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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 414260" data-attributes="member: 8">ELMER GANTRY (1960)[ATTACH=full]54971[/ATTACH]Every time I watch Burt Lancaster I wonder, is he a good actor or a good bluffer? I guess it doesn&#039;t make much difference but the idea supports my conclusion that the role of Elmer Gantry was tailor-made for the Burt.As a charismatic but unsuccessful salesman who always smiles too hard and isn&#039;t too concerned about moral and other people&#039;s feelings, he worms his way into the entourage of evangelist Sister Sharon Falconer thinking it could be the sale of the century.What follows is an interesting journey for several characters, and even though the critique of the religious show business is obvious the story doesn&#039;t condemn its characters. Quite a spectacular ending, too.Some discussions and home truths keep it all in balance rather than a one-sided attack, and I must say it&#039;s been on mind the entire day.It&#039;s a very colourful and energetic film that doesn&#039;t waste any scenes in its two and a half hours running time.Despite its many awards (won and nominated) Elmer Gantry doesn&#039;t often show up in online Top &quot;this&quot; or Top &quot;thats&quot;.Source: DVD, German/English language with optional German/English subtitles. And they&#039;ve used a part of the original artwork, I always love that.[ATTACH=full]54972[/ATTACH]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 414260, member: 8"] ELMER GANTRY (1960) [ATTACH type="full"]54971[/ATTACH] Every time I watch Burt Lancaster I wonder, is he a good actor or a good bluffer? I guess it doesn't make much difference but the idea supports my conclusion that the role of Elmer Gantry was tailor-made for the Burt. As a charismatic but unsuccessful salesman who always smiles too hard and isn't too concerned about moral and other people's feelings, he worms his way into the entourage of evangelist Sister Sharon Falconer thinking it could be the sale of the century. What follows is an interesting journey for several characters, and even though the critique of the religious show business is obvious the story doesn't condemn its characters. Quite a spectacular ending, too. Some discussions and home truths keep it all in balance rather than a one-sided attack, and I must say it's been on mind the entire day. It's a very colourful and energetic film that doesn't waste any scenes in its two and a half hours running time. Despite its many awards (won and nominated) Elmer Gantry doesn't often show up in online Top "this" or Top "thats". Source: DVD, German/English language with optional German/English subtitles. And they've used a part of the original artwork, I always love that. [ATTACH type="full"]54972[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]

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