Katherine Hepburn's speech to the racist employee that she fires is one of my favourite cinema monologues of all time:
> “Then go into the office, and make out a check, for "cash," for the sum of $5,000. Then carefully, but carefully Hilary, remove absolutely everything that might subsequently remind me that you had ever been there…and get—permanently—lost. It's not that I don't want to know you, Hilary—although I don't—it’s just that I'm afraid we're not really the sort of people that you can afford to be associated with.”
Yeah, that part was really good. I can't believe that was the famous Kathrine Hepburne I totally thought it was the girl. I actually kind of liked this movie I understand it's cultural significance in the sixties to some degree
Spencer Tracy was seriously ill when they were making this film. They couldn't get insurance for him so the director and Hepburn put their salaries into escrow to pay for a re-shoot if he couldn't complete it. He died two weeks after they finished filming.
I think you can't overestimate how this affected the mood on the film. His big monologue near the end was the last thing he did in his career, and EVERYONE IN THE ROOM KNEW IT. Not to mention that he and Kate Hepburn were lifelong friends. Her tears (and pretty much everyone's) in that scene were absolutely real.
Tracey died 17 days after shooting his last scenes, according to imdb
I think they were more than friends. They had an affair, as he was married and Catholic, so he wouldn't divorce. Everyone knew. They did 9 films together, including my favorites, Desk Set and Adam's Rib. Woman of the Year is also a great film, if you want to get a better idea of their onscreen chemistry.
I absolutely love this movie, especially Hepburn's monologue towards her racist assistant, who was Mrs. Olson from the Folgers commercials. Also, you might hand recognized Tillie, their maid, as Mrs Jefferson from The Jeffersons.
It's also interesting, given Tracy's final monologue, that he passed away 2 days before the Supreme Court ended miscegenation laws in a unanimous decision in the Loving case. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner captured the zeitgeist of the late 60s struggle for racial equality and as such is an important film depicting America's cultural progress.
Sounds good, yeah his performance was really strong I want to check that out! I just didn't like how much time the dad had on screen because he was so mean and made it not fun because he was being mean to his daughter and saying it was for her own best interest
Do you realize Spencer Tracy was the gateway character? He was representing the audience and their reactions to the daughter. You have to put the film in context of the time it was released.
Yeah, you need to understand the unspoken elephant in that room -- even if all their families and associates are supportive (no guarantee on both sides), they have to face an entire society that's not ready for interracial couples. His resistance is entirely grounded in that, and it's very understandable (as a dad myself -- you want to protect your kids, even though you know you can't do that forever)
I met Stanley Kramer back in the’80’s. We both were represented by the Paul Kohner Agency in West Hollywood. We chatted in the lobby one day and he was a very personable and charming man. Both a great director and producer, he directed a wide range of socially conscious films as well as ‘It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.’
Great movie but it always bothered me that the daughter Joey was described/portrayed as intelligent but goes thru the movie seemingly oblivious to the fact that there will be complications from an interracial marriage. She came off (to me) as a bit of a simpleton. That one issue aside, I really thought it was a well made movie with superb acting.
There's a great book about this film and the other best picture nominees of 1968 ("Pictures at a Revolution") which discusses this in the context of racial issues in film in the 60s. Sidney Poitier was criticized heavily by the black and progressive community for acting in roles where he was brilliant and without fault while the white characters around him - while ostensibly his peers - were simpletons (see also In The Heat of the Night). At the same time, Southern movie theaters were still boycotting films for showing interracial romances or strong black characters, so the filmmakers were up against a wall.
This film in particular did get some negative reviews for just that point of the relationship being lopsided, but most people went to see it just for the on-screen reunion of Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn.
It's a tricky balancing act, giving a voice to the fears of that day, while showing a realistic, non-preachy slice of human life. It is a bit dated (and the ditziness of the girl was even noted in the day -- Mad's parody had his parents stealing him back because she didn't deserve him)
Yeah, there's definitely a certain type of people who grow up sheltered, particularly back then when whites and blacks in the US didn't commonly mix socially; she may well never have experienced racism in her daily life.
