Elmer gantry rotten tomatoes

His portrait of a goldentongued evangelist who rises to power within his church a saver of souls who. In my copy of elmer gantry, one sentence is underlined six times. Rank goldie hawns 10 best movies burt lancaster november 2, 19 october 20, 1994 was an american film actor noted for his athletic physique, blue eyes, and distinctive smile which he called the grin. Ive been published on the hollywood reporter, remezcla, and the daily beast. Elmer gantry is a 1960 american drama film about a con man and a female evangelist selling. Elmer gantry has been called the greatest, most vital, and most penetrating study of hypocrisy that has been written since voltaire. He had, in fact, got everything from church and sunday school, except, perhaps, any longing whatever for decency and kindness and reason. Elmer gantry is a really well written novel authored by sinclair lewis in the 1920s. Elmer gantry is a satirical novel written by sinclair lewis in 1926 that presents aspects of the religious activity of america in fundamentalist and evangelistic circles and the attitudes of the 1920s public toward it. Written with an assured bite, gantry skewers that oldtime religion with a dramatic wit rarely seen in this era.

When a salvation army worker enters, gantry shocks and moves the crowd with an impromptu, impassioned sermon equating god with love. Nominated for eight oscars in his career, he was best known for blackboard jungle 1955, cat on a hot tin roof 1958 elmer gantry 1960. Elmer gantry, is initially attracted by booze and easy money though he eventually. Gantry burt lancaster drops into the revival tent for his first experience of the phenomenal sister sharon falconer jean simmons in elmer gantry, 1960, from the sinclair lewis novel. Aug 11, 2019 elmer gantry is aggressive, controversial, and all too relevant. A freelance film critic whose work fuels the rotten tomatoes meter. Burt lancaster show list info burton stephen burt lancaster november 2, 19 october 20, 1994 was an american film actor noted for his athletic physique, blue eyes, and distinctive smile which he called the grin.

In 1960, a film version of elmer gantry was made, with burt lancaster, in the title role, winning an oscar for best actor. Elmer gantry burt lancaster, a drunken, dishonest street preacher allegedly patterned on billy sunday, wrangles a job with the travelling tent ministry conducted by sister sharon falconer jean. It is the story about a young man who becomes a successful preacher in a very cynical manner. For a film directed in 1960, it resonates in its ideas about spirituality and organized religion without making too many broad claims to alienate audiences, no matter where they fall on the subject. Please click the link below to receive your verification email. One of two features you fans wanted to see was the return of kristen recasts the classics. Elmer gantry burt lancaster jean simmons dean jagger 1960 an oscarwinning adaptation of the sinclair lewis novel about religious fervor in smalltown america. The titlerole character, a preacher with a weakness for wild women and. Rent elmer gantry 1960 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. Oct 08, 2012 shirley jones oscar winning performance in elmer gantry. Both films fell into the category of not easy, but definitely interesting for me. A fasttalking traveling salesman with a charming, loquacious manner convinces a sincere evangelist that he can be an effective preacher for her cause. Find out where elmer gantry is streaming, if elmer gantry is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider.

But he found the sentiments in the tract useful in his sermon, and the thirty dimes he spent for lovely photographs of burlesque ladies. Elmer gantry is aggressive, controversial, and all too relevant. Richard brooks may 18, 1912 march 11, 1992 was an american screenwriter, film director, novelist and film producer. The swimmer is an adaptation from a short story by john cheever.

Shirley jones celebrity profile check out the latest shirley jones photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes. Adapted by director richard brooks, the film is based on the 1927 novel of the same name by sinclair lewis and stars burt lancaster, jean simmons, arthur kennedy, shirley jones and patti page. Discussion of themes and motifs in sinclair lewis elmer gantry. Elmer gantry never knew who set him thirty dimes, wrapped in a tract about holiness, nor why. Elmer gantry is a fasttalking, harddrinking traveling salesman who always has a risque story and a hip flask to entertain cronies and customers alike. Lewis had long wanted to write a novel about what he called the religion racket. A con man burt lancaster joins an evangelist sister jean simmons in the 1920s midwest.

One admirable character, frank shallard, makes an essentially quixotic response to elmer and his deceits. Shirley jones oscar winning performance in elmer gantry. Katharine hepburn garnered an oscar nomination as the believably plain yet magnetically beautiful tomboy rancher, with burt lancaster brilliantly cast in the role of the smoothtalking con man who sells his rainmaking powers to unsuspecting, droughtridden. Elmer gantry, american film drama, released in 1960, that was an adaptation of sinclair lewiss novel of the same name and featured academy awardwinning performances by burt lancaster and shirley jones.

