The Golden Boys (2009) sounds like a perfect feel good movie for a winter evening.
"Some of the shots of the dunes, the seashore and the lighthouses are just plain gorgeous, and the opening scenes are worth the watch alone. Taken from archival film from various Cape Cod historical collections.," says Kathleen in her Review of The Golden Boys.
The movie is set in 1905 and tells the story of three old sea captains played by David Carradine (1936-2009), Rip Torn and Bruce Dern who live together in Chatham and decide they need a woman around the house to take care of them.
So one of them has to place a want ad in a big city newspaper for a wife. Mariel Hemingway plays Martha, the woman from Nantucket who responds to the ad and when she arrives, things don't unfold quite as expected.
"It's a gentle, likable romantic comedy — innocent in the best sense of the word," writes Cape Cod Online.
Daniel Adams latest movie, the Lightkeepers, was the closing-night film at the recent Palm Springs Film Festival and is described as a 1912 Cape Cod romantic comedy.
The movie is about a lighthouse keeper, played by Richard Dreyfuss, who has disavowed any association with females, but who must deal with the unexpected appearance of two attractive women who move into a nearby cottage for the summer.
The film also stars Blythe Danner (Gwyneth Paltrow's mom), Mamie Gummer (daughter of Meryl Streep) and Tom Wisdom.
And I'm sure Cape Cod Online is right..., that the local chambers of commerce are going to love this movie, with outstanding shots of Cape Cod's natural beauty yet again!
You can purchase The Golden Boys on Amazon -the movie The Lightkeepers, released in December 09, is currently not available.
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I'm off to add these movies to my Netflix list :)
Thank you for posting these! A draw-back to living next to a huge military base is the theaters rarely screen movies that aren't either blood & guts, sci-fi or comedy. A nice gentle story? FORGET IT!
I've never heard of either but am sure I'd love both! Great post!
BTW, you can get it on half.com for less than $10 new or less than $5 used.
ummmmm. Sound like good rainy day movies. Thanks Maya!
I'm always looking for movies with great scenery, thanks for sharing!
Kat :)
THis looks amazing
T
These movies look like they are definitely worth seeing. Thanks.
Susan
Thanks for the movie tips...love the blog. So beautiful!
I wanted to let you know I'm including your blog in one of my posts today! :)
Thanks for the tip!
Sue
I lived on Nantucket for 2 summers, and want to get back there soon!!
These movies look great ~~
xoxo Laura
These both look wonderful and like something I would truly enjoy. When I checked into The Lightkeepers I see that they did a few sneak peek showings so the film could be considered for the Oscars, but it opens nationwide on March 12th. Seems there is some buzz on Richard Dreyfus as a dark horse for Best Actor. I love him and can't wait to see this movie! Thanks Maya, I'm so out of the movie loop since I left California, I depend on my friends to let me know what's going on.
The next best thing to being there is watching a movie that's set there :-)
I haven't heard of either of these movies, but they sound good. And I bet there's lots of beautiful scenery to look at :-)
Kelly
Definitely going to put both of those on my list of films to see. They both sound great.
Thanks for the heads up on them.
Much love
Lia
xx
Both of those movies look wonderful. I can't wait to see 'em. Thanks for posting about both movies. I did the same at my blog, too.
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