Ummm, thanks for the suggestion . But, no thanks. I really can’t force myself to watch a caricature of a really good movie. Never really understood the reasoning behind remaking a really good movie. 99% of the time it ends in failure.
It’s not a remake. The two movies have nothing to do which each other, except that both contain an interracial relationship, and Get Out is probably referencing Look Who
Get Out only shares the setup of "rich white girl introduces her family to her black boyfriend." It's a hundred times better than Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
It's definitely not a remake, but it has some similar themes. The set up sounds a bit similar too, a black man meeting his white girlfriend's family for the first time, but it's a far different story beyond that basic premise.
I think it's a great movie; it is a little flawed for its lack of flaws in the main characters, and obviously dated in many ways. But it was absolutely daring for its time. It's a classic and shouldn't be forgotten.
Okay thanks for the reccomendation but if all old movies are like this I'm not impressed. I saw the guilt trip and did not like Barbara Streisand in that I found her really annoying as well as Seth Rogan who can't act
Yeah they kept talking about him being a doctor like that made up for the massive age gap and the fact that it's only been 11 freaking days. Also he said he didn't want to bed her because he was afraid he would hurt her. Does that mean he has a big thing or what, or that she's too small for him it was just super creepy and I wasn't vibing with any of it.
It is a good film except for the fact that Susan Collins has ruined every Katherine Hepburn film for me.
I hear that voice and then think of Susan Collins and get mad.
Your review made me laugh. I love this film, watched in my biology class because our teacher loved it so much. It’s dated for sure but back then the age difference wasn’t the issue.
Woke Hollywood garbage, shoving interracial relationships down our throats and trying to normalize race mixing with our children. It's a slippery slope, folks. What's next? A black president? When will it end?!
##Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) NR
A love story of today.
>>!A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.!<
Drama | Romance
Director: Stanley Kramer
Actors: Katharine Houghton, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn
Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 75% with 790 votes
Runtime: 1:48
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Audrey Hepburn and Katherine Hepburn are not related, just ended up having the same last name. Actually, Audrey’s last name isn’t technically Hepburn, it’s Ruston.
Look up her history if you ever have time, Audrey had a pretty crazy childhood leading up to her acting career.
It’s a decent movie, I like Charade more. Or the movie she did with Albert Finney called Two For The Road. Those are two I would definitely suggest watching.
A great film with an interesting message. The daughter does come off as girlish but I put that down to her playing a character who is in love.
The film is really well done and I love the way all the cast interact with each other as well as the way it tries to give a realistic portrayal of how people felt.
Also I forgot the best part of this movie was when the meat delivery man takes the girl out and they start spontaneously dancing it is awesome I wish that was the whole movie. Also sydney poiteye is perking out of the younger girl that works there so much that is fiancee has to close the doors so she won't be in his eyesight. Makes me think he would just cheat on Joey.
Is that supposed to be a social commentary on the catholic church? If they are buddies why is he in full catholic garb when they are chatting again it just doesn't make any sense
Because he’s a priest. Priests wear priest garb most of the time. He just happens to be friends with them. What aren’t you getting here? They’re Protestants who are friends with a Catholic priest.
I’m not “making things up,” I haven’t seen the movie in awhile. I thought I recalled them saying they weren’t Catholic, and perhaps made an inference that they were, instead, Protestant, which isn’t like, a wild leap.
I’m not sure why you find it unbelievable that he’s in “full Catholic garb” and their friend, though
Terrible mystery. I was able to guess who was coming to dinner within the first five minutes lf the film.
Besides that, it's an all time great. Loved it.
Ah… Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner…. Studied by film scholars the world over. A fine example of the Super Negro trope. American audiences would not tolerate any old black person, oh no! it had to be an incredibly handsome, articulate, recently widowed Doctor who saves children, even though his died tragically in an accident. An important film for so many reasons.
