Friends Lewis Gilbert (II) Digital Life VHS

Friends
starring: Sean Bury, Anicée Alvina, Ronald Lewis, Toby Robins, Joan Hickson
directed by: Lewis Gilbert (II)

Used Price: $78.99

Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302658842
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6302658845
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Release Date: April 16, 1996
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 10773
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: 1971

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- THE ROMEO AND JULIET OF MY YOUTH
This movie is timeless for me and will always be. How wonderful to fall in love for the first time. It is a dream that all young men would love to have. "Love is real, real is love, love is wanting to be loved" John Lennon.

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- Times of innocence!!

Times of innocence innocence!!

I wouldn't want to lecture anybody but I do feel the urge to say some things I consider important about this BEAUTIFUL film. I saw it for the first time in 1976 (I was 14) and then one more time a year later. That was it. The rest of it was the pink LP of Elton John's soundtrack getting the music and the story deeper and deeper inside my heart. How deep?
A week ago my cousin gave me a VHS copy as a present. (No DVD's yet).
Boy....was I surprised!! Poets have always sustained that deep childhood and adolescent experiences of beauty, love, God, idealist pursuits, stay with you forever. Since they occur mostly at the heart's level (no intellect yet!), they define your soul's contours like a sculptor would do with a stone. If sometimes we didn't tend to forget how right they are perhaps we would do better in understanding the meaning of every minute, ... Read More

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- a mixed bag
What this movie has going for it is the touching story of two early-teenagers who meet and together flee from their troubles at home and struggle to make a life together and in the process fall in love. There is nudity and simulated sex, but it is handled naturally and tastefully.

The problem is that the screenplay in which this affecting story is couched has some severe mistakes: First, the gut-punch ending. I won't reveal the ending, but it is both a major downer and not at all credible. What the boy could have done and would have done is fairly obvious to anyone who is watching and taking the story seriously.

Second, the main character. Deciding to have a main character who is obnoxious at first is a ticklish move for a story to make. This is not the place to discuss how to make this move, but briefly, something has to be done to add an appeal that counterbalances the brat behavior. ... Read More

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- One of those great "coming of age" movies
My husband of 26 years & I saw this as Juniors in HS. Yes, he was my boyfriend then and still continues to be. I think we both cried our eyes out. I think possibly we were drawn to the movie by the Elton John music in it, but were then swept away by the teenage angst of it all. Paul and Michelle were just about our ages when we saw the movie- so very easy to identify with!!
It is wonderful to hear that Sean is doing well, I am also in the "helping professions" (an RN). I thought his performance was good and very believable. "Michelle" came across as very sweet, fragile and vulnerable. I think the main theme is that if they didn't have to deal with the "real world" then they could be happy and continue to be in love. How many times have all of us wanted to just have a "Calgon moment". If we all had no outside worries and could just deal with our "basic needs" it could be somewhat easier. I have a 15 yr old daughter ... Read More

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