Harriet blossom, the lonely wife of a workaholic brassiere manufacturer, breaks her sewing machine and ends up in bed with the repairman, a mechanic from one of her husbands factories. Blossom stars shirley maclaine as harriet blossom, the wife of a moderately successful british brassiere manufacturer robert blossom richard attenborough. Get your team aligned with all the tools you need on one secure, reliable video platform. In 1968, the group played a major role on the film soundtrack the bliss of mrs. They both see a therapist spalding gray who doesnt seem to help much. The screenplay by alec coppel and denis norden was adapted from a play by coppel that was based on a short story by josef shaftel, who served as the films producer. Well lets say it rocks only if you like frightfully odd music but its wild. Blossom is a quirky romantic comedy about a marriage that drives a woman to desperate and curious ends. This is bliss short film by byron mc nally on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. I believe the movie swept the australian oscars in 85, and in my humble opinion, deservedly so. Blossom stars shirley maclaine, richard attenborough, james booth the pg movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 33 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. This becomes evident when joseph discovers that maria has been seeing a very handson sex therapist, baltazar terence stamp, on the sly. London is the setting for this film, and london was the the happening place in 1968. She plays the wife of a brassiere manufacturer richard attenborough, who manages to conceal her lover james booth, one of her husbands employees, in the attic for three years before her husband tumbles to the situation.
Ray lawrence, the director of bliss, and paul murphy, its cinematographer, were both firsttime feature filmmakers when they made bliss. A housewife, bored with her bramanufacturer husband, who spends most of. After x rating from mtrcb, jerrold tarogs bliss to screen for free at up cine adarna 3 years ago cinema bravo its bound to happena screening of jerrold tarogs newest movie, bliss, in a venue outside the jurisdiction of the movie and television. Blossom 1968 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The man, ambrose, is supposed to leave during the night, but harriet finds him the next day still hiding in. Blossom dec 30, 2012 a relic of its time this poorly conceived so called comedy coupled with sweet charity and. Provided to youtube by sony music entertainment mrs. Blossom 1968 harriet blossom shirley maclaine is married to robert blossom richard attenborough, a businessman whod rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home. Charles bliss joyce van patten spoon river anthology original broadway cast. Multiple breast inflation, bra inflations, models, shirley maclaine, richard attenborough, james booth.
The official site of harry bliss featuring the bliss cartoon collection, harrys childrens books and work for the new yorker magazine. The man, ambrose, is supposed to leave during the night, but harriet finds him the next day still hiding in the attic. Blossom dec 30, 2012 a relic of its time this poorly conceived so called comedy coupled with sweet charity and several other losers killed off shirleys film. In this film, harriet blossom is the wife of a moderately successful british brassiere manufacturer. Shirley maclaine is the wife of dickie attenboroughs bra manufacturer taking a lover. Blossom 1968 a housewife, bored with her bramanufacturer husband, who spends most of his time obsessed with classical music, strikes up an affair with one of his employees whom she hides in the atticsomething both she and the lover find quite a suitable arrangement. With shirley maclaine, richard attenborough, james booth, freddie jones. Frau blossoms seligkeit ist eine britische filmkomodie aus dem jahr 1968. Blossom, 1968, directed by joseph mcgrath, with shirley maclaine, richard attenborough, james booth, at turner classic movies. This is a movie back when a laugh could be had in good taste by just implying sexual fantasy and showing a. Blossom 1968 01011968 us comedy, romance 1h 33m user score.
