Friendly Persuasion

Starring:Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire, Anthony Perkins, Richard Eyer, Robert Middleton, Phyllis Love, Peter Mark Richman, Walter Catlett, Richard Hale (II), Joel Fluellen, Theodore Newton, John Smith, Edna Skinner, Marjorie Durant, Frances Farwell, Marjorie Main, Robert Fuller, Mary Carr, Mary Jackson, Don Kennedy
Director: William Wyler
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

Editorial Review:
Description
For two years the Civil War has been elsewhere. Now Confederate forces are nearby, looting and burning. It is time to fight back, Jess Birdwell's neighbors insist. Yet Birdwell, a Quaker, knows there must be a better way to settle things.

Year: 1956

Director: William Wyler

Description

For two years the Civil War has been elsewhere. Now Confederate forces are nearby, looting and burning. It is time to fight back, Jess Birdwell's neighbors insist. Yet Birdwell, a Quaker, knows there must be a better way to settle things.

Year: 1956

Director: William Wyler

Starring: Gary Cooper, Dorothy McGuire

Customer Reviews:

Watch it with your children!.......2007-06-30

I saw this absolutely brilliant movie when I was 12 years old, and it left a lasting impression on me. When my children were young, we recorded the movie from a tv broadcast, and watched it numerous times as a family. So many subtle lessons and joys permeate the movie, from start to finish! Watch it with your children, and talk about it! It is a wonderful thing to share.

One thing becomes increasingly evident, the more often you watch this film: Gary Cooper is one of the greatest screen actors of all time. His comic repertoire of grimaces, twitches, and various other expressions is amazing, yet non-intrusive. He brings a simple integrity to his performance that often makes you forget you are watching an actor. Anthony Perkins is brilliant as the conflicted son. Perkins deserved Academy Awards for this performance and Psycho, and nothing will ever convince me otherwise.

Watch Cooper carefully in this role, and then watch a dramatic performance by Kevin Costner. You'll see elements of Cooper in Costner, and you'll emerge with a greater appreciation of what Cooper was able to do on screen. Cooper is clearly the master, Costner the student.

Friendly Persuasion.......2007-06-25

Based on the popular novel by Jessamyn West, "Persuasion" is a sensitive portrayal of Quaker lifeways with flashes of merry humor, especially around Jess, who can't resist racing a neighbor's buggy or the allure of a new pump organ--both frowned upon by his stoic religion. Blacklister Michael Wilson's progressive-minded script doesn't shy from weighing militarism against Christian love, and Wyler's solid direction of stars Cooper and McGuire makes their love for each other seem unfailingly genuine. Future "Psycho" star Perkins is also excellent as the gangly, intense teen who joins the Union defenders against his parents' wishes. For a quaint, incisive look at old-time Quaker life, try a bit of "Friendly Persuasion."

Excellent Movie.......2007-05-12

This is one of my favorite and I have watched it many times.

Another gem inside the artistic trajectory of William Wyler .......2007-04-12

A Quaker family beset in southern Indiana for the awful reality of a Civil War that was superbly translated to screen by an accurate direction and a fine cast.

You should notice this film won the Cannes Festival as Best film in1957 which additionally must mean something.

Wonderful Movie!.......2007-03-25

One of the best movies ever made! Great story wonderful acting, if you haven't seen it you really should! Loved it the first time and everytime I watch it!

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