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They Might Be Giants (1971) [Re-UP]

Posted By: Someonelse
Date: 8 Aug 2015 11:27:00
They Might Be Giants (1971) [Re-UP]

They Might Be Giants (1971)
DVD5 | ISO+MDS | NTSC 16:9 | Cover + DVD Scan | 01:33:31 | 3,70 Gb
Audio: English AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: None
Genre: Mystery, Comedy, Romance

Director: Anthony Harvey
Stars: George C. Scott, Joanne Woodward, Jack Gilford

They Might be Giants chronicles the adventures of Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in modern-day New York City. The fact that Sherlock Holmes is a psychotic paranoid and Dr. Watson is a female psychiatrist fascinated by his case is almost beside the point. Dr. Watson follows Holmes across Manhattan and is, against her better judgment, drawn into the master detective's world of intrigue and danger. This is a sweet, goofy and fairly romantic film that asks the questions "Whose reality is right…and does it really matter?"

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Being American and inadvertently an avid viewer (consumer) of cinema of all genres and qualities, I have to say that this is one of my all-time, forgotten favorites. Not being a film student or critic, I fall into that overlooked and easily dismissed category called "the audience" which is humorously described as having no knowledge of art, but knowing with certainty what one likes. As such, I can say, unequivocally, that I like this film.

They Might Be Giants (1971) [Re-UP]

Most important to me as a viewer, above all other aspects of a film, is the story that is being told. If the story is winning, endearing and meaningful, then all else can be forgiven, production quality, even poor acting. Sans the poor acting, "They Might Be Giants" is just such a film.

I won't bore you with the wealth of meaning and depth of insight that I have gleaned from this wonderful story. Suffice it to say that despite what some have chosen to call its' "saccharine" quality (and what I call its' endearing quality), this story has the metaphysical import that elevates it to the level of a modern-day fable for the Western World.

They Might Be Giants (1971) [Re-UP]

Because I am unstudied and basically an "illiterate" in terms of Western Literature, the references to Don Quiote were completely invisible to me until now. For this enlightenment, I give thanks to the other reviewers. This comparison rings true throughout the story, and has enriched its' overall meaning for me. However, because I was initially unaware of this now obvious reference, for me the "They" in the title of "They Might Be Giants" referred to the very characters, themselves, all of whom are socially flawed, socially marginalized individuals, all of whom are void of "desirability".

They Might Be Giants (1971) [Re-UP]

As such, these characters, very aptly portrayed by the cast, although quirky, stand-alone individuals respectively, collectively come to represent the "everyman". The impersonal facelessness and the spirit-killing angst of personal worthlessness in midst of the post-industrial age of "modernity" are the windmills at which our Don Quiote, Justin Playfair, tilts. More importantly, we come to understand that this mask of facelessness may well be hiding individuals of truly gigantic spiritual dimensions and human worth. Our fellow human beings, who we pass, nameless, in the streets, "They Might Be Giants"!
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They Might Be Giants (1971) [Re-UP]

I first saw Anthony Harvey’s They Might Be Giants (1971) on a tiny TV screen in a dorm room at the University of South Florida in 1972, and was, quite frankly, blown away by it—despite being in my “classic movie snob phase,” meaning I distrusted anything made after 1949. This film actually helped get me past that wrong-headed teenage elitism. In the intervening years, I’ve seen it dozens of times (even bought a bootleg 16mm print), and it’s never seemed anything less than wonderful to me. Oh, there are those who are displeased by the ending (though I’ve yet to meet anyone who can suggest a better one), and aspects of the story may seem a little simplistic and dated, but for dark-edged whimsy and charm, few films are better.

They Might Be Giants (1971) [Re-UP]

George C. Scott plays a wealthy, distinguished jurist aptly named Justin Playfair, who has slipped into the realm of paranoid delusion and believes that he’s Sherlock Holmes. Meanwhile his brother, Blevins (TV and stage actor Lester Rawlins), is being blackmailed. In order to pay what is being asked of him, Blevins wants to have Justin committed so that he can gain control of the estate. A friend of Blevins, Dr. Strauss (played by Ron Weyand, who looks like Sigmund Freud and talks like Col. Sanders), sends psychiatrist Mildred Watson (Joanne Woodward) to have Justin certified.

They Might Be Giants (1971) [Re-UP]

Not altogether surprisingly, Justin seizes on the fact that her professional name is Dr. Watson and proceeds to turn her into Sherlock Holmes’ famous assistant, dragging her off in search of his archenemy, Professor Moriarity. Sure, the plot’s clever and James Goldman’s screenplay (based on his play) is filled with deliciously bright moments (“Jesus Christ, I absolutely cannot play the goddamn thing!” screams Justin upon trying to emulate Holmes’ violin abilities), but the strength of the film lies in the combination of the characterizations, the feeling of loneliness that pervades everything and the idea of Holmes trying to deal with the casual callous injustices of the modern age.

They Might Be Giants (1971) [Re-UP]

In this last capacity, there are scenes that are both pithy and amazingly touching: Take the scene where Justin/Holmes and Watson visit the telephone company (with a tremendous performance by TV actress Theresa Merritt) or the scene in which they view a topiary garden (the creators of which are played by TV pioneer Worthington Miner and his wife Frances Fuller). Justin’s speech (“I think if God is dead, he laughed himself to death”) near the end is simply astonishing. Wisely, the film skirts the usual over-romanticizing of insanity, if only just. Shot on location in New York City with a cast mostly culled from TV and the stage (Rue McClanahan, Paul Benedict, Al Lewis, Eugene Roche), there’s a dark, almost gritty tone that anchors the whimsy, while Scott and Wooward have never been better. A largely forgotten gem that ought to be seen.
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They Might Be Giants (1971) [Re-UP]

Special Features:
- Commentary with Director Anthony Harvey in discussion with Robert Harris
- Featurette MADNESS… It's Beautiful (08:01)
- Trailer
- Talent Bios

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