Sometimes a Great Notion (film)
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| Directed by | Paul Newman |
| Produced by | John Foreman |
| Screenplay by | John Gay |
| Story by | Ken Kesey |
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Paul Newman Henry Fonda Lee Remick Michael Sarrazin Richard Jaeckel |
| Music by | Henry Mancini |
| Cinematography | Richard Moore |
| Edited by | Bob Wyman |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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113 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $4,000,000 (US/ Canada rentals) |
Sometimes A Great Notion (a.k.a. Never Give A Inch) is a 1970 American drama film directed by Paul Newman and starring Newman, Henry Fonda, Michael Sarrazin and Lee Remick. The cast also includes Richard Jaeckel in an Academy Award-nominated performance.
The screenplay by John Gay is based on the 1964 novel of the same title by Ken Kesey, the first of his books to be adapted for the screen. Filmed in the summer of 1970, it was released that New Year's Eve.
The economic stability of Wakonda, Oregon, is threatened when the local logging union calls a strike against a large lumber conglomerate. When independent logger Hank Stamper and his father Henry are urged to support the strikers, they refuse, and the townspeople consider them traitors. All of the Stampers live in one compound, including Henry's good-natured nephew Joe Ben.
Hank struggles to keep the small family business alive and consequently widens the rift between himself and his complacent wife Viv, who wants him to put an end to the territorial struggle but is resigned to his doing things as he sees fit. Also complicating matters is Leland Stamper, Henry's youngest son and Hank's half-brother, who returns home with a college education and experience in urban living. A heavy drinker, Lee eventually reveals he attempted suicide after his mother killed herself and has been suffering from deep depression ever since. He urges the neglected Viv to leave.
Despite the fact that he is uncomfortable living with a family he barely knows, Lee joins forces with them when they are forced to battle both the locals, who have burned their equipment, and the elements, which threaten their efforts to transport their logs downriver. After aiding their adversaries when their lives are in peril, the Stampers have two calamities at once, a falling tree that severs Henry's arm, and a trunk that crushes Joe Ben in shallow water.
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