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Lilies Of The Field [VHS] [1963]

VHS ~ Sidney Poitier
5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino, Francesca Jarvis
  • Directors: Ralph Nelson
  • Writers: James Poe, William E. Barrett
  • Producers: Ralph Nelson, J. Paul Popkin
  • Format: Black & White, PAL
  • Language English, German, Spanish
  • Classification: U
  • Studio: MGM Entertainment
  • VHS Release Date: 18 Sep 2000
  • Run Time: 91 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004RJGE
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 22,000 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Synopsis

Some German nuns build a chapel in New Mexico with the help of a black workman.


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Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier), an itinerant handyman, is driving through the Arizona desert when he meets five impoverished nuns. Stopping to fix their leaky farmhouse roof, Homer discovers that not only will the Mother Superior not pay him for the job, but she also wants him to build their chapel - for free! Hesitant at first, Homer soon finds himself single-handedly raising the chapel and the financing. But although he will not receive a monetary reward, Homer knows that when his work is done, he'll leave that dusty desert town a much better place than when he found it.

Featuring an Academy Award winning performance by Poitier, and nominated for four additional Oscars including Best Picture, "Lilies of the Field" is a funny, sentimental, charming and uplifting film.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Sidney Poitier made his mark on this film!, 25 Jun 2007
By Jenny J.J.I. "A New Yorker" (That Lives in Northern Nevada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lilies Of The Field [DVD] [1963] (DVD)
I can't get enough of Mr. Poitier. It' was great that he won Best Actor on this film playing Homer Smith, who is an out-of-work construction worker that helps a group of foreign (East European) Catholic nuns build their church and learn to speak English. Lilia Skala was great too. She earned her only Academy Award nomination (Supporting Actress) playing the head Mother Superior Maria. There are a lot of wonderful touching moments and funny interactions between these two main characters that will have you glued to the set.

Sidney Poitier is masterful in this role and is greatly remembered for it. His subtle humor fills the plot, even becoming hilarious at times. In one scene Homer is teaching the German nuns English, and he cannot help himself from modeling for them some Southern black dialect: Instead of "I stand up," he grins as the sisters follow his "Ah stands up, y'all"! Homer is so likable because he is good-natured, but Poitier lends texture to his character mainly through his interaction with his foil, the Mother Superior who will not thank him for all of his labors. Watch for strong musical scenes from Poitier as well, in which he intermingles his own religious background with the nun's East Germany Catholicism.

Lilia Skala is appropriately stern and commanding as Mother Maria. We know the sisters have come a long way, even over the Berlin Wall, to get to this inherited property in the American desert. The broken English spoken by her and her charges serves to endear the nuns to us. They are all humble but fiercely devoted people. As Juan, Stanley Adams does nice work. Although his accent and diction smack of falseness - this man seems to want to revert to a Bronx twang - Adams musters a rascally nonchalance that bonds him with Homer. Juan also functions as a template for the modern age: Catholic-born, this agnostic now serves meals in his restaurant while the traveling priest says mass for the people who have come from far and wide.

Dan Frazer does well as Father Murphy, the priest whose prayers for a massive cathedral were answered with a trailer with bald tires. And director Ralph Nelson ( who made many films beside this one, notably "Requiem for a Heavyweight," "Father Goose" and "Charly) acquits himself well as Mr. Ashton, the slightly racist builder who employs Homer and who is the victim of Mother Maria's constant pleas for donations. If you are looking for a small but thought-provoking work, a film that covers tolerance and faith and friendship through its exploration of a most unlikely relationship, watch "Lilies of the Field."

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5.0 out of 5 stars Much recommended, 19 Jun 2009
By Robert Hannent "Bob_Cat" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lilies Of The Field [DVD] [1963] (DVD)
This is a great & warm film, showing how people can grow and learn from each other. Stunning acting by both Pottier and the other members of the cast. A great deal of humor, as well as the emotional highs and lows.
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5.0 out of 5 stars jack tudor glasgow, 19 May 2009
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This review is from: Lilies Of The Field [DVD] [1963] (DVD)
Saw this on tv as a film many years ago and liked it.
When I saw it listed, had to have it as it is charming,moving but not too serious(there are touches of humour). Generally a feelgood film, no harm in that, something you don't get too much of these cynical times.
Poitier deserved his Oscar for it. He can usually be relied on to give a good performance. It showed in the developing relationship with the nuns especially the wiley Mother Superior and the Anapabtist Poitier character.
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