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: Ah, the insincere sympathy of the faraway stars.
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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: Ah, the insincere sympathy of the faraway stars.
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According to the book, "Infinite Variety" by Scot D. Ryersson and Michael Orlando Yaccarino, the characters of Flora Goforth and the Witch of Capri were both partly inspired by the infamous Italian eccentric and patron of the arts, the Marchesa Luisa Casati (1881-1957).
Chris as envisioned was a young poet, and Richard Burton was considered by most to be terribly miscast as well as too old for the part. The bust of "Boom!" seriously damaged Elizabeth Taylor's standing at the box office, though Burton had another major hit with Where Eagles Dare after the fiasco of its drubbing by both the critics and movie audiences.
The play "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore", and thus this movie, are based on Tennessee Williams' short story "Man Bring This Up Road".
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Chris as envisioned was a young poet, and Richard Burton was considered by most to be terribly miscast as well as too old for the part. The bust of "Boom!" seriously damaged Elizabeth Taylor's standing at the box office, though Burton had another major hit with Where Eagles Dare after the fiasco of its drubbing by both the critics and movie audiences.
The play "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore", and thus this movie, are based on Tennessee Williams' short story "Man Bring This Up Road".
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