Elmer Gantry
by Richard Brooks
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Actor: Arthur Kennedy, Burt Lancaster, Dean Jagger, Jean Simmons, Shirley JonesDirector: Richard Brooks
Cinematographer: John Alton
Writer: Richard Brooks
Editor: Marjorie Fowler
Producer: Bernard Smith
Writer: Sinclair Lewis
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 146 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-03-06
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
DVD Reviews of Elmer Gantry
DVD Review: A classic -must see;
Summary: 5 Stars
Great performances by all; passed it around to several friends - even though they saw it years ago. One od my friends never saw it and was thrilled. A definite classic in "taking religion on the road"... DVD Review: Drama
Summary: 4 Stars
Burt Lancaster plays the role of an unscrupulus individual who will grab at anything just to make a buck, until reality jumps up and bites him. Faining something he really isn't, opens him up to an achievement that he no way deserves. These prsonality traits and the results are portrayed by a notably cast. DVD Review: What A Performance!
Summary: 4 Stars
Before I rave about Burt Lancaster's most outstanding--and subsequent signature--role, I have to get off my chest all the things that bothered me about ELMER GANTRY. Things like mindless stereotypes--from Bible-thumping Midwestern nimrods to ecclesiastical hypocrites. (Like we've never seen any of this before?) Jean Simmons is more convincing as an instructor at a charm school than as an evangelist under a chautauqua tent, while Shirley Jones's soiled dove role is a case study in contrived predictability. And while we're on the subject of predictability, let's be sure to mention Arthur Kennedy as the skeptical, cynical reporter (truly groundbreaking, I know).
But put all of the above aside; I thoroughly enjoyed this 1960 classic because Burt Lancaster is literally larger than life as he romps through every shot with the tenacity of a pit bull. Lancaster, grinning ear to ear, oozes charming believability, whether he's playing Elmer Gantry the charlatan, Elmer Gantry the hard-drinking womanizer, or Elmer Gantry the fire-and-brimstone condemner of souls. His energy and vitality, his roguish charm and overconfidence, devour every scene. If ever there was an Oscar-worthy performance, this one is it, and ELMER GANTRY is darn worth seeing because of it. Here Lancaster aptly shows he was the original bad boy.
--D. Mikels, Author, Walk-On
DVD Review: Hard to find title
Summary: 5 Stars
My dad thinks this is one of the best movies ever and Amazon was the easiest place to find it. Great movie and great price. Thanks Amazon!DVD Review: "Brothers and Sisters, Doin' it for Themselves"
Summary: 5 Stars
Burt Lancaster, Burt Lancaster, Burt Lancaster--bringing his genius to the role of Elmer Gantry as no one else in Hollywood could. A master at the art being a silver-tongued devil on the silver screen, if there ever were one. All of the players are right on in their characterizations, but Burt is over the top and we are mesmerised by him. A great study in revival religion and what has now become the electronic church. Oratory that gives you goose bumps.
Description of Elmer Gantry
Elmer gantry salesman teams up with sister sharon falconer evangelist to sell religion to america in the 1920s Studio: Tcfhe/mgm Release Date: 01/02/2002 Starring: Burt Lancaster Arthur Kennedy Run time: 147 minutes Rating: Nr Director: Richard BrooksBrothers and sisters, can we get a witness for this woeful tale of saints and sinners? Burt Lancaster earned his only Oscar as the wide-smiling, glad-handing, soul-saving charlatan Elmer Gantry, a salesman who turns his gift for preaching into a career at the pulpit. Climbing on board the barnstorming evangelical tour of revivalist Sister Sharon Falconer (Jean Simmons), a true believer in the Aimee Semple McPherson mold, Gantry declaims, invokes, and sermonizes his way to the top until a former flame-turned-prostitute (Shirley Jones in an Oscar-winning performance) threatens to reveal his dark past as a womanizer and con man. Lancaster harnesses all his physical vigor and natural charisma for this role, literally throwing himself into his preaching with the vigor of an acrobat and the sing-song delivery of a gospel singer--he even brays like a hound to show the Holy Spirit within him. Gantry is a showman, pure and simple, and while he doesn't fool true-believer Sister Sharon, he gives her a few object lessons in playing the crowd. Director Richard Brooks, who also took home an Oscar for his screenplay (adapted from the Sinclair Lewis novel), creates a rousing drama both on and off the pulpit, and provides fine roles for an excellent supporting cast, including Arthur Kennedy, Dean Jagger, John McIntire, and singer Patti Page. --Sean Axmaker
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