groupie2686 Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 Does anyone know where I can find Boom! (1968) on DVD? I'm a big fan of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, and I'm trying to see the movies they made together. I haven't find this one on DVD and as far as I know, TCM has never shown it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissGoddess Posted March 11, 2014 Share Posted March 11, 2014 I don't know about DVD but it's on YouTube (for the moment): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Sa_BHJz2Ns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gorch Posted March 15, 2014 Share Posted March 15, 2014 I remember one review for "Boom!" when it was originally released. It consisted of one word - Squeak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DougieB Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 When Divine and her son Crackers did a home invasion at Connie and Raymond Marble's house in "Pink Flamingos" in order to lick all the furniture, there was a poster of "Boom!" by the stairs. It was filmed in Waters' own house, so in my mind "Boom!" finally got the home it deserved, on John Waters' stairwell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted March 17, 2014 Share Posted March 17, 2014 LOL. Fitting, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoldenIsHere Posted March 21, 2014 Share Posted March 21, 2014 I've never seen BOOM! in its entirety but I think Elizabeth Taylor was very good in the parts I have seen ---- except that she seems much too young for the character of Mrs. Goforth, at least the way the character is described in the original Tennessee Williams's play it was adapted from. Richard Burton's Christopher Flanders is (or appears to be) older than Elizabeth Taylor's Mrs. Goforth, which is a big change from the original play (THE MILK TRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hibi Posted April 11, 2014 Share Posted April 11, 2014 I've never seen BOOM! in its entirety but I think Elizabeth Taylor was very good in the parts I have seen ---- except that she seems much too young for the character of Mrs. Goforth, at least the way the character is described in the original Tennessee Williams's play it was adapted from. Richard Burton's Christopher Flanders is (or appears to be) older than Elizabeth Taylor's Mrs. Goforth, which is a big change from the original play (THE MILK TRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANYMORE). Yes, they were both miscast. Burton was too old for his part, and Taylor too young (or at least looked too healthy for a dying woman). But they were big box office at the time (soon not to be after this flop and some others....) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arturo Posted April 18, 2014 Share Posted April 18, 2014 I've only seen a part of BOOM! many years ago. I don't remember much, but thought then that Liz looked very attractive still. Some weird characters were about the only other thing I sort of remember. Speaking of Liz and Dick, TCM recently aired THE COMEDIANS, based on the novel by Graham Greene. I think this was the one done just before BOOM, and I really enjoyed it. Quite good I thought, and don't understand how it could have flopped. Although I wondder if the Haitian government, which protested loudly, applied much pressure to have its release curtailed here, since it portrayed the Doc Duvalier regime in a very unfavorable (accurate?) light. It was filmed in Dahomey Africa, if I remember correctly what I read about it, but it sure seemed like it could have been filmed in Haiti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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