Truly Dreadful Film

The greatest movie ever!

A lot of fun.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

I've wanted to see this movie again for a very long time.I got a DVD of it recently from Sunshine Vintage Movies.It's at least as good as I remember!! Having read recent reviews of the new version, I was really pleased with this old version. It's great!!! George C. Scott and Trish Van Devere are wonderful.Thanks for all these reviews reminding how much I like this movie!!!

I watched this movie when I was a teenager and I was babysitting the night I saw it. I have been looking for this movie for over 30 years now. I would love to own this movie. I am a big fan of George C. Scott. I would love to find a way to watch this movie again on DVD or on computer. I seen this movie one time and never seen it again. I have looked high and low to buy this movie and have had no luck with it. I would also like to see it on TV again. I don't have cable I have regular TV so to see it on TV again for me it would have to be on a regular channel. Please put it on TV again and please put it on DVD and I will definitely buy it.

I too saw this film many, many years ago. I have searched through catalogs provided by movie rental stores looking for a copy of it. No one seems to have it or even know how to get it. If anyone ever finds a copy, I would gladly pay a very good price for it. It is an exceptional piece of work. I don't understand why, when there is such a demand for a film of such magnitude, there are no copies available to the public for purchase. I hate to think this film will be lost to future generations who have not yet had the opportunity to view it. This work is too good to just be stashed away and never seen again. If it were even possible to get the film aired on television again, at least then it could be recorded for future viewing. It is a very touching film and much more realistic than the cartoon version. It also is true to the written story and not drawn out into a series as was also done on television some years ago. (Not that the series was bad, just not the same.) I'm sure those of you who saw it understand what I am saying. It was also truly a different role for George C. Scott to play. I have never seen him play that type of a character ever again in anything. He was the greatest.

The love (or otherwise) of any piece of artistic work is obviously extremely subjective. We had just married at the time this film was released and so were very "loved-up". Nevertheless we were completely enchanted by the heart-rending tale of tormented romance. Of course the story is well-known to everyone, most children read or are read the book when no more than toddlers. There is no deep meaning or twists of plot to keep the viewer guessing, on the contrary - there is nothing added or taken away from the original storyline. It is therefore, a triumph, that such a simple yarn can be presented, such that real nostlagia, romance, magic, love, despair and joy are evident throughout. George C. Scott is simply perfect in the role of the beast. It would have been such a temptation to "ham-it-up" and to make the beast even beastlier, but he gets the balance just right. The viewer is suitably revolted by him at first, but of course is soon won over by his presence and charm. Shrek is the contemporary equivalent - but Scott has no computer enhancement to get across his frustrated torment - just damn good old-fashioned acting.I wish I could make more informed comments here about the film but it is so long since we saw it that I am struggling to remember more detail. It must have been good though - we still talk about it and are always on the look-out for it in programme listings.