Elmer gantry tcm movie database elmer gantry rotten tomatoes. In many ways, of course, elmer is the worst of them all. Katharine hepburn garnered an oscar nomination as the believably plain yet magnetically beautiful tomboy rancher, with burt lancaster brilliantly cast in the role of the smoothtalking con man who sells his rainmaking powers to unsuspecting, droughtridden western towns. May 02, 2008 from elmer gantry 1960, directed by richard brooks edited by nibelungenstar burt lancaster elmer gantry jean simmonssharon falconer. Elmer gantry burt lancaster, a drunken, dishonest street preacher allegedly patterned on billy sunday, wrangles a job with the travelling tent ministry. The story is set in the middle united states and begins in the early twentieth century. Elmer gantry has a very high rotten tomatoes critics score of 94% and a high imdb audience rating of 7. The musicals on netflix with the highest rotten tomatoes. Youll notice we replaced the 5star fan ratings with the rotten tomatoes audience score to help you choose a movie to watch.

Elmer gantry has even been made into a new opera, with a score by robert aldridge and a libretto by herschel garfein, that recently premiered in nashville. Traveling salesman elmer gantry burt lancaster, run silent, run deep is all this and more. Elmer gantry on imdb elmer gantry at rotten tomatoes elmer gantry at the tcm movie database elmer gantry at allmovie elmer gantry at. Apr 05, 2020 eric and sean rank and discuss the ten nominees for the best picture of 1960 and bring up some other contenders for the prize that werent nominated. If there was a dollar to be made gantry would make it. Elmer gantry is from the sinclair lewis novel of the same name. Directed and written by richard brooks, based on the 1927 novel by sinclair lewis.

Lancaster portrayed the title character, a charlatan evangelist who joins a ministry headed by. This and his work in elmer gantry are the main reasons why hes such a eye catching and dynamic. And when im old and gray and toothless and bootless, ill gum it. Elmer gantry was made into a lively and impressive film in 1960 starring burt lancaster in a hellraising performance, and it was one of my dads alltime favorite movies. After collecting money from the patrons, gantry takes a drunken barfly back to his hotel room. Elmer gantry, is initially attracted by booze and easy money though he eventually renounces tobacco and alcohol and chasing. Burt lancaster celebrity profile check out the latest burt lancaster photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.

Thanks to this bestselling novel and the 1960 film, elmer gantry is synonymous today with the sort of evangelical huckster whos familiar to americans and the world, but when sinclair lewis wrote it in 1927, it. Rodney dangerfield at his best on the tonight show starring johnny carson 1983 duration. Elmer gantry brothers and sisters, can we get a witness for this woeful tale of saints and sinners. Elmer gantry, a flawed preacher for the ages elmer gantry, the traveling evangelist who loved whiskey, women and wealth, was conceived by sinclair lewis in a bestselling 1927 novel and continues. The musicals on netflix with the highest rotten tomatoes scores. So when he stumbles into a revival meeting and discovers that he can hustle money in a tentshow as easily as in a saloon, gantry converts to evangelism. Burt lancaster shines as the titular elmer gantry, a revival preacher with a questionable past and uncertain motives, in the epic film that won oscars for lancaster, shirley jones as a hooker from gantrys past, and the script by richard brooks. In the 1920s, elmer gantry entertains a group of fellow salesmen in a speakeasy with his ribald jokes and easy charm. Feb 22, 2008 elmer gantry, a flawed preacher for the ages elmer gantry, the traveling evangelist who loved whiskey, women and wealth, was conceived by sinclair lewis in a bestselling 1927 novel and continues. Rank goldie hawns 10 best movies elmer gantry is a 1960 film about a con man and a female evangelist selling religion to small town america.

With burt lancaster, jean simmons, arthur kennedy, dean jagger. Sinclair lewis elmer gantry, which shocked, amused, confounded, but rarely bored readers back in 1927, has been lifted from the pages of the justifiably controversial novel and. Joining forces with sister sharon falconer jean simmons, spartacus, he delivers demonbashing. That sums up sinclair lewis 1927 satire of scandalous fundamentalist ministers pretty well. His own experiences at oberlin college at that time overtly christian, the memory of a 1917 visit to a. Burt lancaster earned his only oscar as the widesmiling, gladhanding, soulsaving charlatan elmer gantry, a salesman who turns his gift for preaching into a career at the pulpit. A space odyssey, psycho, lawrence of arabia and so many more. Brown plays elmer kane, a rookie ballplayer with the chicago cubs whose ego is matched only by his appetite. Elmer gantry in filming sinclair lewis contentious 1927 study of a scandalous evangelist, elmer gantry, richard brooks has framed a big story and bold religioso subject for the oldfashioned.

By activating, you agree that you want to enable cloud technology to access your xfinity stream subscription on additional supported devices like computers and tablets, as well as the tv connected to your settop dvr via comcasts. Rent elmer gantry 1960 starring burt lancaster and jean simmons on dvd and bluray. Elmer gantry is a 1960 american drama film about a con man and a female evangelist selling religion to smalltown america. Eric and sean rank and discuss the ten nominees for the best picture of 1960 and bring up some other contenders for the prize that werent nominated. Burt lancaster elmer gantry jean simmons sister sharon. Sinclair lewis elmer gantry, which shocked, amused, confounded, but rarely bored readers back in 1927, has been lifted from the pages of the justifiably controversial novel and impressively. Because he is not only vain but naive, elmer s teammates take great delight in.