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Oscar-winning romantic comedy in which Glenda Jackson and George Segal find the course of true love to be a bumpy one. Married American Steve Blackburn (Segal) finds himself falling for divorced fashion designer Vicki Allessio (Glenda Jackson) while working in London. Deciding on a week of fun in the sun with no strings attached, they head off to Marbella, but soon find their frantic attempts to get to grips with each other frustrated at every turn.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By M. Wood
Format:DVD
This is a poignant love story with sparkling dialogue and a good sound track. Glenda Jackson and George Segal are both excellent in the lead roles and the film wll make you laugh and if you are a sentimental person it might make you cry too.
The film is very much a product of the 1970's in it's style and attitude, but it is all the more charming for that.
Despite the nominations this file received and the Oscar for Glenda Jackson, this 1972 film has until this month not been available for region 2 DVD's; now that it is I'd recommend getting yourself a copy and I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
P.S. Apologies for the title
The film is very much a product of the 1970's in it's style and attitude, but it is all the more charming for that.
Despite the nominations this file received and the Oscar for Glenda Jackson, this 1972 film has until this month not been available for region 2 DVD's; now that it is I'd recommend getting yourself a copy and I hope you enjoy it as much as I have.
P.S. Apologies for the title
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By libriarsque
Format:DVD
I love this film for several reasons: Glenda Jackson, witty dialogue, London, and early 70s nostalgia. Jackson is clearly the "class" in this film, delivering intelligently witty barbs with withering English stoicism. She won her second Oscar in a row for this role (her first being for "Women in Love"). George Segal, as her American business executive lover, is a worthy partner, charming, endearingly clumsy, pathetically macho.
The plot is a familiar one: divorced woman meets charming married man, they start out having a fling and end up falling in love. The ending is inevitable. However, the intelligent script and marvellous performances lend this much-trod material a certain sharpness and humour.
Yes, it is dated: the clothes, the coifs, the dramatic situation, the novelty of a male secretary, and the novelty of an openly gay man. But for those of us who like to wallow in nostalgia (particularly their own), these things are positives rather than negatives. For those who are not into nostalgia, the well-written script and superb performances should suffice. For Glenda Jackson fans, this DVD is an absolute must-have.
The plot is a familiar one: divorced woman meets charming married man, they start out having a fling and end up falling in love. The ending is inevitable. However, the intelligent script and marvellous performances lend this much-trod material a certain sharpness and humour.
Yes, it is dated: the clothes, the coifs, the dramatic situation, the novelty of a male secretary, and the novelty of an openly gay man. But for those of us who like to wallow in nostalgia (particularly their own), these things are positives rather than negatives. For those who are not into nostalgia, the well-written script and superb performances should suffice. For Glenda Jackson fans, this DVD is an absolute must-have.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Marco
Format:DVD
The quality of this DVD is really unacceptable in this day and age.
The Amazon listing doesn't indicate a format but the case says it's 4:3. In fact it appears that an old video copy has simply been transferred directly to DVD with the film formatted for 4:3 TVs with large black bars at the top and bottom. If you watch it on a widescreen TV or computer it actually has black bars on all four sides and sits, a tiny image, in the middle of the screen. You can improve it somewhat by playing around with the ratio but it's far from perfect. I can see why the DVD company didn't have the nerve to call it widescreen but even calling it 4:3 is misleading.
To charge £12.99 for a DVD transfer of a widescreen movie presented in this way is simply a rip-off. Add to that the fact that even the scenes shot in bright sunlight appear to be taking place in the early evening, together with the number of clicks and marks on the print, and I might just as well have transferred an old VHS to DVD - I'd get exactly the same result for a fraction of the cost. The only difference being that I wouldn't have the nerve to then sell it on Amazon. Wait till it appears on Film 4 and record it.
The Amazon listing doesn't indicate a format but the case says it's 4:3. In fact it appears that an old video copy has simply been transferred directly to DVD with the film formatted for 4:3 TVs with large black bars at the top and bottom. If you watch it on a widescreen TV or computer it actually has black bars on all four sides and sits, a tiny image, in the middle of the screen. You can improve it somewhat by playing around with the ratio but it's far from perfect. I can see why the DVD company didn't have the nerve to call it widescreen but even calling it 4:3 is misleading.
To charge £12.99 for a DVD transfer of a widescreen movie presented in this way is simply a rip-off. Add to that the fact that even the scenes shot in bright sunlight appear to be taking place in the early evening, together with the number of clicks and marks on the print, and I might just as well have transferred an old VHS to DVD - I'd get exactly the same result for a fraction of the cost. The only difference being that I wouldn't have the nerve to then sell it on Amazon. Wait till it appears on Film 4 and record it.
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I BOUGHT THIS AS I REMEMBER WATCHING IT YEARS AGO, YES IT' DATED, BUT STILL WORTH A WATCH, AND THE MUSIC YOU'LL BE HUMMING IT FOR DAYS!
Published 2 days ago by Roni
2.0 out of 5 stars
bad experience with this seller
The last part of the DVD was completely defective, both image and sound, but for that film which I find too dated it's not worth sending back to get a new one. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Ja Sainz Vicuna
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Technical Transfer NOT GOOD ENOUGH!
Film content apart, I agree with an earlier reviewer ("Marco") that the technical quality of the Firefly 2012 release is simply just not good enough. Read more
Published 4 months ago by OnceBitten
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Acting over plot - and they just about get away with it
It's about an affair between a US businessman / dyed-in-the-wool lothario and an independent copycat fashion designer / headstrong feminist. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Stuart Hill
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very amusing
This is a mostly very funny film with what must have been quite a risque subject at the time. The dialogue is consistently sparky and it is full of invention while never being... Read more
Published 10 months ago by schumann_bg
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fab film
This film is obviously a little dated now but nonetheless a classic that had to be added to my DVD library
Published 13 months ago by jools
5.0 out of 5 stars
blast from the past
A Touch Of Class [DVD] [1972]
I first watched this on TV years ago and really enjoyed this comic yet sad story about a married man and his mistress..... Read more
I first watched this on TV years ago and really enjoyed this comic yet sad story about a married man and his mistress..... Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2011 by Susie Q
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A Touch of Class
I saw this film on its first release back in the 70s,in fact I saw it many times at the cinema,and always enjoyed it, it was so good to see Glenda Jackson in a comedy role,which... Read more
Published on 5 Aug 2010 by Lawrence
4.0 out of 5 stars
a touch of class
have seen this on tv before and enjoyed it so much that when i saw it on amazon at a good price i didnt hesitate to buy it, George Segal and Glenda Jackson are superb together!
Published on 5 May 2010 by G.Lollobrigida
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Another Old Favourite from Amazon
A film I can see again and again and still enjoy the comedy and the actors, George Segal and Glenda Jackson, go together so well together. Read more
Published on 12 April 2010 by Kim Fan
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