If you have any information regarding this film, any of the stills, or even better, some. While she rides the waves aboard the large ferry heading from south shields, england to scandinavia in search of her unknown father the viking all is less than calm in the robson household. When harriets sewing machine breaks down, her husband decides to save a few quid by sending one of his own employees to fix it. Our attention is almost taken away from the insanity of the situation by virtue of the fantasy scenes that pop up now and then. Three former members of arizona band the sect 5 formed bliss in the late 60s. Blossom that its silly, obvious, crude, cartoonish, dated but they would all be beside the point. Blossom, the soundtrack details home explore movies explore composers resource directory forums contact us about us search on. Bliss is a 1985 australian drama film directed by ray lawrence, coadapted by lawrence and peter carey, author of the original novel bliss from which it is adapted. The plot is totally odd having a sort of casino royale weird off beat flavor to it. Maggie smith won the first of her two oscars for the title role in the prime of miss jean brodie, the 1968 film based on the novel by muriel spark and its stage adaptation by jay presson allen. Certain film professors show this movie to their classes as an example of how stylish direction can. Blossom, but their novelty was beginning to wear off with the recordbuying public. A housewife, bored with her bramanufacturer husband, who spends most of his time obsessed with classical music, strikes up an affair with one of his employees whom she hides in the atticsomething both she and the lover find quite a suitable.
Riz ortolani music from the film score the bliss of mrs. You can snicker about anything sexual in our society, but sex when its taken seriously makes people squirmy, and heres a movie thats grownup, thoughtful and surprisingly erotic. The screenplay by alec coppel and denis norden was adapted from a play. Blossom 1968 m 1h 33min comedy 11 september 1968 usa harriet blossom, the lonely wife of a workaholic brassiere manufacturer, breaks her sewing machine and ends up in bed with the repairman, a mechanic from one of her husbands factories. The bliss of mrs blossom 1968 dvd the bliss of mrs blossom 1968 dvd shirley maclaine actor freddie jones actor format.
The story takes place in london and is about a clothing manufacturers wife named harriet blossom shirley maclaine who one day. Blossom trailer 1968 01 january 1968 comedy, romance 93 mins. Summary of bliss bliss, by katherine mansfield, is often considered a challenging read. A relic of its time this poorly conceived so called comedy coupled with sweet charity and several other losers killed off shirleys film career the first time around. Little about marriage is blissful for newlyweds joseph craig sheffer and maria sheryl lee especially the sex. I think the music in the bliss of mrs blossom movie rocks. Blossom is a 1968 british comedy film directed by joseph mcgrath.
While bliss is nowhere near a good movie, it manages to maintain a strangely soothing, hypnotic mood for the first hour or so. The bliss of mrs blossombreast expansion uncut youtube. I teach a highschool film history class and use this movie to give the students a real taste of the 60s. The story lives inside the main characters chaotic mind. This is a movie back when a laugh could be had in good taste by just implying sexual fantasy and showing a far out wacko sense of sex tinged humor. Harriet blossom shirley maclaine is unhappily married to robert blossom. Blossom 1968 harriet blossom shirley maclaine is married to robert blossom richard attenborough, a businessman whod rather spend the night at. This wacky film nicely exudes the mod, experimental wave of filmmaking that permeated the era of the late 60s.
Blossom would be almost nasty without the freshfaced and innocentlooking shirley maclaine in the part. Laced with an uncommon blend of grim realism and genuine tenderness, bliss is not a romance for the faint of heart. Blossom is a wild weird funny movie back when, the sexual revolution still had a few good clean fun turns left in it. Harriet blossom shirley maclaine is a secondary antagonist in the 1968 british. Shirley maclaine stars in this otherwise allbritish comedy, written by alec coppel and denis norden and directed by joseph mcgrath. Two previously unreleased albums, recorded at around the same time, have been released more recently. Originally released 1963 sony music entertainment author. The man, ambrose, is supposed to leave during the night, but harriet finds. Everything is so aesthetically pleasing that it hardly seems to matter that all the dialogue is little more than a haphazard juxtaposition of selfhelp mumbojumbo and new age mysticism. The latter song became the title track of their second album, released by fontana toward the end of the year. Bliss is a daring movie not because of the sexuality it contains, but because it is so intent about it. A housewife, bored with her bramanufacturer husband, who spends most of his time obsessed with classical music, strikes up an affair with one of his employees whom she hides in the atticsomething both she and the lover find quite a suitable arrangement. Bliss is a 1985 eccentric comedy made in australia which is based on the novel by peter carey. In bliss and tell lesbian fiction author harper bliss shares her weekly writing adventures.
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