Summer of 42 - Jennifer O'Neill / Music by Michel Legrand
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Imatges de la pel-lícula "Estiu del 42" (Summer of'42) del 1971. Interpretada per Jennifer O'Neill, Gary Grimes, Jerry Houser i Oliver Conant i dirigida per Robert Mulligan. La banda sonora de la pel-lícula va ser composta per Michel Legrand
Imagine being 72 years old and a movie you did back in 1971 still brings a tear and a smile to millions of boys and men. Jennifer O'Neil stole our hearts and damnit she hasn't given them back .
In those days I was the same age of Hermie. And also lost myself forever...
Beautiful lady, and very classy. I am glad she stole my heart as she did.
50 years ago now when I first sort of saw this movie as with my girl that I later had to buy it on DVD to actually see the movie at that time in a small town 😎
Gary grimes aka Hermie passed away he was 67
Still play this over and over again after a few beers. Young people today don't know the true meaning of the world "emotions." A couple of beers and DAMN! This music is AMAZING! Sorry others don't feel it.
I'm 73 now, and I loved that theme and of course the beautiful Jennifer O' Neil, I hope she's well.x
There is profound sadness when I listen to this piece of music. It reminds me of my youth, lots of carelessness, in taking things for granted, of loves lost and endless rush to do things...none of which, when I think of it, really mattered....in the end. I am leaving the 50s behind this year and am the sadder for it. But, the music also hints at hope...and, as Frost said it best, "I have miles to go before I sleep...". Thanks for the posting..
Are you still alive? Or do you sleep now?
👏👏🇧🇷
You said it beautifully...for a lot of us with the same feelings and memories...Blessings!
❤
I was right there with you...😢 Great memories ☮️
My mom loved this music and this movie. When I was young she was always asking me to play it at the piano. Now that she has passed away, it is hard to listen to this beatiful music without breaking me down in tears. I love you mom!
I understand your feling
What a lovely memory. When I was a young girl, I played and played the 45 record to a ballet routine.Now I'm the Mom and I still find comfort. THANK YOU FOR THAT
MEMORY
Funny coming to listen to this and, similarly, my mother was a pianist and violinist. I was a dancer and loved this music so much I bought the sheet music. Mum would play it for me and I'd watch her fingers miraculously flying across the keys. I never saw the movie until much later and although some people were offended, I thought it was probably fairly realistic for the time frame of 1942. Thanks (from Australia).
@@Jules-1770 These memories are unforgettable and precious
Lovely to read that tribute to your mom…🌹
A beautiful actress, beautiful music and a beautiful movie.
My story took more than one summer. It was the summer of 1977. I was 16 when I met Penny, she was 30. We eventually worked together as EMT/Paramedic partners on the ambulance for many years (decades).
We were a great team on and off duty, building a successful life together. I knew Penny for 43 wonderful years. We lived together for 30 years, married 15 of them (I was her second husband).
Unfortunately she passed away suddenly in 2020. I can tell you they don't make women like Penny anymore.
I love and miss you my wonderful, wife.
But life goes on.
This is/was a gorgeous movie in every way.
Hello Susan how are you
19 YRS OLD WITH OUR LIVES IN FRONT OF US, NOW OVER 50 YRS LATER ITS HARD TO BELEIVE ALL THAT TIME HAS GONE BY
My mother took me to see the movie when it first came out. I remember it like it was yesterday. I fell in love with Jennifer O'Neil that night at the age of 12 in 1971' (I think it was 71'). Many years later while working as a chauffeur in Dallas/Ft Worth area, I was privileged to have Jennifer as a client one afternoon, just for a one way transfer from the airport. I was so star stuck I literally couldn't get enough moisture in my mouths to speak. That was in the early 90's. Still love her to this day! 💕❗️
With extreme respect and with nothing but honor, Jennifer O'Neil, You're still my favorite actress of all time and you're still a very beautiful person inside and out! Also, thank you for the gracious tip that day! Know you are loved no matter what!
This musical genuis composer died today, at the age of 86. THANK YOU, sir, for your love and dedication . May God welcome you home with open arms.
he did the music for many great films, like The umbrellas of cherburgh
Michel Legrand's music is timeless. I love this version,but the recording of Barbra Streisand is intoxicating.
