[18], The film was a disappointment at the box office in the United States and Canada, earning rentals of $2.6 million,[2] but it performed better elsewhere, especially in Italy, France, Spain, and South Africa, and was expected to earn worldwide rentals of $8 million.[1]. Ein Großteil der Filmaufnahmen entstand in New Orleans, obwohl die Handlung des Romans in Südkalifornien spielt. The daughter of Maude is Cathy. The husband does not care, but his mother, Olivia Devereaux, is the family matriarch and runs the family estate with an iron, unforgiving grip. [9] Hill said that later Eric Roth did some writing on it. Wynn Signs Pact With Columbia The Drowning Pool takes place in a tony suburb of Los Angeles It concerns the murder of an older matriarch named Olive Slocum. Der Film hatte am 25. Broussard accepts Harper's explanation, but tells him he will be following what Harper does, as he has a personal interest in the Devereaux family. Nurse Barbra The countryfied soundtrack, the nefarious machinations of the oil industry, the rotting antebellum South, gorgeously sinister cinematography by Gordon “Prince of Darkness” Willis, and Richard Jaeckel being an absolute prick to the star. Classifications Dewey Decimal Class 813/.52 Library of Congress PS3525.I486 D75 1996 ID Numbers Open Library OL575799M Internet Archive drowningpool00macd ISBN 10 0679768068 LC Control Number 96163165 Library Thing 247315 Goodreads 280513. Certainly, the studio and the producers ended up feeling that way; their main criticism was MacDonald's fans don't respond to physical action. Film Comment; New York Vol. 12, Iss. Drama. Frank Capua is a rising star on the race circuit who dreams of winning the big one--the Indianapolis 500. Add the first question. Chicago Tribune (5 Dec 1974: b16. The case began when he was contacted by Olive's sexy daughter-in-law Maude who had been receiving blackmail notes,. This meant the film was co-produced by First Artists at Warner Bros. By July 1974, Joanne Woodward had agreed to co-star and Lorenzo Semple had rewritten the script. New York Times 3 Dec 1950: BR30. Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared. The Drowning Pool, published originally in 1950, was the 2nd Lew Archer book. They may have been right, but I thought going in the direction they wanted with the script was a highway to dullsville. The Drowning Pool Poem by Kevin Patrick. It's great fun to get up in the morning and play Harper."[11]. Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared. The source novel was set in Southern California while the movie moved the story to Louisiana. Drowning Pool United Kingdom: Welcome to the UK where the public health policy during a deadly pandemic is indistinguishable from a hit song by death metal band Drowning Pool. Previous. THE DROWNING POOL | | ISBN: 9780553241358 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon. Originally hired by Maude Slocum, wife to their heir of the Slocum fortune to investigate a letter to her husband that accuses Maude of adultery. Lists … [10], Originally, the plan was to call the lead character "Dave Ryan" so the film would not be confused as a sequel to Harper. THIS is the heartwarming moment a hero Staffy saved its doggy friend from drowning in a backyard swimming pool in South Africa. In der Bundesrepublik Deutschland kam er am 30. [7] Producer Foster says it was Woodward's suggestion to relocate the story from California to Louisiana, as she felt it would offer a point of difference. The setting is shifted from California to Louisiana. [8], By September 1974, Tracy Keenan Wynn, who had earned a strong reputation writing TV movies, was working on the screenplay. Films with screenplays by Lorenzo Semple Jr. Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 26 April 2021, at 17:30. The Drowning Pool is a 1950 mystery novel by American writer Ross Macdonald, his second book in the series revolving around the cases of private detective Lew Archer. Use the HTML below. 25 of 27 people found this review helpful. Film Comment; New York Vol. Los Angeles Times 18 Sep 1974: f25. The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Franciosa, and is a loose sequel to Harper. Brian Keith's playing Lew Archer--but with Hawaii on his mind Paul Newman In "The Drowning Pool": Watch The Original Trailer, David Foster, Producer of ‘The Getaway’ and ‘The Thing,’ Dies at 90. He wrote that the basic premise of The Drowning Pool was "straightforward thriller material, and could have made a decent B movie, but since "The Drowning Pool" is a Paul Newman vehicle, it goes first class, and that turns out to be fatal. "[6] Hill said this prompted him to "more or less jump ship" to go and make his directorial debut Hard Times. The Drowning Pool is a 1975 American neo-noir thriller film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, and based upon Ross Macdonald's novel of the same name. The Drowning Pool | Moore, Syd | ISBN: 9781847562661 | Kostenloser Versand für alle Bücher mit Versand und Verkauf duch Amazon. