Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
Henry Fonda Charles Laughton Don Murray Walter Pidgeon Peter Lawford Gene Tierney Franchot Tone Lew Ayres Burgess Meredith Eddie Hodges Paul Ford George Grizzard Inga Swenson Frank Sinatra Edward Andrews Paul McGrath Will Geer Betty White Tom Helmore Rene Paul Paul Stevens Russ Brown Malcolm Atterbury Janet Jane Carty Hilary Eaves Michele Montau J. Edward McKinley Bill Quinn Tiki Santos Show All…
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When you read a film pushed boundaries in 1962, you wonder just how radical it may remain. Advise and Consent retains an element of audacity that it must have seared with upon release. Director Otto Preminger had riled the censors with Anatomy of a Murder: a courtroom drama in which sexual assault was discussed in frank and unflinching terms where any Hollywood production before would’ve skirted the subject. By 1962, Preminger was pushing even further, thumbing his nose at the Hayes Code by exploring homosexual themes albeit in the context of blackmail. Across the pond, Victim had pushed this theme even further just the year before with Dirk Bogarde helming a radical drama which delved into the prejudice faced by…
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Otto Preminger presents this star-studded story of the confirmation hearings for a controversial candidate who’s been nominated to Secretary of State. It’s like his 1960’s version of The Contender.
And much like that film, this makes me wonder how anyone could watch these kind of movies and say to themselves,”You know, I think I’d really like to get into politics”
Honestly, they’re like a Scared Straight! program for anyone tempted by the dark path of political participation.
”If the senator has any complaints to make he ought to write a letter to his congressman.”
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Seeing as Otto Preminger’s Advise & Consent did not really engage me enough to have strong feelings one way or the other in writing a full review, I suppose I will just write this in the loose form of a Senate Committee hearing.
I’d like to thank all of my constituents for gathering here today regarding the matter of the integrity and substantiality of the film Advise & Consent. I would now like to address the right honorable members of the Senate subcommittee in hearing their YEAS for the film:
-Charles Laughton is my all-time favorite fat actor and it’s a pleasure to see the British talent playing a hard-nosed Senator from South Carolina with full accent
-I…
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I was hoping to hate this film so I could simply write "I advise you not to consent to see this film".
Fortunately/unfortunately, although the film has some issues, I enjoyed it very much.
Based on the 1959 novel by Allen Drury, Advise & Consent explores the murky political machinations of the United States Senate confirmation of controversial Secretary of State nominee Robert Leffingwell. Written in the mid-50s and published in 1959 the book draws heavily on the McCarthy communist witch hunts or Second Red Scare of the early 1950s. As well as the lavender scare which saw the witch hunt and mass…
I am an absolute sucker for Washington political dramas, and this doesn’t disappoint. Funny, surprisingly sensitive at points, and genuinely tense at the end. As a former resident of D.C., it is fun to see familiar locations as they looked a half century ago.
Also, some of the most beautiful black and white cinematography I’ve seen from a Hollywood film.
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Advise & Consent is a very overlooked classic political drama that very smartfully conveys the flaws of your everyday politician yet somehow, miraculously humanizes these characters to make you feel bad that these people ended up in this horrifying predicament. Directed by risk-taking master Otto Preminger, the film stars Henry Fonda as a controversial figure who is appointed to become the next Secretary of State, but throughout the film, is constantly put under pressure by political opposition and is made to be put under a witchhunt-style committee, similar to McCarthyism. What's really smart about this movie is that Henry Fonda is barely in this…
This is a long movie and it starts in a very muddled way. Where I’m confused right off the bat since they’re throwing names out left and right and I get hopelessly lost. And then we go right into a good old fashioned committee hearing. Then things kinda just meander on and on until it ends in a muddled way where I have to remember everyone’s name all at once again.
The film’s legacy revolves around a certain sequence and plot point I won’t spoil. And rightly so, as these things broke many barriers and taboos. I felt the film glosses over many other things happening to get to this part and then it still gets glossed over. For reasons…
I miss films like this. Yes, it drags in a few places, but this is a smart, dialogue driven narrative that treats an audience like intelligent beings. Feels like a precursor to the West Wing - slick, fast-paced screenwriting, full of political machinations, intrigues and back-stabbings.
Preminger also at his radical best, exposing America's paranoia with communism and homosexuality in a way that's far ahead of its time. A great array of actors, even if it is hard to see the brilliant Charles Laughton look so unwell.
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It is a shame that this film has largely been forgotten by history and that this is just my second film by Otto Preminger. Having only seen Laura prior to this, which I adored and rank among my personal favorites, it is a shame and a shock that it took me this long to dive back into his filmography. Clearly, that should be my next project: the films of Otto Preminger. As for this one, Advise & Consent is a terrific work. A neo-noir political thriller, Advise & Consent concerns the confirmation of Robert Leffingwell (Henry Fonda) as the Secretary of State. Very relevant for now, Advise & Consent shows the behind the…
Sorte de croisement entre Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (sans l'idéalisme capraesque) et Anatomy of a Murder (ça aurait pu s'intituler Anatomy of a Nomination), Advise & Consent est une dissection puissante des coulisses politiques américaines et de sa démocratie. La mise en scène de Preminger est comme toujours brillante, nous aspirant dans cet espèce de tourbillon de formalités et de procédures comme si c'était la chose la plus passionnante du monde. Faut dire que personne d'autre que lui ne peut rendre une joute verbale de manière aussi palpitante; son style fluide et élégant, doublé de son sens extraordinaire du détail réaliste, est parfait pour rendre vivante la moindre discussion. Les acteurs sont aussi tous absolument formidables. Henry Fonda, bien sûr,…
It is years since I last watched this film and, although it has a distinctly early ‘60s feel, I was surprised by how well it stands up as a political thriller. Wendell Mayes adapted his screenplay from Alan Drury’s Pulitzer Prize winning 1969 novel of the same name.
The plot involves the political machinations on all sides of the US Senate when the second term President (Franchot Tone) who, unbeknownst to the American public and most of Congress has a rapidly advancing terminal illness, is seeking Senate confirmation of his nominee for Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell (Henry Fonda). His major reason is that he is not convinced that his Vice President, Harley Hudson (Lee Ayres) will not adopt a…
