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Post by hoosier on Jan 17, 2006 17:48:45 GMT -5
Thanks! I had been trying to remember its name forever!
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Post by awlrite4now on Jan 17, 2006 19:06:43 GMT -5
I remember this one. It's called Love Leads the Way. It's the true story of Morris Frank, one of the first guide dog users. I have that movie. It is an excellent movie, but is hard to find as it's about 20 years old now. It's not available on dvd. I've tried. It is for a Disney movie, but it's pretty corny in spots with Susan Day playing the girlfriend who left him after he was blinded, and has some serious violin moments (with real violins!) When I watched this again recently, I kept thinking about Timothy Bottoms looking like a very young Dubya. Isn't he the guy that does the Dubya imitation on some of the talk shows? It's based on the biography of Morris Frank, and I remember reading this story when I was a kid. Especially the part about Buddy leading him around all the obstacles the senator put in the aisle for them as a test. It also chronicles a lot of the problems a guide dog user encountered in the early days, not being able to take a dog into a restaurant, for example.
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Post by carl1951 on Jan 17, 2006 20:24:51 GMT -5
Inuvik: Longstreet is my avatar.
Also, there is a WWII movie with John Garfield about the blinded WWII vets. Don't as me the name. As a side, it was the VA that perfected the White Cane, for the blind.
Later, Carl
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Post by bjobsessed on Jan 18, 2006 2:53:53 GMT -5
Hey Alice, I agree that there are some corny spots, but I think it does a good job of showing the skepticism and hardships by both Frank and the public. : ;D
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Post by bjobsessed on Jan 18, 2006 3:09:28 GMT -5
There is another blind movie that I watched quite a while ago called "At First Sight." It stars Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino. It's about a guy named Virgil who is working as a masseur in a spa and he falls in love with one of his clients--Amy. The movie is about their relationship and the fact that there is an operation available that could restore his sight. The operation is a success and because he's been blind most of his life, new problems are created.
I won't say in case anyone wants to watch it. The movie's ok. (Not one that I have to watch over and over.) Val Kilmer does an ok job as a blind guy, but not nearly as good as Ron.
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Post by inuvik on Jan 18, 2006 13:35:33 GMT -5
There is another blind movie that I watched quite a while ago called "At First Sight." It stars Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino. It's about a guy named Virgil who is working as a masseur in a spa and he falls in love with one of his clients--Amy. The movie is about their relationship and the fact that there is an operation available that could restore his sight. The operation is a success and because he's been blind most of his life, new problems are created. I LOVED that movie! It is based on a true story, which is important to know in terms of the problems created. They really happened. I highly recommend this movie. Another blind movie I really loved was called "If you could see what I hear". It starred Canadian R.H. Thomson. It's pretty good, shows well the challenges of being a blind student.
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Post by dogma on Jan 18, 2006 13:45:01 GMT -5
another movie,, "places in the heart " 1984 with sally field,, i think she won an oscar for it a young widow in the depression,, took in boarders,, and john malkovich was a blind boarder that made brooms
very good movie
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Post by awlrite4now on Jan 18, 2006 14:09:52 GMT -5
another movie,, "places in the heart " 1984 with sally field,, i think she won an oscar for it a young widow in the depression,, took in boarders,, and john malkovich was a blind boarder that made brooms very good movie I think John's character also caned chairs, which was another "useful" thing for blind people to do in the 30's. His change from the ultimate curmudgeon to part of the family is very well portrayed. Excellent film.
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Post by bjobsessed on Jan 18, 2006 22:22:21 GMT -5
I finally caught Longstreet the other day. I'll have to watch it a little more to be fair, but in the one episode I watched, the main character--can't remember his name--appeared to be looking at people and objects a lot. You never felt that way very often, if ever, in BJ. Not a bad story though.
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Post by carl1951 on Jan 18, 2006 22:28:14 GMT -5
Now where is Longstreet showing. And do you know if all the episode are going to be shown? Later, Carl
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Post by bjobsessed on Jan 18, 2006 22:45:13 GMT -5
Now where is Longstreet showing. And do you know if all the episode are going to be shown? Later, Carl It's on the mystery channel here in Canada. I know I watched it on the weekend, but I don't know if it's on during the week. It's not on between now and Fri at 5:30 pm. That's as far as my guide on the tv goes right now. I'll let you know when it's on, but you probably can't get it. I don't know. The channel doesn't change their programming too often so I would imagine that most of the series would be shown.
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Post by carl1951 on Jan 18, 2006 22:56:40 GMT -5
Thanks Later, Carl
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Post by doobrah on Jan 19, 2006 12:10:37 GMT -5
There's an old black and white WWII movie, "Dark Victory" about a soldier who gets blinded by roadside snipers who attack his Jeep. It stars Arthur Kennedy as the soldier, and Rock Hudson has a bit part as a soldier who's killed in the ambush. And Jim "Mr. Howell" Backus is also in it as a -- what else? -- an upper crust guy.
It goes through the soldier's rehab at a VA hospital where all the vets who've been blinded in the war were sent.
I won't spoil the plot, but bring out the violins. In the course of the movie, the soldier goes from bitter to .... well, you get it.
It was on TCM or Fox Movie Channel last summer, and it's actually pretty good. I'll keep an eye out for it and post when it plays again.
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Post by shmeep on Jan 19, 2006 12:19:04 GMT -5
I saw that movie! Yeah, any movie about a disability made in that era had a tendency of following a stereotypical path from bitterness to--you know. Or people got cured. That happened a lot too. Were the writers back then just writing what they assumed to be true or were they following the accepted norms of their time?
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Post by maggiethecat on Jan 19, 2006 13:54:07 GMT -5
Yeah, any movie about a disability made in that era had a tendency of following a stereotypical path from bitterness to--you know. Or people got cured. That happened a lot too. Were the writers back then just writing what they assumed to be true or were they following the accepted norms of their time? The one exception -- and it's not a complete exception -- is a movie called The Men, about post-Korean War paraplegics, and Marlon Brando's screen debut. Made around 1950, I think. It alternates between bitter and soppy, but there is actually some good stuff in it, shot on location in a VA hospital with real patients mixed in with the actors. Brando is intense, but amazingly reined in, and worth watching. Believe it or not, Jack Webb plays the wisecracking guy on the ward, and is good. Who knew he could smile?!
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