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Release Date: 02 March, 2004 Retail Price: $14.98 OUR Price: $7.97 You SAVE: $7.01! Cast: Complete Cast (12 total) |
Peyton Place Reviews
You'll get this for its "scandalous" reputation, but enjoy it for its great story
Long before David Lynch was fascinated with the notion of wholesome-looking small towns hiding dark underbellies, "Peyton Place" examined the same theme. In fact, "Peyton Place" took the idea one step further: the dark doings under the surface of a "nice" town were one thing, but equally damaging was the fear that one's mistakes, misfortunes, and private business would "get out" and everyone would know about them. That fear, in turn, made it very difficult- at least in this story- to face up to and correct the initial misstep or problem, and thus a vicious circle was created.
So, while "Peyton Place" can definitely be called a soap opera (as every possible over-the-top soap opera situation confronts its many characters), it's a pretty sophisticated soap opera that has something serious to say about adults needing to act like adults and stop being such gossips and busybodies.
I just discovered "Peyton Place" and was surprised how entertaining and well crafted it is. In addition to the film's involving storyline (many storylines, actually), there's a great Franz Waxman score and some incredible scenery. The DVD offers a clean, sharp widescreen print of the film and an interesting and entertaining commentary by members of the original cast. Do yourself a favor and check this movie out
forget the movie and read the book
Reading other reviews of this movie I am surprised that I am the only one who felt pretty offended by this movie. I read the book just a while ago and loved it. So, I was excited about seeing the movie. Big let down!
First of all they change one of the main character's names and for no good reason that I can see. There is no relation between the Allison McKenzie of the book and the one in the movie--they are completely differenct characters!
When I read the book, I felt that I was reading a serious piece of literature that was uncovering a small town's egotistical, self-important view of itself which, let's face it, is pretty common in many human societies. Metalious was making a commentary on how her community was repressive of individuality and free expression. The movie seemed more concerned with whether Lana Turner's character was ever going to get a little action. Moreover, the most commonly used words in reviews of the movie are melodrama and soap opera. Now, when I think of melodrama and soap opera I think of Dallas, Days of our lives and 90210. Basically, trash that presents mindless, unbelievable situations.
Metalious' book was done a grave injustice by this movie. I am still trying to figure out how she was a script consultant and allowed this to get to film!
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