We all had our Summer of '42. Mine was when I was a 20-yr old college student and she was a 42 yr old English professor from Harvard Univ....not my school. I met her at a faculty party where I was working, serving wine. I'm 62 now and she's likely long gone. Her name was Jacqueline and she looked very much like the much loved Jacqueline Kennedy.
Oh yes , I understand for some guys there is nothing like an older woman . I was with a few and it was great , I am now 62 and the older woman is now very old . Oh well , at least I have a few memories.
l'âme de deux êtres n'a pas d'age quand elles se rencontrent
il vous reste vos souvenirs une belle histoire comme le personnage du film
Sounds beautiful! My first was also with an older woman !
I've never had a "Summer of 42"....you are lucky....I guess.
i k i'm late but when i was in college 19yrs, there was this math professor, she was in her 40s mad hot, she liked me , she wasn't married nor had any children, she was very strict i managed to flatter her.
Whatever his age, every man needs a Jennifer O'Neill once in a lifetime to help him grow up. I'm 73 and still hoping.
😊 também. . .
i AM 64.....read the book many times and still love this!!!
This music brings back memories, once forgotten. But, so graciously welcomed.
The most perfect, bittersweet coming of age movie: and the soundtrack just embodies every emotion you live through with Hermie.
You couldn't have put it better.. wow...you write so well.. hat's off..
Who is Hermie lol...laughing at the name, not you
@@4vndd Like my ex bff
At the time I saw it I couldn't care less about Hermie,all I saw was Jennifer,Jennifer....even after years and years seeing the movie for the first time,whenever I found myself on a beach,or in an environment that even remotely recaptured that wooden house I saw her.
exactly. these kind of beautiful movies wll nvr be made again. a couple of scenes from here were slyly copied by other directors later.
i even have it as my profile pic.
gary grimes was also sooo good in this movie
THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE I'VE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE,I HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE,THIS WAS ME,IN 1974 I FELL IN LOVE WITH MY TEACHER..YAAAH MY SWEETEST MEMORY IN MY LIFE..SOMETIMES I IMAGINE HAVING TIME MACHINE THAT I CAN REWIND TO THAT MOMENT..THANKYOU GOD FOR REMINDING ME TONIGHT WITH THIS SONG..'SUMMER 42..
It was 1971 . I was in London , saw the movie in Odeon Leicester sq . I still have never got over the movie . It created such an impact on me . Jennifer o Neill was spell bounding ...... I was only 17 yrs old
This film was dear to my heart. I had it on VHS in the 70s and I used to watch it alone whenever I needed something to take me to my special world. You know things such as love, summer time, sea side resorts and being a teenager mean a great deal . And the story, Jennifer O'Neill, and the music cemented the rest of it. You see there are certain feelings that are extremely hard to put into words.
I know what you mean about it taking you to a special world. It does the same for me and I've watched it many times just for the atmosphere it brings to me when I need some escapism. I think it probably does that for a lot of people who are fans of it. There was so much attention to detail in the set design, I think that was part of it, you really feel drawn into it. Whatever they used to film it, it was beautifully filmed, so easy on the eyes, like you're in a dream.
@@serenatwilite4005 Yes indeed. How true.
I too, saw this movie in 1971 when it first was released. Watching these clips along with the haunting sound track, brings it all back so vividly! Jennifer O'neill will always have a special place in my heart. Her beauty and her vulnerability completely wiped me out. This is so beautiful!
I watched this movie when I was just a boy and until today, when a listen this soundtrack, it makes me back to a time when everything was possible. Life was simple and the dreams would come true.
I was right there with you...☮️ Memories for life 🩵
A very underrated movie. Jennifer O'Neill was great and still one of the world's most beautiful women ever in my opinion.
In 1971 this was a BIG movie. How underrated??
She has been married nine times. How great can she be?
@@rimshot2270 I bet she's not just great...but massive by now..!
@@trini2830 you are so wrong ..Jennifer is still a natural beauty white hair and all!
@@clairelivefreeordie2551 : I do hope to be wrong for once Claire...! She was one of my first loves...however, let me clarify it for you...I was trying to play with words by describing her not just simply as great, but larger than life, as in massive...cheers
When I first saw this movie I sat looking at the screen hypnotized both by the story the writer was telling, Jenniffer O'Neill's beauty and the incredible music of Michele Legrand. The orchestration of the main theme is gorgeous - pulling you into and through this summer and the emotion of the characters, anxiety, joy, anger, loss, and yet leaving us with a sense of hope. The piano in it's initial runs and through the piece is magnificent as is the playing of the members this orchestra. Amazing.
