Great reaction!! You can't go wrong with Audrey Hepburn. She won the Oscar for her first starring role in Roman Holiday (1953), then she made Sabrina (1954), Love in the Afternoon (1957), The Nun's Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1951), The Children's Hour (1961), Charade (1963), My Fair Lady (1964), Two for the Road (1967), and almost 20 others. She was fantastic!!
Saw this when it was first released. When Audrey smashes the lights, ALL the lights, including the little lights on the aisles, were turned off. What an experience! I LOVE your reactions, Shandor.
I`m a woman and I fall in love with Audrey every time I watch her movies :) Her aura, beauty, and elegance are out of this world. It`s as if all colours change when she appears on the screen. Her posture is that of a prima ballerina and it gives away that she was a ballet dancer. I`m so glad you loved her, too. Thank you for this lovely reaction. Greetings from Slovenia.
The soundtrack was scored for two pianos, one tuned in pitch and one tuned half a tone off. They released a very limited edition soundtrack LP which is nearly impossible to find. I got to see this movie on first release with my aunt. It was an incredible edge of your seat slow burn movie that capped with 30 minutes of terror. (spoilers) (spoilers) When Gloria comes down the stairs holding the missing doll, the entire audience gasped. When Suzy starts to go through the apartment and hallways smashing lightbulbs, the theater would turn off, bit by bit, the ambient lighting inside the theater, ending up with slamming all the lights out (except for the fire exit sign) when Suzy yanks the final plug from the light source as Roat threw his knife. The theater was in pitch black darkness for the remainder of the film. When Roat jumped from the shadows after we thought he was dead, the entire theater shrieked and kept screaming up to the scene where the police car pulls up out front. Several people left the audience after that jump scare. Alan Arkin had two great stories from this movie. One was when he was being interviewed at a movie theater during the showing of the film and during the interview he was startled by loud shrieks of terror from the theater. He looked at the interviewer and asked "what the hell was that?" and was told "that's when you jump out of the shadows and grab Audrey." The other story has Arkin being asked why he wasn't nominated for an Acadamy Award for his perfomance as Roat, and he replied ""You don't get nominated for being mean to Audrey Hepburn!" (end spoliers)
Wonderful movie and a great reaction! I first saw this movie in my high school. An all girl high school. Just imagine an auditorium filled with teenage girls watching this when Alan Arkin jumps out of the shadows, the whole place screamed! It was Epic.
Great reaction for a great movie. I watched this movie in a crowded college gymnasium many years ago. When Alan Arkin jumped out with that knife, the whole gym screamed. The screaming itself made other viewers scream, intensifying the moment. Crazy times. Almost 2k, so close.
WUD was written by the same playwright who wrote Dial M For Murder, so it makes sense you would be reminded of that piece when watching this. You can't go wrong with Audrey Hepburn. A beautiful woman, inside and out, and a terrific actress at home in dramas and comedies, and even a couple of musicals. My personal recommendations to start would be: Sabrina The Children's Hour Breakfast at Tiffany's Charade Two For the Road
Another vote for "Roman Holiday" as a must-see. "Charade," which has also been mentioned, is a great comedy-romance-thriller with Cary Grant I bet you'd enjoy. Hepburn was also great in "Two for the Road," which came out the same year as "Wait Until Dark."
The term "jump scare" was coined in reviews of this back in the 60's...many of them complaining about it. Makes sense that the OG jump scare is Alan Arkin literally jumping. 🤔😂😂😂
Shandor!! If u think ur in love with her now….. Start at her luminous debut!! ROMAN HOLIDAY!!!! Wait until dark was directed by Terrance Young, the guy who gave James Bond his action n cool swagger
Harry Roat Junior leaping out of the darkness remains, to this day, one of the greatest jumpscares of ALL TIME. Literally the whole movie built up to that ONE MOMENT.
This was a great reaction. And you have now joined the ranks of those who have fallen in love with Audrey Hepburn, which is just about everybody. The same year as WAIT UNTIL DARK, she made a European film which is maybe my favorite of all movies -- it just hits everything I like: TWO FOR THE ROAD. A sophisticated seriocomedic story of a marriage told not in chronological order but geographical order, as we jump back and forth among 6 trips she and her husband take from north to south through France. I think you would love it.
I saw this on stage from a local little theatre company. (Had seen the movie many times prior to that.) The lights going out is fantastic. Funny thing is that one of the other plays they did that season was "Sabrina Fair" (very different from the movie based on it), which became another Hepburn movie, _Sabrina,_ and they used the same lead actress for both.
Gregory Peck, her co-star in “Roman Holiday” - a superstar at the time- KNEW she would win Best Actress Oscar for this phenomenal breakout role. It was filmed in black & white because at that time, the color cameras for big budget feature films were too huge and cumbersome and required numerous lights, but the goal was to film on location with lots of action sequences and real crowds, so it had to be in black & white. A joy to watch!
