superior drama, one that has everything necessary to make a classic film: excellent performances, directing, script, etc. The film tells the story of an alcoholic has-been actor (Bing Crosby) who is given a chance to star in a new show by a no-nonsense director (William Holden). The actor's dowdy wife (Grace Kelly) is bitter and hard towards her husband, but has suffered and continues to suffer with his drinking after years of marriage. Soon it appears that the wife is dragging the husband down, and the director must force her to leave... when only she can stand her husband up again.
The film makes for a taut, intense drama, with a superb Oscar-winning screenplay. Crosby was nominated for an Oscar (one which I honestly feel he deserved, for his unsettling, sobering portrayal of the has-been actor). Crosby is brilliant in his role, battling the demons of his past, having a drunken fit of violence, or even lying cunningly- Crosby runs the gamut. Kelly won the Oscar for Best Actress. Well... Kelly does have some genuinely great scenes, and she adds wonderful, subtle nuances to her intense performance, and she can do everything that an actress is supposed to do with such a role (and when she yells at Holden in one scene, it is pretty scary)... but sometimes it just seems like watching Grace Kelly without makeup. Kelly was indeed a very talented actress, and the performance was certainly worthy of a nomination, but that year... I really feel that Judy Garland's performance in "A Star Is Born" is the better performance, for Garland's dramatic abilities and human honesty literally stun and tear the viewer's heart to pieces. I hate to sound so cynical, but in that performance, Kelly deglamorized herself and really acted for the first time. She won the Oscar. Forgive me.
Even so, the film is still a dramatic and sometimes disturbing picture. William Holden's restrained performance adds a nice coda to the film, as do George Seaton's direction. "The Country Girl" is indeed a timeless film, and one that should be watched and enjoyed over many years.
Grace Kelly In A Much-Deserved Oscar Role!
In March of 1955, Grace Kelly won an Academy Award for her portrayal of Georgie Elgin, wife of a drunk once big-shot singer and actor Frank, played beautifully by Bing Crosby in his best role. Frank wants to make a comeback to the stage in a new play under the eye of young director Bernie Dodd (William Holden) in which he gets a lead. However, the play turns to disaster when Dodd finds out about Elgin's private life by assistance of Georgie and Frank himself; hearing that his four year old boy was killed in a car accident. Since then, Georgie had become reckless, even setting fire to a hotel. She interferes with the play's profduction and reminds Frank of his errors and that perhaps he shouldn't become involved with this director. A greatly devised film of a man's comeback to the stage and the consequences that follow. Since I personally have a particular homage to "On The Waterfront," which won 1954's Best Picture award, I felt that there should've been a tie between these two motion pictures. Oh well, the rest as they say is history!
Who knew Bing could act?
Good movie; great performances! Grace Kelly won the Oscar and she was up against Judy Garland ("A Star Is Born") AND Audrey Hepburn ("Sabrina") - amazing. Bing didn't win, but he was up against Marlon Brando (who won), Humphrey Bogard AND James Mason - quite a line up! Anyway, I was shocked at the excellence of Bing's acting - a tribute to the director.