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Staring:
Marilyn Monroe, Don Murray, Arthur O'Connell, Betty Field, Eileen Heckart
Director:
Joshua Logan
Average Customer Rating:  
List Price: $14.98
Our Price: $6.91
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Description
A young and innocent cowboy discovers the girl of his dreams (Marilyn Monroe) and decides to make her his wife. She is more than reluctant to accept his proposal and he forces her to board a bus headed for Montana. The road is blocked and the journey is interrupted by an overnight stay at Grace's Diner, where her plight is soon revealed to all. Realizing his brute approach will never win her heart, he apologizes and kisses her goodbye, only to discover she really has grown to love him. Acclaimed by many as Marilyn Monroe's first serious acting performance. BUS STOP displays a mixture of humor and pain.
Amazon.com
Though it seems dated now, this film adaptation of William Inge's romantic comedy-drama was considered pretty hot stuff in its day, which was 1956. Directed by Joshua Logan from George Axelrod's script of Inge's Broadway hit, the film stars Marilyn Monroe as the kind of woman who can't understand why she always brings out the worst in men. A singer who has attracted the attention of a young rodeo rider (Don Murray) whom she meets on a bus, she finds herself trapped at a bus stop in the middle of nowhere during a blizzard. The young cowboy, whose intentions are honorable, can't control his temper and can't understand why this experienced woman won't take him seriously--and why she rejects him when he begins acting jealous and possessive. Love takes its lumps but comes out slugging in the end, with Marilyn at her vulnerable, jaded best. --Marshall Fine
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coachman, 2009-08-11
I gave this video 5 stars because it has an ACF Brill bus in it. did not think much of Marilyn Monroe. did like the bus thought and Don Murry's part in it.
"Depot Dillema", 2008-10-08
It is too bad Don Murry did not get an acadamy award for this picture. He nails his character as a whiney, lovesick cowboy. The real treat in watching the picture is getting to see a very young Marylin Monroe doing splendidly as she emerges as a very fine dramatic actress. Time has shown how really great she was at her craft. There never has been nor never will be anything like her--mountains of imitators, some spending millions to advance their own careers have not come close. Some of her talent was natural and some of it learned by "the Method." Her timing is exquisite. The movie is a great record of a period marked by method acting and it displays examples of the best.
Best Surprise, 2009-05-31
I hadn't even seen this movie, but I like Marilyn. This movie is good for guys and girls.
Ersatz snow, 2008-09-08
Despite the efforts of the writer, director, and producer, this movie never shucks the feeling that it is a one set stage play dressed up a little. The story is OK but not very convincing. No one could possibly be as naive as Beau, who sees a half-clad bleached blond untalented singer in a sleazy bar and thinks she is a virginal angel. Not even in 1956.
Don Murray is a little over the top, which works in a farce but not a comedy. There's a difference. But Marilyn Monroe is excellent as Cherie, and I'm no great fan of Miss M. The rest of the cast is sufficient, although I don't know why some of them were included at all, except to fill up bus seats. Still, this isn't a bad comedy romance.
Great it isn't.
Finally there is that movie snow, flakes that looks suspiciously like Rinso or maybe Duz. It doesn't melt on clothes when the people come into the warm cafe. It doesn't track in either, or soak shoes, or turn damp on faces. I see that parts of the movie were made in Idaho. Do they have different snow there?
There's no question that Marilyn Monroe was a great character actress., 2010-03-21
Her performance in Bus Stop is a great example of character acting. She managed to be more beautiful than she actually was and used the grating quality of the Arkansas accent to accentuate her emotional distress and confusion. I think she made herself less attractive in this movie with off color foundation and powder compared to the fresh faced maquillage of co-star Hope Lange. I can't wait to introduce my kids to Marilyn Monroe's movies because she's just so talented and intelligent in her portrayal of singleminded would-be courtesans. Watching Bus Stop is like watching a Broadway play with very seasoned talented actors.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: MONROE,MARILYN
EAN: 0024543014485
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Discs: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2002-05-14
Running Time: 96
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1956-08-31 |
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