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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm watching this movie from the 50's called the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit...
It stars Gregory Peck, which should give all sorts of stature to this movie, at least in my book.
What is so interesting about this movie is the amount of stuff that piles on top of the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.
It's that time for Beck's character in his life where you realize that this could go either way, It's that time when you stand up for something or just slip into the slipstream of time and let it all flow.
This is one of those 50's movies that reaches out and grabs you while entertaining you in a good way. No heavy messages just taking responsibility. And I guess that is why I love this movie and watch it every time if comes on TMC, which is about once a year.
I suggest anyone to watch this movie who wants to get a real feel about the 50's.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)My classic of the week politically speaking 'The Great McGinty' directed by Preston Sturges around 1940 or so...graft, machine politics, and big laughs.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)TrogL
(32,822 posts)Life wasn't like that. I was there.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)It's a symbolic illustration about how people come to that fork in the road, where they have to decide if they have the courage of their convictions.
I was alive way back then, too. And that question has been true in every decade.
TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)Gergory Peck is great in it.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)Very realistic depiction of the office working stiff being ground down just by everyday life. Peck was cast perfectly. If they were to remake it, I think Chris Cooper could do a good job with that character as well
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)Cooper has the gravitas that Peck had in droves.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)his Lonesome Dove part, though minor, could have been the Man In The Grey Flannel Overalls
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)But his turn as the labor guy in Matewan is what sold me on him...
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)He was in Matewan, Lone Star, Silver City, City of Hope. All really good flicks, way too liberal to get major distribution.
WCGreen
(45,558 posts)Silver city was kind of forced....
But for me, July Johnson is his definitive role.
KoKo
(84,711 posts)a "truth" that transcends time in that work.
Thanks for the post about this!
KoKo
(84,711 posts)those who wouldn't know what it was all about.