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Title:	Movie Reviews and Discussion
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Created:	Thu Jan 28 1993
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	1249
Total number of notes:	16012

868.0. "The Reivers (note title formerly was "Name that movie")" by 42441::WEGG (Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts.) Tue Jul 04 1995 11:01

	Can anyone identify the following movie? I have seen it only once,
	on TV about 30 years ago, so it must have been made in the '50s or
	earlier. As you'd expect I don't remember much about it other than...

	o It was set in the US in the 20's or 30's.
	o It was the story of a family, and at one point one of or more of
	  the sons is drowned in a storm while fishing.
	o There was an old man (grandfather?) who could only drive his car
	  in bare feet.
	
	... that's it, name that film! Does it ring any bells for anyone?

	Regards,

	Ian.

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
868.1	Okay, I'll take obscure movies for 20	ACIS01::ROGERW::MONAGHAN	Road Rash Victim	`Wed Jul 05 1995 11:22`	4
	"The Reevers"??? Roger
868.2		SNOOTY::WEGG	Some hard boiled eggs and some nuts.	`Thu Jul 06 1995 06:33`	7
	� "The Reevers"??? I can't find any info on a film of that name either in Halliwells or the Internet Movie Database. Are you sure you've got the right title? ~Ian.
868.3	This is easy !!	CHEFS::MOUNTFORDR		`Thu Jul 06 1995 09:41`	11
	Isn't the film called "In the 1920's - 30's an old bloke drove in bare feet because his son drowned" If my memory serves me well. Cracker of a movie!! It's about this old bloke who drove in bare feet cause one of his sons drowned. It was set in the 1920's or 30's.!!!!!
868.4		WRKSYS::COULTER	If this typewriter can't do it, ...	`Thu Jul 06 1995 09:43`	12
	RE: 868.2 �� "The Reevers"??? � I can't find any info on a film of that name ... A bit too literal. It's "The Reivers", 1969, with Steve McQueen. Whether that's the movie .0 wants, I can't help with ... dick
868.5		RANGER::RUZICH	PATHWORKS Client Engineering	`Thu Jul 06 1995 10:38`	16
	I've always meant to find a copy of "The Reivers", for two reasons. 1. I have a good friend whose favorite author is William Faulkner, and "The Reivers" is one of his favorite Faulkner stories. 2. In a TV interview a couple of years ago, Steven Spielberg said that he hired John Williams to do his film music because Williams did such a superb job writing the score in "The Reivers". I'm curious to hear the music which caught Speilberg's attention. Actually, the point was not that the music itself was memorable (though it may be - I haven't heard it), but that William's music supported the visual aspect of the film so well. I hope someone rents a video and reports back. -Steve
868.6		RANGER::LINDT::bence	Sounds like a job for Alice.	`Thu Jul 13 1995 15:33`	4
	Some of the music from "The Reivers" can be found on a 1994 CD of the Boston Pops playing movie scores of John Williams and Aaron Copland.