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Picnic: Restored

William Holden (Actor), Kim Novak (Actor), Joshua Logan (Director) Rated:
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IMDb7.0/10.0
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Genre Drama, Romance, Drama Classic
Format Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
Contributor Columbia Pictures; Columbia Pictures Corporation, Verna Felton, Rosalind Russell, Betty Field, Joshua Logan, Kim Novak, Cliff Robertson, Arthur O'Connell, Elizabeth Wilson, William Holden, Reta Shaw, Fred Kohlmar, Nick Adams, Raymond Bailey, Susan Strasberg See more
Language English, Spanish
Runtime 1 hour and 53 minutes
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It's Labor Day weekend, and fresh off a freight train is Hal Carter (William Holden), a happy-go-lucky drifter who's looking for a brand new start in life. A robust, handsome show-off, Hal has come to Kansas to seek gainful employment in his old fraternity brother Alan's family granary. But despite his high hopes and expectations, Hal's ambitious plans soon go away when his sexual magnetism attracts every woman in town, including 19-year-old Madge Owens (Kim Novak) -- the alluring young beauty queen who also happens to be Alan's girlfriend. Also starring Rosalind Russell, Arthur O'Connell, Susan Strasberg, Nick Adams and Cliff Robertson, Picnic was nominated for six 1955 Academy Awards: Best Picture, Best Director (Joshua Logan), Best Supporting Actor (O'Connell), Best Music, Best Color Art Direction and Best Editing. "A down-to-earth, throbbing drama of average, small-town Americans" (Boxoffice), Picnic is an "excellent film. ***-1/2" (Leonard Maltin).

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William Holden is the hunky drifter who rides the rails into a small Midwest town with dreams of landing a "respectable" job with his rich college buddy (Cliff Robertson). Kim Novak is the small-town beauty queen engaged to Robertson who falls for the cocky dreamer, as do repressed schoolmarm spinster Rosalind Russell and Novak's tomboyish kid sister Susan Strasberg. Their unleashed passions reach a crescendo at the Labor Day picnic.

Joshua Logan directed William Inge's play on Broadway and carried it to Hollywood, earning Oscar nominations for Best Picture and Best Director in his screen-directing debut. Holden is years too old for the role but oozes sex appeal and makes a swoony stud when he takes his shirt off (or when, better yet, it's ripped from his back by a boozing Russell), and Novak is a lovely lost girl yearning for something she can't quite grasp. Arthur O'Connell earned an Oscar nomination as Russell's tippling boyfriend. The film was a huge popular and critical hit, but Logan's stiff and strident direction hasn't dated well. He makes his points in big capital letters--subtlety was never his strong point--and loses the natural beauty of the Kansas locations when he takes the climactic picnic scenes into an obviously artificial soundstage. Picnic remains a loved American classic, largely for Holden's tough-guy vulnerability and James Wong Howe's brilliant widescreen color photography. --Sean Axmaker

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.33:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 2.08 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ Relay Time: 113 min
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Joshua Logan
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 53 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ April 18, 2000
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg, Cliff Robertson
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Portuguese
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish, Portuguese, Thai, Chinese
  • Producers ‏ : ‎ Fred Kohlmar
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Portuguese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0767827791
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
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    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,667 ratings

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Wm Reid Whitaker Jr.
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book and story
Reviewed in the United States on April 13, 2024
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I first saw the movie when it first came out in the fifties. But just now in 2024, I obtained the DVD and watched it TWO times. It was made back during the good old days. Kim Novak and William Holden do a magnificent job in their roles. I really enjoyed the movie.
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C. Michalski
5.0 out of 5 stars Great!
Reviewed in the United States on February 27, 2024
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This film is dated but just to see William Holden and Kim Novak dance together made it all worthwhile for me. It presents a world that would probably be nice to live in these days. A simple time with a lot of worthwhile values. Acting great. Remastered, so the picture is great. I shed a few tears. Enjoyed it.
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D.B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Superb acting
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2024
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Liked it all.A must see
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ItReviewsEverything
4.0 out of 5 stars Lengthy but very moving melodrama
Reviewed in the United States on May 25, 2013
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The 1950s present a very unique crossroads in the American perception of youth. The whole conception of teen-agers and adolescents as their own distinctive demographic was still fairly fresh (a product of the post-World War II era), a tension highlighted by the shifting culture of film and art during that time. The classical era of Hollywood was starting to fade away and grittier, arguably more realistic film was moving in.

