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The Carey Treatment

March 14, 2023

The Carey Treatment is a 1972 American crime thriller film directed by Blake Edwards and starring James Coburn, Jennifer O'Neill, Dan O'Herlihy and Pat Hingle. The film was based on the 1968 novel A Case of Need credited to Jeffery Hudson, a pseudonym for Michael Crichton. Like Darling Lili and Wild Rovers before this, The Carey Treatment was heavily edited without help from Edwards by the studio into a running time of one hour and 41 minutes; these edits were later satirized in his 1981 black comedy S.O.B..[1][2]

The Carey Treatment
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBlake Edwards
Screenplay byJames P. Bonner
(pseudonym for
Harriet Frank Jr.
Irving Ravetch)
Based onA Case of Need
1968 novel
by Jeffery Hudson
Produced byWilliam Belasco
StarringJames Coburn
Jennifer O'Neill
Pat Hingle
CinematographyFrank Stanley
Edited byRalph E. Winters
Music byRoy Budd
Production
company
Geoffrey Productions
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 29, 1972 (1972-03-29)
Running time
101 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Dr. Peter Carey (James Coburn) is a pathologist who moves to Boston, where he starts working in a hospital. He soon meets Georgia Hightower (Jennifer O'Neill), with whom he falls in love. Karen Randall (Melissa Torme-March), daughter of the hospital's Chief Doctor, becomes pregnant and is brought to the emergency department after an illegal abortion. She dies there, and Dr. David Tao (James Hong), a brilliant surgeon and friend of Carey, is arrested and accused of being responsible for the illegal abortion. Carey does not believe his friend to be guilty and starts investigating on his own, despite strong opposition by the police and the doctors around the hospital's chief.

Cast

Production

Film rights were bought in August 1968 by A&M Productions, the production company of Herb Alpert. They said filming would take place the following year in Boston.[3] In October Perry Leff signed Wendell Mayes to a two-picture contract to write and produce, the first of which was to be A Case of Need.[4][5][6]

Film rights were then picked up by MGM. In March 1971 it was announced Bill Belasco was producing and Harriet Frank and Irving Ravetch were working on a script.[7] In June Blake Edwards signed to direct.[8]

Filming started in September 1971.[9]

Edwards launched a breach of contract suit against MGM and president James T. Aubrey for their post production tampering of the film.[10] Edwards:

The whole experience was, in terms of filmmaking, extraordinarily destructive. The temper and tantrums from my producer, William Belasco, were such that he insulted me in front of the cast and crew and offered to bet me $1,000 that I'd never work in Hollywood again if I didn't do everything his and Aubrey's way. They told me that they didn't want quality, just a viewable film. The crew felt so bad about the way I was treated that they gave me a party – and usually it's the other way round. I know I've been guilty of excuses but my God what do you have to do to pay your dues? I made Wild Rovers for MGM and kept quiet when they recut it. But this time I couldn't take it. I played fair. They didn't.[11]

Coburn later said "“You know, I don’t mind that film. I liked my work on it. There again the studio (MGM) fucked it up. They cut ten days out of the schedule. They pulled the plug on us early. It’s too bad. We did shoot the film on location in Boston though."[12]

Reception

Critical response

The Carey Treatment received mostly mixed to negative reviews from critics.

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 60% based on 5 reviews, with an average score or 5.20/10.[13]

Roger Ebert wrote, "The problem is in the script. There are long, sterile patches of dialog during which nothing at all is communicated. These are no doubt important in order to convey the essential meaninglessness of life, but how can a director make them interesting? Edwards tries."[14] Vincent Canby, writing for The New York Times, was amused by The Carey Treatment but wrote, "...I don't think we have to take this too seriously, for The Carey Treatment, like so many respectable private-eye movies, is sustained almost entirely by irrelevancies."[15]

Accolades

Edgar Allan Poe Awards

  • 1973: Nominated, 'Best Motion Picture'

