The Paper Chase movie review & film summary (1973)
The Paper Chase (1973)
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The Paper Chase movie review & film summary (1973)
The Paper Chase. "The Paper Chase" is about an aggressive, very bright, terribly engaging first-year student at Harvard Law School. The movie respects its hero, respects the school, and most of all respects the venerable Professor Kingsfield, tyrant of contract law. Kingsfield is really the movie's central character, even though John Houseman ...
The Paper Chase Movie Review
The Paper Chase is a quiet, thoughtful film about an unlikely subject: the joy of learning. It was released in 1973 and certainly looks its age, especially the clothes and hairstyles. It's hard to imagine the film being released today, at least not without a studio demanding a car chase or two. But the message is timeless -- that knowledge is ...
The Paper Chase
Despite this, The Paper Chase is a smart film with engaging characters, highlighted by Houseman's Oscar-winning performance. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read ...
The Paper Chase
The Paper Chase Reviews. The Paper Chase isn't a terrible movie, but its preconceptions are all wrong: it's about an un-situation and un-people. Full Review | Sep 19, 2023. An impressive American ...
The Paper Chase (1973)
Always impersonal, he's like an intellectual robot. And half the fun of the film is listening to John Houseman's monologues, as he "fills the room with (Kingsfield's) intelligence". The film's color cinematography is fine; camera "takes" are very long. The film's visuals do look dated.
The Paper Chase (film)
The Paper Chase is a 1973 American comedy-drama film starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and John Houseman, and directed by James Bridges.. Based on John Jay Osborn Jr.'s 1971 novel The Paper Chase, it tells the story of James Hart, a first-year law student at Harvard Law School, his experiences with Professor Charles Kingsfield, a brilliant and demanding contract law instructor, and ...
Analysis: The Paper Chase
Review and analysis of The Paper Chase, a 1973 film by James Bridges starring John Houseman and Timothy Bottoms, based on the novel by John Jay Osborn Jr. ... "The Paper Chase" is a 1973 movie but seems as relevant of a guide to law school as any subsequent film.
The Paper Chase (1973)
The Paper Chase: Directed by James Bridges. With Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman, Graham Beckel. A first-year law student at Harvard Law School struggles with balancing his coursework and a woman, unaware that she has a connection that affects their relationship.
The Paper Chase
The Paper Chase has some great performances, literate screenwriting, sensitive direction and handsome production. Timothy Bottoms is excellent as the puzzled law student, Lindsay Wagner is very good as his girl, and John Houseman, the veteran legit and film producer-director-writer, is outstanding as a hard-nosed but urbane law professor.
The Paper Chase (1973) directed by James Bridges • Reviews, film
Cast. Timothy Bottoms Lindsay Wagner John Houseman Graham Beckel James Naughton Edward Herrmann Craig Richard Nelson Robert Lydiard Lenny Baker David Clennon Regina Baff Irma Hurley Bill Moher Blair Brown Richard Whelan Alan Kwinter Nicholas Olah David B. Johns Tony Silverthorne John Bethune Jan Campbell Dora Dainton. 113 mins More at IMDb TMDb.
The Paper Chase 1973, directed by James Bridges
Excellent sequences of his quarrelsome study group tearing one another apart under fierce competitive strain - and a fine performance by Houseman as their olympian, sadistic professor - make the ...
The Paper Chase (1973)
The Paper Chase is a 1973 film starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and John Houseman, directed by James Bridges. Based on John Jay Osborn, Jr.'s 1970 novel, The Paper Chase, it tells the story of James Hart, a first-year law student at Harvard Law School, his experiences with Professor Charles Kingsfield (played by Houseman in an Academy Award-winning performance), a brilliant, demanding ...
The Paper Chase (1973)
Read movie and film review for The Paper Chase (1973) - James Bridges on AllMovie - The Paper Chase was a high point in the careers…
The Paper Chase
Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. This drama is based on a popular 1971 novel by John Jay Osborn Jr. written when he was a Harvard Law School student. The movie, directed by James Bridges, is well acted and will resonate with anyone who has ever pondered the value of learning or wrestled with the difficulties in a love relationship.
The Paper Chase
The Paper Chase is such a movie." When The Paper Chase came out in 1973, these were probably all still well-remembered films but Goodbye Columbus and Summer of '42 have both long since faded into the background of cinema history and it is the path to obscurity of those two films, rather than the road to enshrinement of The Graduate and The ...
