This Property Is Condemned (1966)

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Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: NR
Release Date: 2-MAY-2006
Media Type: DVD Product Description

The End Of Film

I originally saw This Property Is Condemned while in Los Angeles as boy in the late sixties when it premiered on network television. Since then I've seen it about 2,000 more times and it gets better with each viewing. It inspired me to move to Mississippi, to frequently haunt New Orelans, and to marry a gal that resembled Alva. As far as I'm concerned this movie makes Citizen Kane, Lawrence of Arabia, and Gone With the Wind all look like Plan 9 from Outer Space. Hollywood never produced a better movie nor ever will. Moreover, there has not been a leading lady to ever rival the late Natalie Wood and the chemistry between her and Redford make for the end of on-sceen romances. After seeing the two of them in this movie, all else is third-rate acting and smut. I own this movie on DVD, Laserdisc, and have the vinyl record album. A word of warning: if you buy this movie you may never enjoy any other. God Bless you Natalie, Sydney, and John. June 24, 2008

This Property Is Condemned

Sorry to disagree with the majority of the commenters. Maybe it's just that I don't like plays turned movies.

One thing is for sure: almost everybody in this movie does act like they are on stage. More or less only Redford acts like a real person for practically the whole movie. Only his reaction to the eavesdropping of Alva's mom that they would all be happy to move to Memphis, that is when he is storming into the bathroom while Alva is showering, is overstated and non-believable. In his final scene he also reacts more vehemently to the news that Alva had married JJ (sorry, spoiler) than what I would have expected of his character. Wood of course tries to own every scene she is in and overplays constantly. I guess I have to check my pulse because I was not attracted to her (reference to other reviewer :-)). Aweful and mismatched is the music, especially annoying in the close to final runaway scene of Alva, along a background of an uplifting and uptempo song.

This ain't a keeper ...

October 8, 2007

THIS PROPERTY IS CONDEMDED

Great movie with Robert Redford and Natalie Wood. This is my favorite Natalie Wood movie. I had to have it for my collection. July 9, 2007

3 Star movie- 10 stars for Natalie Wood

This is a solid enough film version of a 1 act Tennessee Williams play. The screenplay is well adapted, the locations and costuming is wonderful and the supporting cast of young Charles Bronson and Robert Blake among others is very strong. What makes this movie incredibly watchable is Natalie Wood. She quite literally lights up the screen in this and is impossibly beautiful in every scene she is in. The chemistry between her and Redford is ok. Any guy who watches this and doesn't fall in love with Natalie Wood needs to have his pulse checked. June 22, 2007

Who doesn't love Redford and Wood

The melancholy way in which this movie begins sets the tale for a beautiful movie. Two young sisters struggle to escape the life their mother has laid out for them. Redford comes into the life of the beautiful Wood. This a movie you can never grow tired of watching.
May 28, 2007

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