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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
By Squibs
Format:DVD
I always enjoy watching this version of Goodbye Mr.Chips but sadly have lost my copy. Although the film is quite dramatic it is also gentle and easy to view. The sensitivity and strength of character that Peter O'Toole and Petula Clarke show towards prejudice and bullying is testament to their great acting skills and that anyone can succeed in the face of adversity.
Also having music to support such a classic story enhances its appeal to many more viewers. I hope I will be able to find another copy soon, preferably on DVD and new.
Also having music to support such a classic story enhances its appeal to many more viewers. I hope I will be able to find another copy soon, preferably on DVD and new.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
By D. Macdonald
Format:DVD
At last - it's coming in fully restored DVD. The release date is Jan 27th 2009, available to pre-order, search it out at Amazon.com (US). Until it's regionally released for Europe and other zones get a multi-zone player if you haven't already - 'cos we've all waited long enough for this one!!!!
Despite some rather lukewarm reviews of this film, don't be put off. It's release must just have been the wrong time for a musical of this nature, but with the world in a financial mess again I bet we see a resurgence of the genre, and this one is up there with the best of them. Frankly in comparison to the Donat/Garson version I found this one much easier to believe.
O'Toole IS Chipping and if the handling of Katherine's death (a delightful Pet Clark) doesn't tug at you heartstrings you simply don't have any. The music is appropriate, maybe it's not shot through with hits, but I bet at least a couple of the numbers besides the school anthem "Fill the World With Love" will echo in your mind. O'Toole's song voice too has been questioned, but he's a schoolmaster for heaven's sake, not an opera divo. As he did in Man of La Mancha, (and as Rex Harrison did in anything he spoke to music) he lends a sincerity to the words that's hard to fault. Petula is at her best, captivating and endearing. Look out too for an eccentric supporting role from Sian Phillips (O'Toole's wife at the time).
So go ahead and pre-order - what are you waiting for?
Despite some rather lukewarm reviews of this film, don't be put off. It's release must just have been the wrong time for a musical of this nature, but with the world in a financial mess again I bet we see a resurgence of the genre, and this one is up there with the best of them. Frankly in comparison to the Donat/Garson version I found this one much easier to believe.
O'Toole IS Chipping and if the handling of Katherine's death (a delightful Pet Clark) doesn't tug at you heartstrings you simply don't have any. The music is appropriate, maybe it's not shot through with hits, but I bet at least a couple of the numbers besides the school anthem "Fill the World With Love" will echo in your mind. O'Toole's song voice too has been questioned, but he's a schoolmaster for heaven's sake, not an opera divo. As he did in Man of La Mancha, (and as Rex Harrison did in anything he spoke to music) he lends a sincerity to the words that's hard to fault. Petula is at her best, captivating and endearing. Look out too for an eccentric supporting role from Sian Phillips (O'Toole's wife at the time).
So go ahead and pre-order - what are you waiting for?
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Helen
Format:DVD
Beautiful, lyrical music by Leslie Bricusse - lovely memorable songs - why isn't the composer mentioned in the DVD listing? Inimitable Peter O'Toole simply delightful in Hilton's poignant story of love and loss and survival. I didn't feel the opportunity given for Pet Clarke as a musical comedy stage actress to do stage numbers quite worked but in all other ways she was excellent as the shy middle-aged schoolmaster's ebullient young wife and the catalyst for his sudden rise to immense - deserved of course - popularity.
Setting the story to start just before WW2 and classics teacher Chips to travel to Greece to meet his future wife in a Greek theatre was an effective and undisturbing update of the earlier movie with 30's heart-throb actor Robert Donat whose Oscar-winning Chips meets his wife during a walking tour in the Alps and had the story to go through WW1.
Unmissable, both movies, and I love both the actors, but if I had to keep just one of the movies, it'd be this one. There's another recent version with Martin Clunes - well worth watching and as always with Clunes, very well acted, but it didn't quite catch at my heart as these two earlier versions do. And also there was a stage version starring John Mills for which I found a CD version - also well worth having. I wonder why he didn't get to star in the movie version but I have to admit I'm delighted Peter O'Toole was chosen for this movie.
Setting the story to start just before WW2 and classics teacher Chips to travel to Greece to meet his future wife in a Greek theatre was an effective and undisturbing update of the earlier movie with 30's heart-throb actor Robert Donat whose Oscar-winning Chips meets his wife during a walking tour in the Alps and had the story to go through WW1.
