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Tarfumes.com - Athena
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List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $43.00
Availability: N/A
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Starring: Jane Powell, Debbie Reynolds, Virginia Gibson, Nancy Kilgas, Dolores Starr
Directed By: Richard Thorpe
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786302747232
Format: Color
ISBN: 6302747236
Label: MGM (Warner)
Manufacturer: MGM (Warner)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Warner)
Release Date: 1998-09-01
Running Time: 95
Studio: MGM (Warner)
Theatrical Release Date: 1954-11-04
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Summary: UPDATED DVD NEEDED !!!
Comment: Does anybody even have a VCR anymore??? Its obvious MGM thinks so or they would realize everybody is buying DVDs these days! Of course we cant buy a DVD of this movie cause they dont make it....yet! Hurry up guys we have money and we are waiting!!!!
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Summary: Love Can Change the Stars
Comment: Athena is the story of a strange family whose charm and beauty captivates a famous singer and a potential politician. Adam Shaw (Edmund Purdom) wants to run for office, but in order to dispell his youthful image, he needs to be married. He chooses a lifelong acquaintence and settles in for a dull life. That is, until he meets Athena Mulvain (Jane Powell). She is like nothing he's ever known before; she believes the stars pattern everyone's lives and follows the strict advice of her grandfather to the letter. Despite how different she is, she is extremely happy, which catches Adam's eye. She manages to bring popular singer Johnny Nyle (Vic Damone) home to meet her sister Minerva (Debbie Reynolds), but she has more difficulty winning over Adam whose political career throws more than a few wrenches into the equation.
The cast is very good, particularly Purdom, whose handsome masculinity translates well into modern times. Powell's classically trained voice mixes well with Reynolds' jazzier style. The music is not perfect, though some of it is very catchy. "Love Can Change the Stars" is the most destined for a wide audience, though it never caught on. Most of the rest has potential, but the arrangements make the melodies much more like show tunes than popular music.
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Summary: Great Musicals
Comment: This film was fun and delightful with a great cast. It should be transfered on to dvd in widescreen.
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Summary: An uplifting movie - Reeves before he became Hercules
Comment: I enjoyed this movie, even though it does take some cheap shots at the musclemen and the health & fitness movement.Jane Powell and Debbie Reynolds are delightful in their roles and their voices are at their peak. You will love hearing them sing.Edmund Purdom and Vic Damone add some worldly class to this film. Reeves definitely has presence here and it's easy to see why he became a star many years later. It was this movie that landed him the role of Hercules.At one point in the movie, Edmund Purdom lites up a cigerette and Reeves pulls the cigarette out of his mouth and says; "What are you trying to do, suffocate us?" In real life, Reeves was opposed to smoking.The movie also has a Mr. Universe contest which Reeves wins after successfully completing a continental clean and press of 400 lbs to break a deadlock with Lynn Lyman.Interesting because in real life back in 1948 Reeves was tied for first place with former weightlifter John Grimek in the Mr. Universe contest in London, England. Grimeks athletic prowess broke the tie and gave him the win, even though Reeves had the best physique.Athena is a good movie. It's a funny, clean movie. Has great songs by Damone, Powell and Reynolds and features many of the top bodybuilders of that era. Something for everybody. I hope they put this one on dvd.
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Summary: A muscle musical
Comment: My wife and I were watching this movie just a few days ago. Debbie Reynolds and Jane Powell are delightful. Music fans will enjoy Vic Damone.Although a far cry from "Singing in the Rain" and "7 Brides for 7 Women", this movie is moderately entertaining.For bodybuilding buffs, it's ridiculous to see Reeves get pounced by scrawny Edmund Purdom and Dick Dubois, a former Mr. America, actually at that time, current 1954 AAU Mr. America crawl away in fear from Damone. This movie didn't do much to inspire faith in bodybuilding or in the health movement. The movie does feature some of the greats of the day. Besides Reeves and Dubois, Jerry Ross, Mr. California, Zabo Koswieski, Mr. Abdominals and others.Nevertheless, it's a fun movie even if it did take a few pokes at musclemen.Would be nice to see a remake of the movie. Problem; who would or could play Reeves? Steve Reeves was a man of real substance. Most of the top champions of today are real substance abusers.
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