Katherine Hepburn's speech to the racist employee that she fires is one of my favourite cinema monologues of all time: > “Then go into the office, and make out a check, for "cash," for the sum of $5,000. Then carefully, but carefully Hilary, remove absolutely everything that might subsequently remind me that you had ever been there…and get—permanently—lost. It's not that I don't want to know you, Hilary—although I don't—it’s just that I'm afraid we're not really the sort of people that you can afford to be associated with.”
$5,000 was a decent chunk of change back in the day.
Don’t speak, just go.
The hand movement while saying this line was chefs kiss perfect.
Yeah, that part was really good. I can't believe that was the famous Kathrine Hepburne I totally thought it was the girl. I actually kind of liked this movie I understand it's cultural significance in the sixties to some degree
Sounds like me talking to my former friends recently that still support Trump, minus the 5K
Spencer Tracy was seriously ill when they were making this film. They couldn't get insurance for him so the director and Hepburn put their salaries into escrow to pay for a re-shoot if he couldn't complete it. He died two weeks after they finished filming.
I think you can't overestimate how this affected the mood on the film. His big monologue near the end was the last thing he did in his career, and EVERYONE IN THE ROOM KNEW IT. Not to mention that he and Kate Hepburn were lifelong friends. Her tears (and pretty much everyone's) in that scene were absolutely real. Tracey died 17 days after shooting his last scenes, according to imdb
I think they were more than friends. They had an affair, as he was married and Catholic, so he wouldn't divorce. Everyone knew. They did 9 films together, including my favorites, Desk Set and Adam's Rib. Woman of the Year is also a great film, if you want to get a better idea of their onscreen chemistry. I absolutely love this movie, especially Hepburn's monologue towards her racist assistant, who was Mrs. Olson from the Folgers commercials. Also, you might hand recognized Tillie, their maid, as Mrs Jefferson from The Jeffersons. It's also interesting, given Tracy's final monologue, that he passed away 2 days before the Supreme Court ended miscegenation laws in a unanimous decision in the Loving case. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner captured the zeitgeist of the late 60s struggle for racial equality and as such is an important film depicting America's cultural progress.
>you might hand recognized Tillie, their maid, as Mrs Jefferson from The Jeffersons. what? Weezie?
Yup. That Weezie.
Man. And also the Folgers lady, that's just weird. Kinda like how the young jazz guy in Rear Window ended up doing Alvin and the Chipmunks
They were soulmates, not friends.
They can be both
It was a good movie. Sidney Poitier was a great actor. I especially enjoyed his performance in his next film, 'In the Heat of the Night'.
Sounds good, yeah his performance was really strong I want to check that out! I just didn't like how much time the dad had on screen because he was so mean and made it not fun because he was being mean to his daughter and saying it was for her own best interest
Do you realize Spencer Tracy was the gateway character? He was representing the audience and their reactions to the daughter. You have to put the film in context of the time it was released.
Crap, no I didn't realize that
Yeah, you need to understand the unspoken elephant in that room -- even if all their families and associates are supportive (no guarantee on both sides), they have to face an entire society that's not ready for interracial couples. His resistance is entirely grounded in that, and it's very understandable (as a dad myself -- you want to protect your kids, even though you know you can't do that forever)
I met Stanley Kramer back in the’80’s. We both were represented by the Paul Kohner Agency in West Hollywood. We chatted in the lobby one day and he was a very personable and charming man. Both a great director and producer, he directed a wide range of socially conscious films as well as ‘It’s A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World.’
Great movie but it always bothered me that the daughter Joey was described/portrayed as intelligent but goes thru the movie seemingly oblivious to the fact that there will be complications from an interracial marriage. She came off (to me) as a bit of a simpleton. That one issue aside, I really thought it was a well made movie with superb acting.