One of the most beautiful pieces of music ever. For just a moment you can be in a place of pure love with your best friend. It's passion........it's heart....it's blissful memory filled with fond remembrance for real love. grace 💌
Jennifer O'Neill was undoubtedly one of the most beautiful women who ever lived. If you grew up in the 60's and early 70's you no doubt had a crush on her.
I agree, just watched the movie. I had forgotten how much I loved this movie. Jennifer O'Neill was absolutely gorgeous!
agreed, and maybe the only actress at that time who was talented enough to play this role, and very convincingly. she knew what her character was feeling.
Do you remember her Cosmopolitan cover after the movie was made? She was STUNNING!!! I worked with a woman who reminded me of Jennifer in the early 1970's. Miss O'Neill will always be most remembered for this movie.
She always reminded me of Beautiful Sharon Tate only with Dark Hair same Gorgeous features and smile XXX❤️
I'm agree, Lou.
RIP Michel Legrand. Un merveilleux compositeur nous a quittés. Nous ne pourrons jamais l'oublier, tant ses mélodies sont intemporelles et
magnifiques.
When I was young I worked at The Palm Theatre, a movie theater in the small town where I lived in during the early 1970's as an usher/doorman. This movie played a lot during many of the nights that I worked. I found the music very haunting , and I still do. I told my Mother about the movie and I remember her telling me that the year 1942 was very special to her since that was the year that she enlisted in the US Army during WWII. I listen to this melody often, and I remember my beautiful Mom.
Thanks James.
I was in the army a breath of beauty in a nightmare
AGREE ALL mom are beatiful
james mc That’s beautiful James, thank you for sharing that.
I love this music as well. As you may know, or not, Michel Legrand author of this melody and of many others, passed away last night. I am very sad, but happy at the same time that he leaves us his beautiful heritage.
What a lovely clipping.....the story of a war bride Jenniffer O Neill and a 15 year boy....most beautifully and delicately filmed....The movie of my College-going days.....
Such a beautiful forgotten movie. Anyone that grew up and experienced Summer on the New England coast can identify so strongly with this movie.
MAINE...........................................Once upon a time................................
@@bobvillanueva712I don't think this is Maine. I think it's Nantucket. Maines coast is rocky.. this is pure beach and dunes.
PS.. I summered in Maine as well since I was a baby. Up in the Down East area....
Forgotten....lol...everyone has seen this movie.
@@litiviousspartus4611 everyone? Maybe everyone over 60. I've never seen or heard it mentioned in the past 50 yrs.
A hauntingly beautiful piece of music
It moves my spirit...
@@michaeldanao6326 it grabs. My soul
Been enjoying it since around 10 at or around '77 or '78.
My favorite movie theme. When it was released in 1971, I was the same age as Hermie, so could easily identify with him. Forty-two years have come and gone since this film affected me. College, jobs, family. I had a book published, worked in the theatre, and retired after a long career. No single film or theme has ever had such a profound effect as this movie. In addition I say that American movies, pop culture, music and themes today are nearly all absolute junk. How sad what it is now.
While I enjoy science fiction, I abhor movies which rely on computer generated images, which almost every modern movie has. I prefer movies with human drama. Actors need to have their art well developed when the success of the story depends more on their ability to convey their characters than on special effects.
The film's occasional voiceover was a nice touch, especially at the film's conclusion. I maybe see one film a year: Lincoln, Hidden Figures and now "1917". At my age I don't want my time wasted.
Get off my lawn!
I agree with the innocence of the place in time - simple attraction infatuation and love - if only ....
@@patriciastivala-roberts1869 wow, your if only produced a tear from me .....
Rest in peace Michel LeGrand (1/26/19). Thank you for your great musical compositions. Partial to "Summer of '42, one of the great sound tracks of all time.
One of the greatest.
We need another Michelle Legrand. And others that were popular from that era, including Henry Mancini, etc.
I remember seeing this at the show. The theme was beautiful and haunting. Jennifer O’Neill just sparkled in the film.