It is hard to imagine films like Picnic and Rebel Without a Cause being about the same species, let alone the same demographic and being released in the very same year. Rebel kicked off the new wave of adolescence in film as a tortured, disturbed perspective on American life, while Picnic was with the older school of thought, of classical beauty and imagery.

While more romantic (and hopelessly idealistic), Picnic is just that: an absolutely beautiful movie. Much like East of Eden (another small-town, youth epic from 1955), Picnic is the story of a young hero trying to win over the girl and the approval of his fellow countrymen. Like most classical teen films, there is plenty of melodrama, but the film is shot in an almost transcendental manner. We are given sweeping shots of the young couple, silhouetted against the Kansas City twilight sky. They could be anybody, anywhere, at any time.

Picnic seems less concerned with the action of its primary characters than it is to raise fundamental questions. (Honestly, not that much happens in this movie.) Instead, it provokes questions of fate, how much control we have in our own lives, and lost opportunities. In one of the more tragic storylines, one couple puts off pursuing marriage for years and years, only to eventually follow through but for the wrong reasons. At what point do our dreams become facades? How much can (or should) we change for the people we love?

For any classical Hollywood film (let alone a youth-oriented one), these are very heavy questions to ask. Particularly in the post-war era, this film reflects the growing cynicism and sense of regret that became later associated with counterculture and other reactive youth culture (like Rebel).

In addition to a solid story, the film also gives us a wonderful ensemble cast, led by the miscast (but still fantastic, as always) William Holden and the stunning Kim Novak in a spellbinding love story. This is a very important, and often forgotten, epic youth film ripe with nostalgia and passion.
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Janet
5.0 out of 5 stars Really good
Reviewed in the United States on April 1, 2024
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I enjoyed this movie.
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Foxglove
5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite movie if all time
Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2024
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What’s not to like about a movie starring William Holden and Kim Novak.
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Fred Camfield
5.0 out of 5 stars Small town Kansas
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2006
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Hal Carter (played by William Holden), a former college football star, is now down and out and arrives in a small town in Kansas, riding a boxcar on the railroad, his main possession is a fancy pair of boots. It is early Labor Day morning. He finds some yardwork with Mrs. Potts (played by Verna Felton) to earn his breakfast and inquires about an old college frat brother and roommate, Alan Benson (played by Cliff Robertson) who lives in town. He discovers that Alan's father runs the corporation owning the local grain elevators, and Alan has a girlfriend, Madge Owens (played by Kim Novak) who lives right next door to Mrs. Potts, along with her mother Flo (played by Betty Field), younger sister Millie (played by Susan Strasberg), and the schoolteacher Miss Sydney (played by Rosalind Russell) who boards with them.

Madge never did well in school (Millie chaims they almost had to burn the school down to get her out), but she is good looking and her mother wants her to get a man while she is still young and attractive. Millie is a tomboy who is doing well in school, hopes for a college scholarship, and claims she has no interest in "boys."

Events lead to Hal taking Millie to the labor day picnic along with Alan who takes Madge. This is Millie's first time out with a man, and she dresses up, casting off her tomboy image. Miss Sydney goes with her friend Howard (played by Oscar nominee Arthur O'Connell). Everything is going well, and everyone is having an afternoon of fun but Howard has brought along a bottle of whiskey in a brown paper bag. As afternoon turns into night, people start losing some inhibitions. Madge starts dancing with Hal. Miss Sydney, now somewhat drunk, tries to cut in. Millie, feeling neglected, sneaks some of the whiskey and gets drunk. Harsh words are exchanged between various individuals. Hal is unjustly blamed for all the problems. Alan rejects Hal as a friend and tells the police that Hal stole his car. There is a side plot with Miss Sydney wanting to drag Howard into a marriage.

