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WORLDS APART.(two motion pictures)(Movie Review)
The new Todd Haynes film, "Far from Heaven," is set in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1957. Boy, is it set in 1957. The music is right, the decor is right, the pitcher of Daiquiris is right, and even the title of the movie looks right in the opening credits, curving up and across the screen in unabashed swimming-pool blue. Every leaf on every tree has been personally schooled to redden and drop in the approved late-fifties manner. Frankly, after two hours of this stuff I felt embarrassed to be the owner of a cell phone and an occasional user of sushi. I wanted nothing more than a buzz cut, a bourbon, a fridge the size of a car, and a car the size of a killer whale.
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- Small Screen: Far From Heaven; Drama, Cert 12, 103 mins; Starring: Julianne...
- Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) September 19, 2003 700+ words
...right down to the colours and textures of fabrics and the formal politeness of language. As Cathy might say herself, Far From Heaven is utterly ''dreamy''. HHHHH CAPTION(S): GODSEND: Dennis Quad and Julianne Moore in Far From Heaven
- BIG reviews: Moore must be Heaven sent; Far From Heaven: Drama, Cert 12A, 107...
- Newspaper article from: The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland) March 7, 2003 700+ words
...right down to the colours and textures of fabrics and the formal politeness of language. As Cathy might say herself, Far From Heaven is utterly ''dreamy''. HHHHH CAPTION(S): SUPERB: Oscar-nominated Julianne Moore in Far From Heaven
- Culture: A 'dreamy' tale; New To Rent FAR FROM HEAVEN (Cert 12, 103 mins)....
- Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England) September 22, 2003 700+ words
Cult indie director Todd Haynes recreates the Technicolor splendour of 50s melodramas with this awardladen character study. Frank Whitaker (Quaid) and his wife Cathy (Moore) are the toast of 1957 Hartford, Connecticut: hugely successful and deliriously in love, with two beautiful children (Ward and
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Byline: Terry Lawson So, Dennis Haysbert, are you dead or what? When we last saw Haysbert, a k...gardener who opens the eyes and the heart of `50s housewife Julianne Moore in last year's critically lauded "Far from Heaven...
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- Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN) Strickler, Jeff November 17, 2002 700+ words
Byline: Jeff Strickler; Staff Writer Dennis Haysbert is the first to agree that the drama "Far From Heaven...that surfaces when the mother of the household, Cathy (Julianne Moore), develops a friendship with her black gardener, Raymond...
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...complete its infamous mission? This special follows actor Dennis Haysbert as he embarks on the most dangerous deep-sea dive of his...him back to a turning point in our nation's history. Dennis Haysbert is usually seen occupying roles in both movies and television...