JENNIFER O´NEILL is so beautiful and the music is unforgettable!
I remember seeing this movie for the 1st time, I’m saddened that they’ll never be this time in my life again, I fell in love with Jennifer O’Neill, still to this day, my heart feels what I felt then whenever I hear or play this music.
My mum was born in the summer of ‘42. She loved this and I loved her. 😢
Your mom had great taste in music buddy!
In 1972 i was 5 years of age and never ever forgot this beautiful love tune 🎶 I always remembered it and as I got older looked for this song and now In my 50s I’m still here ❤️
I was 18 years old when this movie came out. I was learning about life like all 18 year olds and this movie and especially Legrand's music shaped me in many ways.
I TO WAS 18 AND OUR LIVES WERE JUST BEGINING HOW FAST THE TIME WENT
Wow, this brings tears. Such memories. One of those perfect little films, she was so beautiful, and Legrand - well, nobody better...
Good vid. Now I don't have to watch the movie.
77 and still evokes a constellation of emotions (and sometimes tears)....haunts me still.
A most beautiful song that I have always loved but never knew the name, until now. This song is just filled with emotion, longing, even tinges of sadness and longing. What it means to be human❤️
the actual name of the song is "The Summer Knows "
Barbra Streisand sings it here
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I'm agree Rachel.
You are right Rachel, it is a beautiful song.
per sebra Thank you!!😊😊😊😊
Thank you.per sebra, I was wondering where that tune originated from. I've been playing this a lot lately.
Good Night Michel. Sadly, you are gone, however, your music will live forever and ever. Rest in peace.
I saw this movie for the first time when I was 18 years old, in 1.986. I loved the film and I fell in love with Dorothy, as everyone. A beautiful soundtrack for a wonderful and unforgetable film. Now, when I am 53, I still can't help watching the movie with tears in my eyes.
Apesar de eu ter nascido bem depois dos personagens e dos atores, esse foi um dos mais fascinantes filmes que eu já vi em toda minha vida! Depois de anos, essa semana o revi na minha TV box, e continua me fascinando. É um filme atemporal, os conflitos, expectativas e vivências da adolescência, praticamente, ainda são os mesmos. A música do filme é a mais linda e triste q já ouvi no cinema. É perfeita p o contexto. E aquela cena deles dançado e chorando, com essa música de fundo, foi marcante, inesquecível! A expressividade do ator principal, a capacidade de transmitir para o espectador, com o olhar, um turbilhão de sentimentos e emoções, e td isso inteligentemente captado pelo diretor em closes inesquecíveis, fez o filme ainda mais fascinante! Merecia ganhar todos os prêmios aos q foi indicado!
Wonderful music. Michel Legrand was a genius.
Jennifer O'Neil was one of the most beautiful ladies I have ever seen. I liked her performance in the film I saw so long ago, I don't remember the date. And the music was great and very well composed and played. Nice to hear.
+Jorge Mario Rodas She was absolutely stunning in this.
+Brooke Hanley She indeed was. One of the most beautiful women I have seen in all my life. And she was so feminine one felt one would melt if she was near us.
This movie is what memories are made of.....I was born in 42, but I have similar memories, oh to be young again!!!!!1
+Bruce Farris If I am not mistaken, the advertisement posters for the movie read "In everyone's life, there is a Summer of 42." Seems to me you are saying exactly the same thing here.
For me, it was the Summer of '63. Summer romance at the beach in FL. 14 years old.
+mk84ldb yes summer of 79 uk heatwave and beach romance very innocent
I think my generation is going to be the least nostalgic. These times aren't very great for creating memories. You're lucky.
In 1940. I'm still young and beautiful. Loved this movie and all of Michel's compositions. So beautiful.
Love, Love, Love.....I love the song, and I loved the movie.....Thank you for the great memories that I cherish all of my life...
Saw this at the theater the year it came out. I was 17. Never to be forgotten.
Ae , do Brasil, sou apaixonado nessa música !!! Me emociono só de escutar , tenho pertencimento incrível com isso. ❤❤❤❤ . Pode parecer romântico , mas é o q sinto.
