Director: Martin Ritt
Stars: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Orson Welles, Angela Lansbury
Another Paul Newman one! Enough said, right? You are about to hop in the car and go rent it.
Ben Quick (newman), a drifter, comes on a little town in Mississippi, looking for work. He finds a place to stay and work, on the plantation farm of the Varners, the richest family in town. Mr. Varner's son Jody and daughter-in-law live at home in his big mansion, along with his unmarried daughter, the local schoolteacher Clara Varner (Woodward).
The story is about Clara, and how she has dealt with her singleness and her father's opinion of it. And how Jody Varner, Clara's brother, deals with his father's resentment towards him. And of course, the story also includes Ben, seemingly stealing away the father's affection from Jody.
After watching it, I just want to sit on a rockin' chair on the front por-rch, and speak in a Southern dra-wl. Sippin' some cold sweet tea, or somethin'.
Perfect movie for a rainy day, though it is called The Long, Hot Summer.
I think it's sweet how Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward were married 50 years (until his death in 2008. In Hollywood, that is serious.
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