My favorite Audrey Hepburn film along with Roman Holiday which is an absolute delight. By the way you intuited something smart. This play and Dial M were written by the same playwrright, Frederick Knott. Fantastic reaction as usual. 👍👍
For me this is in the top 4 of Audrey Hepburn's dramatic performances with the other 3 being her performances in Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Children's Hour, and Charade. It is hard for me to decide which of these is best. She is also simply enchanting and radiant in her more romantic comedy and/or musical roles in such films as My Fair Lady, Funny Face, How To Steal A Million, Sabrina and Roman Holiday.
WHEN I WAS A KID, WE WENT TO MOVIES ALL THE TIME. SAW THIS AT "THE CREST" THEATER, DECORATED IN DECO STYLE WITH OCEAN GOD, GODDESSES...GORGEOUS PLACE. WHEN WE SAW THIS, THEY DARKENED THEATER, WHEN ARKIN JUMPS ACROSS SCREEN AFTER AUDREY!!! THE WHOLE AUDIENCE SCREAMED & JUMPED IN SEATS!!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤❤❤❤❤
“Charade” will definitely be another thrilling experience. Sometimes called “the best Hitchcock movie, Hitchcock never made." One of my favorites with her is “The Nun’s Story” which again, showcases her wide-ranging and deep acting abilities. (And is based on a true story.)
Very nice reaction. Audrey didn't make very many movies but they were all great. Two For The Road 1966 and Robin & Marian 1976 (Sean Connery, Robert Shaw) are must see Audrey Hepburn movies.
Do you recognize Mr Rote as the grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine? Bad guys wouldnt have gone to all this trouble play acting. Especially after one woman is dead. They would have harmed her to get what they wanted. Instead of tapping on the pipes, she could have gone upstairs and hid behind a locked door in Gloria's apartment. I'm only nit picking. I love the movie and still own the VHS version I bought in the early 90s. If you like Hepburn then you have to see Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany's
You're right about Audrey's character being a better strong female character in the end than the ones you see today. Sure she was scared but she did what had to be done... and didn't need to act less feminine to do it.
Shandor! I am constantly surprised that you have so few subscribers : ( Your reactions are superlative, and your movie taste stunning. Hey everyone, if you watched this and like it, then SUB!! This movie has been in my top 10 since I first saw it in the 80s. Watched it again right away, then the next day with my mom. I could not believe the acting, and the storytelling. Especially by Hepburn and Alan Arkin, the arch villain. Susie is such a brave, daring, smart, lovely, kind woman. Wow. Shandor have you ever watched Rebecca? It has a strange spookiness to it, and some very interesting twists and turns. Would make my day to see your reaction!
Besides her obvious high fashion model looks, Audrey Hepburn is the epitome of femininity and graciousness (hard to find today), probably why you find her so attractive. 😍
A fine film starring Alan Arkin is the cold-war comedy, _The Russians Are Coming. The Russians Are Coming._ (1966). It was Arkin's first full-length film and his performance garnered him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination. Another marvelous comedy he's in is _The In-Laws_ (1979), in which he co-stars with the great Peter Falk.
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I overall enjoyed this movie but there were two scenes that I thought were cringe and should have never been added in there. Where Gloria is being extremely evil to her when we first meet her. Just weird how she seemed nice, then not nice, then nice again. The other cringe scene was at the end where the husband is telling his poor wife to come to him without his helping her. OK, he wants her to be dependent but I mean come on now, she just went through hell man. Go get her and give her a hug. It was a weird ending IMO.
Fine job as usual, great movie pick. Shandor, both "Wait Until Dark" and "Dial M for Murder" were written by the same guy -- Frederick Knott. He lived in my town and I interviewed him once. Never wrote anything after "Wait Until Dark." I RECOMMEND AUDREY HEPBURN'S OTHER BEST MOVIE: ROMAN HOLIDAY, made more than a decade before this @shandoratthecinema4098 #shandoratthecinema4098
Great reaction!! You can't go wrong with Audrey Hepburn. She won the Oscar for her first starring role in Roman Holiday (1953), then she made Sabrina (1954), Love in the Afternoon (1957), The Nun's Story (1959), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1951), The Children's Hour (1961), Charade (1963), My Fair Lady (1964), Two for the Road (1967), and almost 20 others. She was fantastic!!
Saw this when it was first released. When Audrey smashes the lights, ALL the lights, including the little lights on the aisles, were turned off. What an experience! I LOVE your reactions, Shandor.
I`m a woman and I fall in love with Audrey every time I watch her movies :)
Her aura, beauty, and elegance are out of this world. It`s as if all colours change when she appears on the screen. Her posture is that of a prima ballerina and it gives away that she was a ballet dancer.