Robert Mulligan has captured the essence of the story of Hermie very precisely. He often lets the faces speak and you know everything. He made it awesome. Today's films consist mostly only of dialogues! Not here! Also that the haunting music stops with the record and you then only hear the scratching and then the waves of the sea ... the absence of the music of Legrand and this effect! And Gary Grimes, what a great actor. It always touches me to see him and Jennifer O'Neill. The movie has a great magic ...What else is there to say? Coffee is exquisite. Exquisite. Laughter becomes you!
I always feel like my soul belongs to these times even though i was born in the spring of '97. When i was 10 or 11 i always secretly stole the book "Summer of '42" ("En Tatlı Yaz" in Turkish) from my mom's bookcase (secretly because the cover was a little too much improper for my age, there were some sketches of a naked woman) and then i put it back after reading a couple of pages. I used to get so excited when i picture the characters in my mind and feel the love that Hermie feels as i turned the pages. About ten years later i suddenly recalled this book, but i couldn't find it anywhere so i ordered one and read it twice. Then i found out that there's a movie based on this book.
When i first watched it.. it was like a dream, i thought all the cast fit perfectly to their roles, the soundtrack, atmosphere and lines were beyond perfect. Maybe that's the reason why this movie always fills my heart with nostalgia and the bitter excitement of pure, impossible love.
That is beautiful Ozge. You know I love the movie and the story. I am an old soul.
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
and nodding by the fire,take down this book,
And slowly read and dream of the soft look.
Your eyes had once and of their shadows deep.
How many loved your moments of glad grace.
And loved your beauty with love ,false or true.
But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you.
And loved the sorrow of your changing face,
And bending down beside the glowing bars.
Murmur a little sadly.How love fled,
And paced upon the mountains overhead,
And hid his face amid a crowd of stars.
W.B.Yeats
Very well written
What a beautiful story, a piece of life !
Ja totaal gelijk ,de 60 en 70 waren een godsgeschenk voor jonge kinderen om in op te groeien,wat is het allemaal bergafwaarts gegaan met de wereld waarin we leven!
Jennifer O'Neills beauty ..depth ..the teen enthralled made for just a splendid story. ..so easy for men to fall in love with Jennifer....Michael Legrands music ..heartfelt. Tearing of heart actually. Loved this movie...
This was the movie to see, when I was 15. At 64, it takes on a totally different meaning. Michel Legrand wrote some beautiful music.
Oh God! I saw this movie in Vietnam. I was a teenager how could so many years have gone away and me not notice?
Thank you for serving...😊😊
I saw the movie in 1971 at age 18. I, like every young man, fell in love with Jennifer that moment. It is special to love in that way: unrequited but solemn and pure.
a beautiful theme song, filled with a deep longing, and deep sorrow that fit this movie perfectly. a story of a young teenage boy, just barely 15 or 16 years old, and a young married, and lonely woman, her husband gone to battle in WW2, like hundreds of thousands of young men from the USA had, and he would never return. when she learns of her husbands death, her crushed hope, grief, utter despair, and loneliness causes her to seek some kind of consolation in bedding this eager and willing boy, and then she leaves town, without a goodbye.
when I first saw this masterpiece, I was 17, and I was quite surprised by the fact that the movie actually "went there", with the young woman, and the teenage boy. this was considered a bit scandalous at that time, at least in Roman Catholic circles. but as I got older, and experienced my own heartbreaks and deep despair, I understood this story completely. the human heart is confused and tortured at times like this. And whose to say that there was anything scandalous about her actions? her husband had been killed in battle, and the teenage boy certainly didn't regret his encounter with her.
Oh The Summer of 42.....When I was a very young girl in 70, I joined the Order of Job's Daughters. What a time it was for me. It made me a young Lady and it Changed my life forever. I ran for Office and went up the line to be Honored Queen. My Installation was Truly special. The Song, Summer of 42 was one of the songs I picked to be played on the piano And sung by my two Best friends; How Beautiful they made it for me. I haven't heard that song until now, 2022, Almost a Half a Century later.
I see it now. I See me at the age of 16 with my beautiful robe and long purple cape on --- wearing a jeweled crown. I picked This song, along with, Brian's Song, The Lord's Prayer, and How Great Thou Art. It was Truly life-altering.
I can hear it in my head......so sweet 😊
Masonic group.?
I saw "The Summer of '42" in the summer of '71 in San Antonio with a charming girl from Findlay Ohio. That night I fell in love with two beautiful girls, Jennifer O'niell and the lovely girl from Ohio. All I have from that evening is a sweet memory. My gratitude to both ladies.
