Boom! (1968) | |
| Director(s) | Joseph Losey |
| Producer(s) | John Heyman, Lester Persky (associate), Norman Priggen |
| Top Genres | Drama, Thriller/Suspense |
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Boom! (1968) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Joseph Losey and produced by John Heyman, Norman Priggen and Lester Persky.
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Flora 'Sissy' Goforth:
What's human or inhuman is not for human decision.
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth: Did somebody tell you I was dying this summer? Did somebody tip you off that Sissy Goforth was about to go forth this summer?
Chris Flanders: Yes. That's why I came.
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth: Well, well. I've escorted six husbands to the eternal threshold and come back alone without them. Now it's my turn. I've no choice but to do it, but I want to do it alone. I don't want to be escorted. I want to go forth alone. And you... you counted on touching my heart because you knew I was dying. Well, you miscalculated with this one. The milk train doesn't stop here anymore.
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth: Shit on your mother!
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Flora 'Sissy' Goforth: Did somebody tell you I was dying this summer? Did somebody tip you off that Sissy Goforth was about to go forth this summer?
Chris Flanders: Yes. That's why I came.
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth: Well, well. I've escorted six husbands to the eternal threshold and come back alone without them. Now it's my turn. I've no choice but to do it, but I want to do it alone. I don't want to be escorted. I want to go forth alone. And you... you counted on touching my heart because you knew I was dying. Well, you miscalculated with this one. The milk train doesn't stop here anymore.
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth: Shit on your mother!
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According to Lord Melvyn Bragg in his biography Richard Burton: A Life" (1988), director Joseph Losey was drinking heavily during the shooting of "Boom!" due to personal problems. Bragg attributes some of the responsibility for the failure of the film to this.
The movie is based on the Tennessee Williams' play "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore", which flopped on Broadway, closing on 16 March 1963 after just 69 performances. Director Tony Richardson, hot after the release of his film Tom Jones, directed the revival that opened with Tallulah Bankhead as Gloria Goforth and 'Tab Hunter' as Chris in January 1964. The revival was a disaster, closing after just 5 performances. The dual failures of "Milk Train" signalled the end of Williams' greatness as a playwright.
The first mainstream British film to include the expletive "shit" in its dialog (see Quotes section).
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The movie is based on the Tennessee Williams' play "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore", which flopped on Broadway, closing on 16 March 1963 after just 69 performances. Director Tony Richardson, hot after the release of his film Tom Jones, directed the revival that opened with Tallulah Bankhead as Gloria Goforth and 'Tab Hunter' as Chris in January 1964. The revival was a disaster, closing after just 5 performances. The dual failures of "Milk Train" signalled the end of Williams' greatness as a playwright.
The first mainstream British film to include the expletive "shit" in its dialog (see Quotes section).
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