See also

References

  1. ^ Brown, Peter H. (June 28, 1981). "Julie Andrews: Bye, Mary Poppins, here's a thoroughly modern movie star Julie Andrews changes image from 'Mary Poppins' to 'S.O.B.'". Chicago Tribune. p. k1.
  2. ^ Kehr, Dave (Feb 15, 2004). "Anatomy of a Blake Edwards Splat". New York Times. p. MT26.
  3. ^ Martin, Betty (Aug 9, 1968). "'Case of Need' on A&M Slate". Los Angeles Times. p. e12.
  4. ^ Martin, Betty (Oct 1, 1968). "Irene Pappas Signs Contract". Los Angeles Times. p. c14.
  5. ^ Judith Martin (28 Feb 1969). "Dropping the Scalpel: Film Notes Columbia Frowns Speeds the Turnover Refuge From Roles". The Washington Post and Times-Herald. p. B12. Turn on hit highlighting for speaking browsers by selecting the Enter buttonHide highlighting.
  6. ^ A. H. WEILER (July 6, 1969). "No Gap Like the Generation Gap". New York Times. p. D11.
  7. ^ A. H. WEILER (Mar 21, 1971). "Our 'Boy' Barbra: Our 'Boy' Barbra". New York Times. p. D13.
  8. ^ Martin, Betty (June 23, 1971). "Comeback for Ida Lupino". Los Angeles Times. p. e7.
  9. ^ "MGM Slates Busy Month in September". Los Angeles Times. Aug 27, 1971. p. d11.
  10. ^ Servi, Vera. (Dec 20, 1971). "To Viet Nam with Hope". Chicago Tribune. p. b20.
  11. ^ Warga, Wayne. (Dec 26, 1971). "What's Going On in the Lion's Den at MGM?: What's Going On". Los Angeles Times. p. q1.
  12. ^ Goldman, Lowell (Spring 1991). "James Coburn Seven and Seven Is". Psychotronic Video. No. 9. p. 24.
  13. ^ "The Carey Treatment". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 18 January 2023.
  14. ^ The Carey Treatment Movie Review (1972) | Roger Ebert
  15. ^ https://movies.nytimes.com/movi/review?res=9803E2D8173DE53ABC4850DFB5668389669EDE[dead link]

