An Oddity from the Classic Movie Vault
Added 11/9/2009
"Mother used to say to me, she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood... you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant."
Those are the words of Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart), a delusional but happy man whose wealth allows him to carouse the town's bars with his friend Harvey. Harvey is a six foot white rabbit who astounds everyone he is introduced to, and he is introduced to anyone who crosses Dowd's path. Dowd is a friendly man who attempts to soothe the sorrows of everyone he meets with his polite friend Harvey, but not everyone is receptive.
Elwood's sister Miss Simmons (Josephine Hull) loves her brother, but she cannot continue to accept his strange behavior. It is affecting her social life. She decides to enter him into a sanitarium, but her excitable personality contrasts with Elwood's easygoing behavior, and the doctors there mistake Miss Simmons for the crazy one.
The movie progresses in the style of the play it was modeled after, so the dialogue is important and holds a lot of the humor, and the messages about people and society. However, the performances are important too, and Stewart carries the action nicely. He is a pleasant man, but we never get close enough to him to determine if he really is crazy or just making a point. This is the beauty of the film; it is open ended enough to let the audience make up his or her mind.
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Flimsy Packaging
Added 10/20/2009
I have already dealt with this problem, but I'll post this because I feel so strongly about it. Amazon used to take better care of it's customers and it's products. Lately, apparently, they use 3rd party companies to do their shipping and what results is flimsy packaging and broken products. I ordered a DVD and, whereas even a year ago, this item would have come in a small cardboard box, insulating my DVD from damage, a few weeks ago I received it in a thin, plastic covering (which is bad for the environment, as well, but it - supposedly - cuts costs for the company). Well, I argue the "cutting costs". I ended up returning the DVD because the box had gotten broken in the shipping process. So, where's the savings for them? They lost a sale. It was a hassle for them, and I KNOW it was a hassle for me. So, I will no longer be buying DVDs or CDs from Amazon until this problem gets remedied. By the way, the actual movie is excellent. You should buy it, just not from Amazon
Caroline
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Divine madness!
Added 9/29/2009
"Harvey" is an urban fable; a sharp and mordacious joke about the inseparable Harvey, an imaginary six feet tall rabbit that accompanies to our distorted mind protagonist.
This light comedy plays hard with certain social formalities. The acquired madness of his psychiatrist, the derived entanglements his weird behavior will bring us to a surrealistic set of fine vignettes.
A caustic tale visibly permeated of theatrical feature. A real tour de force for Josephine Hull, the straight lace sister who won a very deserved Academy award for this role and of course Mr. James Stewart as Elwood.
"The real disgrace of Don Quixote is not his fantasy; it's Sancho Panza" (Franz Kafka)
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A great movie!
Added 9/5/2009
I had only watched this movie once prior to purchasing it. What a cute show! I absolutely adore the character played by James Stewart.
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One of his best
Added 9/2/2009
Like Bob Hope, what can I say about Jimmy.
even he himself said he loved making this movie more than any of his others.
Yes I am sure almost everyone has seen it. But its a DVD you just have to have to watch it when ever you feel down and out as it will pick you up.
They just dont make great movies like Jimmy's or Bob's. Dont loss the great movies of the pass. Know and show your kids and grandkids what clean fun is.
Buy them as there will never be any of the great ever again.
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An Oddity from the Classic Movie Vault
Added 11/9/2009
"Mother used to say to me, she'd say, 'In this world, Elwood... you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant.' Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant."
Those are the words of Elwood P. Dowd (James Stewart), a delusional but happy man whose wealth allows him to carouse the town's bars with his friend Harvey. Harvey is a six foot white rabbit who astounds everyone he is introduced to, and he is introduced to anyone who crosses Dowd's path. Dowd is a friendly man who attempts to soothe the sorrows of everyone he meets with his polite friend Harvey, but not everyone is receptive.
Elwood's sister Miss Simmons (Josephine Hull) loves her brother, but she cannot continue to accept his strange behavior. It is affecting her social life. She decides to enter him into a sanitarium, but her excitable personality contrasts with Elwood's easygoing behavior, and the doctors there mistake Miss Simmons for the crazy one.
The movie progresses in the style of the play it was modeled after, so the dialogue is important and holds a lot of the humor, and the messages about people and society. However, the performances are important too, and Stewart carries the action nicely. He is a pleasant man, but we never get close enough to him to determine if he really is crazy or just making a point. This is the beauty of the film; it is open ended enough to let the audience make up his or her mind.
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Flimsy Packaging
Added 10/20/2009
I have already dealt with this problem, but I'll post this because I feel so strongly about it. Amazon used to take better care of it's customers and it's products. Lately, apparently, they use 3rd party companies to do their shipping and what results is flimsy packaging and broken products. I ordered a DVD and, whereas even a year ago, this item would have come in a small cardboard box, insulating my DVD from damage, a few weeks ago I received it in a thin, plastic covering (which is bad for the environment, as well, but it - supposedly - cuts costs for the company). Well, I argue the "cutting costs". I ended up returning the DVD because the box had gotten broken in the shipping process. So, where's the savings for them? They lost a sale. It was a hassle for them, and I KNOW it was a hassle for me. So, I will no longer be buying DVDs or CDs from Amazon until this problem gets remedied. By the way, the actual movie is excellent. You should buy it, just not from Amazon
Caroline
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Divine madness!
Added 9/29/2009
"Harvey" is an urban fable; a sharp and mordacious joke about the inseparable Harvey, an imaginary six feet tall rabbit that accompanies to our distorted mind protagonist.
This light comedy plays hard with certain social formalities. The acquired madness of his psychiatrist, the derived entanglements his weird behavior will bring us to a surrealistic set of fine vignettes.
A caustic tale visibly permeated of theatrical feature. A real tour de force for Josephine Hull, the straight lace sister who won a very deserved Academy award for this role and of course Mr. James Stewart as Elwood.
"The real disgrace of Don Quixote is not his fantasy; it's Sancho Panza" (Franz Kafka)
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