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Always DVD



Always DVD
Considered by many to represent a low point in Steven Spielberg's
career, 1990's Always did suggest something of a temporary drift in
the director's sensibility. A remake of the classic Spencer Tracy
film A Guy Named Joe, Always stars Richard Dreyfuss as a Forest
Service pilot who takes great risks with his own life to douse
wildfires from a plane. After promising his... more details

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Format dvd
Release Date 20070701
Starring Steven Spielberg et. al.
Manufacturer Universal Pictures
Description
Considered by many to represent a low point in Steven Spielberg's
career, 1990's Always did suggest something of a temporary drift in
the director's sensibility. A remake of the classic Spencer Tracy
film A Guy Named Joe, Always stars Richard Dreyfuss as a Forest
Service pilot who takes great risks with his own life to douse
wildfires from a plane. After promising his frightened fiance
(Holly Hunter) to keep his feet on the ground and go into teaching,
Dreyfuss's character is killed during one last flight. But his
spirit wanders restlessly, hopelessly attached to and possessive of
Hunter, who can't see or hear him. Then the real conflict begins: a
trainee pilot (Brad Johnson), a likable doofus, begins wooing a
not-unappreciative Hunter--and it becomes Dreyfuss's heavenly
mandate to accept, and even assist in, their budding romance. The
trouble with the film is a certain airlessness, a
hyper-inventiveness in every scene and sequence that screams of
Spielberg's self-education in Hollywood classicism. Unlike the
masters he is constantly quoting and emulating in Always, he
forgets to back off and let the movie breathe on its own sometimes,
which would better serve his clockwork orchestration of suspense
and comedy elsewhere. Still, there are lovely passages in this
film, such as the unforgettable look on Dreyfuss's face a
half-second before fate claims him. John Goodman contributes good
supporting work, and Audrey Hepburn makes her final screen
appearance as an angel. --Tom Keogh
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