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	All That Heaven Allows - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All That Heaven Allows is a 1955 drama and May-September romance in which a well-to-do widow (Jane Wyman), living in a small town, decides to marry a handsome younger man (Rock Hudson) who owns a small landscaping business.
		However in later years, it was one of a number of his melodramas which were re-evaluated favorably by critics and held in regard by a subsequent generation of directors, including Pedro Almodóvar, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, John Waters, and more recently, Quentin Tarantino.
		Todd Haynes' Far From Heaven (2002) is an homage to Sirk's work, in particular All That Heaven Allows and Imitation of Life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/All_That_Heaven_Allows (282 words)

	DVD Review: All That Heaven Allows (Criterion)
		"All That Heaven Allows" is likely one of the many films across the ages that were taken by the filmmaker and improved from what was on the page.
		This presentation of "All That Heaven Allows" is not without some bumps, but after 46 years, I was suprised to see the film still remains in this kind of condition.
		Final Thoughts: "All That Heaven Allows" is a superbly filmed and well-acted piece, but not quite as remarkable or exceptional as some of the other films that Criterion has released from around this period.
	www.currentdvd.com /dvdreviews2/allthatheavenallowsccdvd.html (824 words)

	Bright Lights Film Journal \| Douglas Sirk on DVD
		All That Heaven Allows is the quintessential Sirk movie of his later career, and the only one so far to be selected for the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry.
		Heaven is set in Stoningham, a small eastern town where dramatic changes of season contrast an unchanging human landscape of pettiness and gossip.
		Heaven’s rich selection of extras include the 1997 BBC documentary Behind the Mirror: A Profile of Douglas Sirk (1979), with rare footage of the master; Fassbinder’s essay "Imitation of Life: On the Films of Douglas Sirk," illustrated with rare ephemera; a stills archive with production photos and lobby cards; and the original theatrical trailer.
	www.brightlightsfilm.com /34/sirk.html (1441 words)

	The Criterion Collection: All That Heaven Allows
		All That Heaven Allows marks the final turning point in Sirk’s strange and varied career.
		All That Heaven Allows contains all the elements of characteristically Sirkian composition: light, shade, color, and camera angles combine with his trademark use of mirrors to break up the surface of the screen.
		Here are all the components of the “melodramatic” style on which Sirk’s critical reputation is based and that has made him the favorite of later generations of filmmakers, from Rainer Werner Fassbinder to Quentin Tarantino, from John Waters to Pedro Almódovar.
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	all that heaven allows
		“All that Heaven Allows” was an infuriating tale of a clueless woman taken on a journey of meaning that she could never understand.
		Yet, in the end she marries Ron and takes on a life that is different from what she has known, because she needs a man to decide for her who she is. It’s a high form of subservience, letting someone else decide who you are, and that is what is so maddening about this film.
		All that Heaven allows is an anti-feminist’s dream, an utter devaluation of the abilities of woman to make decisions for herself like the human being that she is. Cary is an extreme example of the stereotypical woman.
	mason.gmu.edu /~ascurto/all_that_heaven_allows.html (787 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - All That Heaven Allows: Criterion Collection
		Following on the huge success of Magnificent Obsession, Sirk started All That Heaven Allows as a vehicle to capitalize on the prior film's fame.
		Returning are Rock Hudson, Jane Wyman, and Agnes Moorehead, and the film has gone on to be a quintessential example of melodrama.
		The interview is a gem of historical significance and nearly worth the purchase alone, although it isn't very flashy and requires a lot of attention.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/heavenallows.php (1391 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: All That Heaven Allows: The Criterion Collection
		All That Heaven Allows (1955) is one of his best efforts (and also probably the best for first-time viewers), as it effectively illustrates why Sirk became a Hollywood legend.
		As their relationship deepens and the two plan to marry they become the subject of much gossip, causing dissonance with her family members, who object to the supposed impropriety of an older, wealthy woman marrying the hired help.
		Known for his striking compositions, Sirk's All That Heaven Allows offers both dense imagery and a swift narrative that is formally breathtaking.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/a/allthatheavenallows_cc.q.shtml (810 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on All That Heaven Allows at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		The plot of All That Heaven Allows is deceptively simple: The camera begins sweeping down on a bucolic small New England town, perhaps Connecticut.
		He properly notes that television was promoted as the refuge of the lonely housewife, when in reality it merely kept women confined to their homes, cooking, cleaning, and watching the idiot box.
		All That Heaven Allows is perfectly cast in both the parts you grow to love and the parts you end up hating.
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	All That Heaven Allows Movie: All That Heaven Allows DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		In ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, Douglas Sirk's haunting suburban morality play, Jane Wyman plays Cary Scott, a wealthy middle-aged widow in love with a younger man considered by those around her to be far below her social standing.
		ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, marked by Sirk's distinctive, lavish visual style, stands as a searing example of how materialism can result in alienation from natural feelings.
		ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1995.
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	Amazon.com: All That Heaven Allows - Criterion Collection (1955): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Sirk's 1955 film, "All That Heaven Allows," tells the story of the romance between a well-to-do widow and a young, dreamy, non-conformist gardener.
		All That Heaven Allows is a remarkable story about an older woman, Cary Scott (Jane Wyman), falling in love with a younger man, Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson), which was something unthinkable in the 1950's.
		All That Heaven Allows offers a thoughtful story of social restrictions that might hamper the development of human beings and it does so with a brilliant cinematic experience.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00005BH23?v=glance (2168 words)

