The Great Santini Director: Lewis John Carlino Cast: Robert Duvall, Blythe Danner, Michael O'Keefe, Lisa Jane Persky
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- DVD Release Date: 11/23/1999
- Original Release: 1979
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- Sales Rank: 3,046
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Interactive menus; Scene access; Subtitles: English & Français
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Scene Selections
0. Scene Selections
1. Marines vs. Navy. [4:14]
2. Unruly farewell. [4:39]
3. Homecoming Colonel. [2:45]
4. "A lot of catching up." [2:01]
5. Singing Dixie. [2:53]
6. Welcome to Tara. [1:54]
7. Laying down the law. [1:45]
8. Embarassments. [4:57]
9. "The cube is hot." [1:32]
10. Morning glories. [2:46]
11. "Hack it or pack it." [1:25]
12. Sore loser. [3:55]
13. Strange love. [4:39]
14. Meechum wings it. [1:05]
15. "Just prejudice." [4:24]
16. "One fine night." [1:42]
17. School days. [:48]
18. Morning memories. [3:15]
19. Letter from Mom. [1:25]
20. "Fit to drink." [4:01]
21. Thanks on Dad's behalf. [1:09]
22. Meechum's gift. [:41]
23. Nature's poetry. [1:25]
24. Enigmas. [2:51]
25. Pep talks. [1:35]
26. The big game. [6:10]
27. A fair exchange. [1:18]
28. Toomer fights back. [2:46]
29. "'Goin for Toomer." [3:34]
30. "Gonna hurt you." [2:54]
31. "Dead men don't make good fishermen." [2:41]
32. "What you would've done." [3:00]
33. Warrior without a war. [1:13]
34. Family feud. [1:27]
35. Bull's breakdown. [6:40]
36. Decked out. [2:34]
37. Night maneuvers. [4:30]
38. Bad news. [3:24]
39. Persecuting prayer. [2:15]
40. Farewell to arms. [2:18]
41. Goodbye, Beauford; End Credits. [4:29]
Editorial Reviews
Bull Meechum (Robert Duvall) loves fighting almost as much as he loves the Marine Corps. Profane, cocky, and arrogant, he's a great fighter pilot -- and he knows it. His boss hates his guts, but knows that if he's going to straighten out his lagging squadron, Meechum is the man to do it. The story and irony of The Great Santini is in Meechum's total intolerance of family life and fatherhood. Meechum has a lovely, supportive wife, Lillian (Blythe Danner), an earnest, likeable son, Ben (Michael O'Keefe), three smaller children, and a good home, but Meechum finds the pastoral nature of peacetime totally incompatible with his gung-ho nature. So he begins to drink. He drills his family unmercifully, like recruits. He hammers his son relentlessly until, in a basketball game, his son fights back, and the family cheers Ben's efforts. Tension builds in the household until, during one drunken night, Meechum breaks down. Based on a best-selling novel by Pat Conroy, The Great Santini earned critical raves but fared poorly at the box office. Duvall's performance as Meechum is generally regarded as one of his greatest. ~ Nick Sambides, Jr., All Movie Guide All Movie Guide
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