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. While searching for the chauffeur, Harper is abducted again, this time by hoods working for a mysterious woman. $4.99 Buy HD. But the titular drowning pool was an incredible sequence! So much attention is given to making the movie look good visually that the story gets mislaid..."[17], Stanley Kauffmann of The New Republic described The Drowning Pool as a 'rotten thriller'. The Drowning Pool is a capable sequel that is very different in style than the previous film but enjoyable in a different way. She believes the family's ex-chauffeur is the person who is blackmailing her with the knowledge that she has cheated on her husband. [8], Newman said, "a character like Harper is very easy. Storyline. . I mean, after WUSA, how could anyone . New York Times 29 Apr 1973: 135. In April 1973, producers David Foster and Lawrence Turman announced they had optioned the rights to the novel The Drowning Pool for director Robert Mulligan and had hired Walter Hill to adapt it. The Drowning Pool is a good mystery in the tradition of ’round up the usual co-stars.’ The resonance with classic fiction even includes a missing chauffeur character, as in Raymond Chandler’s The Big Sleep. TOUCHDOWN! By MEL GUSSOW. I can handle the truth. A family of fiercely independent Oregon loggers struggle to keep the family business alive amidst changing times. He just hasn't made a commercial movie in years, and people still give him big properties. ... Of course, Mr. Newman's Harper survives beatings, traps, and a variety of enticing offers with quips, charm, and inherent decency projected in underplayed, workman-like style. The Drowning Pool. Academy Award winners Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward star in this thriller about a big-city private detective who travels to the Deep South to help a former girlfriend ... only to be caught in The Drowning Pool. Despite the ever-growing body count in what started as a simple case of blackmail, and despite Iris's pleading with him to give up on the case and go home, Harper continues investigating. Written by Paul Newman is back as Harper, the wisecracking private investigator. 16 Reviews 500+ Ratings You might also like (1975). View fullsize. The novel was published in 1950. [6], Jack Garfein said his agent pitched Garfein to direct the movie and Newman was agreeable, but then Stewart Rosenberg approached Newman asking for the job, saying he was going through personal problems and was "desperate" for the job, so Newman chose Rosenberg. Location filming occurred in Lafayette and New Orleans. A radio station in the Deep South becomes the focal point of a right-wing conspiracy. Harper is brought to Louisiana bayou country to help out an old girlfriend who is worried that her husband will find out that she is cheating on him. He correctly deduces that Reavis came into possession of the missing account book and must have given it to a trusted girlfriend for safekeeping. This man has got to be the Otto Preminger of grade-B movies. The car they are in is forced off the road by masked gunmen, who shoots Reavis dead and shoots at, but misses, Harper. The film stars Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, and Anthony Franciosa, and is a loose sequel to Harper. [6], Eventually, Paul Newman agreed to star. He does not have any useful information for her and is released; he later finds out she is Mavis Kilbourne, the wife of the oil magnate. April 1976 in die Kinos. Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Harper is abducted by two hoods working for the oil magnate J.J. Kilbourne, who thinks Harper might be useful in his efforts to get ownership of some of Olivia Devereaux's oil-rich properties, which she is content to maintain as bird sanctuaries. What has Stuart Rosenberg got on Paul Newman? The Drowning Pool was released on November 14, 2006, as part of the Paul Newman Collection DVD box set. However, he admits to having information that he expects will yield a lot of money, and offers Harper a share of it if he will let him go. At the time the film was being made, Paramount was producing a TV series based on the Lew Archer novels starring Brian Keith. Realizing further that Lieutenant Franks must have been involved in the killing of Reavis, Harper ambushes Franks in his own home and forces him to admit he does jobs for J.J. Kilbourne. Poor Harper! The character of Archer was renamed "Harper" for the movie. Other articles where The Drowning Pool is discussed: Stuart Rosenberg: Films of the 1970s: Rosenberg reteamed with Newman on The Drowning Pool (1975), a sequel to the hit crime drama Harper (1966). By A. H. WEILER. Newman reprised the role of private detective Lew Harper, and Woodward was cast as a former girlfriend. The movie was nominated as best picture of the year by the Edgar Allan Poe Awards. What is more, he finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants her property. Harper is noncommittal towards Kilbourne, and the hoods return him to his car. The Drowning Pool by Moore, Syd at