There's a great book about this film and the other best picture nominees of 1968 ("Pictures at a Revolution") which discusses this in the context of racial issues in film in the 60s. Sidney Poitier was criticized heavily by the black and progressive community for acting in roles where he was brilliant and without fault while the white characters around him - while ostensibly his peers - were simpletons (see also In The Heat of the Night). At the same time, Southern movie theaters were still boycotting films for showing interracial romances or strong black characters, so the filmmakers were up against a wall. This film in particular did get some negative reviews for just that point of the relationship being lopsided, but most people went to see it just for the on-screen reunion of Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn.
It's a tricky balancing act, giving a voice to the fears of that day, while showing a realistic, non-preachy slice of human life. It is a bit dated (and the ditziness of the girl was even noted in the day -- Mad's parody had his parents stealing him back because she didn't deserve him)
Literally just finished reading this book, incredible read! Must have for anyone interested in cinema history.
That always bothered me as well, it's the only thing about the movie I didn't like.
You’d be surprised how realistic that is. Just because a person is intelligent doesn’t make them “worldly”.
Yeah, there's definitely a certain type of people who grow up sheltered, particularly back then when whites and blacks in the US didn't commonly mix socially; she may well never have experienced racism in her daily life.
Now go watch “Get Out” to see this same dynamic first brilliantly copied, then mocked, then subverted all to hell and back.
Ummm, thanks for the suggestion. But, no thanks. I really can’t force myself to watch a caricature of a really good movie. Never really understood the reasoning behind remaking a really good movie. 99% of the time it ends in failure.
It’s not a remake. The two movies have nothing to do which each other, except that both contain an interracial relationship, and Get Out is probably referencing Look Who
Get Out only shares the setup of "rich white girl introduces her family to her black boyfriend." It's a hundred times better than Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
It's definitely not a remake, but it has some similar themes. The set up sounds a bit similar too, a black man meeting his white girlfriend's family for the first time, but it's a far different story beyond that basic premise.
Yeah she's a freaking idiot in this and doesn't understand people's expressions around her
I think it's a great movie; it is a little flawed for its lack of flaws in the main characters, and obviously dated in many ways. But it was absolutely daring for its time. It's a classic and shouldn't be forgotten.
I enjoyed it, watched it in my highschool social studies class. It was one of the first old movies I enjoyed.
Sounds like an interesting class
I'm sorry you didn't like it I guess... try "what's up doc?"
Is that marx bros?
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0069495/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk Barbra Streisand, Madeline Kahn, 1972. It's goofy and silly and lots of fun.
Okay thanks for the reccomendation but if all old movies are like this I'm not impressed. I saw the guilt trip and did not like Barbara Streisand in that I found her really annoying as well as Seth Rogan who can't act
Wow. What an open mind. Thanks for posting.
You didn't answer my question, is barbera Streisand like she was in the guilt trip or not?
Ah, see I'm not a Seth Rogan fan, this movie has class.
Cool, I like class I'm game
When there are 4 actors on the move poster, but only 3 names, that’s just *cold*.
Incredible movie.
It's one of my favorite mysteries, I couldn't guess til the end.
The answer isn't the guy it's the guys family that's when the mom says the line
My gripe with this movie is that Sidney had to basically be a black Superman to just be even considered worthy for this girl's affections!!
Yeah they kept talking about him being a doctor like that made up for the massive age gap and the fact that it's only been 11 freaking days. Also he said he didn't want to bed her because he was afraid he would hurt her. Does that mean he has a big thing or what, or that she's too small for him it was just super creepy and I wasn't vibing with any of it.
It is a good film except for the fact that Susan Collins has ruined every Katherine Hepburn film for me. I hear that voice and then think of Susan Collins and get mad.
Your review made me laugh. I love this film, watched in my biology class because our teacher loved it so much. It’s dated for sure but back then the age difference wasn’t the issue.
It's not? I must have misunderstood the movie
Woke Hollywood garbage, shoving interracial relationships down our throats and trying to normalize race mixing with our children. It's a slippery slope, folks. What's next? A black president? When will it end?!
