Wellington Film Society: To Have and Have Not
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When:
| Mon 15 Nov ’10, 6:15pm–8:00pm |
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Where: The Paramount Theatre, 25 Courtenay Place, Wellington Show map
Restrictions: All Ages
Ticket Information:
- Members only. 12-month memberships available at the door: $90.00
- Booking fees may apply
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Howard Hawkes, USA, 1945.
The dialogue is sharp, the direction first-rate, and the acting superb, but To Have and Have Not is undoubtedly best remembered for the on- and offscreen romance between Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. Warner Bros. wanted another Casablanca, and in many ways Bogart's character here resembles his classic portrait of Rick Blaine.
The dialogue, which takes full advantage of the burgeoning romance between the leads, sparkles during some of their exchanges. The most memorable lines are spoken by Bacall, employing double entendres so obvious that it's amazing they slid past the censors: "You don't have to act with me, Steve. You don't have to say anything and you don't have to do anything. Not a thing. Oh, maybe just whistle. You know how to whistle, don't you, Steve? You just put your lips together and… blow." As good as the words are, though, it takes Bacall's delivery to do them justice. The temperature in Harry's room goes up by about ten degrees.
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