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May 13, 2010 - 12:12 PM
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Thor
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Well, I finally found a copy of this ol 1968 TV film, notorious mostly as the film that interupted the Super Bowl of that year (or some such thing; I'm not too familiar with the story).
It's not a very good film. Everything is far too sugary/SOUND OF MUSIC-like (including bits of Williams' music, especially the opening) and most of the performances are stale as cardboard. The sole exception is Michael Redgrave as the grandfather. Maximillian Schell and Jean Simmons are fine actors in their own right, but don't really get a lot to work with here. If you want a more credible and engaging version of this story, go to the German TV series from the 70's - I remember watching that as a kid in the late 80's when it was shown on Norwegian TV and it still holds up.
Williams' music, on the other hand, is quite good. It's FULL of pathos, from the playful music as Heidi plays with her goats to the romantic, open-air main theme (that is even sung as source music by the character herself) to some fine music for the scene d'amour to a little burst of spinetingling "religious sound" for when Clara takes her first steps (I believe it's called "The Miracle" on the album). It's quite an underrated little gem of a score that received an Emmy at the time, even though the film itself is forgettable.
The Label X album represents all the major highlights of the score, IMO.
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May 13, 2010 - 12:29 PM
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Bob DiMucci
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Well, I finally found a copy of this ol 1968 TV film, notorious mostly as the film that interupted the Super Bowl of that year (or some such thing; I'm not too familiar with the story).
Wikipedia to the rescue:
"In professional American football, the Heidi Game (often referred to, facetiously, as the "Heidi Bowl") refers to a famous American Football League (AFL) game between the New York Jets and the Oakland Raiders, played on November 17, 1968 in Oakland, California. This game is memorable largely because the NBC television network terminated the broadcast in the Eastern and Central time zones with 65 seconds left to play in the game in favor of broadcasting a pre-scheduled two-hour airing of Heidi, a new made-for-TV version of the classic children's story. (The telecast included commercial breaks; the actual film ran 104 minutes.)
With the Jets leading 32-29 with only 65 seconds left in the game, NBC executives attempted to reach their broadcast operations unit to extend coverage of the game but were unable to reach them in time to delay the cutover or reinstate coverage before the game ended. In the meantime, the Raiders came back and scored 14 points, winning 43-32. As a result, no fan following the game on TV was able to see Oakland's comeback live. The complaints to the network indicated a new height of popularity for the game in the United States."
More details (if anybody cares) here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidi_Game
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Yep, this notorious incident is this silly little movies claim to fame. I never have seen the film, it seems too girlish for my tastes.
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Yep, this notorious incident is this silly little movies claim to fame. I never have seen the film, it seems too girlish for my tastes.
I know exactly what you mean...
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Yep, this notorious incident is this silly little movies claim to fame. I never have seen the film, it seems too girlish for my tastes.
I know exactly what you mean...
Who in their right mind wants to watch- much less READ "HEIDI"? - A story for girls if there ever was one. I loathed it as a kid, and I still don't like it.
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Isn't Label X illegal?
Yes. It is forbidden.
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It's not a very good film. Everything is far too sugary/SOUND OF MUSIC-like (including bits of Williams' music, especially the opening) and most of the performances are stale as cardboard. The sole exception is Michael Redgrave as the grandfather. Maximillian Schell and Jean Simmons are fine actors in their own right, but don't really get a lot to work with here. If you want a more credible and engaging version of this story, go to the German TV series from the 70's - I remember watching that as a kid in the late 80's when it was shown on Norwegian TV and it still holds up.
I remember watching it, the night it originally aired, as we were watching the football game. I remember liking the location photography, and found it pleasant enough. I don't recall a single comparison to The Sound of Music, which would have been okay by me, other than Jennifer Edwards (Heidi) being Julie Andrews' step-daughter (Blake Edwards' daughter). Nothing else, including its score, is memorable to me.
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