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A interesting film showing us something of the "real" George Reeves who was nothing like Clark Kent in reality. Having a penchant of booze and women he did what he could to build a career in the "picture" business. He meets a top studio executive's wife (Lane) and begins a lengthy affair that gets him a house, an allowance, and Superman. Being pitifully type cast he finds himself on the cutting room floor of "From Here to Eternity" and falls for a younger woman who wants him to keep moving forward with film projects as a director and producer when it looks as if he will never make it in tinseltown.We get an excellent taste of the last of the studio system days with Bob Hoskins playing the studio exec who tolerates Lane's infidelities (she reciprocates). Adrian Brody plays a small time private investigator who is tipped off that a few folks don't believe Reeves killed himself, including Reeve's mother who hires Brody to get the case reopened from being a suicide.
The film has been treated to appeared aged so it that reminds you of the 50's and the stylists went out of their way to populate the scenery with items boomers will remember from their childhood. The time line of the film is cleverly mixed with flashbacks and "could have been's". At the end we are left with three possibilities about what really happened to Reeves: 1) a jealous, jilted older lover, 2) a protective studio exec husband, 3) a true suicide.
It's worth a see.
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pretty good film. a agree that it was #3, the wrestling demo film showed the reason.i LOVED those old cars like the de soto and skyliner.
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Sure, it was his aging, pathetic moves on the wrestling demo clip.
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..doing the moves the shows up in Hollywoodland.
Very realistic recreation.
I saw this yesterday and agree with your observations. I do think that Reeves remained in "From Here to Eternity" (he's listed in the cast in IMDB but as uncredited). I think they went a little overboard with the sepia tone coloration and everyone ended up looking like a French fry. I thought the costuming was extremely well done. At times (especially when he's playing Clark Kent) you actually believe that Ben Affleck IS George Reeves. I think the whole thing is very well done, a sort of mixture of "L.A. Confidential" and "Citizen Kane". Others have criticized the casting of Brody but I thought he was just fine.
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Don't gorget his work in "Good Will Hunting " and (especially) in
"Changing Lanes". He is a fine actor but it's just that he has a poor sense of picking the right project
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Would also consider his work in Good Will Hunting and Shakespeare in Love good turns as well.Boiler Room is an interesting pic - I was quite fond of it when it came out. It also features Vin Diesel in an excellent performance, proving he really can act if he chooses to do so.
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