+ROY PEASLEE That's a beautiful reminiscence.
Dang. That's almost sad.
Thank you Deedee Gee for your comment. It was sad. The heartbreak lasted for years and at 80 I still wonder "what if". Hope you liked the movie, its a classic in my book. All teenage boys should have a summer of 42.
Almost a similar story for me....I was 18 in '71....and she was 38...took me another 20 years to find her again, and when I did, I had my "Summer of 42"....with almost the same ending.....never saw her again, although all I have to do is just close my eyes for a second...you know what I mean...
Thank you for your comment. I am glad that you liked the movie, it is a story that can happen in a boy's life in any year. It just happened to be the year 1942 when it happened for Hermie. I hope you understand what I am writing in English, Je ne parle pas francais .
Wonderful movie - I must have seen it 10 or more times . The music is haunting and Jennifer O Neil was simply bewitching.
The movie and it’s score stayed on your mind for years -Legrand
Om shanti
Absolutely stunning actress....this movie melted my soul.
+BIG ED BEVERLY Should have done more movies.
+Brooke Hanley I can think of a type of movie I'd like to see her in lol
I grew up in the greater San Antonio area. This theme and movie started making financial and critical waves in the late spring of 1972, both were very popular. One of the two most popular San Antonio AM stations (it was either KTSA or KONO) would do all their time checks as an homage to this movie by saying “KONO Summer of ‘72 time is 4:10”. I remember hearing that while sunbathing in my backyard or hanging around at the pool with the rest of my friends. I knew that it was special and would always know it would be special. Like 40 years later I’d think about that and feel nostalgic. I was right.
We’d be 8th graders that fall. What an incredibly special time to be young and alive and ridiculously in love. Sigh.....
"In the summer of ’42, we raided the coast guard station four times. We saw five movies, and had nine days of rain. Benjie broke his watch, Oscy gave up the harmonica… and in a very special way, I lost Hermie...forever.”
Beautiful classic remind me of my younger days 👏👏🌹❤️
The picture of Jen in her white outfit is so amazingly beautiful it makes me long for younger days
You don't see films like this or MUSIC like this today...
islezeus Thanks for acknowledging that fact, islezeus. How I wish that this wasn't the case. I so very much enjoy and wallow in movies that touch my heart, soul, and psyche. These were the good 'ol days to say the least!
When the big screen disappeared I think a certain Big Screen mind set disappeared too. As more and more "product" floats through our collective consciousness, the inspiration that drove this period of cinema has also grown less inspired. It reminds me of the final lines of the film "we were different then. kids were different then....."
That is why these classics should be treasured for years to come.
A star Is born
I remember seeing this movie for the 1st time, I’m saddened that they’ll never be this time in my life again, I fell in love with Jennifer O’Neill, still to this day, my heart feels what I felt then whenever I hear or play this music.
Stunningly beautiful,,, both the song and the movie,,,, LOVE,,,,
I saw this great movie many years ago on television while I was in college and living with my grandmom whom I recently lost on March 26, 2013 at the age of 102. It is so heartbreaking to bump into these songs and movies that I listened to and watched while I was living with her. It is devastating. I know the love in this movie is different than the love that one would feel towards a relative who has been so close to one for so many years. I know we all have to go someday, but if you could understand me that I was so used to talking to her and she was always listening to me for decades and decades unlike people that you see sometimes who tend to become manipulative it hurts. It was so so painful when I received that phone call from a nursing home doctor that she had passed away. I will never forget the shock. Then to make things even worse the person I married divorced me one month after. I just did not want to live anymore almost. I felt destroyed/ This was on top of two other family members whom I had lost two years before. I felt I was being hit by a big wave over and over. All these things were happening to me one after the other after the other, why? I had taken good care of my grandmom for 35 years running to the doctors with her and lately sleeping on the chairs in the emergency rooms at various hospitals. Why was God punishing me so hard? Why? I did nothing wrong. I ended up in the hospital myself too from all this because it just became too much to handle. Life is cruel sometimes. Listening to the theme of this movie also reminds me of the love that grandmom and I shared about piano music. Take care of your grandparents. Dont put them in nursing homes. They kill them in those places.