	DVD Savant Review: All That Heaven Allows & Written on the Wind
		In order to understand All That Heaven Allows, one has to understand the 'women's magazine' ethos of the '50s from which these high-powered soap operas sprang.
		It's forceful, but neither as compelling nor as perfectly-produced as Heaven: the ol' Universal economy shows, and although Al Zugsmith lays on some lush sets, the haunts of the ultra-rich were always a bit too cold to care about.
		Heaven has an hour of great Sirk interview footage for a 1979 BBC show; he's been dead for a long time and this is probably the only opportunity you're likely to get to see him speak.
	www.dvdtalk.com /dvdsavant/s273sirk.html (1735 words)

	All That Heaven Allows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		There are more suds to be found in Douglas Sirk’s All That Heaven Allows than you could find at your average Irish pub, but it’s impossible to dislike a film in which the worst fate that can befall a woman is to be given a TV set.
		All That Heaven Allows is a music-hall number that Sirk’s innate talent elevates to grand opera.
		The bright, solid colors are deeply saturated and startling in their sheen; In true 50s style, the flesh tones are overly perfect and overly solid, but overall they are quite natural given the caveats (although on occasion, esp. during the first ten minutes, then tended to be a bit too red).
	www.classicsondvd.com /allthat.htm (589 words)

	Compare Prices and Read Reviews on All That Heaven Allows at Epinions.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		They were convinced audiences would anticipate being given ALL that heaven allowed in a movie.
		With a screenplay by Peg Fenwick, photography by Russell Metty, and music by Frank Skinner, "All That Heaven Allows" is a wonderful film to watch.
		This may not be all that heaven allows - but it was certainly all that Universal-International, Ross Hunter, and Douglas Sirk could give us.
	www.epinions.com /content_46291259012 (947 words)

	Movie Habit: Review of All that Heaven Allows (1955), ****
		Made and set in the mid-fifties, All that Heaven Allows is told from the point of view of a middle-aged woman.
		The atmosphere in Hollywood at the time was so repressive, he says, that truly original ideas -- radical ideas -- could only be expressed as subtext, that films themselves had to put on a happy face and not rock the boat.
		So although All that Heaven Allows has a big budget, major stars, and a happy ending, the real story, or at least a real story, lies in the message just below the surface, the ugly world that eats Jane Wyman alive.
	www.moviehabit.com /reviews/all_hk01.shtml (1133 words)

	All That Heaven Allows -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Among other comments, some cite this film as an example of how to transcend the formulaic constraints of the studio system.
		The film was remade in Fassbinder's Angst essen Seele auf (Fear Eats The Soul) from 1974, and placed in the United State's (Click link for more info and facts about National Film Registry) National Film Registry in 1995.
		(Click link for more info and facts about Todd Haynes) Todd Haynes' (Click link for more info and facts about Far From Heaven) Far From Heaven (2002) is an homage to Sirk's work, in particular All That Heaven Allows and (Click link for more info and facts about Imitation of Life) Imitation of Life.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/a/al/all_that_heaven_allows.htm (224 words)

	DVD Times - All That Heaven Allows
		A delicate, exquisitely beautiful piece of cinema, All That Heaven Allows deals with the oppression and prejudice faced when straying from the norm and introducing the unexpected into a routine existence, the way narrow, instinctive assumptions cause real harm and how blithely people destroy one another’s lives in a myriad of heartless, careless ways.
		Presented anamorphically in the aspect ratio of 1.77:1, it allows a sliver more information at the top and bottom than its original theatrical presentation of 1.85:1.
		Fassbinder cited Sirk as his greatest influence and even remade All That Heaven Allows himself as Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, so had more qualifications than most to write on the subject.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=3638 (1463 words)

	Images - Douglas Sirk: All That Heaven Allows and Written on the Wind
		All That Heaven Allows opens with a high-angle shot of a stiff, pristine New England church spire, and the cold, conformist values it represents dominate the town’s denizens as it does the town.
		All That Heaven Allows is justly celebrated as one of Sirk’s most visually arresting films, and despite the difficulty some viewers will have with what looks like an unrepentant "weepie" mentality, there are images of exceptional power.
		The artificial lighting and crazy color schemes for which Sirk was noted are here, but there’s again (as in All that Heaven Allows) an emotional intensity, carried to operatic extremes, that works against the idea that the film is merely a florid exercise in camp.
	www.imagesjournal.com /issue10/reviews/sirk/text.htm (1883 words)

