Girl With Green Eyes |  | Director: Desmond Davis
Actors: Peter Finch, Rita Tushingham, Lynn Redgrave, Marie Kean, Arthur O'Sullivan
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Category: DVD
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Rating:  7 reviews
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 91 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1003135
ISBN: 0792851951
UPC: 027616872999
EAN: 9780792851950
Theatrical Release Date: 1964
Release Date: February 5, 2002
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OscarÂ(r) winner* "Peter Finch is excellent" (Judith Crist) and Golden GlobeÂ(r) winner** Rita Tushingham is "entirely captivating" (The Hollywood Reporter) in this bittersweetstory of an extraordinary romance. Beautifully scripted, brilliantly directed and superbly acted, this "charming and rueful movie" (The New Yorker) "goes straight to the heart" (The Herald Examiner)! He barely noticed her the first time they met but with one glance, this naïve Irish farm girl drew him to her side. She's not beautiful, not sophisticated, and far too young for a man of his years, but she has torn him from his solitude and set his soul on fire. Yet now, even as she moves into his Dublin home and he commits to her, he knows he can never fulfill her girlishnotions of love nor satisfy the yearning in those haunting, hungry eyes. *1976: Actor, Network **1962: New Star of the Year, A Taste of Honey
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heartfelt November 1, 2009
Wilderness (cloudy days are special)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This movie about a young farm girl and a middle aged writer who's separated from his wife, who meet, meet again and from then on begin to have an afair is interesting.
Rita Tushingham is great. She has very romantic feelings for the mysterious, sophisticated writer and gets gloomier and gloomier throughout the picture.
Peter Finch plays the man whose feelings are not so tender as the young girl and seems to be confused and a little disturbed at times by her passionate feelings.
Four stars because it can get boring and sad at times
 an overlooked gem May 7, 2009
Richard Laughlin (El Campo, tx.)
London's Time Out film guide has remarked that although many of the early sixties British kitchen sink dramas don't hold up well, this little flick has stood the test of time. It concerns a young girl who falls for someone who turns out to be unsuitable for her. It's a fairly common theme, but the filmmakers carefull attention to detail makes it seem fresh. Rita Tushingham never hits a wrong note as the title character,a collen struggling to become an adult with all the gauchness of youth. Lynn Redgrave is also good as her somewhat freespirited best friend. Peter Finch's performance is rather problamantic. He is somewhat remote and detached-but perhaps that's what the script called for. and although he lets the girl down in the end, he is not presented as a villian. He even warns the girl at the begenning that their affair probally won't work as they are so diifferent. But as so often in love affairs, Tushingham has to learn the hard way. A very refreshing performance.
Coming of age March 14, 2008
Linda (CT, United States)
2 out of 4 found this review helpful
Girl with Green Eyes is very much a part of its era, a decade when mores, sexual and other, were rapidly changing. Kate Brady is a 20-ish farm lass just come to big city Dublin, eager for life and a first taste of love. Gawky as a colt, her greatest wish is to experience grand passion, hopefully in a "sophisticated" love affair. Enter Eugene, nearly twice her age, who finds Kate charming but hopelessly naive. Winsome, shy Kate finds ways of beguiling her way into his affections, and although Eugene makes no secret of intending nothing permanent, to Kate, this budding relationship means everything.
Rita Tushingham as Kate is natural and charming, and a very young Lynn Redgrave, in her first role, provides much needed splashes of humor in her roommate role. The scenes in which Kate's father bulls his way into a resuce attempt are priceless. Peter Finch as Eugene is convincingly worldy and jaded.
Though set in the swinging sixties, the themes of this film are timeless.
 it gave me a headache November 10, 2004
1 out of 14 found this review helpful
I did not like this movie because it was very dull. All it was was kissing, books and dramatic music. I like some black and white movies but not this one. Peter finch is better in kidnapped! by walt disney.
One of the best Films-Ever! December 4, 2003
1 out of 13 found this review helpful
I saw this first in 1975 and still remember the haunting scenes with Rita Tushingham. She plays sensitively yet without maudlin excess as the young single woman pregnant with her Jamaican boyfriend's baby, supported by her local friends including a Gay neighbor. An honest view of life in 60's Manchester,as well as the film debut of an excellent actress.
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