Always (1989)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1542 movies items)

" Always is a 1989 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson and Audrey Hepburn in her final film role. Always is a remake of the 1943 romantic drama A Guy Named Joe, which was set during World War II. The main departure from the 1943 film is the changing of the setting from wartime to a modern aerial firefighting operation. Pete Sandich and buddy Al Yackey are daredevil aerial forest-fire fighte"

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 80’s (1542 movies items)

" Always is a 1989 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson and Audrey Hepburn in her final film role. Always is a remake of the 1943 romantic drama A Guy Named Joe, which was set during World War II. The main departure from the 1943 film is the changing of the setting from wartime to a modern aerial firefighting operation. Pete Sandich and buddy Al Yackey are daredevil aerial forest-fire fighte"

Top Ten Performances - Holly Hunter (14 movies items)

"as Dorinda Durston"

Always

“Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss have both mentioned a deep love and appreciation for 1944’s A Guy Named Joe and discussed remaking it as far back as 1975’s Jaws. A Guy Named Joe is one of those heavily romantic studio era films that easily moved into magical realism territory. You buy into silvery images of Spencer Tracy as a helpless, benevolent angel mentoring his replacement (Van Johnson) in both love (with Irene Dunne) and employment (a fighter pilot) because so many of those movies have an artifice that’s expertly weaved into their DNA.   Remaking them is a tough prospect. Spielberg has the right touch of sentimentality, sometimes too much, but he doesn’t have the right touch of magical realism. His films are often filled with wonder, like Close Encounter of the Third” read more

Favorite Drama Films: 1988-1989 (110 movies items)

" Directed by: Steven Spielberg Produced by: Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, and Richard Vane Written by: Jerry Belson Based on the screenplay "A Guy Named Joe" by: Dalton Trumbo, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Chandler Sprague, and David Boehm Cinematography: Mikael Solomon Edited by: Michael Kahn Music by: John Williams Distributed by: Universal Pictures"

An average movie

“To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this movie. Still, I remember fairly well when I saw the damned thing. Indeed, back then, it was one of the very last movies directed by Steven Spielberg that I still hadn’t watch yet at the time so I was really eager to check the damned thing. Well, eventually, even though it was certainly not that bad at all, it was still easily one of the least interesting directing efforts coming from this guy. I mean, it was rather well done and the cast was pretty good but even though it was a sweet story, eventually, I thought it was rather boring. I mean, during the previous 15 years, Spielberg single-handedly created the concept of the blockbuster (a concept still ruling the box-office nowadays) and, with each movies, he would push the limit of” read more