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Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 9786303092058 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC ISBN: 6303092055 Label: Mgm Entertainment Manufacturer: Mgm Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Mgm Entertainment Release Date: March 21, 1995 Running Time: 112 minutes Studio: Mgm Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: December 08, 1993 Sales Rank: 24013
Description: 'the ultimate movie about the New York cult of class (Glamour), this rich and challenging cinematic treat (Playboy) is both a laugh-out-loud comedy and a biting social commentary about the separation between the 'haves and the 'have-nots. Will Smith gives a mightily impressive debut, Donald Sutherland is perfection and Oscar(r)-nominated* Stockard Channing moves from brilliance to somewhere above and beyond brilliance (CBS-TV) in a story that's all the more amazing because it's true! Posing as the son of Sidney Poitier, Paul (Smith) deftly penetrates the world of art-dealing urbanites Ouisa and Flan Kittredge (Channing and Sutherland). But as Paul's web of dropped names and near fame begins to unravel, he provides his hosts with much more than just theultimate cocktail party anecdotehe sets in motion a series of events that will alter the course of their lives forever. *1993: Actress
Amazon.com essential video: John Guare's hit Broadway play--about an Upper East Side couple who gets bilked by a young black man claiming to be Sidney Poitier's son--receives a terrific screen translation in this film by Fred Schepisi. Though the play was discursive and episodic, Schepisi, working from Guare's adaptation, makes it all flow like a fascinating evening listening to friends recount something that happened to them. But the story itself is also intriguing for the disparity it reveals between the wealthy, the would-be wealthy, and the have-nots yearning to be rich. Stockard Channing and Donald Sutherland are exceptional as the couple who open their home to a young man they believe is a friend of their children (to whom they barely speak); Will Smith is fascinatingly glib as the young man, who claims that his famous father is casting a film version of Cats and offers his hosts roles as extras in the film. Smith finds the heartbreaking core of this character and Channing is haunting as a woman looking to make a connection, even with a confused young con artist. --Marshall Fine
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - A Movie for the Chattering Classes.....
After watching this movie for about 10 minutes, it was obvious this was first a Broadway play in Manhattan. The characters are chatterers who constantly, in their stream of consciousness manner, spout off their musings. Any momentary opportunity for a gap of silence is filled in with non-stop babble.
To be fair, the movie is witty and intelligent in places. But for the most part, people don't converse in this way. The performances and the actors ( obviously ) are top notch. Just a bit unrealistic and not my cup of tea.
Rating: - AMAZON Scores Again
The DVD was bought for my step-granddaughter, who loves Will Smith anything! That having been said, as always, the performance of Amazon and its "work-withs" has been excellent. Better than I would ask or hope for! That's all I can say, and I have said it from the first time I ordered from AMAZON.COM.
Rating: - How far would you go to feel that connection?
I had heard many good things about `Six Degrees of Separation', especially when in regards to Will Smith's performance. Finally, a few nights back, I had the chance to check it out and I must say that Will Smith is not the only reason to watch this fantastic film; in fact there is so much good going here I'm shocked the only recognition the film received was a mere Best Actress nomination for Stockard Channing (who is phenomenal).
The film follows Louisa (Ouisa) and John (Flan) Kittredge as they recount their dealings with con-man Paul, a young African American who claims to be school friends with their children, and son of the famous Sidney Poitier. Paul shows up at their front door claiming to have been mugged. He's bleeding and says that his dear friends, Woody and Tess, told him that their parents were the kindest souls in the world, and so he knew where he needed to go. Ouisa and Flan immediately drop their plans for the evening and allow Paul to cook for them and shower them with stories of his life. They are fascinated by this young man, so much so that they offer him a room for the night; but upon their waking in the morning they find that Paul is not all that he seems.
What is so wonderful about this movie is that it brilliantly captures the root of the characters actions. It fleshes out the emotional turmoil these different class distinctions go through. It's not about money though; it's about that feeling of belonging.
Paul, a young troubled man, just wants to feel as though he has a family, people who love him, and so he cons wealthy parents who barely speak to their own children into speaking to him. He thrives off of their company, and he knows that they thrive off of his. Ouisa and Flan hardly see their own children, and this is especially difficult on Ouisa. She finds in Paul a part of herself, a parental longing, that she has been waiting to express for so long, and this becomes apparent even after Paul's façade is broken. Paul knows what he must do to gain her affection, and she is desperate to express it.
Some have baulked at the performances, claiming that they are over-the-top and unrealistic, but I think that those critics (see, I refer to my fellow reviewers as critics because in all honesty, that's what we are here) are missing the point. This is a film adaptation of a stage-play, and stage acting is much more theatrical than screen acting. `Six Degrees of Separation' carries the same feel as the play as apposed to keeping the story but changing the atmosphere (ala `Proof' ... Read More
Rating: - Don't give me the third degree with second degree burns
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Six Degrees of Separation stars Will Smith, in a role he was born to play. It was a challenging role for Will Smith; you might even say it was a stretch. Why was Will Smith born to play Paul, a homosexual con man who has conned people for so long that he has almost conned himself that he is the son of Sidney Poi tier. The Fresh Prince of Bel Aire was Will's first acting role. Before that, he was only a rapper with a few novelty songs in heavy rotation on MTV. In a recent interview Mr. Smith confided that he attacked his acting, and learned not only his own lines by heart, but the entire script, and if you watch him closely, you'll see his lips move, lip synching the lines of the other actors. He has come a long way since then, but this early performance is really where you see the talented actor emerge. It is a quiet, subtle, nuanced breakthrough, but a breakthrough, nonetheless.
The talented Mr. Smith is on two parallel journeys: The first journey is Will Smith, The Actor, honing his craft--but also ACTING! as Jon Lovitz's overblown thespian used to say. Meanwhile, his character is on a similar odyssey. His character, Paul, is practicing his pronunciation of the word: "bottle." He is saying "Hello" as if rehearsing for a job interview. Trent (The venerable Anthony Michael Hall) proves a veritable Professor Henry Higgins to young Paul, his Eliza Doolittle, and his Pygmalion.
Cuts between Paul, rehearsing 'Hello,' and ... Read More
Rating: - Will Smith is brilliant
Imagine a cast with the great Donald Sutherland, Ian McKellen and Stockard Channing being overshadowed by a young and very talented Will Smith, who plays a con artist extraordinaire. It is a story with twists and turns, and great acting by all; and it portrays grand living in New York City by those who can afford it--and those who aspire to afford it, namely Smith's character.
Smith steals the show, amidst a tapestry of Gotham's art world and the unmasking of dysfunctional families and very spoiled kids, and one who aspires to be one of them, again Smith's character.
The three-star rating does not reflect the cast's enormous talent, but rather a somewhat disjointed tale of a personality disorder that overcomes lots of supposedly sophisticated New Yorkers. But for the Big Apple, what else is new, right?
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