Harvey
by Henry Koster
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Actor: Cecil Kellaway, Charles Drake, James Stewart, Josephine Hull, Peggy DowDirector: Henry Koster
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: Pan & Scan, 1.33:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2001-02-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Universal Studios
DVD Reviews of Harvey
DVD Review: Oh Harvey
Summary: 5 Stars
I LOVE HARVEY. This is one of my favorite movies ever. I love that it keeps you guessing as to whether Elwood is insane or not until the very end. There are also a lot of good quotes in this movie. My favorite being:
"Years ago my mother used to say to me, "In this world, Elwood, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant." Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant."
This is a great feel-good movie and James Stewart does a fabulous job as Elwood Dowd. Nobody could do it better.
DVD Review: "You can be all smart or all pleasant. I used to be smart... now I'm pleasant."
Summary: 4 Stars
It's really nice, upon occasion, to watch a movie that's nice and heartwarming without being sentimental and kitsch. The word used most often in "Harvey" is "pleasant." Pleasant works. And, like most of the characters decide, sometimes choosing to be pleasant is better than choosing to be regular, or choosing to be smart. Lucky for this movie, it's both pleasant and smart.
Now, if you haven't seen this movie yourself, you've probably seen clips of it on other movies, such as "Field of Dreams." But really, seeing this movie would be something you should get around to doing. James Stewart plays the warm small-town friendly neighbor with aplomb, even when in socially awkward situations involving disbelief of his pooka. Everyone else plays the anxious ones... people running around getting into fits because of things they only half understand. But as the story goes on, Stewart's Elwood P. Dowd becomes the calm center of gravity that everyone eventually leans on to take a breath of air and let their imagination go.
What we get is a re-affirmation of imagination and faith, much like the feeling to be gotten from "Miracle on 34th Street." However, "Harvey" can be watched year round! And best of all, it shows how to be a good person beyond simply catering to beliefs, but truly following a smile and an ear for listening. "Seems like it'd be a little dull, you should let her do the talking", Dowd tells the psychologist (!) who confesses his escapist dream to sit under a tree, drink beer, and talk to a woman for two weeks. Dowd is both wise and happy, and the movie makes no point of trying to give him difficulties... it's everyone else's problem if they don't want to believe in 6'3 1/2" rabbits...
--PolarisDiB
DVD Review: Harvey
Summary: 5 Stars
A lighthearted comedy with a underlying message for all man kind to be more loving and patient towards others. To stop and smell the flowers.DVD Review: such a sweet movie...
Summary: 5 Stars
This was such a sweet movie that I purchased it as a Father's Day gift for my dad. He loved it too! Great gift idea. DVD Review: Classic
Summary: 4 Stars
What a good movie. This is what movies are supposed to be like. This is just a fun movie. Jimmy Stewart is good in this, very believable. Watch this and enjoy.
Description of Harvey
James Stewart stars as Elwood P. Dowd, a wealthy alcoholic whose sunny disposition and drunken antics are tolerated by most of the citizens of his community. That is, until Elwood begins to claim that he has a friend named Harvey who is an invisisble six foot rabbit. Elwood's snooty socialite sister, Veta, determined to marry off her daughter Myrtle to a respectable man, begins to plot to keep Elwood's lunacy from interfering.It's always a small surprise to revisit this movie and realize what a subtly dark performance James Stewart gives as an alcoholic who claims he keeps company with a six-foot-tall, invisible rabbit. As Elwood P. Dowd, the actor emits a faint whiff of decay and spirits, yet Stewart also embraces Dowd's romanticism and grace with splendid ease. Based on a hit play and directed by Henry Koster, the film is terribly funny at times, especially whenever Elwood decides it's only polite to introduce Harvey to complete strangers. The supporting cast can't be beat. --Tom Keogh
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