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Adapting a book to the shroud is always a risk, and adapting a successful book particularly so, especially if it is a nonfiction book and the fable has already made news (or been the subject of gossip, which in this instance doesn’t seem to earn noteworthy incompatibility) long before the book was ever written. There will always be those who claim that you didn’t do the book justice, or that you didn’t do the valid events justice, or both. But let’s face it, folks, the immense majority of us weren’t witnesses to Jim Williams’s portray four trials, nor did we abet any of his noted Christmas parties, nor did or do we know Mr. Williams or any of the other inhabitants of Savannah featured so prominently here (even if Jerry Spence – not the attorney, the hairdresser appearing as himself in the movie – insists that ever since the publication of John Behrendt’s book people have been asking him to effect their copy) . All that most of us did was read the book … yes, so did I, and I enjoyed it immensely. And maybe some have taken a rush to Savannah and gone on one of those “Midnight in the Garden of Pleasant and Depraved” bus tours. (No, haven’t done that myself yet. Savannah’s on my list, though.)
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Granted, condensing four trials into one, adding a fictional reporter (John Kelso alias John Cusack) as a stand-in for Mr. Behrendt whose book is a first-person yarn, and making Mandy Nichols (director Clint Eastwood’s daughter Alison) the reporter’s care for interest, meant altering the facts as related in the book. But let’s not forget that the latter covers a period of eight-plus years and is jam-packed with a shooting, four trials, a host of social events and a cast of more memorable characters than many a novel; all of which is advance impossible to transform into a movie if you neither want to skip over half the vital details and proceed the action at breakneck hurry, nor turn the project into a ten-part TV series. These changes were probably considerable byproducts of the screenwriting process. But the core elements of the sage have been maintained, and apart from the relationship between Mandy and John Kelso/John Behrendt, the cast of main characters strikes me as fine faithful to the book.
Most importantly, the person at the center of the story: antiques dealer, art lover, restorer of historic mansions and sun of Savannah’s genteel society, Jim Williams, is exactly the kind of man you imagine after having read the book – portrayed by Kevin Spacey with all the charm, grace and slightly condescending noblesse you would seek information from from a textbook Southern gentleman, with that “coastal accent … soft and slurring, liquid of vowels, kind to consonants” as John Behrendt writes, quoting “Gone With the Wind;” making you forget that neither Mr. Williams actually came from “faded money,” nor Kevin Spacey grew up south of the Mason-Dixon line. And Savannah, of course, is Savannah … city of enormous faded mansions surrounding its 21 squares, cotillon balls (including a gloomy one), a Married Women’s (Card) Club, lush vegetation, shady trees, Spanish moss and sultry heat radiating from the pages of John Behrendt’s book as considerable as it does from the movie hide in director Clint Eastwood’s interpretation. The movie was shot on space, including and in particular in and around Williams’s Mercer House, on Monterey Square and in Bonaventure and Beaufort Cemeteries; giving it that feeling of authenticity which is virtually impossible to replicate in a studio. In addition, almost all of the Savannah residents valuable to the account readily participated in conceal tests; with the glamorous Lady Chablis (in all her eccentricity more lady than many a born one, Southern or otherwise) emerging in a starring role and Williams’s attorney Sonny Seiler portraying the trial mediate. Even bulldog Uga, the famous mascot of the University of Georgia’s football team, traditionally provided by the Seiler family and as well-known a member of Savannah society as all its human residents and as Patrick, the long-deceased dog smooth symbolically being walked by its traditional caregiver, was not left out … with the minor imperfection that because Uga IV, the star of the book and the actual events it describes had already followed his ancestors Uga I – III to dog heaven when the movie was shot, he had to be portrayed by his son, Uga V. And more authenticity is added by the spend of several songs written by Johnny Mercer, Savannah’s renowned son and great-grandson of the general who built the mansion restored and inhabited by Jim Williams.
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Clint Eastwood’s direction evokes an only marginally modernized version of the “worn South” most of which could have approach straight out of a book by Faulkner or Tennessee Williams; with an gaze for the atmosphere and intricacies of the situation and its people that comes as a surprise only to those who merely know the one-term mayor of Carmel, CA as Dirty Harry or the Man With No Name, not as the director of “The Bridges of Madison County,” like this movie a book adaptation (although position in quite a different environment) . And in this reach, he proves as faithful to John Behrendt’s book as in the movie’s depiction of Jim Williams and his fellow Savannahians: What on the surface is the myth of the trial of a prominent and rather brilliant member of society for the death of a wayward, hot-tempered street hustler who happened to be his sometime lover (and that of most of Savannah’s society, both male and female), is truly a complex, beautifully shot portrayal of the city itself and its people; like in the book, the events as such are merely a vehicle to build into pictures what Eastwood was eager in most. Yet, the movie should first and foremost be taken at face value; it is more than fair another book adaptation and in its dignified beauty, easily stands on its gain two feet.
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New York free-lance jouranlist John Kelso(John Cusak) is in Savannah to veil an the elite annual Christmas party thrown by the nouveau-riche John Williams(Kevin Spacey) .John is in terror of the splendor,the charms,the opulence, and history of his surroundings. The party takes space in the Mercer House, built by the grandfather of Johnny Mercer.John meets some very gleaming characters at the party. They all seem to be living in another world, one that is decadent and oblivious to the rest of the world. John is about to wrap his slight essay for “Better Homes and Gardens” magazine, but when the evening ends with a mysterius cancel, he stays on and become embroiled in the outlandish trial that follows.
John decides to do a exiguous investigating on his beget, as he plans to write a book about the whole sordid affair. Jim Williams is the one on trial for the abolish of a belligerent employee(Jude Law) . Was he merely an employee though? What was the relationship of these two? During his investigating John encounters an eccentric array of characters, who all become critical in some procedure to the trial. You’ll meet Minerva, the voo-doo lady,who uses charms and spells to assist Jim, “The Lady Chablis”, a transexual who brings her gain special charms to the memoir, and some of the jury members are glorious out there as well.John becomes one with this community as he must do whatever it takes to rep this chronicle. So meet him at the cemetary….at Midnight..in the Garden of Worthy and Corrupt!
Clint Eastwood directs this titillating yarn that was based on John Brendt’s book of the same name.(Which was based on exact events) . Eastwood mixes the mysteriousness of these events, with the fabulous surroundings of Savannah, and adds the music of Johnny Mercer to bring us a rare gem. A film that will have you totally keen with all the characters. The cast also includes, Allison Eastwood, Geoffrey Lewis and Jack Thompson. “The Lady Chablis” plays “The Lady Chablis”! And..Uga V the Georgia bulldog actually plays his father Uga IV and does a darn pleasurable job!The soundtrack is astounding, mostly Mercer songs, and the cinematogrpahy is resplendent.Eastwood once again displays his late the camera talents.
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The DVD is a ample transfer. The recount is crystal positive and colors outstanding even in the nighttime scenes. The surround sound in the Dolby Digital 5.1 is very pleasurable. It is presented in widescreen, which enhances all the extraordinary scenery of Savannah. Special Features include interviews, production notes,and a theatrical trailer. It may be viewed in English or French and also has subtitles in English, French and Spanish.
A terrific mystery, fabulous characters, well directed and a astronomical DVD…delight in…Laurie
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