This vintage original still shows a very rare photo of sean connery on the left throwing something at joanne woodward. A fine madness 1966 stream and watch online moviefone. A fine madness 1966 samson shillitoe sean connery, a frustrated poet and a magnet for women, is behind in his alimony payments, and lives with rhoda joanne woodward, a waitress who stands by him through all his troubles. A fine madness 66 sean connery throwing something at joanne woodward. It still holds up in all its glorious black humor, in tracking the life and loves of rebelpoet and carpetshampooer samson shillitoe. Featuring sean connery, joanne woodward, patrick oneal, werner peters and others. New york film locations from the movie a fine madness starring sean connery and joanne woodward. Theres a wellsubstantiated hollywood story that jack warner suddenly got the point of the picture, discovered that it was antisocial, and ordered it recut. Starring sean connery, joanne woodward, jean seberg, colleen dewhurst. When their captors force them to build a bridge, the pows at first resist, but then kinda get into it and start to take pride in their work. A fine madness is a 1966 american slapstick comedy film based on the 1964 novel by elliott baker that tells the story of samson shillitoe, a frustrated poet. A fine madness 1966 after years of failure, hapless poet samson shillitoe sean connery is at the end of his rope.
At best, its a worthwhile failure that has an intelligence to its madness but that intelligence evaporates as the film descends into silliness. Theres a wellsubstantiated hollywood story that jack warner suddenly got the point of the. Watch the full length movie of a fine madness online or on the fios mobile app. A fine madness is billed as a wild comedy but like most kershner movies has a downbeat aspect. He plays a poet whose only published work is a book of poems called hellebore an herb said to cure madness. Connery plays samson shillitoe, a brendan behanlike poet with a milewide misogynistic streak. Directed by irvin kershner, from a script by elliott baker, based on his novel, the movie suggests a farcical cross between joyce carys the horses mouth and shaws the doctors dilemma. This screwball comedy reveals a dark side when it shows the consequences of his behavior. Between the bond films, he looked for roles that were far different from the suave superspy. This screwball comedy from emmynominated director irvin kershner the empire strikes back, never. Academy award and golden globewinner sean connery the league of extraordinary gentlemen, the rock is a stubborn, explosive. Official theatrical movie poster for a fine madness 1966. A fine madness despite being something of a bumpy ride won me over with its well meaning driving energy. Mccord provides good location shots of the city, such as a giddy connery dancing on the brooklyn bridge.
The loveable, irascible hero played by sean connery has a wild week of amorous adventures, but were always aware that hes putting real people at risk, especially himself. Its interesting that a fine madness makes a point of being a nyc movie, and an offbeat one at that, with its bawdiness hinting at the coming sexual revolution and featuring an international superstar who had the energy to stretch himself in something riskywhich is more than we can say for most of todays typecast stars. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Connery plays samson shillitoe, a brendan behanlike poet with a. Baker ranks with thomas berger, joseph heller, evelyn waugh and kingsley amis as a. A fine madness is a different kind of role for sean connery than what the moviegoer was used to. After years of failure, hapless poet samson shillitoe sean connery is at the end of his rope. Movie info sean connery attempted to make a clean break from his james bond image in the boisterous comedy a fine madness. This vintage original still shows a very rare photo of sean connery with two childstars. A fine madness is a 1966 american slapstick comedy film based on the 1964 novel by elliott baker that tells the story of samson shillitoe, a frustrated poet unable to finish a grand tome. A womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying wife. Sean connery attempted to make a clean break from his james bond image in the boisterous comedy a fine madness. The story begins with a poverty stricken gary paulsen and his wife ruth living in a cabin in the woods of minnesota, where he uses a team of dogs to pull a sled as he checks his trap lines. Available on itunes academy award and golden globewinner sean connery the league of extraordinary gentlemen, the rock is a stubborn, explosive, nonconformist poet who takes on the world at large.
It was published in 1994 and it also is the inspiration for the disney movie, snow dogs plot. But no more so than is his current wife, rhoda joanne woodward, who suffers through his daily and casual philandering. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of a fine madness with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. It stars sean connery, joanne woodward, jean seberg, patrick oneal, and clive revill. Also, the slapstick comedy is too heavyhanded to give the film a fine touch. Academy award and golden globewinner sean connery the league of extraordinary gentlemen, the rock is a stubborn, explosive, nonconformist poet who takes on the world at large. A fine madness 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
It has a certain wild charm about it, but ultimately what really makes it worth a look is the performance of sean connery. He is living with the brassy joanne woodward who works as. The fine madness of running the iditarod is a nonfiction book written by gary paulsen. Released 1966, a fine madness stars sean connery, joanne woodward, jean seberg, patrick oneal the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. At his day job shampooing the carpet in an executive office, married poet samson shillitoe sean connery feels no inhibition toward secretary miss walnicki sue ane langdon, in a fine madness, 1966, screenplay by elliott baker from his acclaimed first novel. Academy award and golden globewinner sean connery the league of extraordinary gentlemen, the rock is a stubborn, explosive, nonconformist poet. Warners dvd of a fine madness is a bright and punchy transfer from excellent film materials, with john addisons rather standard score sounding fine in the clear audio track. January jones, who plays his brittle and ethereal exwife, betty, showed up in the third american pie movie as stillers love interest. Connerys talent and charm save this very funny movie from the somewhat offensive obnoxiousness of its hero, and clinch its optimistic argument about the. Its not a bad film, mind you, and its not a blight on anyones record, but the reach of madness far exceeds its grasp. A fine madness 66 sean connery throwing something at. A fine madness 66 sean connery with two childstars. A fine madness is a brave attempt by all concerned, one of those films where the powers behind it are trying so hard that the viewer desperately wants the end result to be a great film but its not. If you consider yourself a fan of sean connery, you might want to give a fine madness a pass.
This movie is a hot mess, nevermind a fine madness. Sean connery is a stubborn, explosive, nonconformist poet who takes on the world at large. It is supposed to be a comedy, but the ending, where samson assaults his apologetically pregnant wife is a disturbingly sad comment on what. Rent a fine madness 1966 starring jackie coogan and sean connery on dvd and bluray. Read the a fine madness movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. Connery is so hateful and downright mean in this film, it might. The only extra is a puffedup behindthescenes featurette that was also typical of the time, selling connery as the most magnetic star in. Rent a fine madness 1966 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Just log on to your verizon account and watch the latest shows online. A fine madness received that award as putnams best for 1964. But no more so than is his current wife, rhoda joanne woodward, who suffers.
It stars sean connery, joanne woodward, jean seberg, patrick oneal and clive revill. Fine madness, a 1966 movie clip poems taking shape having just evaded another pack of bill collectors, struggling new york poet samson shillitoe sean connery flees to the apartment where, he discovers, his wife rhoda joanne woodward, isnt ready to join his escape, in a fine madness, 1966. This line is spoken by major clipton played by james donald in the movie the bridge on the river kwai, directed david lean 1957 the bridge on the river kwai is about a bunch of wwii british pows imprisoned in thailand by the japanese. Connery is so hateful and downright mean in this film, it. A fine madness 1966 rotten tomatoes movie trailers.