Best quality version of this out of print film – with case and art and shipped fast!

“Chief among the film's assets is Henry Fonda, as the cantankerous patriarch who baits everyone he comes into contact with. A far more realistic, biting and entertaining version of the persona he later used in On Golden Pond , as contemptible as his character may seem the whole movie comes alive whenever he appears on the screen. The logging scenes are also extremely impressive.” Doug Pratt's Laserdisc Review

“Kesey's superb epic novel with its shifting points of view and verb tense is far too complex a work to adapt directly to the camera's limited third person POV. That said, Paul Newman and his production team created a most admirable and solid, if very truncated adaptation of Kesey's excellent novel….Unlike the more famous film version of Cuckoo's Nest , Kesey admires this filming of his work. It is important viewing on that note alone.  John Remington, Online Reviews  

Sometimes a Great Notion (1971) Widescreen DVD – Directed by Paul Newman, Starring Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel

Synopsis : Hank Stamper (Paul Newman) and his father, Henry Stamper (Henry Fonda) own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife (Lee Remick) wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half trouble making brother Leland (Michael Sarrazin) comes to work for them, more trouble starts.

Product Details

Actors: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel

Director: Paul Newman

Format: Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC

Language: English

Rating: PG

Studio: Universal Studios

Run Time: 114 minutes

Average Amazon Customer Review: **** ½ based on 19 reviews. 

Item description : Never released on DVD in North America — and now out-of-print in VHS; the best Amazon price for a used cassette is $17.24.   As a collector and big fan of this movie I searched for the best possible copy I could find.  Well this is it – significantly better than VHS – basically laserdisc quality.  English IMPORT, region-free, NTSC disc that will play in most DVD players manufactured in the last few years.  DVD comes in standard amoray case with nice wrap (cover art as pictured). Here is your chance to get a first class copy of this wonderful, hard-to-find film for far less than what I have invested into it.

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Memorable Quotes from Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)  

Henry Stamper: Why don't you show us some of that university learnin'... say something to us in trigonometry. Go on! Say something to us in trigonom'.  

[repeated lines] Henry Stamper: Where did you get all that hair? Leland Stamper: It grows.  

Henry Stamper: [commenting on watching Leland wake up] He looked just like Rita Hayworth!  

Hank Stamper: Well, good luck. Willard Eggleston: [amazed at his apathy] Good luck? Hank Stamper: Well, yeah, Willard. Now, you have to admit, it's better than "best wishes" or "bon voyage," so take it how I'm givin' it to you. Good luck, Willard!  

[repeated line] Henry Stamper: I've got contracts to fill, eggs to hatch and cats to kill.  

Hank Stamper: [after Leeland removes his shirt to investigate a bug-bite] Where'd you learn the strip act? In college?  

Andy Stamper: [about sliding down a very big hill] The first step's a bitch!  

Hank Stamper: [singing] Don't ever hit your mother with a shovel. It will leave a dull impression on her mind. Paul Newman said the same line in "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid".