the movie Longtime Companion
the movie Longtime Companion
NativeNewYorker
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/29/03
#0the movie Longtime Companion
Posted: 2/26/05 at 12:34am
I watched this for the first time in a couple of years the other day...what an INCREDIBLE movie! Plus, I never realized John Dossett and Brent Barrett were both in it...
Heartbreaking and moving and touching and just wonderful...fabulous cast, too. Campbell Scott is excellent.
#1re: the movie Longtime Companion
Posted: 2/26/05 at 12:36amOne of my favorite all time movies. Campbell Scott and Bruce Davison get me every time!
"... Still a little bit of your taste in my mouth.
Still a little bit of you laced with my doubt. Still a little hard to say what's going on..." Damien Rice
MargoChanning
Broadway Legend Joined: 4/5/04
#2re: the movie Longtime Companion
Posted: 2/26/05 at 1:03amA great film, but I can't watch it again - too depressing. I've lost WAY too many friends since it came out.
"What a story........ everything but the bloodhounds snappin' at her rear end." -- Birdie
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"The Devil Be Hittin' Me" -- Whitney
#3re: the movie Longtime Companion
Posted: 2/26/05 at 8:24amThis was such an amazing movie. I was very dissapointed when Bruce Davison lost the Best Supporting Actor Oscar to Joe Pesci, who wasn't even half as good as him. I can't make it through this movie without crying a little.
DaysOfWine&Roses
Stand-by Joined: 10/19/04
#4re: the movie Longtime Companion
Posted: 2/26/05 at 11:08am
This shows up on cable every once in a while. It's always one of those movies I'll stop and watch if I see it's on. Top-notch acting by everyone in the cast!
If you've never seen it, it really is a must.
And yes, Bruce Davison was robbed!
TxTwoStep
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/24/03
#5re: the movie Longtime Companion
Posted: 2/26/05 at 7:30pmterrific and HOT film. The beach scene is such a classic. What a beautiful metaphor.
Will: They don't give out awards for helping people be gay... unless you count the Tonys.
"I guarantee that we'll have tough
times. I guarantee that at some point
one or both of us will want to get out.
But I also guarantee that if I don't
ask you to be mine, I'll regret it for
the rest of my life..."
#6re: the movie Longtime Companion
Posted: 2/26/05 at 7:38pm
Without crying a little? It's buckets for me. This is the kind of work that makes Craig Lucas a genius. And a great cast to boot - Mary Louise Parker - gotta love her.
"Do you know what pledge time is, Andrew"? said the PBS Executive.
"Yes", Lloyd Webber replied. "My 50th birthday special must be one program that gets done a lot."
"No", mused the man from PBS heedlessy. "Not so much. Our Stephen Sondheim Carnegie Hall concert. That's a big one."
Spoons, forks and knives seemed suddenly to suspend their motion in horror, all around the table.
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