Unmissable, both movies, and I love both the actors, but if I had to keep just one of the movies, it'd be this one. There's another recent version with Martin Clunes - well worth watching and as always with Clunes, very well acted, but it didn't quite catch at my heart as these two earlier versions do. And also there was a stage version starring John Mills for which I found a CD version - also well worth having. I wonder why he didn't get to star in the movie version but I have to admit I'm delighted Peter O'Toole was chosen for this movie.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By Mister Kite
Format:DVD
Being a sixties film afficianado I am always surprised to discover a 'new' classic of that era, of which I knew nothing about. I was aware of the other versions of this film, but only had the pleasure to see this gem for the first time last night on the TCM channel. Peter O'Toole is jut superb in his understated role as the emotionally stunted man who has spent his conservative life as a diligent public school teacher, only to be awakened to the joys of love and life by a spontaneous actress, played by Petula Clark, crashing into his life. I have never seen Petula Clark act, and she turns in a great performance here. The real strengths of the film are the script, the acting, and there are quite a few really delightful songs here too, which support the story so well. So Many Flowers ( I think it's called) is wonderful in capturing the way we see the world when in love.
This is definitely a film musical of it's time, although set in the 1930's and 40's. The late sixties produced some really fine musicals, such as Hello Dolly, Oliver, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang etc and gave us unusual films such as Oh What a Lovely War. This musical version of a delightful story is up there with the best. Perfect for a rainy Sunday afternoon, or when you want to indulge your emotions a little - bet you'll find it hard not to laugh and cry!
This is definitely a film musical of it's time, although set in the 1930's and 40's. The late sixties produced some really fine musicals, such as Hello Dolly, Oliver, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang etc and gave us unusual films such as Oh What a Lovely War. This musical version of a delightful story is up there with the best. Perfect for a rainy Sunday afternoon, or when you want to indulge your emotions a little - bet you'll find it hard not to laugh and cry!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By TINA BONSER
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
What an outstanding movie! Brilliant acting by Peter O'Toole & Petula Clark especially. Such a depth of character & love conquering in many relationships. Thank you Amazon ;)
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Arthur Chipping is a 40 something Latin master in an English public school circa 1924. He's respected, but not particularly liked. He's seen as dull, hence his nickname: Ditchy, as in ditchwater, dull as. The one person who seems to see beyond Chipping's exterior is his friend Max Staefel, the German master. One of his ex pupils takes him to a musical show which features the singer Katherine Bridges, and he meets this young lady again on holiday in Pompeii. Against all odds, they achieve a rapport, and thanks to Max, who memorises the address for him, they meet up in London and fall in love. They marry and the effect on Chipping is remarkable - his buried humanity is unlocked and the boys begin to love as well as respect the man they now affectionately call Chips.
Chips and Kathy have a blissful 20 years together until tragedy strikes in the form of World War 2.
Often dismissed as inferior to the classic 1939 version with Robert Donat, this musical from 1969 with Peter O'Toole as Chips and Petula Clarke as Kathy, will always be THE version for me. I first saw it at the cinema on original release and although at the age of 8 I was vaguely aware that it was a film for adults, and some of it was above my ability to comprehend, I fell in love with it. I haven't fallen out of love since.
Peter O'Toole is brilliant as Chips, his awkwardness, embarassment and growing self confidence and his all consuming love for Kathy and his care for the boys he teaches is enchantingly portrayed. The scene in which he reacts to the tragedy that WW2 brings is incredibly powerful and moving. He really does look like a man who's whole life has crumbled around him.... Read more ›
Chips and Kathy have a blissful 20 years together until tragedy strikes in the form of World War 2.
Often dismissed as inferior to the classic 1939 version with Robert Donat, this musical from 1969 with Peter O'Toole as Chips and Petula Clarke as Kathy, will always be THE version for me. I first saw it at the cinema on original release and although at the age of 8 I was vaguely aware that it was a film for adults, and some of it was above my ability to comprehend, I fell in love with it. I haven't fallen out of love since.
Peter O'Toole is brilliant as Chips, his awkwardness, embarassment and growing self confidence and his all consuming love for Kathy and his care for the boys he teaches is enchantingly portrayed. The scene in which he reacts to the tragedy that WW2 brings is incredibly powerful and moving. He really does look like a man who's whole life has crumbled around him.... Read more ›
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Goodbye Mr Chips
because i love the film,i have been trying to get this film for years
Pat Clark is a wonderful singer.i now have all the makes of this film.
Pat Clark is a wonderful singer.i now have all the makes of this film.
Published 2 months ago by Mrs. A. Deer
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O'Toole at his best.
One of the great classic musical movies of all time. Peter O'Toole and Petula Clark are superbly cast. Perhaps my only complaint is that is about 30 minutes too long. Read more
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