Boom! (1968) | |
| Director(s) | Joseph Losey |
| Producer(s) | John Heyman, Lester Persky (associate), Norman Priggen |
| Top Genres | Drama, Thriller/Suspense |
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Boom! (1968) was a Drama - Thriller/Suspense Film directed by Joseph Losey and produced by John Heyman, Norman Priggen and Lester Persky.
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Quotes from Boom!:
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth:
Life is all memory.
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth: Did somebody tell you I was dying this summer? Did somebody tip you off that Sissy Goforth was about to go forth this summer?
Chris Flanders: Yes. That's why I came.
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth: Well, well. I've escorted six husbands to the eternal threshold and come back alone without them. Now it's my turn. I've no choice but to do it, but I want to do it alone. I don't want to be escorted. I want to go forth alone. And you... you counted on touching my heart because you knew I was dying. Well, you miscalculated with this one. The milk train doesn't stop here anymore.
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth: Hot sun, cool breeze, white horse on the sea, and a big shot of vitamin B in me!
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Flora 'Sissy' Goforth: Did somebody tell you I was dying this summer? Did somebody tip you off that Sissy Goforth was about to go forth this summer?
Chris Flanders: Yes. That's why I came.
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth: Well, well. I've escorted six husbands to the eternal threshold and come back alone without them. Now it's my turn. I've no choice but to do it, but I want to do it alone. I don't want to be escorted. I want to go forth alone. And you... you counted on touching my heart because you knew I was dying. Well, you miscalculated with this one. The milk train doesn't stop here anymore.
Flora 'Sissy' Goforth: Hot sun, cool breeze, white horse on the sea, and a big shot of vitamin B in me!
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Facts about Boom!:
James Fox was originally supposed to play Chris Flanders, but Elizabeth Taylor insisted that her husband Richard Burton should be cast instead. This was despite the fact that at 42 Burton was much older than the twenty-something character.
According to the book, "Infinite Variety" by Scot D. Ryersson and Michael Orlando Yaccarino, the characters of Flora Goforth and the Witch of Capri were both partly inspired by the infamous Italian eccentric and patron of the arts, the Marchesa Luisa Casati (1881-1957).
Despite the twin Broadway failures of the play "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," it was thought that Elizabeth Taylor and Tennessee Williams were an irresistible combination, after the sucess of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Suddenly, Last Summer, both of which won Taylor Oscar nominations as Best Actress. It was a fatal miscalculation on the part of the producer.
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According to the book, "Infinite Variety" by Scot D. Ryersson and Michael Orlando Yaccarino, the characters of Flora Goforth and the Witch of Capri were both partly inspired by the infamous Italian eccentric and patron of the arts, the Marchesa Luisa Casati (1881-1957).
Despite the twin Broadway failures of the play "The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore," it was thought that Elizabeth Taylor and Tennessee Williams were an irresistible combination, after the sucess of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Suddenly, Last Summer, both of which won Taylor Oscar nominations as Best Actress. It was a fatal miscalculation on the part of the producer.
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