The Paper Chase (1973)
Unfortunately for the unsuspecting Kinsgfield, this casual snub inspires an imaginary rivalry in Hart's mind, one which carries us through Hart's first year at Harvard and deep inside the mind of an obsessed student. Hart meets other students and forms a study group. They warn him of the stress of studying law under Kingsfield.
The Paper Chase (1973)
Paper Chase, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) A Burned And Hairy Hand After the credit for writer-director James Bridges, John Houseman in his Academy Award-winning role as Professor Kingsfield (which he would also play in the subsequent TV series), Timothy Bottoms as unlucky student Hart, in The Paper Chase, 1973, from the novel by Harvard Law grad John Jay Osborn, Jr.
Movie Review: The Paper Chase (1973)
Movie Review: The Paper Chase (1973) A classroom drama, The Paper Chase creates an intriguing premise within a haughty academic milieu, but fails to properly develop its own thesis. At Harvard University, Hart (Timothy Bottoms ) is a first year law student. In the Contracts Law class of the legendary Professor Kingsfield (John Houseman), he ...
The Paper Chase
The Paper Chase follows Timothy Bottoms' James T. Hart as he attempts to survive his first year at law school, with his ongoing endeavors complicated by an on-again-off-again relationship with his professor's (John Houseman's Charles Kingsfield) daughter (Lindsay Wagner's Susan). Filmmaker James Bridges admittedly does a superb job of hooking the viewer right from the get-go, as The ...
Blu-ray Review: THE PAPER CHASE (1973)
Ported from a nearly 20-year-old DVD release, this commentary proves to remain insightful as it covers all major bases of the "making of" The Paper Chase including information on casting, shooting locations, anecdotes about the actors, and an explanation of why it was nominated for a "Best Sound" Oscar. - by Hannah Lynch
Movie Review: 'The Paper Chase' (1973)
Movie Review: 'The Paper Chase' (1973) When I was still an assistant professor - with an emphasis on teaching - I loved movies about college professors. So, naturally, one comes to the movie that I am about to review. 'The Paper Chase' is not only a movie about a first-year law student at Harvard, but also very much about teaching.
The Paper Chase
John Houseman had already distinguished himself as a writer (JANE EYRE), a producer (EXECUTIVE SUITE, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) and the story editor of CITIZEN KANE before winning the Best ...
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The Paper Chase. "The Paper Chase" is about an aggressive, very bright, terribly engaging first-year student at Harvard Law School. The movie respects its hero, respects the school, and most of all respects the venerable Professor Kingsfield, tyrant of contract law. Kingsfield is really the movie's central character, even though John Houseman ...
The Paper Chase is a quiet, thoughtful film about an unlikely subject: the joy of learning. It was released in 1973 and certainly looks its age, especially the clothes and hairstyles. It's hard to imagine the film being released today, at least not without a studio demanding a car chase or two. But the message is timeless -- that knowledge is ...
Despite this, The Paper Chase is a smart film with engaging characters, highlighted by Houseman's Oscar-winning performance. Rated 4/5 Stars • Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read ...
The Paper Chase Reviews. The Paper Chase isn't a terrible movie, but its preconceptions are all wrong: it's about an un-situation and un-people. Full Review | Sep 19, 2023. An impressive American ...
Always impersonal, he's like an intellectual robot. And half the fun of the film is listening to John Houseman's monologues, as he "fills the room with (Kingsfield's) intelligence". The film's color cinematography is fine; camera "takes" are very long. The film's visuals do look dated.
The Paper Chase is a 1973 American comedy-drama film starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and John Houseman, and directed by James Bridges.. Based on John Jay Osborn Jr.'s 1971 novel The Paper Chase, it tells the story of James Hart, a first-year law student at Harvard Law School, his experiences with Professor Charles Kingsfield, a brilliant and demanding contract law instructor, and ...
Review and analysis of The Paper Chase, a 1973 film by James Bridges starring John Houseman and Timothy Bottoms, based on the novel by John Jay Osborn Jr. ... "The Paper Chase" is a 1973 movie but seems as relevant of a guide to law school as any subsequent film.
The Paper Chase: Directed by James Bridges. With Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, John Houseman, Graham Beckel. A first-year law student at Harvard Law School struggles with balancing his coursework and a woman, unaware that she has a connection that affects their relationship.
