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Summary: Superb Thriller With Some Intelligence
Review: Seven Days In May is indeed Frankenheimer at his best. The plot is provocative and absorbing, the acting is great ( what else would you expect from Lancaster and Douglas? ), and the script is powerful. The suspense is still great after all these years. This film is indeed a lesson on how to make intelligent thrillers.
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Summary: Powerful and Provocative
Review: With Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas pitted against each other under the direction of John Frankenheimer, this movie could not be less than excellent. In the daily friction that often exists between the military and executive branches, this movie is as timeless as the year it was released shortly after JFK's assination. In a military setting, Douglas's character faithfully serves Lancaster's only to find out he is left on the outside of a master coup d'etat of the United States government. Fredrick March's portrayal of the President is stellar. The tension and emotion generated between these three characters is quality acting rarely achieved. The final confrontation between Douglas and Lancaster is one of the best lines ever recorded in film.
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Summary: My favorite movie in 35 years of being a movie fan
Review: A spellbinding story of the attempted overthrow of the U.S. Government. See this movie, if for no other reason, than to wax nostalgic for a time when filmakers actually thought storyline was an important part of the movie making process. Kirk Douglas has the best single line ever spoken in a movie, in the scene at the end where he is confronted by Burt Lancaster.
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Summary: Great as ever
Review: I first saw this movie in 1964 at a Drive-In Theater in Lancaster, CA. It was GREAT then as well as now. It never lost its suspense.
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Summary: Outstanding cast in this political thriller.
Review: Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, and Frederick March are outstanding in this thiller about the attempted takeover of the government by the military. It is a movie that will keep you in your seat as the tension mounts, and boy, does it ever mount! The entire cast is terrific. Burt Lancaster plays the popular general, Kirk Douglas his adjutant, and Fredrick March as the unpopular president. Douglas accidently picks up information on a secret military maneuver, and because he has been left out of the 'loop', decides to investigate. The deeper he probes, the more sinister it all appears. Although most of these great political thrillers were made at the height of the cold war, don't let the political changes sway you in not seeing this motion picture. I can't recommend it highly enough. Between 1 and 10, "Seven Days in May" gets a 10.
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Summary: An outstanding stroke of genius
Review: This movie is perfect in every way. My only complaint is that it's not available on DVD, which is a shame. Hopefully, WB will see the light and release it someday.
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Summary: Too bad they don't make 'em like this anymore!
Review: This tense, rivetting drama of a possible military takeover still enthralls even though the Cold War is over. This film is a cautionary tale of what can happen if we forget the basic tennets of the American experiment. Kirk Douglas, Frederic March, Burt Lancaster and an all-star supporting cast give strong performances. Highly recommended.
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Summary: A great thriller about power and the men who wield it.
Review: This is one of the best films ever made about the inner-workings of Washington DC and the fragile state of our democracy. Frederic March gives what is inarguably one of the best interpreations of a US President ever put on film. By the end of the movie you'll swear there once was a President Lyman.
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Summary: thrilling from start to finish
Review: though filmed in black and white,the story line is so seamless that you become riveted to the screen.
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Summary: Spellbinding flick w/ quality acting and plot
Review: Even with today's special effects, continuous action, and numbing "entertainment," Seven Days remains equal to the task of grabbing a viewer and presenting a well thought-out scenario of intrigue, complex maneuver, and outstanding flow. There is little "action" here. Only excellent acting, superb plot, and careful direction. The ending is even well done (a rarity). A must-see.
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