The next morning Hal feels he needs to make a quick departure from town, the morning freight train is coming through, but nothing will be the same again. Madge doesn't really like Alan (a man should learn that a woman may look at him unfavorably if he criticizes another man in front of her), and wants to go after Hal. Flo thinks Madge is losing her big chance with Alan (a local poohbah), who could give her a nice home, a car, charge accounts, etc. (things Flo always dreamed about). Poor Howard finds himself being dragged into a marriage, and doesn't know what hit him (Miss Sydney is a take-charge type woman). Millie seems to put aside sibling rivalry at the end.

Overall it is a great motion picture. The action takes place over 24 hours, from one morning to the next. I have the widescreen version, and the film quality is great.

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Kitty K
5.0 out of 5 stars Good old movie
Reviewed in the United States on March 22, 2024
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Good movie
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Laure
5.0 out of 5 stars DVD - film classique
Reviewed in Canada on December 25, 2022
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Pour faire cadeau de Noel
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melis carlo
5.0 out of 5 stars holden
Reviewed in Italy on January 4, 2024
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tutto ok
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cinefil50
5.0 out of 5 stars Eloge de la communauté !
Reviewed in France on January 22, 2018
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Le film de Logan , adapté assez librement d'une pièce de théâtre à succès de Broadway , est reconnu , aux USA , comme un classique des années 50 mais est loin d'avoir cette réputation chez nous .

Joshua Logan n'est évidemment pas Douglas Sirk et son cinéma n'a pas l'éclat intense et le sens du paroxysme de ces mélodrames torturés qui font flamber l'écran ... mais ce Picnic est tout de même une belle réussite et je suis persuadé que je revisionnerai de larges extraits de l'épisode central , lorsque toute la communauté de cette petite ville du Kansas se retrouve , pour la célébration du Labor Day ...

L'introduction du film est brillante voire saisissante : l'arrivée du vagabond qu'interprête Holden , qui s'exhibe torse nu , non sans quelque complaisance , auprès des femmes du voisinage , est une parfaite introduction à la problématique du film , avec ce personnage masculin qui , malgré sa précarité sociale mais grâce à sa vitalité et je dirais son animalité , va casser le ronron de cette petite ville ...
Le départ des deux héros avec un plan qui s'ouvre comme à l'infini est inoubliable , aussi .

L'épisode du pique nique est long , essentiel et , pour tout dire , le plus souvent admirable : en particulier , Logan y démontre un sens très sûr du collectif , excelle à filmer les rassemblements , les foules , le déjeuner sur l'herbe , les jeux collectifs de type kermesse , les concours de chant ... Admirable séquence où la foule chante un hymne puis celle , non moins splendide , où Holden et Novak se mettent à danser et découvrent qu'ils sont à l'unisson !
Novak est assez peu expressive et Holden a passé l'âge du rôle mais qu'importe puisque ce sont le mouvement d'ensemble et la vie communautaire qui , ici , priment ...

Restauration somptueuse menée à bien , qui magnifie la puissance du scope .
Excellente qualité sonore , aussi , de la vo stf .
Bon bonus mettant en parallèle la pièce et le film .
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2.0 out of 5 stars NO TRAÉ SUBTITULOS EN ESPAÑOL
Reviewed in Mexico on March 3, 2017
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YA CONOCIA LA PELICULA, NO TRAÉ SUBTITULOS, PERO NO ME ESPERABA ESTO, SOLO LA RECOMENDARÍA A PERSONAS QUE HABLAN INGLES
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5.0 out of 5 stars Mi opinión
Reviewed in Spain on November 2, 2016
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Película que retrata una determinada época del cine americano y que tiene todos los visos de haber sido una obra teatral llevada al cine y que prima el enamoramiento primario sin considerar otros valores racionales. Se dan en exceso Injusticias, abusos, rencores, envidias ....
Para mí tiene valor la presencia de la belleza de la época KIm
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