I`m so glad you loved her, too.
Thank you for this lovely reaction.
Greetings from Slovenia.
I remember watching this when I was a teenager. At the jump scare, we all screamed and my friend (who sat next to me) grabbed my sleeve and ripped it!
The soundtrack was scored for two pianos, one tuned in pitch and one tuned half a tone off. They released a very limited edition soundtrack LP which is nearly impossible to find.
I got to see this movie on first release with my aunt. It was an incredible edge of your seat slow burn movie that capped with 30 minutes of terror.
(spoilers) (spoilers)
When Gloria comes down the stairs holding the missing doll, the entire audience gasped.
When Suzy starts to go through the apartment and hallways smashing lightbulbs, the theater would turn off, bit by bit, the ambient lighting inside the theater, ending up with slamming all the lights out (except for the fire exit sign) when Suzy yanks the final plug from the light source as Roat threw his knife. The theater was in pitch black darkness for the remainder of the film.
When Roat jumped from the shadows after we thought he was dead, the entire theater shrieked and kept screaming up to the scene where the police car pulls up out front. Several people left the audience after that jump scare.
Alan Arkin had two great stories from this movie. One was when he was being interviewed at a movie theater during the showing of the film and during the interview he was startled by loud shrieks of terror from the theater. He looked at the interviewer and asked "what the hell was that?" and was told "that's when you jump out of the shadows and grab Audrey." The other story has Arkin being asked why he wasn't nominated for an Acadamy Award for his perfomance as Roat, and he replied ""You don't get nominated for being mean to Audrey Hepburn!"
(end spoliers)
WOW! Amazing !
Wonderful movie and a great reaction!
I first saw this movie in my high school. An all girl high school. Just imagine an auditorium filled with teenage girls watching this when Alan Arkin jumps out of the shadows, the whole place screamed! It was Epic.
Love your enthusiasm for the older movies! I love them! They have more depth than movies of today . If you haven't watched Gaslight you should.
Great reaction for a great movie.
I watched this movie in a crowded college gymnasium many years ago. When Alan Arkin jumped out with that knife, the whole gym screamed. The screaming itself made other viewers scream, intensifying the moment. Crazy times.
Almost 2k, so close.
WUD was written by the same playwright who wrote Dial M For Murder, so it makes sense you would be reminded of that piece when watching this.
You can't go wrong with Audrey Hepburn. A beautiful woman, inside and out, and a terrific actress at home in dramas and comedies, and even a couple of musicals. My personal recommendations to start would be:
Sabrina
The Children's Hour
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Charade
Two For the Road
Another vote for "Roman Holiday" as a must-see. "Charade," which has also been mentioned, is a great comedy-romance-thriller with Cary Grant I bet you'd enjoy. Hepburn was also great in "Two for the Road," which came out the same year as "Wait Until Dark."
The term "jump scare" was coined in reviews of this back in the 60's...many of them complaining about it.
Makes sense that the OG jump scare is Alan Arkin literally jumping. 🤔😂😂😂
It was great to see "Wait Until Dark" with an audience once at a revival, just to see and hear their reaction to the jump.
I’m so excited for you to discover the magic of Audrey Hepburn ❤
Alan Arkin is really good in this. Audrey's hubby played by Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. (Series, "77 Sunset Strip")
The FBI- IN COLOR!
Shandor!!
If u think ur in love with her now…..
Start at her luminous debut!!
ROMAN HOLIDAY!!!!
Wait until dark was directed by Terrance Young, the guy who gave James Bond his action n cool swagger
You must watch Charade,with Audrey Hepburn, Cary Grant, Walter Matthau and Lee Marvin ❤ and Roman Holiday with Audrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck ❤.
Εverybody falls in love with Audrey Hepburn!
Harry Roat Junior leaping out of the darkness remains, to this day, one of the greatest jumpscares of ALL TIME. Literally the whole movie built up to that ONE MOMENT.
Roman Holiday! Yes
This was a great reaction. And you have now joined the ranks of those who have fallen in love with Audrey Hepburn, which is just about everybody. The same year as WAIT UNTIL DARK, she made a European film which is maybe my favorite of all movies -- it just hits everything I like: TWO FOR THE ROAD. A sophisticated seriocomedic story of a marriage told not in chronological order but geographical order, as we jump back and forth among 6 trips she and her husband take from north to south through France. I think you would love it.
I saw this on stage from a local little theatre company. (Had seen the movie many times prior to that.) The lights going out is fantastic. Funny thing is that one of the other plays they did that season was "Sabrina Fair" (very different from the movie based on it), which became another Hepburn movie, _Sabrina,_ and they used the same lead actress for both.
