Feeling the urge to settle down, drifter Hal Carter (William Holden) heads for a small Kansas town hoping to land a job with the help of his wealthy college roommate, Alan Benson (Cliff Robertson). At the town's Labor Day picnic, Hal seduces the local beauty queen and Alan's girlfriend, Madge Owens (Kim Novak), while ignoring his own "date," Madge's younger sister Millie (Susan Strasberg). Taken to task by a frustrated schoolteacher (Rosalind Russell), Hal disappears into the night followed by Madge. And when he asks Madge to join him in Tulsa where he thinks he can find work, filled with her own memories of the picnic, she ignores her mother's wishes and follows her heart.
Believing that the world will end that very day, three mental patients Coco, Tsumuji, and Satoru set out upon a journey. Walking upon the tops of the walls of the city, they seek to find a picnic spot with the best vantage point to view the final event.
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So beautifulWhen William Holden and Kim Novak slow dance together at the picnic, with colorful chinese lanterns hanging above and around them, and the music is Moonglow with the PICNIC love theme layered on top of Moonglow, it's worth the price of admission. So beautiful. I love this film. It's a wonderful snapshot of small-town Americana c1950's and a story packed with emotion..Score: 5/5
"Picnic" (1955)The original Jerry Maguire..."You complete me"... only set in Hollywoods' black and white' days...This was taboo stuff then . If I remember, Peyton Place came after this one... But of course it's tame (Ta.maTOe) now compared to some of the real "exposures " out there ..Score: 5/5
The best!I'm 29 and this movie is our family's labor day tradition since it was on the silver screen! every year after our own picnic we watch picnic!.Score: 5/5
Proof that Ebert Has Lost It, as if I Needed AnyPicnic is one of the great uniquely American movies. Hal Carter (William Holden) is a thirtysomething drifter who hops a freight to a small Kansas town, where he hopres to get work from a wealthy friend from his college days. Though he has never achieved anything since the days of his college football career, he is full of bluster that barely disquises the desperation within. There he meets Madge (Kim Novak), the most beautiful girl in town, who is, unfortunately, only appreciated for being beautiful. Somehow these two lonely people find something special within each other when Hal is invited to accompany Madge's family to the town's annual Labor Day Picnic. We can feel their attraction in what is probably the sexiest dance sequence in filmdom. Unfortunately, Madge is being courted by Hal's old college friend, whom Madege's mother , left by her own husband,wants her to marry while she is still young and beautiful. Rosalind Russell has a wonderful supporting role as a no-longer-young schoolteacher who is facing the possibility of being alone for the rest of her life. This film is wonderful. Forget Ebert..Score: 5/5
Strangely mesmerizingI saw this recently on our local PBS station for the first time. Somehow the Cinemacope picture brought me “into” the film. Strangely dated, but charming at the same time. William Holden was really to old for the role, but the way he “becomes” his character comes off as appropriate and believable. That beautiful color and the gorgeous cinematography takes you into a different time and world. It felt like To Kill A Mockingbird” at times and that dance number between Holden and Novak was spectacular and I have never seen anything to equal it. Younger viewers probably won’t relate to this picture, there is no CGI or action, just loads of charm. Sometimes taking a chance out a movie can be very rewarding, and I’m glad I took a chance on this one..Score: 5/5
A window into the 1950sExcllent melodrama...filmed in super-wide Cinemascope (The print and transfer on this iTunes download are spectacular)...is a real window into the 1950s...an era where you upset the status quo and the social hierarchy at your own peril. Depiction of small town life in the last days of summer vacation is fascinating..Score: 5/5
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