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I'd forgotten about that! Six Degrees of Dern

She is! She is!♥

I agree on both counts. Jessica Harper is a real charmer in this, and Bernadette Peters in the scene with the kids is a knockout. Both actresses are SO talented.

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She is! And such a legacy of intriguing film roles and performances she left behind.

Such a terrific cast of greats at the start of their careers. Elizabeth Hartman and Joan Hackett are my particular favorites.

I could say the same! Thanks for sharing that you liked it as well. It's a good confrontation scene and a nice motivational disclosure of her character's ambition. 👍

Yes! It surprised me, too, when I found out. He directed, I think, three movies, and a bunch of episodics for TV. With his producing, acting, and voiceover work, the man was busy! Oh, and Happy New Year, Dienna!

I remember...They lost their friggin' minds! True to form, some theaters in the South refused to show it or feature ads in their newspapers. Others required the studio cut the entire kiss out while some distributors did it themselves without seeking permission. And some theaters were picketed or boycotted. Crazy.

@ Oh. I didn’t think you were around back then. But I remember someone was giving background info on the movie on TCM network & I think I remember them saying it did well at the box office down south

@@joewhitehead3@joewhitehead3 You're right; even with all the racist pushback, "A Patch of Blue" was successful in the South. It was more a case of people liking the movie and its theme (it's essentially harmless and non-threatening) but having a problem with the kiss. Given that it featured Poitier in another saintly role, even in those provinces that demanded the excising of the offending kiss, the film was well received. But in those days, nearly all films with integrated casts courted opposition in the South. But in most cases, the films, if the films had merit, prospered despite the controversy surrounding them. It's like with all aspects of social change in America even today...the initial negative reaction of the ignorant is ultimately never indicative of the larger, more egalitarian mindset of a civilized populace.

Oh, yeah...I remember hearing that anecdote on TCM. From various memoirs I've read, many actors who worked for Preminger over the years would have loved to do the same at some point.

@@dreamsarewhatlecinemaisfor In 1974 Mitchum went on to work with Preminger again on a film called 'Rosebud' but after a while on the shoot Mitchum and Preminger got into yet again over Preminger's yelling and being demeaning toward cast and crew. They got into it and Mitchum supposedly knocked a phone off the wall and quit the film and flew back to the US. There was a video on here about it but now I can't find it. Preminger was apparently a tyrant and Mitchum didn't react well to that. It's a wonder that Mitch even tried to work for Preminger again after their first go round.

@@Kevin-Morrison2822 Wow! I'd not heard that one! 😂Though there are exceptions like Pearl Bailey and Burgess Meredith, but the line of actors who found Preminger too much of a bully extend to Faye Dunaway who reportedly paid him after "Hurry Sundown" to be released from her 3 picture deal with him. And author Tom Tryon (The Other) credits/blames Preminger's cruelty during the making of "The Cardinal" for hastening his abandonment of acting for writing.

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Definitely agree that this is one of Campion's most sorely underrated and under-seen films. Also, I'm inclined to agree about Kubrick. While almost everyone from Malcolm McDowell to Keir Dullea has commented on the director's emotional remoteness and task-master perfectionism, Duvall seems to have come under a special kind of abuse. Perhaps personal, for in interviews, Kubrick was just not very kind when speaking of her.

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Yes! I thought so, too. And I guess the filmmakers felt the same, for that's the actress used for the final superimposition at the 2:30 point.