Gregory Peck, her co-star in “Roman Holiday” - a superstar at the time- KNEW she would win Best Actress Oscar for this phenomenal breakout role. It was filmed in black & white because at that time, the color cameras for big budget feature films were too huge and cumbersome and required numerous lights, but the goal was to film on location with lots of action sequences and real crowds, so it had to be in black & white. A joy to watch!
My favorite Audrey Hepburn film along with Roman Holiday which is an absolute delight. By the way you intuited something smart. This play and Dial M were written by the same playwrright, Frederick Knott. Fantastic reaction as usual. 👍👍
As Billy Wilder said: “God kissed Audrey Hepburn on the cheek, and there she was”, meaning: she was born a star.
For me this is in the top 4 of Audrey Hepburn's dramatic performances with the other 3 being her performances in Breakfast at Tiffany's, The Children's Hour, and Charade. It is hard for me to decide which of these is best.
She is also simply enchanting and radiant in her more romantic comedy and/or musical roles in such films as My Fair Lady, Funny Face, How To Steal A Million, Sabrina and Roman Holiday.
WHEN I WAS A KID, WE WENT TO MOVIES ALL THE TIME. SAW THIS AT "THE CREST" THEATER, DECORATED IN DECO STYLE WITH OCEAN GOD, GODDESSES...GORGEOUS PLACE.
WHEN WE SAW THIS, THEY DARKENED THEATER, WHEN ARKIN JUMPS ACROSS SCREEN AFTER AUDREY!!! THE WHOLE AUDIENCE SCREAMED & JUMPED IN SEATS!!!!👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼❤❤❤❤❤
“Charade” will definitely be another thrilling experience. Sometimes called “the best Hitchcock movie, Hitchcock never made." One of my favorites with her is “The Nun’s Story” which again, showcases her wide-ranging and deep acting abilities. (And is based on a true story.)
Very nice reaction. Audrey didn't make very many movies but they were all great. Two For The Road 1966 and Robin & Marian 1976 (Sean Connery, Robert Shaw) are must see Audrey Hepburn movies.
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Do you recognize Mr Rote as the grandpa in Little Miss Sunshine? Bad guys wouldnt have gone to all this trouble play acting. Especially after one woman is dead. They would have harmed her to get what they wanted. Instead of tapping on the pipes, she could have gone upstairs and hid behind a locked door in Gloria's apartment. I'm only nit picking. I love the movie and still own the VHS version I bought in the early 90s. If you like Hepburn then you have to see Roman Holiday and Breakfast at Tiffany's
You're right about Audrey's character being a better strong female character in the end than the ones you see today. Sure she was scared but she did what had to be done... and didn't need to act less feminine to do it.
Great Reaction. Your reactions are always excellent! Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" is a great film you would enjoy.
Shandor! I am constantly surprised that you have so few subscribers : (
Your reactions are superlative, and your movie taste stunning.
Hey everyone, if you watched this and like it, then SUB!!
This movie has been in my top 10 since I first saw it in the 80s. Watched it again right away, then the next day with my mom.
I could not believe the acting, and the storytelling. Especially by Hepburn and Alan Arkin, the arch villain. Susie is such a brave, daring, smart, lovely, kind woman. Wow.
Shandor have you ever watched Rebecca? It has a strange spookiness to it, and some very interesting twists and turns. Would make my day to see your reaction!
I haven't seen Rebecca yet, but now it's on my list!
Besides her obvious high fashion model looks, Audrey Hepburn is the epitome of femininity and graciousness (hard to find today), probably why you find her so attractive. 😍
A fine film starring Alan Arkin is the cold-war comedy, _The Russians Are Coming. The Russians Are Coming._ (1966). It was Arkin's first full-length film and his performance garnered him a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination.
Another marvelous comedy he's in is _The In-Laws_ (1979), in which he co-stars with the great Peter Falk.
Funny how you say the movie reminds you of Dial M for murder. Both started as stage plays by the same author Frederick Knott.
Sabrina is a good movie!
First comment! 😁
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You should watch Charade with her and Cary Grant
You just have to watch Roman Holiday !
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I overall enjoyed this movie but there were two scenes that I thought were cringe and should have never been added in there. Where Gloria is being extremely evil to her when we first meet her. Just weird how she seemed nice, then not nice, then nice again. The other cringe scene was at the end where the husband is telling his poor wife to come to him without his helping her. OK, he wants her to be dependent but I mean come on now, she just went through hell man. Go get her and give her a hug. It was a weird ending IMO.
Fine job as usual, great movie pick. Shandor, both "Wait Until Dark" and "Dial M for Murder" were written by the same guy -- Frederick Knott. He lived in my town and I interviewed him once. Never wrote anything after "Wait Until Dark." I RECOMMEND AUDREY HEPBURN'S OTHER BEST MOVIE: ROMAN HOLIDAY, made more than a decade before this
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