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		The Chicago Reader: All That Heaven Allows · Capsule by Dave Kehr.
		All That Heaven Allows (1955) · iweb · Plot summary, credits, and user comments and rating.
		All That Heaven Allows · iweb · cached · Review by Jon Robertson.
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	All That Heaven Allows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		One is not surprised to learn that, among the scores of filmmakers who have been influenced by Douglas Sirk, one of the most recent is Todd Haynes, whose just-wrapped Far From Heaven has been touted as an explicit homage to Sirk's mid-1950s suburban soap operas.
		I can't wait to see Far From Heaven, but for those of you who were startled by the palpable menace of a fl sofa in Haynes's Safe, wait till you see what fright Sirk conjures in an antiquarian television set in the final third of All That Heaven Allows (1955).
		When Wyman puts on a happy face at the conclusion of All That Heaven Allows, the audience knows an incredible amount about the intractable complications and emotional compromises that her brave smile attempts to dress up.
	www.nicksflickpicks.com /allheavn.html (461 words)

	All That Heaven Allows
		Those who take in a screening of Far From Heaven this weekend will likely have an itch to see the real thing and might appreciate knowing there are several Sirk titles available on DVD.
		The 1956 love story stars Jane Wyman as a wealthy widow who falls for her young, hunky gardener (Rock Hudson), a shock to her children and nosy country-club friends.
		All that Heaven Allows includes an interview with Sirk, an entertaining essay on his works and old publicity stills.
	www.azcentral.com /ent/movies/articles/1114newondvd14.html (369 words)

	filmcritic.com Movie Review: All That Heaven Allows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		Well, actually, it is. Originally released by Universal in 1955, All That Heaven Allows explores one woman’s struggle to accept a love that threatens to turn her life upside down.
		Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) is an attractive, wealthy New England widow who falls for her much younger gardener Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson).
		While the stars deliver performances in Heaven that are graceful enough to carry the film, the rest of this love story just sort of, um, lies there.
	www.filmcritic.com /misc/emporium.nsf/84dbbfa4d710144986256c290016f76e/86a4d5a07c21ecf088256a940052d4f8?OpenDocument (348 words)

	MRC FilmFinder-Full Record: All That Heaven Allows
		All That Heaven Allows is very entertaining high schmaltz with a perfect ‘50s cast led by the dignified Jane Wyman as Cary Scott, Rock Hudson as the hunk Ron Kirby, Agnes Moorehead as Cary’s best friend Sara Warren, Conrad Nagel as Harvey, Virginia Grey as Alida Anderson.
		The critique of some aspects of American conventions is evident in his films, though probably less noticeable when they were made than they are in retrospect.
		Rainer Werner Fassbinder would mimic this film is one of his better films, Ali: Fear Eats the Soul, but Todd Haynes’ 2002 release Far From Heaven turns the story and Sirk’s style into a rapturously retro cinematic treat.
	www.lib.unc.edu /house/mrc/films/full.php?film_id=9627 (324 words)

	Cinema Salon: All That Heaven Allows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This was the film that made the whole Cinematic Landscape film series click into place in the planning, and for me, if for no one else, it worked perfectly.
		Add that this was the source of two other favorite films of mine, Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats the Soul and Todd Haynes’ Far From Heaven, and only its provenance as pure Hollywood product keeps this film just out of the Pantheon.
		Location:Williamstown, MA Currently writes, buys books, and programs films as an independent consultant for Clark Art Institute and other museums.
	cinemasalon.blogspot.com /2005/01/all-that-heaven-allows.html (293 words)

	All That Heaven Allows
		It made a ton of money, and since Hollywood back then hadn't completely abandoned all pretense of originality, instead of making something like Magnificent Obsession 2, they got another sad, love affair movie for these two and All That Heaven Allows was born.
		Jane Wyman, looking every bit of her forty-plus years in the role, plays Cary Scott, an upper class dame that had her husband go and croak on her last year.
		In All That Heaven Allows, the only misstep these characters suffered from was when Rock walked off that snowy bluff.
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	AMCTV.com MEMBER REVIEWS: All that Heaven Allows (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
		This script has plenty of subtly catty barbs and digs in it, too-- no wonder John Waters is a fan.
		I'm a big fan of Douglas Sirk and this is one of muy favorite movies (the other being his Imitation Of Life), some have called his movies corny, but I'd like to say romantic, I have the Criterion DVD and the movie is beautifully filmed in his usage of color.
		Todd Haynes recent movie "Far From Heaven" with Julianne Moore and Dennis Quaid is basically this movie with his own touches thrown in.
	www.amctv.com /show/review?CID=67-EST (390 words)

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