list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Harvey on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Harvey/14813/default.aspx Title: Harvey
Year: 1951
Director: Henry Koster
Plot: This whimsical fantasy about a local drunk's 6' 3 1/2" imaginary rabbit pal was a smash hit (and a Pulitzer Prize winner) on Broadway and was then adapted into this likeable farce that's also an allegory about tolerance. James Stewart stars as Elwood P. Dowd, a wealthy tippler whose sunny philosophy and inebriated antics are tolerated by most of the citizenry. That is, until Elwood begins claiming that he sees a "pooka," (a mischievous Irish spirit) which has taken the form of a man-sized bunny named Harvey. Although everyone is certain that Elwood has finally lost his mind, Harvey's presence begins to have magically positive effects on the townsfolk, with the exception of Elwood's own sister Veta (Josephine Hull), who, ironically, can also occasionally see Harvey. A snooty socialite, Veta is determined to marry off her daughter Myrtle (Victoria Horne) to somebody equally respectable, and Elwood's lunacy is interfering. When Veta attempts to have Elwood committed to an insane asylum, however, the result is that she is accidentally admitted instead of her brother. Then the institution's director, Dr. Chumley (Cecil Kellaway) begins seeing Harvey, too. Hull, who reprised her part from the stage production, won an Oscar and Golden Globe. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide
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]]>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:17:49 GMTHarvey1951Henry KosterThis whimsical fantasy about a local drunk's 6' 3 1/2" <I>imaginary</I> rabbit pal was a smash hit (and a Pulitzer Prize winner) on Broadway and was then adapted into this likeable farce that's also an allegory about tolerance. <a href="/players/P____68236/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>James Stewart</a> stars as Elwood P. Dowd, a wealthy tippler whose sunny philosophy and inebriated antics are tolerated by most of the citizenry. That is, until Elwood begins claiming that he sees a "pooka," (a mischievous Irish spirit) which has taken the form of a man-sized bunny named Harvey. Although everyone is certain that Elwood has finally lost his mind, Harvey's presence begins to have magically positive effects on the townsfolk, with the exception of Elwood's own sister Veta (<a href="/players/P____33882/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Josephine Hull</a>), who, ironically, can also occasionally see Harvey. A snooty socialite, Veta is determined to marry off her daughter Myrtle (Victoria Horne) to somebody equally respectable, and Elwood's lunacy is interfering. When Veta attempts to have Elwood committed to an insane asylum, however, the result is that she is accidentally admitted instead of her brother. Then the institution's director, Dr. Chumley (<a href="/players/P____37418/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Cecil Kellaway</a>) begins seeing Harvey, too. Hull, who reprised her part from the stage production, won an Oscar and Golden Globe. ~ Karl Williams, All Movie Guide14Tag Target (>10)17243http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t09788xjkcm.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Harvey/14813/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Re_Which_of_these_is_your_favorite_from_Matt_Thorn/657/41115/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: MovieBugz
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Post Date: 3/18/2009 1:17:49 PM
Body: [quote user="Dr_Gor"] [quote user="Risselada"] Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. This list was taken from the wonderful book 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Leaving Las VegasThe Lost WeekendHarveyDays of Wine and RosesWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Blind DateNil by MouthThe Long GoodbyeWithnail & I [/quote] I did not vote in this poll. My favorite "drunk" performances were not even mentioned... What about Dudley Moore as "Arthur"...? What about John Wayne? What about Peter O'Toole who usually WAS drunk whilst performing a drunk character in a movie... What about Dean Martin in Rio Bravo and Robert Mitchum in El Dorado ... (my "link a movie" function still isn't working too good...) ... < GOR > [/quote] I agree with you about Dudley Moore in ARTHUR ! So many drunks, but only 10 movies to choose from!!!! Although Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas gave a hilarious and compelling performance, I chose Elizabeth Taylor in Whose Afraid Of Virginia Woolf . She was hauntingly convincing, -who knows she may have been drunk while filming it! (LOL)! I also found it hard to highlight the movie name for linkage, so I did it manually with ease- just holding the SHIFT KEY down and use of the arrow key to highlight the title worked better for me. Nancy -aka- Movie Bugz
