He is living with the brassy joanne woodward who works as a waitress in midtown manhattan. Read the a fine madness movie synopsis, view the movie trailer, get cast and crew information, see movie photos, and more on. A fine madness is a 1966 american slapstick comedy film based on the 1964 novel by elliott baker that tells the story of samson shillitoe, a frustrated poet. Fine direction and some good characterizations enhance negative script outlook. The only extra is a puffedup behindthescenes featurette that was also typical of the time, selling connery as the most magnetic star in pictures. Fine madness was a literary magazine that was published from 1982 2006, in seattle, washington. Rent a fine madness 1966 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. A fine madness nr, 1hr 43min classics, comedy, drama. Official theatrical movie poster for a fine madness 1966. It stars sean connery, joanne woodward, jean seberg, patrick oneal and clive revill. Watch a fine madness movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. A fine madness is a 1966 american technicolor comedy film based on the 1964 novel by elliott baker that tells the story of samson shillitoe, a frustrated poet unable to finish a grand tome. Released in 1966 a year after thunderball, connery obviously wanted a departure from the static james bond debonair and so took on.
Find release information for a fine madness 1966 irvin kershner on allmovie. Between the bond films, he looked for roles that were far different from the suave superspy. Watch a fine madness full movie in hd visit movie 70498 a womanizing poet falls into the hands of a psychiatrist with a straying w. But no more so than is his current wife, rhoda joanne woodward, who suffers. A fine madness is a different kind of role for sean connery than what the movie goer was used to. New york film locations from the movie a fine madness starring sean connery and joanne woodward a fine madness 1966 samson shillitoe sean connery, a frustrated poet and a magnet for women, is behind in his alimony payments, and lives with rhoda joanne woodward, a waitress who stands by him through all his troubles. Baker ranks with thomas berger, joseph heller, evelyn waugh and kingsley amis as a master of the hilarious and absurd. The sean connery character, one who dominates practically every scene of the film, is driven by seemingly two forces in his life, anger and lust, in that order almost all the time.
Fine madness, a sean connery is a stubborn, explosive, nonconformist poet who takes on the world at large. Download a fine madness movie for ipodiphoneipad in hd. January jones, who plays his brittle and ethereal exwife, betty, showed up in the third american pie movie as stillers love interest. At his day job shampooing the carpet in an executive office, married poet samson shillitoe sean connery feels no inhibition toward secretary miss walnicki sue ane langdon, in a fine madness, 1966, screenplay by elliott baker from his acclaimed first novel. Sean connery is a virile, headstrong poet, hung up in a dry spell of inspiration. A fine madness 1966 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Starring sean connery, joanne woodward, jean seberg, colleen dewhurst. An extremely fine and varied supporting cast is entirely wasted although there is a lovely performance. The film solves this by simply stepping on the gas. Starring sean connery, joanne woodward, jean seberg, and patrick oneal.
Connery plays samson shillitoe, a brendan behanlike poet with a milewide misogynistic streak. Warners dvd of a fine madness is a bright and punchy transfer from excellent film materials, with john addisons rather standard score sounding fine in the clear audio track. A fine madness the 1966 movie, trailers, videos and more at yidio. It was included in the anthology best american poetry. With sean connery, joanne woodward, jean seberg, patrick oneal. This screwball comedy from emmynominated director irvin kershner the empire strikes back, never say never again reveals a dark side when it shows the ultimate consequences of connerys behavior.
Sean connery attempted to make a clean break from his james bond image in the boisterous comedy a fine madness. A fine madness 1966 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. Rent a fine madness 1966 starring jackie coogan and sean connery on dvd and bluray. A fine madness 1966 after years of failure, hapless poet samson shillitoe sean connery is at the end of his rope. A frustrated new york poet goes to great lengths to overcome his case of writers block. After years of failure, hapless poet samson shillitoe sean connery is at the end of his rope. It stars sean connery in the midst of his james bond roles, joanne woodward, jean seberg, patrick oneal, and clive revill. Genius, poet and carpet cleaner samson shillitoe sean connery has writers block and he cant bluster, clobber or curse it away. But no more so than is his current wife, rhoda joanne woodward, who suffers through his daily and casual philandering. A fine madness received that award as putnams best for 1964. Featuring sean connery, joanne woodward, patrick oneal, werner peters and others. New york film locations from the movie a fine madness starring sean connery and joanne woodward. Try as he might to complete his latest masterpiece, shillitoe is constantly interrupted by the women in his life.
A fine madness 1966 stream and watch online moviefone. Samson shillitoe, mad genius of a poet irresistible to women, but plagued by writers block, agrees to see a psychiatrist, and his beautiful wife. The offbeat a fine madness succeeds on the level of breezy lightweight entertainment. Academy award and golden globewinner sean connery the league of extraordinary gentlemen, the rock is a stubborn, explosive, nonconformist poet who takes on the world at large. Connery plays samson shillitoe, a brendan behanlike poet with a milewide.
Released 1966, a fine madness stars sean connery, joanne woodward, jean seberg, patrick oneal the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 44 min, and received a score of out of 100 on metacritic. A fine madness 1966 irvin kershner releases allmovie. A fine madness 1966 by the mid1960s, sean connery had played james bond in four films, and was anxious to avoid being typecast. A fine madness is a 1966 american slapstick comedy film based on the 1964 novel by elliott baker that tells the story of samson shillitoe, a frustrated poet unable to finish a grand tome.
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