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Plot: Based on the best-selling novel, an introspective look into the relations among the denizens of a small New England Town.
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MCT:October 7, 2008Peyton Place is a lavish melodrama that exposes the rampant sexuality and perverse desires of small-town America; simmering beneath a thin veil of respectability and modest sensibilities.
The titular New Hampshire haven radiates from the screen with an impressive visual grandeur, achieved through the sumptuous photography by William Mellor. He wields a saturated palette of vibrant colours that invigorate the unspoiled beauty of the rural landscapes.
The glowing purity of youth, afforded by the visuals, is reflected in many of the principle characters. It serves as a stark contrast to the festering immorality that pierces the veil and gradually tears through it, as the story develops, tarnishing their innocence beyond recovery.
Peyton Place is a typically grandiose Hollywood production and one of many luscious Technicolor soap operas of the 1950's. It treads a very fine line between absorbing drama and excessive melodrama, often prompted towards the latter by a vociferous music score from Franz Waxman that inflames the overwrought emotions. However, an array of skilled performances from an ensemble cast ensures that the movie remains credible and, importantly, hugely satisfying. -
MCT:February 23, 2008Well made but pedestrian adaption of trashy bestseller. Hope Lange outshines the rest of the cast with a great performance.
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MCT:January 21, 2008Melladrama at its best. The stuff that good soaps are made of. In fact, they did create a soap after this little film became a smash hit!
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MCT:June 25, 2007
This is a true movie classic and it was very controversal in it's day, well worth a look see, and a wonderful job by Lana Turner.
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MCT:March 26, 2007
pretended i was sick all week when i was younger just to stay home and watch this movie bill kennedy at the movies in the afternoon..awsome movie
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MCT:May 25, 2006
But there was a fifth season, of love . . . And only the wise or the lucky ones knew where to find it.
First, what a soundtrack. In addition to everything from big band to bee-bop, they manage to accommodate Stephen Foster and Bobby Burns. Beautiful. Now I want to read the book too, Joanna.
Russ Tamblyn preps for his juvenile delinquent role in West Side Story in a most non-Jet fashion. Although the problems at home are undoubtedly requisite motivators in both films.
Hope Lange! OMG. What a beautiful woman. Losing her might make me, depending on the circumstances, turn vigilante as well, I must say. She absolutely glows in this. So good.
It's obvious, when you see this, why the soap opera mill would seize upon Peyton Place as furtile fodder for that TV show machine. Everything is here. Everything. The scope is epic, but that sweep is necessarily constrained by the movie's small town focus. Still, emotions run high, intrigues mirror classical tragedy, and even the mundane actions and words of this little community take on greater meaning: They say it'll bloom for a month. Then you can plant it in your yard as a reminder of your operation. Here's a book on humor. Surgery's nothing these days. You'll be up and around before you know it.
A surprisingly wide-ranging examination of those complexities of life which really do unfold in any place at any time.
Not to mention it was filmed in Maine! : )
Allison, a person doesn't always get what she deserves. Remember it. If there's anything in life you want, go and get it. Don't wait for anybody to give it to you.
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MCT:March 24, 2006
If you haven't seen this movie, then you should! The ending is amazing. I think it's great that this was produced in the 1950's. People need to stop hiding and pretending that bad things don't exist. Even though every possible thing that could go wrong seems to, it shows how one girl loses her innocence, and how kids grow up. There are certain matters in this movie... it's amazing how little we've changed in 50 years. I think this film is brilliant. (Not to mention, filmed in MAINE!)
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