]]>Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:17:49 GMTMovieBugzMovie Polls3/18/2009 1:17:49 PM[quote user="Dr_Gor"] [quote user="Risselada"] Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. This list was taken from the wonderful book 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Leaving Las VegasThe Lost WeekendHarveyDays of Wine and RosesWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Blind DateNil by MouthThe Long GoodbyeWithnail &amp; I [/quote] I did not vote in this poll. My favorite "drunk" performances were not even mentioned... What about Dudley Moore as "Arthur"...? What about John Wayne? What about Peter O'Toole who usually WAS drunk whilst performing a drunk character in a movie... What about Dean Martin in Rio Bravo and Robert Mitchum in El Dorado ... (my "link a movie" function still isn't working too good...) ... &lt; GOR &gt; [/quote] I agree with you about Dudley Moore in ARTHUR ! So many drunks, but only 10 movies to choose from!!!! Although Nicholas Cage in Leaving Las Vegas gave a hilarious and compelling performance, I chose Elizabeth Taylor in Whose Afraid Of Virginia Woolf . She was hauntingly convincing, -who knows she may have been drunk while filming it! (LOL)! I also found it hard to highlight the movie name for linkage, so I did it manually with ease- just holding the SHIFT KEY down and use of the arrow key to highlight the title worked better for me. Nancy -aka- Movie Bugz http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Re_Which_of_these_is_your_favorite_from_Matt_Thorn/657/41039/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Dr_Gor
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Post Date: 3/14/2009 6:53:34 PM
Body: [quote user="Risselada"] Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. This list was taken from the wonderful book 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Leaving Las VegasThe Lost WeekendHarveyDays of Wine and RosesWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Blind DateNil by MouthThe Long GoodbyeWithnail & I [/quote] I did not vote in this poll. My favorite "drunk" performances were not even mentioned... What about Dudley Moore as "Arthur"...? What about John Wayne? What about Peter O'Toole who usually WAS drunk whilst performing a drunk character in a movie... What about Dean Martin in Rio Bravo and Robert Mitchum in El Dorado ... (my "link a movie" function still isn't working too good...) ... < GOR >
]]>Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:53:34 GMTDr_GorMovie Polls3/14/2009 6:53:34 PM[quote user="Risselada"] Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. This list was taken from the wonderful book 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Leaving Las VegasThe Lost WeekendHarveyDays of Wine and RosesWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Blind DateNil by MouthThe Long GoodbyeWithnail &amp; I [/quote] I did not vote in this poll. My favorite "drunk" performances were not even mentioned... What about Dudley Moore as "Arthur"...? What about John Wayne? What about Peter O'Toole who usually WAS drunk whilst performing a drunk character in a movie... What about Dean Martin in Rio Bravo and Robert Mitchum in El Dorado ... (my "link a movie" function still isn't working too good...) ... &lt; GOR &gt; http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Re_Which_of_these_is_your_favorite_from_Matt_Thorn/657/40962/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 3/11/2009 12:36:20 PM
Body: I voted for Withnail because he's not only the greatest drunk from amongst the movies of these I've seen, he may actually be my favorite film character of all time! I assure you I'm not drunk officer, I've only had a few ales Yet I suspect that due to their iconic status as famous film drunks that Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend or Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey might beat them if I were to ever see them.
]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:36:20 GMTRisseladaMovie Polls3/11/2009 12:36:20 PMI voted for Withnail because he's not only the greatest drunk from amongst the movies of these I've seen, he may actually be my favorite film character of all time! I assure you I'm not drunk officer, I've only had a few ales Yet I suspect that due to their iconic status as famous film drunks that Don Birnam in The Lost Weekend or Elwood P. Dowd in Harvey might beat them if I were to ever see them. http://www.spout.com/groups/Movie_Polls/Which_of_these_is_your_favorite_from_Matt_Thorne_s/657/40954/1/ShowPost.aspx Post By: Risselada
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Post Date: 3/11/2009 11:40:23 AM
Body: Please reference this thread for the rules of this group. This list was taken from the wonderful book 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Leaving Las VegasThe Lost WeekendHarveyDays of Wine and RosesWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Blind DateNil by MouthThe Long GoodbyeWithnail & I
]]>Wed, 11 Mar 2009 15:40:23 GMTRisseladaMovie Polls3/11/2009 11:40:23 AMPlease reference this thread for the rules of this group. This list was taken from the wonderful book 10 Bad Dates with De Niro: A Book of Alternative Movie Lists Please vote only once in each poll. Movies referenced in this poll:Leaving Las VegasThe Lost WeekendHarveyDays of Wine and RosesWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?Blind DateNil by MouthThe Long GoodbyeWithnail &amp; I http://www.spout.com/blogs/shaunhuston/archive/2008/6/26/31754.aspx Post By: ShaunHuston
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Post Date: 6/26/2008 7:00:44 PM
