Another failed attempt to adapt one of John O'Hara's sprawling novels for the screen.
From the Terrace (1960)
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Reviews Counted: 8
Fresh: 3
Rotten:5
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 24 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: FROM THE TERRACE is the melodramatic story of one man's relentless pursuit of the American Dream--and, once he's gained his final victory, his eventual rejection of that world. Paul Newman is Alfred Eaton, a man married to old money and on... FROM THE TERRACE is the melodramatic story of one man's relentless pursuit of the American Dream--and, once he's gained his final victory, his eventual rejection of that world. Paul Newman is Alfred Eaton, a man married to old money and on his way up the corporate ladder in a successful Wall Street firm. But Eaton's dissatisfaction with the values that once ruled his life and his illicit love affair with a likeminded young woman turn his world upside down at the moment of his greatest reward. This 1960 drama marks one of the many films in which longtime husband-and-wife acting duo Newman and Joanne Woodward appear opposite each another. [More]
Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Ina Balin
Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Myrna Loy, Ina Balin, Leon Ames, Barbara Eden, George Grizzard, Elizabeth Allen, Patrick O'Neal, Felix Aylmer
Director: Mark Robson
Director: Mark Robson
Producer: Mark Robson
Screenwriter: Ernest Lehman
Story: John O'Hara
Composer: Elmer Bernstein
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Release:
May 20, 2003
DVD Features:
- Region 1
- Keep Case
- Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35
Additional Release Material:
- Bonus Footage - 1. Movie Tone News: "From the Terrace Star Mobbed at Preview"
- 2. Paul Newman Theater: BUTCH CASSIDY AND THE SUNDANCE KID, HOMBRE, THE HUSTLER, LONG HOT SUMMER, THE VERDICT
- Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries:
- Still Gallery
Reviews for From the Terrace
Robson's film is still highly watchable, with Paul and Joanne pretending their marriage is on the rocks, and all sorts of machinations in the boardroom and the bedroom.
This is a handsome picture, well-performed and emotionally intriguing as it describes the rise of a young business man and the corrosive dead-lock of his loveless marriage.
An epic winker that uses, in its best moment, a rocking dinghy as a euphemism.
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