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Summary: We get set up with Desk Set at last!
Review: "A large market exists in the U.S. for classic movies on DVD. There can really be no excuse for withholding America's rightful cinematic history when Europe and Asia is already enjoying it!" That comes from another reviewer on these pages, and I second that emotion.I'll go even further than that review and say that Desk Set is the BEST film with Spence and Kate. And don't forget the great Gig Young doing his perfect second banana routine, which has already delighted us in so many other films. They didn't hide behind so many physical gags or the safer facade of black and white. Instead they acted out the script in glorious full color widescreen and stereo, no less. And did Fox drop the ball in giving us the proper widescreen version of this classic? No, they did not! The studio came through for us (which is more than we can usually say about studios) and put it out in widescreen! And they even added some actress commentary for good measure. Yes, it's been a long 9-year wait, since DVDs first came out in 1995, but it's here now, at least. And what a great modern plot Desk Set has: an independent woman (instead of a cloying playtoy), a job for that woman as a research expert, (instead of the usual secretary trying to date her boss), a strong leading man but one with a sense of humor (instead of the usual he-man tough guy). And all smack in the middle of the early revolution of COMPUTERS! The man vs. machine concepts in this film will reverberate down through the ages. Plus it has a great romantic plot, too. This film has everything! Many people say they love to see a well-restored 1957 Chevy, but I'll take this well-restored 1957 Desky instead!
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Summary: A Simply Sparkling Romantic Comedy!
Review: In "Desk Set," Bunny Watson (Hepburn) matches wits with Richard Sumner (Tracy) when Tracy as a methods engineer comes to a broadcasting studio to plan the installment of a computer to aid the reference department. Since Richard Sumner does not divulge the purpose of his investigation at the studio, the reference librarians are suspicious of his motives and fear that their jobs are in jeopardy. Hepburn sparkles in her role as Bunny Watson, long-time "girlfriend" of Mike Cooper, an executive at the studio who is ambitious about "moving up." The most notable scenes in the movie are the "rainy night at Bunny Watson's apartment" where Bunny must entertain both Sumner and Cooper (and make explanations), and the Christmas party scene where both Bunny and Peg (Joan Blondell) get smashed and entertain the work-oriented Sumner. A well-written story and a fabulously-acted film all around.
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Summary: Few laughs in this comedy
Review: What a disappointment! This is one of the famous pair's worst film together - only the leaden and preposterous Keeper of the Flame is worse. Strange as it may seem, Tracy and Hepburn display almost no onscreen chemistry in this film. Instead of a sharp, witty spoof of the dawning computer age, we get a flat-footed film with almost no laughs. Stay away from this one!
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Summary: Wonderful Film!
Review: Wonderful, wonderful film! A mature...and very funny romance!
Spencer Tracy in particular is hillarious and his scenes with Kate
Hepburn are truly memorable! The computer stuff is a little dated by now but doesn't detract from the film.
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Summary: Like Floating Island..Just Delicious! Waiting,hoping for DVD
Review: The smart dialogue, the gorgeous fashion, the way you want to kick Gig Young in the teeth...I wish more modern comedy could be this clever. I hope it comes out on DVD so you can enjoy it in it's original widescreen glory! (The movie's 5 stars, the video 4 for the poor pan-and-scan editing) My two favorite scenes are the rooftop lunch quiz and the rainy evening misunderstanding. As usual you never think Tracy is acting, he's so real. And Hepburn's Miss Watson (her name a inside-joke nod to the founder of IBM -Thomas J. Watson) is a character you root for to blow off egotistical beau Mike. Another bonus is the Sumners snooty EMIRAC assistant, Miss Warringer-whose come-uppance couldn't be better. I want a brown coat like Bunny's!
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Summary: A Classic
Review: Want to know the "real" names of Santa's reindeer? How about some info on the Watusi? Or would you just like to see chemistry in action as an amazing cast make one great movie? Spencer and Hepburn burn up the screen with their great give and take relationship. A brilliantly cast supporting cast also chip in. You could add this to your holiday films to watch, as there's one heck of an office Christmas party in the latter half of the movie. Hepburn is the brains and head of the research department at a fictional national television station in New York. Spencer is the mysterious computer whiz, who comes in to help make their jobs "easier" by bringing in EMERAC, his giant computer brain, complete with punch cards, multi-flashing lights and spewing data. The research office girls think their jobs are in danger. Meanwhile, Hepburn is the romantic doormat to Gig Young (You loved "Mr. sidekick" in That Touch of Mink!)an up and coming executive, who takes her forgranted and uses her brain power to help his climb up the corporate ladder. Spencer and Hepburn end up thrown together, in a great rainy scene, complete with the office gossip, his bellowing wife and some soggy overcoats. The two end up at Hepburn's apartment for fried chicken and floating islands, which I had to find a recipe for and make myself, it looked so good! Then some unexpected visitors arrive and things get hectic! A great movie, I think the best comedic pairing of Spencer and Hepburn.
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Summary: Desk Set
Review: Desk Set, yet another Hepburn-Tracy classic, is a wonderful tale of interesting times at the office when a new man enters with a machine. Is this machine going to replace Hepburn and her three other co-workers? The tensions rise and fall throughout this interesting film.
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Summary: Desk Set is wonderful!
Review: I love this movie. I am a software engineer and the 1957 view of computers in this movie is priceless!
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Summary: definitely among the top dozen best funny ones . . .
Review: okay ... ...alright, so it isn't a roller-coaster ride like ADAM'S RIB ... but I still rate the subtler DESK SET among the top dozen American comedy films ever made ... because you will probably watch this slice of modernization humor more than a few times... ...and if you like Hepburn/Tracy (in color!) you will definitely want to own a nice print of this.
-moosbrugger
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Summary: Worth repeated viewing.
Review: This is an extremely well done screen adaptation of a unique play. You expect nothing less from the team of Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn. However they do not distract from the performances of the other actors who are well-known in their own right. Harry Ellerbe, who plays Smithers, played the main role of Richard Sumner in the play. Bunny and her staff and the research department are all preparing for Christmas season. But who should appear on a seen but the mysterious Richard Sumner, with a tape measure, 24 questions, and mysterious past in electronic brains. The conversation between Richard Sumner and Bunny are worth with film its self; yet it only gets better from there.
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