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The Whisperers (1966) [VHS] 
Actors : Edith Evans, Nanette Newman, Harry Baird, Jack Austin, Gerald Sim
Director : Bryan Forbes
Studio : MGM/UA Home Video
by MGM/UA Home Video
Release Date : 1998-09-01
Publisher : MGM/UA Home Video
Availability : Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Number of Items : 1
EAN : 9786304559475
UPC : 027616589033
Avg. Customer Rating: (based on 9 reviews)
List Price : $19.98
Our Price : $16.39
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The Whisperers (1966) VHS format only |
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This is a very penetrating film about a 76 year old woman in England, living from hand to mouth, accepting charity, singing "Shall We Gather At The River" in a mission type of place...you get the picture. She is astute, articulate...but hears voices and complains violently when there's too much noise in her apartment building. Edith Evans gives a stunning performance; the plot will keep you on edge, an unfolding of several weeks in her life. However, be certain the plot doesn't paint a rosy picture of the elderly. Senior abuse is approached from several angles, but in the end the charming Mrs. Ross gets her apartment back, along with the dripping faucet. The whisperers return to taunt and haunt again. |
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In the late 1960s, I was in the U.S. Navy stationed onboard a submarine tender in Holy Loch, Scotland. One weekend I went down to London and saw "The Whisperers". I was completely engrossed and captivated by Edith Evans' performance. Half way through the film, however, I had to leave the theatre due to a oncoming cold. It was not until more than 40 years later that I was able to see the complete film, and I still consider it to be the best British movie of that era. London may then have been the center of the "Swinging 60s," but it was also drab and cold and at times depressing. "The Whisperers" perfectly captures the "other" side of Mod London. See it. |
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"Are you there?" |
Dame Edith Evans has perhaps her best movie role as Maggie Ross, a 76-year-old British woman who lives in a small flat and collects assistance. Maggie has paranoid delusions -- she thinks that there are people communicating with her through her water pipes, that the woman living upstairs is a slave being held captive, and that people are watching her. She also believes that she is an heiress whose inheritance has been delayed. When her ne'er do well son stops by for a rare visit and hides some ill-gotten money in her flat, Maggie finds it and thinks that it's her inheritance, which triggers a series of unfortunate events.
"The Whisperers" is all Dame Evan's show. Her performance perfectly captures the confusion, fear, and loneliness of her character. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, losing to Katharine Hepburn, and she won the same award at the Golden Globes. I also think the movie pretty accurately portrays dementia, although that word is never explicitly used. Unfortunately, that's the highlight of "The Whisperers." It's a depressing movie without any humor, and the other characters are largely without redeeming qualities, making the movie rather slow going and unpleasant. I can't say that I enjoyed the movie. Nevertheless, the film is worth a look for Evan's performance; I can also imagine the movie being used in classes dealing with dementia. "The Whisperers" isn't available yet on DVD; a situation I hope the movie studio will remedy soon.
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Fabulous Movie |
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I loved this movie. Edith Evans is wonderful in it. The plot is low-key but just sit back and marvel at Evans. She dominates the screen with a very powerful performance. The supporting cast is equally fine. Bryan Forbes did a great job of directing and adapting the novel that the movie was based on. Evans really should have won the Best Actress Oscar for this movie. She was robbed. |
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Become a fortunate inheritor, you will be surrounded by many, many friends! |
Bryan Forbes, (the same who admired in Séance on a wet afternoon) strikes again with this unforgettable black comedy around a very aged and lonely woman, believing to hear voices in everywhere. She nevertheless, maintains a kind correspondence with a male widow, until a sudden fortune comes to her, and (Oh miracle) everybody love her:
Sinister and merciless parody.
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