Great Santini [VHS]
by Lewis John Carlino
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Actor: Blythe Danner, Julie Anne Haddock, Lisa Jane Persky, Michael O'Keefe, Robert DuvallDirector: Lewis John Carlino
Cinematographer: Ralph Woolsey
Writer: Lewis John Carlino
Editor: Houseley Stevenson Jr.
Producer: Charles A. Pratt
Writer: Herman Raucher
Writer: Pat Conroy
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Color, NTSC
Running Time: 115 minutes
Release Date: 1994-04-27
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of Great Santini [VHS]
Movie Review: great movie
Summary: 5 Stars
lost my original copy of this movie (VHS) so we bought the DVD and continue to enjoy the movie. this movie deserves a "Big Juicy".Movie Review: Great scenes for reflecting on how military life invades a family
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a great movie to see how military discipline can spill over into a family and cut communication and understanding within the family structure.Movie Review: should have been the movie of the year it was released !
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Great Santini" had the GREAT misfortune to come out the same year as "Raging Bull".
It was quickly pulled from the market and not re-released until the following year, making it ineligable for any nominations or award consideration.
It has something for everyone(except sex). The closet movie to it would be "an Officer & a Gentlemen" (without the sex). It is that memorable. I highly recommend this movie for everyone over the age of 8 years of age. It is one "chick flick" that the guys will be very happy to see. In fact, I would say it is more for the guys than for the chicks.
It is powerful drama of a war hero father trying to toughen his son for the cruel world ahead. You will laugh out loud and tear up. I promise you.
I highly recommend this movie. At lease rent it ! ! ! ! If you agree with me, you will buy it, too !
Movie Review: Before there was Top Gun, there was The Great Santini
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie depicts life as seen through the eyes of a military family. A heart warming, humorous and heartbreaking tale of how a wife must cope with her disciplined Marine Aviator, the way he disciplines their own children and her struggle to allow them all to grow.
The scene when Ben turns 18 and accompanies his `ol man to the Officer's Club for his first drink is a classic! You'll laugh, you'll cry...and if you're not a military brat, you'll always wonder why.
Movie Review: The great Robert Duvall
Summary: 5 Stars
If you are from the low lands of South Carolina, you will love the setting. Great acting by all.
Summary of Great Santini [VHS]
Robert Duvall gives one of his most memorable performances in the title role of this 1979 drama about a hardcore Marine lieutenant named Bull Meechum (Duvall), a fighter ace who calls himself "The Great Santini" and compensates for peacetime inactivity by waging war on his intimidated children. His wife (Blythe Danner) lovingly tolerates his behavior, but his 18-year-old son (Michael O'Keefe) is working up the courage to defy the domineering patriarch, whose need for competition borders on maniacal. When push comes to shove (and shove they certainly do), the son earns his father's begrudging respect, and as it turns out, just in time. Military brats may recognize their own experience in this comedic drama, but anyone can relate to the Meechum family's patriarchal dysfunction. Writer-director Lewis John Carlino (adapting the novel by Pat Conroy) does a fine job of balancing humor with the kind of stressful anxiety that can either strengthen a family or tear it apart. Both Duvall and O'Keefe were deservedly nominated for Academy Awards. --Jeff ShannonFathers & Daughters Video
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