The Paper Chase has some great performances, literate screenwriting, sensitive direction and handsome production. Timothy Bottoms is excellent as the puzzled law student, Lindsay Wagner is very good as his girl, and John Houseman, the veteran legit and film producer-director-writer, is outstanding as a hard-nosed but urbane law professor.
Cast. Timothy Bottoms Lindsay Wagner John Houseman Graham Beckel James Naughton Edward Herrmann Craig Richard Nelson Robert Lydiard Lenny Baker David Clennon Regina Baff Irma Hurley Bill Moher Blair Brown Richard Whelan Alan Kwinter Nicholas Olah David B. Johns Tony Silverthorne John Bethune Jan Campbell Dora Dainton. 113 mins More at IMDb TMDb.
Excellent sequences of his quarrelsome study group tearing one another apart under fierce competitive strain - and a fine performance by Houseman as their olympian, sadistic professor - make the ...
The Paper Chase is a 1973 film starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and John Houseman, directed by James Bridges. Based on John Jay Osborn, Jr.'s 1970 novel, The Paper Chase, it tells the story of James Hart, a first-year law student at Harvard Law School, his experiences with Professor Charles Kingsfield (played by Houseman in an Academy Award-winning performance), a brilliant, demanding ...
Read movie and film review for The Paper Chase (1973) - James Bridges on AllMovie - The Paper Chase was a high point in the careers…
Film Review by Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat. This drama is based on a popular 1971 novel by John Jay Osborn Jr. written when he was a Harvard Law School student. The movie, directed by James Bridges, is well acted and will resonate with anyone who has ever pondered the value of learning or wrestled with the difficulties in a love relationship.
The Paper Chase is such a movie." When The Paper Chase came out in 1973, these were probably all still well-remembered films but Goodbye Columbus and Summer of '42 have both long since faded into the background of cinema history and it is the path to obscurity of those two films, rather than the road to enshrinement of The Graduate and The ...
Unfortunately for the unsuspecting Kinsgfield, this casual snub inspires an imaginary rivalry in Hart's mind, one which carries us through Hart's first year at Harvard and deep inside the mind of an obsessed student. Hart meets other students and forms a study group. They warn him of the stress of studying law under Kingsfield.
Paper Chase, The (1973) -- (Movie Clip) A Burned And Hairy Hand After the credit for writer-director James Bridges, John Houseman in his Academy Award-winning role as Professor Kingsfield (which he would also play in the subsequent TV series), Timothy Bottoms as unlucky student Hart, in The Paper Chase, 1973, from the novel by Harvard Law grad John Jay Osborn, Jr.
Movie Review: The Paper Chase (1973) A classroom drama, The Paper Chase creates an intriguing premise within a haughty academic milieu, but fails to properly develop its own thesis. At Harvard University, Hart (Timothy Bottoms ) is a first year law student. In the Contracts Law class of the legendary Professor Kingsfield (John Houseman), he ...
The Paper Chase follows Timothy Bottoms' James T. Hart as he attempts to survive his first year at law school, with his ongoing endeavors complicated by an on-again-off-again relationship with his professor's (John Houseman's Charles Kingsfield) daughter (Lindsay Wagner's Susan). Filmmaker James Bridges admittedly does a superb job of hooking the viewer right from the get-go, as The ...
Ported from a nearly 20-year-old DVD release, this commentary proves to remain insightful as it covers all major bases of the "making of" The Paper Chase including information on casting, shooting locations, anecdotes about the actors, and an explanation of why it was nominated for a "Best Sound" Oscar. - by Hannah Lynch
Movie Review: 'The Paper Chase' (1973) When I was still an assistant professor - with an emphasis on teaching - I loved movies about college professors. So, naturally, one comes to the movie that I am about to review. 'The Paper Chase' is not only a movie about a first-year law student at Harvard, but also very much about teaching.
John Houseman had already distinguished himself as a writer (JANE EYRE), a producer (EXECUTIVE SUITE, THE BAD AND THE BEAUTIFUL) and the story editor of CITIZEN KANE before winning the Best ...
Directed by: William Friedkin Starring: William Petersen, Willem Dafoe, John Pankow, Debra Feuer IMDb user rating: 7.3/10 A fearless and thrill-seeking Secret Service agent, Richard Chance ...