Friday, February 09, 2018

The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread is a 1965 drama film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Edward Asner, and Dabney Coleman. Interesting. The relationships are well-developed. from Wikipedia:
Poitier portrays Alan, a college student who is volunteering at Seattle's then-new Crisis Clinic, a crisis call center. Shortly after beginning his night shift, Alan receives a call from a woman named Inga (Bancroft) who says she has just taken a lethal dose of pills and wants to talk to someone before she dies. The story line follows the efforts of Alan, a psychiatrist (Telly Savalas) and a detective (Ed Asner) to locate Inga and her husband (Steven Hill). Various flashback scenes depict the events that led Inga to make the attempt on her life.
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The New York Times calls it a "dark tale". Slant Magazine has a review. Variety says, "As a showy vehicle for talents of Sidney Poitier adn Anne Bancroft, the production offers mounting tension".

DVD Talk calls it "excellent". Rotten Tomatoes has an audience rating of 76%.

12 comments:

  1. From the plot synopsis it sounds like a gripping film that will keep you on the edge of your seat to see if they find her in time 😁. Thanks for the recommendation and wishing you a Happy Friday and Weekend! J 😊

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    1. It's intense, I think. Hearing her story is a hard thing.

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  2. WOW, I'm off to watch it now. It sounds like a real nail biter, too.

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    1. I hope you like it. Hers is such a sad, even tragic, story.

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  3. I am off to watch it this evening - thank you - I love this handsome Sidney Poitier ----♥♥♥
    Happy weekend Divers!

    oxo Susi

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    1. He is good, and I enjoyed seeing these actors I know do such good jobs in this.

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  4. I haven't seen this film but what a great cast and director. It's good to know it was good. I will check it out after the hockey game ends. Happy weekend. Hugs-Erika

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    1. Winter sports :) and now the Olympics are on, so less reading for me this week ;)

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  5. This sounds so very familiar. I'm pretty sure I saw this and that it would be worth seeing again. :)

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    1. So many of these older movies are ones I've never heard of. I wonder how so many of them passed right over me...

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    2. Yes, I remembered this. Bothered me then and bothers me now that they assume she is going to live and how it kind of implied that the husband was going to forgive her and all would be well. Of course with the actors it was pretty good, regardless. :)

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    3. Real life would definitely have had a different ending. The husband would feel guilty, of course, but would never forgive her. I think he would divorce her, thinking he was living a lie. All the actors did a great job!

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