A fine madness widescreen dvd 1966 warner home video. A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife. Award winning scottish actor and producer sean connery was the first james bond in the spy film dr no that was released in 1962. A fine madness is a 1966 american technicolor comedy film based on the 1964 novel by elliott baker that tells the story of samson shillitoe, a frustrated poet unable to finish a grand tome. Jean seberg in a fine madness 1966 irvin kershner in a fine madness 1966 jean seberg in a fine madness 1966 sean connery and joanne woodward in a fine madness 1966 sean. Fine madness, a on dvd 012569750166 from warner bros directed by irvin kershner.
Connery is so hateful and downright mean in this film, it might sully your image of him permanently. If you consider yourself a fan of sean connery, you might want to give a fine madness a pass. After years of failure, hapless poet samson shillitoe sean connery is at the end of his rope. A fine madness 1966 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. It still holds up in all its glorious black humor, in tracking the life and loves of rebelpoet and carpetshampooer samson shillitoe. Rent a fine madness 1966 starring jackie coogan and sean connery on dvd and bluray. A man for all seasons won six academy awards, including best picture. Joanne woodward list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Its interesting that a fine madness makes a point of being a nyc movie, and an offbeat one at that, with its bawdiness hinting at the coming sexual revolution and featuring an international superstar who had the energy to stretch himself in something riskywhich is more than we can say for most of todays typecast stars. Released 1966, a fine madness stars sean connery, joanne woodward, jean seberg, patrick oneal the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a. Academy award and golden globewinner sean connery the league of extraordinary gentlemen, the rock is a stubborn, explosive, nonconformist poet who takes on the world at large. Warning, it does not bother me, but remember this film was made in 1966 and.
He won the academy award for best supporting actor for his role as jim malone in the movie the untouchables in 1987. Joanne woodward full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. A fine madness irvin kershner, sean connery, joanne. In spite of the gloomy atmosphere at the studio, the cast of a fine madness became close. A fine madness original screenplay for the 1966 film, in the.
A fine madness movie free 1966 123 full movies watch movies. A fine madness free movie streaming, a fine madness full movie free 1966 a womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife. A fine madness is a 1966 american slapstick comedy film based on the 1964 novel by elliott baker that tells the story of samson shillitoe, a frustrated poet. Sean connery attempted to make a clean break from his james bond image in the boisterous comedy a fine madness. A fine madness 1966 genius, poet and carpet cleaner samson shillitoe sean connery has writers block and he cant bluster, clobber or curse it away. Costar patrick oneal recalled that virginia woolf was shot on a closed set, and that he and jean seberg, who played his wife in a fine madness, sneaked onto the woolf set to watch the filming. The offbeat a fine madness succeeds on the level of breezy lightweight entertainment. A fine madness 1966 stream and watch online moviefone. The year 1966 in film involved some significant events. Come and experience your torrent treasure chest right here. Poetry hasnt been celebrated in an american movie since 1966 s a fine madness, where sean connery played a goatish versifier spilling his seed and his lyrics up and down the east coast with.
Sean connery is a stubborn, explosive, nonconformist. A fine madness 1966 posters the movie database tmdb. Aug 17, 2011 academy award and golden globewinner sean connery the league of extraordinary gentlemen, the rock is a stubborn, explosive, nonconformist poet who takes on the world at large. Connery plays samson shillitoe, a brendan behanlike poet with a milewide. Samson shillitoe, mad genius of a poet irresistible to women, but plagued by writers block, agrees to see a psychiatrist, and his beautiful wife. He is living with the brassy joanne woodward who works as a waitress in midtown manhattan.
May 24, 2011 a tribute to a fine madness a classic film released in 1966, starring sean connery and joanne woodward along with the song under my thumb, played by the who and recorded in 1967 as a double a. Actor, in the film lovers and other strangers, a film cowritten by his a fine madness costar renee taylor. Find a fine madness original screenplay for the 1966 film, in the original studio binder by connery, sean starring. A fine madness trailer 1966 samson shillitoe, a frustrated poet and a magnet for women, is behind in his alimony payments, and lives with rhoda, a waitress who stands by him through all his troubles. Sean connery sinks his teeth into a fullblooded comic role as a nonconformist poet. A big hand for the little lady mary 1966 a fine madness rhoda 1966. A fine madness 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. A fine madness 66 jean seberg sean connery rare ebay. At his day job shampooing the carpet in an executive office, married poet samson shillitoe sean connery feels no inhibition toward secretary miss walnicki sue ane langdon, in a fine madness, 1966, screenplay by elliott baker from his acclaimed first novel. Its a certifiable case of a fine madness, as nonconformist samson and his beleaguered wi. It stars sean connery in the midst of his james bond roles, joanne woodward, jean seberg, patrick oneal, and clive revill.
This vintage original still shows a very rare photo of jean seberg on the left and sean connery. The only extra is a puffedup behindthescenes featurette that was also typical of the time, selling connery as the most magnetic star in pictures. This vintage original still shows a very rare photo of joanne woodward on the left and james millhollin center. A fine madness download full version movie 1 comment. Other members of the cast not necessarily in the movie still. Baker ranks with thomas berger, joseph heller, evelyn waugh and kingsley amis as a master of the hilarious and absurd. With sean connery, joanne woodward, jean seberg, patrick oneal. The film takes scattered potshots at a repressive society that forces the truly creative. A fine madness received that award as putnams best for 1964. Staring joanne woodward, sean connery, jean seberg and sorrell booke. But no more so than is his current wife, rhoda joanne woodward, who suffers through his daily and casual philandering.
Its interesting that a fine madness makes a point of being a nyc movie. December 15 entertainment pioneer walt disney, best known for his creation. Released 1966, a fine madness stars sean connery, joanne woodward, jean seberg, patrick oneal the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. A fine madness 66 joanne woodward james millhollin ebay. A fine madness 66 joanne woodward james millhollin. Rent a fine madness 1966 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. But just watch him take manhattan by storm trying in this whirlwind comedy. Fine madness, a 1966 movie clip ends of the spectrum patrick oneal has just been introduced as manhattan celebrity shrink west, now joining jean seberg as his unstable wife lydia, fretting then visited by his colleague werner peters, in a fine madness, 1966, starring sean connery and directed by irvin kershner. A fine madness by baker, elliott and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. A fine madness trailer 1966 trailer addict movie trailers. November seven arts productions reach agreement to acquire warner bros. His super hit movies include marine 1964, murder on the orient express. He plays a poet whose only published work is a book of poems called hellebore an herb said to cure madness.
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