External links

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The Carey Treatment is a 1972 American crime thriller film directed by Blake Edwards and starring James Coburn Jennifer O Neill Dan O Herlihy and Pat Hingle The film was based on the 1968 novel A Case of Need credited to Jeffery Hudson a pseudonym for Michael Crichton Like Darling Lili and Wild Rovers before this The Carey Treatment was heavily edited without help from Edwards by the studio into a running time of one hour and 41 minutes these edits were later satirized in his 1981 black comedy S O B 1 2 The Carey TreatmentTheatrical release posterDirected byBlake EdwardsScreenplay byJames P Bonner pseudonym for Harriet Frank Jr Irving Ravetch Based onA Case of Need1968 novelby Jeffery HudsonProduced byWilliam BelascoStarringJames CoburnJennifer O NeillPat HingleCinematographyFrank StanleyEdited byRalph E WintersMusic byRoy BuddProductioncompanyGeoffrey ProductionsDistributed byMetro Goldwyn MayerRelease dateMarch 29 1972 1972 03 29 Running time101 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish Contents 1 Plot 2 Cast 3 Production 4 Reception 4 1 Critical response 4 2 Accolades 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksPlot EditDr Peter Carey James Coburn is a pathologist who moves to Boston where he starts working in a hospital He soon meets Georgia Hightower Jennifer O Neill with whom he falls in love Karen Randall Melissa Torme March daughter of the hospital s Chief Doctor becomes pregnant and is brought to the emergency department after an illegal abortion She dies there and Dr David Tao James Hong a brilliant surgeon and friend of Carey is arrested and accused of being responsible for the illegal abortion Carey does not believe his friend to be guilty and starts investigating on his own despite strong opposition by the police and the doctors around the hospital s chief Cast EditJames Coburn as Dr Peter Carey Jennifer O Neill as Georgia Hightower Pat Hingle as Capt Pearson Skye Aubrey as Nurse Angela Holder Elizabeth Allen as Evelyn Randall John Fink as Chief Surgeon Andrew Murphy Dan O Herlihy as J D Randall James Hong as David Tao Alex Dreier as Dr Joshua Randall Michael Blodgett as Roger Hudson Regis Toomey as Sanderson the Pathologist Steve Carlson as Walding Rosemary Edelman as Janet Tao Jennifer Edwards as Lydia Barrett John Hillerman as JenkinsProduction EditFilm rights were bought in August 1968 by A amp M Productions the production company of Herb Alpert They said filming would take place the following year in Boston 3 In October Perry Leff signed Wendell Mayes to a two picture contract to write and produce the first of which was to be A Case of Need 4 5 6 Film rights were then picked up by MGM In March 1971 it was announced Bill Belasco was producing and Harriet Frank and Irving Ravetch were working on a script 7 In June Blake Edwards signed to direct 8 Filming started in September 1971 9 Edwards launched a breach of contract suit against MGM and president James T Aubrey for their post production tampering of the film 10 Edwards The whole experience was in terms of filmmaking extraordinarily destructive The temper and tantrums from my producer William Belasco were such that he insulted me in front of the cast and crew and offered to bet me 1 000 that I d never work in Hollywood again if I didn t do everything his and Aubrey s way They told me that they didn t want quality just a viewable film The crew felt so bad about the way I was treated that they gave me a party and usually it s the other way round I know I ve been guilty of excuses but my God what do you have to do to pay your dues I made Wild Rovers for MGM and kept quiet when they recut it But this time I couldn t take it I played fair They didn t 11 Coburn later said You know I don t mind that film I liked my work on it There again the studio MGM fucked it up They cut ten days out of the schedule They pulled the plug on us early It s too bad We did shoot the film on location in Boston though 12 Reception EditCritical response Edit The Carey Treatment received mostly mixed to negative reviews from critics On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes the film holds an approval rating of 60 based on 5 reviews with an average score or 5 20 10 13 Roger Ebert wrote The problem is in the script There are long sterile patches of dialog during which nothing at all is communicated These are no doubt important in order to convey the essential meaninglessness of life but how can a director make them interesting Edwards tries 14 Vincent Canby writing for The New York Times was amused by The Carey Treatment but wrote I don t think we have to take this too seriously for The Carey Treatment like so many respectable private eye movies is sustained almost entirely by irrelevancies 15 Accolades Edit Edgar Allan Poe Awards 1973 Nominated Best Motion Picture See also EditList of American films of 1972References Edit Brown Peter H June 28 1981 Julie Andrews Bye Mary Poppins here s a thoroughly modern movie star Julie Andrews changes image from Mary Poppins to S O B Chicago Tribune p k1 Kehr Dave Feb 15 2004 Anatomy of a Blake Edwards Splat New York Times p MT26 Martin Betty Aug 9 1968 Case of Need on A amp M Slate Los Angeles Times p e12 Martin Betty Oct 1 1968 Irene Pappas Signs Contract Los Angeles Times p c14 Judith Martin 28 Feb 1969 Dropping the Scalpel Film Notes Columbia Frowns Speeds the Turnover Refuge From Roles The Washington Post and Times Herald p B12 Turn on hit highlighting for speaking browsers by selecting the Enter buttonHide highlighting A H WEILER July 6 1969 No Gap Like the Generation Gap New York Times p D11 A H WEILER Mar 21 1971 Our Boy Barbra Our Boy Barbra New York Times p D13 Martin Betty June 23 1971 Comeback for Ida Lupino Los Angeles Times p e7 MGM Slates Busy Month in September Los Angeles Times Aug 27 1971 p d11 Servi Vera Dec 20 1971 To Viet Nam with Hope Chicago Tribune p b20 Warga Wayne Dec 26 1971 What s Going On in the Lion s Den at MGM What s Going On Los Angeles Times p q1 Goldman Lowell Spring 1991 James Coburn Seven and Seven Is Psychotronic Video No 9 p 24 The Carey Treatment Rotten Tomatoes Retrieved 18 January 2023 The Carey Treatment Movie Review 1972 Roger Ebert https movies nytimes com movi review res 9803E2D8173DE53ABC4850DFB5668389669EDE dead link External links EditThe Carey Treatment at IMDb The Carey Treatment at Rotten Tomatoes The Carey Treatment at AllMovie The Carey Treatment at the TCM Movie Database The Carey Treatment at the American Film Institute Catalog Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Carey Treatment amp oldid 1134365050, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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