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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Binding: DVD EAN: 0024543075493 Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: May 20, 2003 Running Time: 149 minutes Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: 1960 Sales Rank: 4661 MPN: 2007549
Description: Paul Newman portrays a young man whose struggle for success threatens his personal happiness, in this well-scripted screen version of John O'Hara's best-selling novel. Having never known his father's love or respect, Alfred Eaton (Newman) sets out to prove himself in the business world. Marrying the "right" woman (Joanne Woodward), he works unceasingly, but is ultimately confronted with crises and choices that force him to rethink his priorities. Co-starring Myrna Loy as Alfred's alcoholic mother, Leon Ames as his embittered father, and Ina Balin as the woman who might bring him genuine happiness, From The Terrace is an absorbing tale of ambition, power and love fueled by sharp dialogue, complex characterizations and keen insight into the human heart.
Amazon.com: From the Terrace is one of Paul Newman's lesser-known films, but it's a worthy showcase for the actor's developing screen persona. Like Butterfield 8, this is a slick, prestigious adaptation of a John O'Hara novel, about loose morals and forbidden love among the wealthy elite. Director Mark Robson lacks the mastery of melodrama that Douglas Sirk would've brought to this material, but he's still on target with O'Hara's tale of a prodigal son (Newman) who rejects his late father's steel mill in favor of big-business conquest, only to find his trophy wife (superbly played by Newman's off-screen wife, Joanne Woodward) straying into the arms of her former fiancé, while he falls in love with a socialite (Ina Balin) with whom he's much more compatible. A well-tuned drama of marital discord and unchecked ambition, From the Terrace was sharply adapted by Ernest Lehman between the triumphs of North by Northwest and West Side Story, and Newman's brooding performance gave him a solid boost to his iconic role in the 1961 classic The Hustler. --Jeff Shannon
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Rating: - paul newman fan
Paul Newman was not just another pretty face. I think this was one of the films that proved that.
Rating: - Best Paul Newman Love Story
This is one of my favorite Paul Newman movies. Pull up a chair with
your popcorn and call up your girlfriends. It's a good "Chick Flick".
A forgotten movie as far as I am concerned.
Rating: - My favorite Newman movie ever!
It may be one of his lesser known films, but the heartache that Newman shows on screen through those gorgeous blue eyes melts my soul every time I watch this movie. If anyone has ever been torn between ... Read More
Rating: - Wanted it all, when he got it, the price was too high and the reward empty.
This is one of my all-time favorites of Paul Newman (Alfred Eaton) and Joanne Woodward (Mary St. John). They play off each other magnificantly, she the upper crust, wealthy, spoiled socialite, he the forgotten ... Read More
Rating: - From The Terrace
For rail buffs this movie has some fascinating railroad scenes. The opening scene says Philadelphia 1946 . The scene was actually filmed at the Central RR of NJ Jersey City Terminal. There are views of Reading ... Read More
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- From The Terrace