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Come Drink with Me (1966)

Posted on March 5, 2019 | 4 comments

Come Drink with Me
Directed by King Hu
Written by King Hu and Shan-Hsi Ting
1966/Hong Kong
Shaw Brothers
First viewing/Amazon Instant

 

[box] Fan Ta-p’i: They call me Drunken Cat[/box]

Good early chop-socky movie was marred somewhat on my viewing by bad English dubbing.

Evil henchmen kidnap Golden Swallow’s brother, the Governor’s son,  and hold him hostage in exchange for their imprisoned leader.  The forces of good in the form of sister Golden Swallow (Pei-Pei Chen)  and crafty beggar Drunken Cat battle all comers to save the day.

This is watchable for the many action sequences.  Pei-Pei Chen is a revelation as the female warrior – her boy disguise is never convincing.  The dubbing was of the type where it sounds like all the male characters are voiced by the same actor.  But the plot is not the reason to watch any way.  It’s a pretty fun time.

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Posted in 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, 1966

Georgy Girl (1966)

Posted on March 3, 2019 | 7 comments

Georgy Girl
Directed by Silvio Nazzarizano
Written by Margaret Foster and Peter Nichols from a novel by Foster
1966/UK
Columbia Pictures Corporation/Everglades Productions
Repeat viewing/Amazon Instant

[box] Hey there, Georgy girl/ There’s another Georgy deep inside/ Bring out all the love you hide and, oh, what a change there’d be/The world would see/a new Georgy girl. Lyrics by Jim Dale; performed by The Seekers[/box]

Cinderella story is an OK product of the Swinging Sixties.

Georgy (Lynn Redgrave) is the gauche and over-large in every way daughter of the butler to an English aristocrat (James Mason).  Master wants Georgy to be his mistress. Georgy is living with spoiled sex-pot Meredith (Charlotte Rampling) who is a concert flautist.  Most nights are also shared with Meredith’s boyfriend Jos (Alan Bates), with whom Georgy is secretly in love.  Complications arise when Meredith falls pregnant.

Lynn Redgrave is so charming in this movie it seems the part was created for her.  So I was surprised to see the trivia that it was originally casted with her sister Vanessa.  The entire cast is strong and carries the picture, which is otherwise a fairly predictable example of its genre.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDedx_LMoFw

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