The Sandpiper (1965)
Sometimes you wonder if Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor purposely picked terrible movies to act in together, because they knew it didn’t matter. Audiences would flock to the theaters no matter what! In The Sandpiper, Dick is already married to Eva Marie Saint. He’s a man of the cloth who runs a private school, and he and Eva see eye to eye on many things. Liz is a free spirit who lives in a run-down shack on the beach with her troubled son. She’s a terrible mother, irresponsible, and a representative of the counter-culture of the 1960s. But why does Liz wear beautiful clothes, tons of makeup, and stylish wigs? If she’s supposed to be a hippie, let her be a hippie! Give her stringy, unwashed hair, ratty clothes that don’t match and certainly don’t look like they were purchased in a boutique, and not a stitch of makeup. She plays a woman who paints pictures for sporadic income, poses naked for her odd artist friends, and participates in midnight bonfires. Not exactly glamorous Elizabeth Taylor, is it?
Even though he thinks she’s an unfit mother and an off-putting, critical hippie, Dick is attracted to her and starts spending more time with her than is necessary. He’s threatened by her unusual friends, Charles Bronson and James Edwards. They don’t care about the system, man, and they live the same kind of bohemian lifestyle as Liz. In one scene, Dick even gets into a fistfight with Charles because he’s so jealous. Clearly, Liz isn’t a good influence on him.
If the story weren’t silly enough, the irritating “The Shadow of Your Smile” tune gets repeated ad nauseum, for the sole purpose of Oscar bait. The producers were hoping that the nude statue of Liz would make voters associate “the shadow” of her curves with the song, and it paid off with the Oscar for Best Original Song. Unless you love that song, you’re going to be annoyed by this movie. Yes, you’ll get to see Liz and Dick fall in love onscreen all over again, and yes, you’ll get to see Charles Bronson in some very tight pants, but is the movie really worth it?
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Even though he thinks she’s an unfit mother and an off-putting, critical hippie, Dick is attracted to her and starts spending more time with her than is necessary. He’s threatened by her unusual friends, Charles Bronson and James Edwards. They don’t care about the system, man, and they live the same kind of bohemian lifestyle as Liz. In one scene, Dick even gets into a fistfight with Charles because he’s so jealous. Clearly, Liz isn’t a good influence on him.
If the story weren’t silly enough, the irritating “The Shadow of Your Smile” tune gets repeated ad nauseum, for the sole purpose of Oscar bait. The producers were hoping that the nude statue of Liz would make voters associate “the shadow” of her curves with the song, and it paid off with the Oscar for Best Original Song. Unless you love that song, you’re going to be annoyed by this movie. Yes, you’ll get to see Liz and Dick fall in love onscreen all over again, and yes, you’ll get to see Charles Bronson in some very tight pants, but is the movie really worth it?
Want to watch it? Click here to see it on ok.ru and thanks "Classic Movies Kristine Rose" for posting!
More Richard Burton movies here!
More Elizabeth Taylor movies here!