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 - เพลง
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!
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.
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-ix9ih These memories are unforgettable and precious
Lovely to read that tribute to your mom…🌹
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!
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.
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.
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.
77 and still evokes a constellation of emotions (and sometimes tears)....haunts me still.
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
Good Night Michel. Sadly, you are gone, however, your music will live forever and ever. Rest in peace.
I'm 73 now, and I loved that theme and of course the beautiful Jennifer O' Neil, I hope she's well.x
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...
My mum was born in the summer of ‘42. She loved this and I loved her. 😢
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..
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.
RIP Michel Legrand. Un merveilleux compositeur nous a quittés. Nous ne pourrons jamais l'oublier, tant ses mélodies sont intemporelles et
magnifiques.
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
"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.”
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!
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
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!
Beautiful classic remind me of my younger days 👏👏🌹❤️
I remember seeing this at the show. The theme was beautiful and haunting. Jennifer O’Neill just sparkled in the film.
Oh God! I saw this movie in Vietnam. I was a teenager how could so many years have gone away and me not notice?
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.....
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
The picture of Jen in her white outfit is so amazingly beautiful it makes me long for younger days
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.
Unforgettable movie, beautiful melody and lovely memories...
what a film, I was 10 when watched this film, what a way to experience life and grow up. I also did the same
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
Somewhere there is someone who forever stole your heart, and you may not even be with them.
:(((((((((((((((
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. 🤩
This music brings back memories, once forgotten. But, so graciously welcomed.
Wonderful music. Michel Legrand was a genius.
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 💌
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.
Ah! I wish this would've happened to me as a teenager!! A beautiful woman like Jennifer O'Neill initiating into the mysteries of love!!
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.
One of the most beautiful sounds.
During WW II I lived across the street from an American Legion dance hall and
frequently fell asleep to the music of Glen Miller, Benny Goodman etc. In the summer
the windows of the hall were thrown open and I could see men in their uniforms
dancing with their girlfriends. Most of them disappeared in '44 to prepare for the
invasion of Europe (though I wasn't aware of it at the time). How I envied those
guys, much older than me, in their dress-blues and other fancy uniforms. The
scene changed completely after D-Day but I never forgot that time, the music
and the atmosphere. Fortunately all the men except one returned safely.
Ronald
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. Those people are ruthless, and insensitive criminals. They put the best face when family is around, but once they live they go back to ignoring the residents/patients and the government does not care about it.
Splendor In the Grass
The Way We Were
Summer of '59
Ahhh, we will miss beautiful tunes unwritten, Michel Legrand. Godspeed ~
Buena banda sonora para un clásico tan bueno
R, I, P, MICHEL,, THANK YOU FOR THE WONDERFUL MUSIC,,, MERCI"
Hello dearest friend how are you
JENNIFER O´NEILL is so beautiful and the music is unforgettable!
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 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 .
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.
One of the greatest gifts of living today is the limitless access to music. Anytime, anywhere. Unbelievable.
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 .....
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.....
My mother was a 19 year-old bride of a Navy pilot living on Coronado Island when her husband was killed in a plane crash over the Pacific. Instead of fooling around with some kids, she joined the Navy (WAVES -- Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), but this movie touched her & it's how I remember events in her life before she married my father after the war.
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.?
For Everything In Life We Take With Us There Is Always Something We Leave Behind
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.
This movie and music brings back wonderful memories and good ol'times. I wish we were all back there today?
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.
If you were a teen in the late 50's or 60's, you can feel what these kids were experiencing ....
The music enhances those emotions more than words could ever do.
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.
I remember seeing this film for the 1st time in the 70s when i was around 19 or 20 ... the beauty of Jennifer O'Neill was unique and I have never seen anyone since who looked as good as she did to me then
The movie is really good with a simple love story well told and the title music is unforgettable
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.
Saw this at the theater the year it came out. I was 17. Never to be forgotten.
what a movie..im 57....im still amazed at its majesty
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.
Live in Mass and can remember when this movie was out and when Cape Code was just like this movie, many sand dunes and beautiful ocean. Ty my GOD FOR LIFE AND THE BEAUTY OF ALL YOUVE GIVEN US
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.
Stunningly beautiful,,, both the song and the movie,,,, LOVE,,,,
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...
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
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!
Enchanting music, a great young boy's story, a beautiful Jennifer O'Neill.
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
Never could understand why Jennifer O'Neill never became more famous. She was gorgeous and quite a good actress. This was always one of my favorite movies...so bittersweet.
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.
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.
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I liked the movie Summer of 42 very much, but it makes me feel so old.
I recall this movie a good story of love, loss, coming of age and loneliness. Great music melody to boot.
This is/was a gorgeous movie in every way.
Hello Susan how are you
Nous touchons le ciel avec cette incroyable et sublime musique de Michel Legrand, qui vient ponctuer, accompagner, envoûter ce merveilleux film, que de beauté, de talent, d'élégance, comme le merveilleux aujourd'hui, le talent absolu, le vol vers les étoiles nous ont abandonnés, pour nous abrutir de laideur !
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!
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.
A wonderful movie about the tragedy of war and lost loves. Just beautiful music that will haunt you with sadness
Summer of 76 was my beautiful summer !
This is a fabulous “ summer the first time “ memory music !
Memories of having breakfast in my mother's kitchen while listening to WAKR in Akron, Ohio. Thank you!
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!
Lindo e inesquecível filme!
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You said exactly what was on my mind when I listen to this theme........I remember seeing this film when I was 15 and falling madly in love with Jennifer O'Neil..........Ah the innocence and carelessness of youth...........where did it go?
Nice score...seriously, a well done movie that captures an era and coming of age, in a timeless manner.
Buddy, you hit it right on the head. In today's society, everything is about blatant, gratuitous sex and violence. But when something like the Summer of 42 comes along, people attempt to categorize it as "adult hot for young person". They miss the point. Love can hit anywhere and any time. And as wonderful as love is, it sometimes steals innocence away. But it's beautiful in it's own way.
Wish she had stolen my innocence. She had a sweetness to her beauty.
Eu ouvi Michel Legrand a primeira vez devido a esse belo e inesquecível filme da minha adolescência, e assim vou lembrar dele, como quem compôs a trilha do filme que marcou minha vida durante muito tempo. R.I.P.
I will never forget, her name was Misses Jones, my 2nd grade teacher back in San Francisco. Her Beautiful blonde hair and blue eyes, looking like a Swedish Princess.
Not every Summer is 42 but 4 every 2 there is a burning hot summer yet so cool!
If you lived it once, throw a thumbs up.