Body: As with Moonstruck's appearance on the romantic comedy list, I found myself charmed by many of the selections on the fantasy list, even where I may not have made the choice myself. I was particularly happy to see Groundhog Day (1993) on this Top 10, but, like a number of other films here, the more I thought about the idea of “fantasy”, the more I began to wonder if some weren't misplaced or mis-categorized. Groundhog Day, alongside Harvey (1950), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), and It's a Wonderful Life (1946), may be fantasies, but they are more accurately described as “fables”, that is, as stories that are essentially about life lessons rather than the fantastic, though they may use fantasy elements to tell their stories. Where the three older films are concerned, there are questions that clearly can, and are, raised about what the protagonists have experienced or who they actually are. Is George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) actually visited by an angel, or has his subconscious conjured Clarence (Henry Travers) to thwart suicide? Is Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) actually Santa Claus? Does Harvey exist? I think that there are many reasonable answers to these questions. Even the list's top film, The Wizard of Oz (1939), quite explicitly raises the question of whether the heroine's experience was a dream or not. The keywords in the AFI's definition of this genre are “inhabit” and “experience”. Of the films on the list, The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), King Kong (1933), Field of Dreams (1989), The Thief of Bagdad (1924), and Big (1988), are the ones that clearly, materially involve “live-action characters” in “imagined settings” or “situations that transcend the rules of the natural world” (although I would certainly pitch Field of Dreams as a fable, probably Big as well, which just goes to show the plasticity of genre). The selections cited above may or may not have their characters actually engaged in these kinds of worlds and circumstances. Do dreams, hallucinations, and what if scenarios count as inhabitable worlds or supernatural situations? If they do, then all of the films are fantasies of one kind or another. On the other hand, if the fantasy elements are not “actually” happening, maybe they aren't. In other words, for a film to be a “fantasy” does its storyworld have to be imagined or supernatural in a material sense or is it good enough that the audience is shown fantastic things, whatever their diegetic “reality” or origin? Not unlike my thinking about the “mystery” category, I think that the AFI could have invested some time in refining its criteria. The current definition, for example, would seem to make room for superhero films (unless you want to count those as science fiction, or, hey, their own genre on some future special), but I doubt that those were seriously considered, if they were considered at all, for this category (a look at the larger selection lists would obviously answer this question, but I'm not motivated enough to open an AFI account; suffice to say that there are no superhero films on this or the scifi Top 10). More to the point, thinking about “fables” as a sub or independent genre would give more precision to how you think about “fantasy,” and maybe draw attention to a wider variety of movies that do, or at least more clearly, present live-action characters in fantastic settings and situations (Pleasantville, 1998, comes to mind). On the other hand, as I stated in the introduction to this post, I think that this list is mostly made up of fine, or at least well loved, films, and maybe there's not much point in pushing arguments over definition (although I would argue for treating The Lord of the Rings movies as a single work; it seems that no matter which installment you pick, it is ultimately just a stand-in for the whole). Link to introduction. Originally posted on:Short-Circuit Signs
]]>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:00:44 GMTShaunHustonShaunHuston filmblog6/26/2008 7:00:44 PMAs with Moonstruck's appearance on the romantic comedy list, I found myself charmed by many of the selections on the fantasy list, even where I may not have made the choice myself. I was particularly happy to see Groundhog Day (1993) on this Top 10, but, like a number of other films here, the more I thought about the idea of &ldquo;fantasy&rdquo;, the more I began to wonder if some weren't misplaced or mis-categorized. Groundhog Day, alongside Harvey (1950), Miracle on 34th Street (1947), and It's a Wonderful Life (1946), may be fantasies, but they are more accurately described as &ldquo;fables&rdquo;, that is, as stories that are essentially about life lessons rather than the fantastic, though they may use fantasy elements to tell their stories. Where the three older films are concerned, there are questions that clearly can, and are, raised about what the protagonists have experienced or who they actually are. Is George Bailey (Jimmy Stewart) actually visited by an angel, or has his subconscious conjured Clarence (Henry Travers) to thwart suicide? Is Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) actually Santa Claus? Does Harvey exist? I think that there are many reasonable answers to these questions. Even the list's top film, The Wizard of Oz (1939), quite explicitly raises the question of whether the heroine's experience was a dream or not. The keywords in the AFI's definition of this genre are &ldquo;inhabit&rdquo; and &ldquo;experience&rdquo;. Of the films on the list, The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), King Kong (1933), Field of Dreams (1989), The Thief of Bagdad (1924), and Big (1988), are the ones that clearly, materially involve &ldquo;live-action characters&rdquo; in &ldquo;imagined settings&rdquo; or &ldquo;situations that transcend the rules of the natural world&rdquo; (although I would certainly pitch Field of Dreams as a fable, probably Big as well, which just goes to show the plasticity of genre). The selections cited above may or may not have their characters actually engaged in these kinds of worlds and circumstances. Do dreams, hallucinations, and what if scenarios count as inhabitable worlds or supernatural situations? If they do, then all of the films are fantasies of one kind or another. On the other hand, if the fantasy elements are not &ldquo;actually&rdquo; happening, maybe they aren't. In other words, for a film to be a &ldquo;fantasy&rdquo; does its storyworld have to be imagined or supernatural in a material sense or is it good enough that the audience is shown fantastic things, whatever their diegetic &ldquo;reality&rdquo; or origin? Not unlike my thinking about the &ldquo;mystery&rdquo; category, I think that the AFI could have invested some time in refining its criteria. The current definition, for example, would seem to make room for superhero films (unless you want to count those as science fiction, or, hey, their own genre on some future special), but I doubt that those were seriously considered, if they were considered at all, for this category (a look at the larger selection lists would obviously answer this question, but I'm not motivated enough to open an AFI account; suffice to say that there are no superhero films on this or the scifi Top 10). More to the point, thinking about &ldquo;fables&rdquo; as a sub or independent genre would give more precision to how you think about &ldquo;fantasy,&rdquo; and maybe draw attention to a wider variety of movies that do, or at least more clearly, present live-action characters in fantastic settings and situations (Pleasantville, 1998, comes to mind). On the other hand, as I stated in the introduction to this post, I think that this list is mostly made up of fine, or at least well loved, films, and maybe there's not much point in pushing arguments over definition (although I would argue for treating The Lord of the Rings movies as a single work; it seems that no matter which installment you pick, it is ultimately just a stand-in for the whole). Link to introduction. Originally posted on:Short-Circuit Signs http://www.spout.com/blogs/jimbell/archive/2007/3/3/5987.aspx Post By: JimBell
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Body: The salient trouble with Elwood Dowd (Jimmy Stewart) is that he sees and talks to Harvey, a 6 foot 3-and-a-half inch rabbit. When Elwood’s long-suffering sister (Josephine Hull, who won an Academy Award for her supporting role in Harvey, 1950) tries to get him committed to a mental institution, chaos ensues. Yes, the movie is funny. But I’ll remember it for the wonderful character of Elwood Dowd. He’s not delusional, although no one else—well, almost no one else—can see the rabbit. He’s not a ne’er-do-well even though he has no job. As he describes his life to a psychiatrist, he goes to the bar, buys some deserving people some drinks, they tell him their momentous stories (“because nothing trivial even goes into a bar”), they become friends, and, as life would have it, he rarely sees them again. It’s touches like the last that make Elwood a complex and interesting character. He’s not dumb, although he makes things simple. He says something like: “I’ve been smart, and now I’m pleasant. Take pleasant any time, and you can quote me on that.” Jimmy Stewart does a wonderful job, introducing us to a unique and thought-provoking character.Jim Bell
]]>Sat, 03 Mar 2007 11:54:00 GMTJimBellJimBell Blog3/3/2007 6:54:00 AM The salient trouble with Elwood Dowd (Jimmy Stewart) is that he sees and talks to Harvey, a 6 foot 3-and-a-half inch rabbit. When Elwood&rsquo;s long-suffering sister (Josephine Hull, who won an Academy Award for her supporting role in Harvey, 1950) tries to get him committed to a mental institution, chaos ensues. Yes, the movie is funny. But I&rsquo;ll remember it for the wonderful character of Elwood Dowd. He&rsquo;s not delusional, although no one else&mdash;well, almost no one else&mdash;can see the rabbit. He&rsquo;s not a ne&rsquo;er-do-well even though he has no job. As he describes his life to a psychiatrist, he goes to the bar, buys some deserving people some drinks, they tell him their momentous stories (&ldquo;because nothing trivial even goes into a bar&rdquo;), they become friends, and, as life would have it, he rarely sees them again. It&rsquo;s touches like the last that make Elwood a complex and interesting character. He&rsquo;s not dumb, although he makes things simple. He says something like: &ldquo;I&rsquo;ve been smart, and now I&rsquo;m pleasant. Take pleasant any time, and you can quote me on that.&rdquo; Jimmy Stewart does a wonderful job, introducing us to a unique and thought-provoking character.Jim Bell http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/Classic/MemberTagFilms.aspxClassic
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