The Seduction of Joe Tynan (1979)
Country: US
Technical: col 107m
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Melvyn Douglas
Synopsis:
A liberal but influential senator is courted to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment, which compromises certain priorities but could be good for his career. The attractive researcher tasked with assisting him proves an added distraction.
Review:
An unsensational seduction, which is political as well as sexual. Streep's character is not a nasty home-wrecker, and Tynan is not involved in shady dealings; he remains true to his politics but betrays everything else. The final look on Harris's face could so nearly be one of dewy-eyed acknowledgement of the justness of her husband's path; but you know, you feel it is a broken-hearted 'you win'. This is one of the more muted political dramas in which seventies film-makers excelled, but no less significant for that.
Country: US
Technical: col 107m
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Melvyn Douglas
Synopsis:
A liberal but influential senator is courted to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment, which compromises certain priorities but could be good for his career. The attractive researcher tasked with assisting him proves an added distraction.
Review:
An unsensational seduction, which is political as well as sexual. Streep's character is not a nasty home-wrecker, and Tynan is not involved in shady dealings; he remains true to his politics but betrays everything else. The final look on Harris's face could so nearly be one of dewy-eyed acknowledgement of the justness of her husband's path; but you know, you feel it is a broken-hearted 'you win'. This is one of the more muted political dramas in which seventies film-makers excelled, but no less significant for that.
Country: US
Technical: col 107m
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Cast: Alan Alda, Barbara Harris, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Melvyn Douglas
Synopsis:
A liberal but influential senator is courted to lead the opposition to a Supreme Court appointment, which compromises certain priorities but could be good for his career. The attractive researcher tasked with assisting him proves an added distraction.
Review:
An unsensational seduction, which is political as well as sexual. Streep's character is not a nasty home-wrecker, and Tynan is not involved in shady dealings; he remains true to his politics but betrays everything else. The final look on Harris's face could so nearly be one of dewy-eyed acknowledgement of the justness of her husband's path; but you know, you feel it is a broken-hearted 'you win'. This is one of the more muted political dramas in which seventies film-makers excelled, but no less significant for that.