ROBERT STORMFIELD My mother died when I was 5 years old...... My grandmother died when I was 4 years old and I had no father so life is beyond cruel to me......... At least you have decades of memories and had family you are very lucky beyond words....... Everyone I know is so selfish because they played the victim but got everything they wanted parents lots of family friends wedding husband kids it's shocking they think their victims in life...... Im an orphan since 5 years old no love compassion memories birthdays holidays....... Life is sad nothing lasts forever
Robert: That's a beautiful story about you and your grandmom. She was lucky to live to 102 and have such a great grandson. I'm sure you're a big reason you made it so far. What wonderful memories you have.
ROBERT STORMFIELD
Hi Robert, I too went through similar losses with my family as well. My deepest condolences to you.
I lost my mother in 2014 two days after Christmas, she was 85.
I lost my grandmother back in 2001 at age 92, and my favorite uncle earlier I 1982, he was 56-died from lung cancer.
I took care of my mom for the last 20 yrs. of her life. We went thru he'll, but she appreciated me hanging tough with her until the end. The Summer of 42 always strikes a cord with me. And YES I fell in love with Jennifer O'Neal too!
Very haunting movie,and story of loss, innocence gone, bittersweet memories.
Michel LeGrand's classic theme is one of my all time favorites. Wonderful film, and great music as well.
What a truly beautiful story! An amazing actress and actors and Legrand's music giving the excelent background to this timeless movie!
Hello how are you doing today
I should have shown this film to Dad, before he passed.
I think he might have loved it. He lived through those years,
as a young man. (He fought in WW2, just out of College.)
John, he would have loved it. It hits all of us who lost our innocence between adolescence and adulthood. The book is better than the movie. But both are worth taking in. Best wishes.
MrAiredales Yes, missed out on this...! During the last 3 years of his life we spent much time watching movies. He loved high brow romantic fair, especially with perhaps a melancholic or ironic element added. How his exact story went down I have no idea, but yes, those were his years.
Great thoughts. Thanks. Best to you and your family!
Ahhh, we will miss beautiful tunes unwritten, Michel Legrand. Godspeed ~
Buena banda sonora para un clásico tan bueno
One of my all-time favorite movies and one of the BIGGEST hits of 1971! What a LOVELY soundtrack and the above photo collage tells the story of the movie very well. I also took my first date to this movie which made it even more memorable for me. I had just graduated from high school and was so disillusioned about where I was going in life. Then, I saw this movie and for some strange reason, I felt more hope about my life ahead. What a cast and stunning footage to go along with the music. It was Jennifer's BEST movie and Gary's, too. I also saw a lot of me in Hermie and maybe that is why the movie had a profound impact on my life. So sad that Hollywood does not make memorable movies like this anymore.
I saw the movie on a plane flying to Madrid. Loved the film and music. Bought the sheet music when I returned to U.S.A. 1971. Quite a year. 1942. quite a year. Wish I visit.
Enchanting music, a great young boy's story, a beautiful Jennifer O'Neill.
The maestro has passed in his beloved Paris on Saturday 1/26/2019. You have left us with beautiful memories. RIP, you brilliant musical genius!
This movie and music brings back wonderful memories and good ol'times. I wish we were all back there today?
Like another contributor I too watched this movie at the Odeon Leicester Square in 71.Came out utterly washed out with emotion.Especially those words at the end.Part of our lives like a fragment we suddenly stumble on when searching for some other thing in a old jumble drawer.God I fell in love with Jennifer o neil.Couldnt help it.
Nice score...seriously, a well done movie that captures an era and coming of age, in a timeless manner.
One of the most beautiful and timeless movies...and a great part of that credit must go to the actors..who played Thier parts to perfection..and above all the music... amazing... thanks for sharing...!!!!
I was a baby when this came out but I can't stop watching it and listening to the music>>>it's in my soul
Hi Cathy
What a movie that was, and shortly after I had lost my husband. Cannot describe how it stirred my raw emotions.. Somewhere someone once said that the best love-making occurs when death has touched our lives. So true.
I saw this movie only a few yrs after y husband's death, so I understand exactly what you are saying. Raw emotion, indeed.
one of my all time favourite movies . This one gets to me so easily .
Besides the lovely Jenn O'Neill, the movie had Chris Norriss, the pretty blonde nurse later on from Trapper John, MD. I think it was her debut role.
I grew up that day but went into remission the next day , thank God, great film great music. She is soooo Beautiful.
Was there ever a woman more beautiful than Jennifer O'Neill ? How could there be ??? Just look at that smile --a classic Irish beauty. Wolfsky9
+ Wolfsky9 the classic Brazilian beauty
jennifer o'neill is carioca rio de janeiro
+Hjustus Hjustus Half Irish. :)
+Wolfsky9 She is absolutely gorgeous
b52gf16c She is half Irish half likely Brazilian.
b52gf16c For sure. surprised she did not do more movies. She was exceptional.
This is an excellent musical theme for the film which makes me remember my first time. It was very long ago but I still remember it. And the tune is so appropriate to the film's story. So it is very nice to hear and enjoy.
A wonderful movie about the tragedy of war and lost loves. Just beautiful music that will haunt you with sadness
One of the most beautiful sounds.
There is a time when we are involved in a situation we did not seek and we must grow up and change after that. We have all had different experiences but they were good those of the first time. Nice to remember those times when we changed from kids to men.
My favorite movie of all time, still in love with Jennifer O'Neil. This movie was shown many times at Pharmacy Conventions - the clip with Hermie buying some protection was priceless. 🤩
Very touching and moving, because the young men in the slide show remind me so much of my son and his buddies.
I think I was 12 when this movie came out and it taught me a lot. I never have figured out women to this day and I'm 71 now. I have felt that aching young love though and it's something you never forget. It's like a pain in your heart that won't stop.
Even from these photographs, you can tell the light went out in her eyes when she lost her guy. I saw this movie as an pre-teen and the music blew me away. ..also read the book a few times. Always felt kinda sorry for Hermie.
This song makes me cry...No one can no the magnitude of that loss until you experience it first hand..What he did for her was so amazing and beautiful, these days she'd be locked up...But to me, this is such a beautiful story and even though Hermie was the most hurt, he was also the hero, he sent her heart on it's way to healing.
Reanie Demumbrum jui
I can really identify with Hermie. I wanna feel sorry for him but I can't. I am actually so happy for him. He found out how to love early on . He developed a mature character after that summer . I think everyone of us fell in love with another person that we couldn't be with anyway. Our lives are in stages . Hermie just happened to have a great summer that year. Probably the best summer he will ever have outside of his first year of marriage maybe.
Hey Donna. How come you always felt kinda sorry for Hermie? I was Hermie once- some 37 years ago...
Some I guess would call it "Puppy love" perhaps. At one time in my young life I was in that very same situation. Seemed very real to me and yet very wrong. As with most things in life my fairy tale love came to an end and I moved on. Albeit I learned a very valuable life lesson....Peace
I saw this movie in the summer of 1971, when I was 16 years old, and was swept away by the music and emotion of the story. Both were inseparable: the move made the music magic, and the music made the movie magic.
Would I feel this way if I watch the move again today after 51 years? I can't say, but I don't wish to risk breaking the magic, so I will content myself with just the music.. and the memories.
"The Summer Knows" -- I wondered where that beautiful song came from -- I knew it was Legrand, Sinatra sings it. Gorgeous, I wish I' seen the movie. beautiful video, thank you for posting it and the song!
M.J. Leger
The movie is in TH-cam. .WATCH IT!!!!
I recall this movie a good story of love, loss, coming of age and loneliness. Great music melody to boot.
Mesmerising in all aspects! I absolutely loved this movie.
Oh mon Dieu. J'avais 16 ans. J'ai vu ce film seul à la television par hasard alors que mes parents étaient sortis. J'ai été hypnotisé par cette histoire et ce thème toute ma vie ... Mes parents nous ont quitté si jeune. Cette musique est restée.
So sorry to hear of your parents. a beautiful song, this is.
Music is mesmerising, Jennifer O'Neal is a perfect 10 lady
Somewhere there is someone who forever stole your heart, and you may not even be with them.
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I didn't think that alot of the movies from the 60s and 70s that had great theme songs were that great such as The Graduate and this one but; the songs, superb. This one by Michel LeGrand, one of his best.
An unbelievably beautiful piece of music that perfectly suits the underlying feeling of the film. The pianist on this recording was superb.
what a movie..im 57....im still amazed at its majesty