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| Morgan - A Suitable Case For Treatment [1966] | ![Morgan - A Suitable Case For Treatment [1966]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Y270HMYRL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Karel Reisz
Actors: Vanessa Redgrave, David Warner, Robert Stephens, Irene Handl
Studio: Momentum Pictures
Category: DVD
Buy New: £40.00
Buy New/Used from £40.00
Avg. Customer Rating:  (3 reviews)
Sales Rank: 45081
Format: Black White, Full Screen, Pal
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: DVD
Running Time: 93 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Discs: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5060021171894
ASIN: B00005OR5J
Release Date: September 24, 2001
Theatrical Release Date: September 5, 1949
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Time does odd things to some films. In 1966, IMorgan--A Suitable Case for Treatment/I was hailed as a touching black comedy about the destruction of a free spirit by an uncaring bourgeois world. Playwright David Mercer's screenplay is full of his standard obsessions of the time--Trotskyism and RD Laing's perception of the mad as truly sane--and Karel Reisz's direction effectively balances Morgan's failing real-world life with a fantasy life of gorillas, King Kong and sinister partisans emerging from a crisply photographed Battersea Power Station. pDavid Warner's Morgan is far more like his student rebel Hamlet of the same year than the B-Movie villains for which he has been more famous for ever since; it is a sentimentalised performance, but only because of the deep sentimentality of the film. A cast that includes Robert Stephens, Irene Handl and Bernard Bresslaw give us some effective social satire and low comedy. The trouble is that Morgan's pursuit and near-rape of his ex-wife, and his trashing of her society wedding, now look more like the behaviour of a stalker than an act of bohemian rebellion; it is significant that the film treats Vanessa Redgrave as a treacherous bimbo with nothing much to do except smile wistfully. IMorgan/I may have been one of the trendiest films of its Swinging London epoch but it has not aged well. p BOn the DVD:/B the DVD is presented with Dolby Digital sound that makes the most of John Danworth's jazz score in a 2:1 full frame visual aspect. The clean print makes the most of the mono photography. --IRoz Kaveney/I
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 Doesn't quite qualify for curate's egg status July 15, 2007
3 out of 12 found this review helpful
Far too clever for its own good, this was a film very keen to follow that new wave of brilliant British films with their trade mark quirkiness and camera trickery. Best examples are probably 'The Knack' and 'A Hard Day's Night'. But this one made the huge mistake of taking quite weighty material for the lighter than air directorial treatment. It was never to work, and the result is a completetely odd, almost bizarre film. Sudden scene changes, speeding up and slowing down of film and that tedious interposing of film clips I think did more to bring an end to the avant garde fad than to heighten it, as here it was all too jangled, too discordant and a little too sign-posted as well. In 1966, this was going to have to be a lot slicker in its handling than it was, for an audience already adjusted to the style. br /For social and geographical history purposes only, it does offer something now, as its location shots in a half swinging, half dead, and crumbling London reveal much more than most films of the same period. Also, Warner showed here why he was much preferred by studios as a supporting, or character actor. He had something, but it definitely wasn't film star appeal. That lack of star quality certainly wasn't going to help the film. Too interesting in the background detail to be a complete failure, this is best described I think, as a minor avant garde brit-flick, and a very flawed film (although the idea was quite brave). Compare this to the same year's release with another non star in the lead role, (the brilliant 'Blow Up') with some almost as annoying (the miming students) avant garde elements, but handled with a sureness of touch in direction and camera work, and you will see how much 'Morgan..' missed the mark.
 Wonderful film, lousy print August 21, 2006
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
This wonderful breath of fresh air film with sparkling black and white photography has to be one of the worst transfers to DVD I have ever seen. Ignore the comments made in the Amazon review, it is not a clean print. Scratches and over modulation of video gain make this DVD unwatchable, its certainly not the print they show on TV.br /Irene Handl and cripes even Arthur Mullard have never been better but it is David Warner and David Mercer's film. It may not have aged well but it is worth seeking out. If you like this check out Peter Sykes's The Committee for more RD Laing inspired filmmaking.If nothing else these films give you an insight into what concerned some people at the time.br /
 I don't think its all there June 5, 2006
16 out of 17 found this review helpful
I watched the dvd great film.br /Having said that I think there are at least two scenes missing from the original.br /The film was released when I was in my teens and if my memory serves me correctly caused a bit of a stir when clips from the film were shown on early evening television one of which showed Morgan raping his wife with some force, this scene and one other in the asylum does not seem to be there.br /I am getting old, the memory is not what it was and this film was released forty years ago.br /Can anyone enlighten me?
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