Powerful - Provacitive
Added 7/14/2009
My husband said this was THE best movie Burt Lancaster did! We had just seen "From Here to Eternity", which I thought was very good. I was amazed at the acting, more so Jean Simmons, but Lancaster was VERY good! If you haven't seen this movie, I'd recommend it -- via Amazon you don't have to be up at 3:30 a.m. to watch it and no commercials! -- Vicki M
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A classic -must see;
Added 4/10/2009
Great performances by all; passed it around to several friends - even though they saw it years ago. One od my friends never saw it and was thrilled. A definite classic in "taking religion on the road"...
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Burt Lancaster plays the role of an unscrupulus individual who will grab at anything just to make a buck, until reality jumps up and bites him. Faining something he really isn't, opens him up to an achievement that he no way deserves. These prsonality traits and the results are portrayed by a notably cast.
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What A Performance!
Added 2/6/2009
Before I rave about Burt Lancaster's most outstanding--and subsequent signature--role, I have to get off my chest all the things that bothered me about ELMER GANTRY. Things like mindless stereotypes--from Bible-thumping Midwestern nimrods to ecclesiastical hypocrites. (Like we've never seen any of this before?) Jean Simmons is more convincing as an instructor at a charm school than as an evangelist under a chautauqua tent, while Shirley Jones's soiled dove role is a case study in contrived predictability. And while we're on the subject of predictability, let's be sure to mention Arthur Kennedy as the skeptical, cynical reporter (truly groundbreaking, I know).
But put all of the above aside; I thoroughly enjoyed this 1960 classic because Burt Lancaster is literally larger than life as he romps through every shot with the tenacity of a pit bull. Lancaster, grinning ear to ear, oozes charming believability, whether he's playing Elmer Gantry the charlatan, Elmer Gantry the hard-drinking womanizer, or Elmer Gantry the fire-and-brimstone condemner of souls. His energy and vitality, his roguish charm and overconfidence, devour every scene. If ever there was an Oscar-worthy performance, this one is it, and ELMER GANTRY is darn worth seeing because of it. Here Lancaster aptly shows he was the original bad boy.
--D. Mikels, Author, Walk-On
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Added 1/13/2009
My dad thinks this is one of the best movies ever and Amazon was the easiest place to find it. Great movie and great price. Thanks Amazon!
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Powerful - Provacitive
Added 7/14/2009
My husband said this was THE best movie Burt Lancaster did! We had just seen "From Here to Eternity", which I thought was very good. I was amazed at the acting, more so Jean Simmons, but Lancaster was VERY good! If you haven't seen this movie, I'd recommend it -- via Amazon you don't have to be up at 3:30 a.m. to watch it and no commercials! -- Vicki M
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A classic -must see;
Added 4/10/2009
Great performances by all; passed it around to several friends - even though they saw it years ago. One od my friends never saw it and was thrilled. A definite classic in "taking religion on the road"...
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Burt Lancaster plays the role of an unscrupulus individual who will grab at anything just to make a buck, until reality jumps up and bites him. Faining something he really isn't, opens him up to an achievement that he no way deserves. These prsonality traits and the results are portrayed by a notably cast.
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