AbeBooks.co.uk - ISBN 10: 1847562663 - ISBN 13: 9781847562661 - Avon - 2011 - Softcover Overall, I enjoyed it but found it a little bit forgettable. The Drowning Pool. Publication date 1996 Topics Archer, Lew (Fictitious character) -- Fiction, Private investigators -- California -- Fiction, California -- Fiction Publisher New York : Vintage Crime/Black Lizard Collection inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks Digitizing sponsor Kahle/Austin Foundation Contributor Internet Archive Language English. Maslin, Janet. The Drowning Pool, set in California and first published in 1950, is Archer's second outing and the most formally assured of the series. Unfortunately, the performances and such authentic facets as Cajun talk, bayous, New Orleans and an imposing, white-pillared, antebellum mansion set amid wide lawns and ancient live oaks, serve only to make The Drowning Pool a mildly interesting diversion." Get a sneak peek of the new version of this page. The drowning pool by Macdonald, Ross, 1915-1983. In 1943, when 5 captured Allied one-star generals cannot agree on an escape plan, the HQ promotes an escape-savvy private to 2-star general and sends him to coordinate the captive VIPs. If his performance is not outstanding, it is a shade more convincing than the characterizations of the other principals, who emerge as odd types and not as fully fleshed, persuasive individuals. It still has some of the same failings as the previous film – such as the leads that Harper investigates still seem to fall out of thin air. Was this review helpful to you? Harper tracks down the chauffeur, Pat Reavis. $2.99 Rent HD. Los Angeles-based private investigator Lew Harper flies to Louisiana to do a job for his ex-flame, Iris Devereaux. ", it's a thoughtful, well acted addition to the private eye genre, with Melanie Griffith coming out the gate full force as a troublesome nymphet (an interesting predatory flip-side to the victimized variation seen later the same year in the superb Night Moves. Paul Newman reprised his role as L.A. private detective Lew Harper who is hired to look into a case of blackmail. Husband James Slocum is an actor and seems from the beginning to be, at the least, bisexual. The Drowning Pool is a 1975 American neo-noir[3] thriller film directed by Stuart Rosenberg, and based upon Ross Macdonald's novel of the same name. [15] He said, "[he] wasn't too crazy about the movie."[6]. 2, (Mar/Apr 1976): 30-31. Barbra Nightingale: SELECTED SHORTS DETECTIVE WHO? I did not expect an actual drowning pool. It’s all there. The drowning pool by Ross Macdonald, 1996, Vintage Crime/Black Lizard edition, in English - 1st Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ed. [6], Hill says that when he became involved, Paul Newman was not attached to the film, and that when Hill left the project, so did Mulligan, too. The case looks simple at first (they always do), but what starts as a little lightweight blackmail turns into extortion, torture, murder and revenge. Director Stuart Rosenberg generates a relaxed pace suitable for its setting, but also a mood that too often becomes grim. When a millionaire matriarch is found floating face down in the family pool, the prime suspects are her good-for-nothing son and his seductive teenage daughter. Byron, Stuart. All Episodes (242) Next. Maude's husband James is an effete … What is more, he finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a … Their meeting in the motel room brings Harper to the attention of police chief Broussard and the disagreeable Lieutenant Franks. In 1966, a film was made of a Lew Archer novel called Harper, starring Paul Newman. Just as Harper was with the mid 1960s, The Drowning Pool is an almost complete snapshot of the mid 1970s. 2. Iris Devereaux (Joanne Woodward) hires Harper to investigate the mystery in the depths of The Drowning Pool. Paul Newman completely inhabits Lew Harper's character, the settings are alternately grand and deliciously seedy, and the cinematography is excellent. Set in pre-Katrina New Orleans, Drowning Pool is a rich stew of intrigue, great cast performances and classic MacDonald twists and turns within a dangerously dysfunctional family. Es handelt sich um einen Film des Studios Warner Bros. Pictures aus dem Produktionsjahr 1974. If The Drowning Pool is a more determinedly and conventionally serious affair than its predecessor, it is also a less satisfying film as a result. Certificate: M Schuyler Devreaux (Melanie Griffith) taunts Harper throughout The Drowning Pool. Before Archer can get to the bottom of the letter, the matriarch of the family, Olivia Slocum, has been found drowned in a This edition was published in 1996 by Vintage Crime/Black Lizard in New York. They had a little the first time, but it runs out with "The Drowning Pool," which is a confusing and not very exciting privateeye caper. A.H. Weiler of The New York Times said in the review: "Under Stuart Rosenberg's muscular but pedestrian direction, the script, adapted from (Ross Macdonald's) 1950 novel, transports our hero from his native California to present-day New Orleans and its bayou environs. The drowning pool. The humor is still there, but the dysfunctional family theme that produced edgy laughs in the earlier film cuts deeper here.Newman looks great and is as effortlessly effective as ever as he prowls Cajun Country, at the behest of onetime flame Joanne Woodward, in search of a blackmail source that quickly turns into much more. The Drowning Pool TV-PG | 48min | Action, Adventure, Crime | Episode aired 3 November 1989. New York Times 28 Apr 1975: 33. Harry Keach has been widowed for two years and works as a demolition crane operator on a demolition crew. 1975 108 minutes. Action. