Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:25 AM

WCGreen (45,558 posts)

I'm watching this movie from the 50's called the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit...

It stars Gregory Peck, which should give all sorts of stature to this movie, at least in my book.

What is so interesting about this movie is the amount of stuff that piles on top of the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit.

It's that time for Beck's character in his life where you realize that this could go either way, It's that time when you stand up for something or just slip into the slipstream of time and let it all flow.

This is one of those 50's movies that reaches out and grabs you while entertaining you in a good way. No heavy messages just taking responsibility. And I guess that is why I love this movie and watch it every time if comes on TMC, which is about once a year.

I suggest anyone to watch this movie who wants to get a real feel about the 50's.

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I'm watching this movie from the 50's called the Man in the Gray Flannel Suit... (Original post)	WCGreen	Oct 2012	OP
Wonderful film. Peck is great in it...	Bluenorthwest	Oct 2012	#1
The best kind of movie...	WCGreen	Oct 2012	#2
Don't trust 50's movies	TrogL	Oct 2012	#3
This one's pretty acurate from what I remember....	WCGreen	Oct 2012	#5
Right.	H2O Man	Oct 2012	#9
I love that movie too	TuxedoKat	Oct 2012	#4
Outstanding film	Doctor_J	Oct 2012	#6
One of my favorite actors...	WCGreen	Oct 2012	#7
Also world-weariness	Doctor_J	Oct 2012	#8
Exactly...	WCGreen	Oct 2012	#10
I think Cooper is friends with John Sayles	Doctor_J	Oct 2012	#13
Loved Lone Star and City of Hope....	WCGreen	Oct 2012	#14
The book was excellent...It's amazing how what would seem "old" becomes "new" because there's	KoKo	Oct 2012	#11
BTW...the Movie was pretty good, too! n/t Maybe a good rental if folks can find it for	KoKo	Oct 2012	#12

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:40 AM

Bluenorthwest (45,319 posts)

1. Wonderful film. Peck is great in it...

My classic of the week politically speaking 'The Great McGinty' directed by Preston Sturges around 1940 or so...graft, machine politics, and big laughs.

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 08:46 AM

WCGreen (45,558 posts)

2. The best kind of movie...

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:02 AM

TrogL (32,687 posts)

3. Don't trust 50's movies

Life wasn't like that. I was there.

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:06 AM

WCGreen (45,558 posts)

5. This one's pretty acurate from what I remember....

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 11:43 AM

H2O Man (67,601 posts)

9. Right.

It's a symbolic illustration about how people come to that fork in the road, where they have to decide if they have the courage of their convictions.

I was alive way back then, too. And that question has been true in every decade.

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:06 AM

TuxedoKat (3,784 posts)

4. I love that movie too

Gergory Peck is great in it.

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 09:27 AM

Doctor_J (36,392 posts)

6. Outstanding film

Very realistic depiction of the office working stiff being ground down just by everyday life. Peck was cast perfectly. If they were to remake it, I think Chris Cooper could do a good job with that character as well

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Thu Oct 18, 2012, 11:32 AM

WCGreen (45,558 posts)