Product Description

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's real-life passion drives this tale of illicit love between a free-spirited single mother and a married minister in a small coastal town. When her son is sent to a private school, Laura Edwards (Taylor) shocks the school administrator, Episcopalian priest Dr. Edward Hewitt (Burton), with her bohemian attitudes and lifestyle. But the two soon find themselves drawn to each other. The film won a Best Song Oscar.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #53496 in DVD
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color
• Running time: 117 minutes

Features

• Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton
• Director: Vincente Minnelli
• Genre: Classics

Customer Reviews

At The Dawn Of The Age of Aquarius
Released at the dawn of the Hippie movement this film had a lot to say to kids of my generation. It espouses the then radical ideas of personal freedom, women's rights, new ways of seeking spirituality and sexuality. In other words, if viewed in the historical context of when it was made it is much better than it seams. Sure Burton walks through his part, Eva Marie Saint's talents are wasted, and Bronson is not much more than eye candy. But in Taylor's performance you see her commitment to her roll as a free spirited artist. A character she herself could relate to since she herself was a sexual rebel, and an independent woman in a time when that was rare.
Someone who had and would continue to show she was not afraid to stand her ground against popular moral opinion. "to know myself, be myself" as Laura says and both Laura and Taylor achieve that goal in the end. In many ways Laura is very like Miss Taylor or so it seems and this character must spoken to her in some deeper way. Her Laura also spoke to many of us just coming of age in 1965 in ways that were eye opening. On this level the film as a social historical significance. The biggest star in Hollywood was promoting a new way of thinking and living and the kids were listening. A movement was being born. You might even say Miss Taylor was the mother of the sexual revolution.
On an entertainment level it is pure Hollywood soap opera set amid incredible settings. It's all silly romantic fun that by the end is actually touching. Beautifully photographed and with a lush jazz score by Johnny Mandel it is a visual and auditory feast.