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The Long, Hot Summer |  | Director: Martin Ritt
Actors: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Anthony Franciosa, Orson Welles, Lee Remick
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Category: DVD
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Rating:  61 reviews
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 115 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: FOXD2007553D
UPC: 024543075530
EAN: 0024543075530
Theatrical Release Date: 1958
Release Date: May 20, 2003
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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 20-MAY-2003
Media Type: DVD
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Paul Newman has his glorious youthful swagger in this southern-fried melodrama, which marked his first picture with Joanne Woodward (they married after shooting ended). The script is a melange of William Faulkner stories, although it appears more under the influence of Tennessee Williams and Picnic than the Nobel Prize winner. Drifter Newman catches the eye of schoolmarm Woodward and her father, a rural Mississippi bigshot (Orson Welles). This is not one of Welles's better moments; he appears to be conducting make-up experiments. There is some enjoyable flapdoodle along the way, in the Freud-meets-Gone with the Wind manner of '50s southern cooking, but the ending is embarrassingly compromised. The same production team would leave out the box-office concessions a few years later on Hud. A studly Newman justifies this description of his character: "I wish I was Ben Quick. He's got the whole state of Mississippi to graze on." --Robert Horton
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 Excellent!!! November 21, 2009
Kardia Williams (Philadelphia, PA)
This is by far one of my favorite films that I can watch over and over without tiring of. The acting is flawless. This film totally transports you back to a simpler place, time and way of life. Will Varner is the domineering patriarch that you love to hate and Ben Quick's cool confidence and good looks would make even Scarlett O'hara swoon!!!!! I love it!!!
Reviewed by Kardia Williams
 Old style entertainment September 23, 2009
Richard W. T. Bate (Australia)
Never saw this on the big screen but on TV as a teenager and think it is one of Paul Newmans best performances (of course there is Cool Hand Luke and The Sting) but his brooding character with a drive to succeed was something that I related to on a personal level so it may not be everyones choice, just mine. The chemistry between Paul Newman and his wife is just great and the other characters bring good performances to the table as well making the movie very entertaining viewing.
excellence August 16, 2009
L. N. Crouthamel
this is one of the best paul newman films in my opinion. the story is simple,direct, and the onscreen fireworks explosive. orson wells is in his prime. the romance is hot, the human drama gritty, real, and revealing. beautifully shot and scripted. must see. it's in my top 25 movies.
Great movie! July 16, 2009
Amanda M. Powell (Lenoir, NC USA)
I have never actaully saw this movie before, I bought it as a gift for my uncle. He said that the movie was very good tho! Sorry that I couldn't help more.
 BLAH DOUBLE BLAH May 29, 2009
GENE ADDINGTON (HERCULES, CA United States)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
MY COPY FROM MOVIE MARS HAD SUCH BAD SOUND THAT I LOST PATIENCE
AND QUIT WATCHING.
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