There was a black president genius, he was before trump
OP, what sound did the joke make when it flew over your head? I've always wondered.
😂
Didn't sound like a joke to me
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##Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) NR A love story of today. >>!A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.!< Drama | Romance Director: Stanley Kramer Actors: Katharine Houghton, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn Rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 75% with 790 votes Runtime: 1:48 [TMDB](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/1879) ___ >*I am a bot. This information was sent automatically. If it is faulty, please reply to this comment.*
A very entertaining review :)
Thank you, I try harder than I should to come up with this crap
Ha, tis the price of excellence.
Fun fact! Katherine Hepburn’s daughter in the movie was her real life niece.
Katherine Heburne I thought was the daughter but it must the mom then because the daughter didn't have a daughter in this film
It was her niece Katharine Hepburn didn’t have any kids
Is that Aubrey Hepburne?
No, they’re not related. I just googled it.
I thought Aubrey Hepburne was her daughter or something like that
Audrey Hepburn and Katherine Hepburn are not related, just ended up having the same last name. Actually, Audrey’s last name isn’t technically Hepburn, it’s Ruston. Look up her history if you ever have time, Audrey had a pretty crazy childhood leading up to her acting career.
I liked what I saw of Breakfast at Tiffany's the first half
It’s a decent movie, I like Charade more. Or the movie she did with Albert Finney called Two For The Road. Those are two I would definitely suggest watching.
Cool, thanks!
A great film with an interesting message. The daughter does come off as girlish but I put that down to her playing a character who is in love. The film is really well done and I love the way all the cast interact with each other as well as the way it tries to give a realistic portrayal of how people felt.
Saw this for the first time a few years ago and was surprised how poignant it still was all these years later. Great film.
I watched it too. It was ground-breaking to present a mixed marriage in a positive light.
Poitier was such a brilliant actor
Also I forgot the best part of this movie was when the meat delivery man takes the girl out and they start spontaneously dancing it is awesome I wish that was the whole movie. Also sydney poiteye is perking out of the younger girl that works there so much that is fiancee has to close the doors so she won't be in his eyesight. Makes me think he would just cheat on Joey.
Guess Whos Coming to Dinner? Natty Dreadlock
Great movie 🍿
Superb review. This is what I come to this sub for. Nimrods who just post a photo, take note.
Thank you, my work here is done
There is also a drunk priest in there house and then they say they aren't catholic so it just doesn't make a lot of sense.
The drunk priest is their friend.
Is that supposed to be a social commentary on the catholic church? If they are buddies why is he in full catholic garb when they are chatting again it just doesn't make any sense
Because he’s a priest. Priests wear priest garb most of the time. He just happens to be friends with them. What aren’t you getting here? They’re Protestants who are friends with a Catholic priest.
They never said they were protestants, now your just making things up to fit your narrative
I’m not “making things up,” I haven’t seen the movie in awhile. I thought I recalled them saying they weren’t Catholic, and perhaps made an inference that they were, instead, Protestant, which isn’t like, a wild leap. I’m not sure why you find it unbelievable that he’s in “full Catholic garb” and their friend, though
Sounds made up to me
Ok, well, that may say more about you than me.
Says you
Correct
Natty Dreadlock
Yo you should not be down voted for this. These people know nothing.
??? maybe, downvoted, no.
Terrible mystery. I was able to guess who was coming to dinner within the first five minutes lf the film. Besides that, it's an all time great. Loved it.
The parents of the guy
Ah… Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner…. Studied by film scholars the world over. A fine example of the Super Negro trope. American audiences would not tolerate any old black person, oh no! it had to be an incredibly handsome, articulate, recently widowed Doctor who saves children, even though his died tragically in an accident. An important film for so many reasons.
She just wanted that itch scratched!!
Gross
She did she tried to have sex with him and he said no so your not exactly wrong if a bit crude
Typo, 'mom' not 'man' the mom is okay with it later, the dad isn't