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Add to Wishlist. Archer is h Before I tried Ross Macdonald 's writing I'd become a major fan of his wife, Canadian mystery writer Margaret Millar 's books. 1st Vintage Crime/Black Lizard ed. One night following a "seance" with her friends she starts seeing things which are hard to explain. Season 1 | Episode 6. Discover some of our favorites from the wide range of films the Academy chose to honor with a recap of the big winners at the 2021 Oscars. Plot summary [ edit ] Archer is hired by a woman to investigate a libellous letter she received. This review may contain spoilers. [16], Roger Ebert gave the film a mixed 2-stars out of a possible 4 rating. In The Drowning Pool, Lew Archer takes this case in the L.A. suburbs and encounters a moral wasteland of corporate greed and family hatred—and sufficient motive for a dozen murders. View production, box office, & company info. The Deep) and Lorenzo Semple Jr. This FAQ is empty. A member of British Intelligence assumes a fictitious criminal identity and allows himself to be caught, imprisoned, and freed in order to infiltrate a spy organization and expose a traitor. Then a few weeks before preproduction, it was decided that it was "foolish to make this change" (Foster) and the character ended up being called "Harper". The Drowning Pool is the second of the highly regarded Lew Archer novels. The Newmans: 2 Lives in the Movies The New York Times called it one of the best mysteries of the year.[4]. It was based on a script by William Goldman, who then wrote a follow-up Archer adaptation, based on The Chill, but that movie was never made. He calls it in to the police and makes Reavis drive them back to the Devereaux estate. According to Dave Williams, the song is about mosh pits in concerts. 11, Iss. Search for "The Drowning Pool" on Amazon.com, Title: The Drowning Pool The past is dead and buried - but evil lingers on...After her world is shaken by a series of unexplained events, young widow Sarah Grey soon comes to realise that she is the victim of a terrifying haunting by her 19th century namesake … A classic ghost story with a modern twist by […] This leads to the climactic scene of the film's title, with J.J. Kilbourne and his henchman torturing Harper and Mavis to find out where the notebook is, their desperate attempt to escape, and several more deaths, including a final one that results in police chief Broussard confronting Harper despairingly. Display of hands for Barbra, Jon In Vinegaroon, Texas, former outlaw Roy Bean appoints himself the judge for the region and dispenses his brand of justice as he sees fit. The Drowning Pool. Read Kevin Patrick poem:Somewhere there is a smile that will blow Your black cloud down Someday they'll be a hand to guide you. Los Angeles Times 4 July 1974: f12. Even before his investigation begins, Harper is approached in his motel room by a teenaged girl. Broke and in debt, an otherwise honest cowboy gets mixed up in some shady dealings with a crooked rancher. FIRST ANNUAL 'GROSSES GLOSS' Where Harper was jazzy, amped up for its day and often dark humored in its intrigue and violence, this sequel has more of a laid-back and ultimately melancholy tone. 4, (Jul/Aug 1975): 57-62,64. Smith, Cecil. The setting is shifted from California to Louisiana. This film is neither great nor bad. Worldwide Argentina Australia Brazil Canada France Germany India Indonesia Israel Italy Japan Mexico Russia Saudi Arabia South Africa Spain Thailand Turkey United Kingdom United States South Korea Harper is brought to Louisiana bayou country to help out an old girlfriend who is worried that her husband will find out that she is cheating on him. Best Mysteries of 1950 And overall, I liked many things about how this film looked, which is not true of most… Review by Jake Isgar 2. The plotting is tight and complex, with surprising twists along the way, the characters are flawed but compelling, and the writing is pacy, cynical and as hard as granite. View fullsize. Lew Harper, a cool private investigator, is hired by a wealthy California matron to locate her kidnapped husband. The film was written by Walter Hill, Tracy Keenan Wynn (The Longest Yard. Jill investigates a suspicious drowning and becomes involved with the drowned man's suspicious family. 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