I enjoyed your mini-review of " Sunday in New York .... you must have been up late the other night, because I caught most it, too, while flipping channels in the wee hours.
We had briefly discussed this movie last fall ... and Cate (and several others of our female contingent along the way) expressed dismay and disbelief that Jane would choose Rod Taylor over our Bob. But they did paint Rod's character to be a most appealing guy, and Bob's "Russ"- well, to borrow Jim's phrase was - "just a bit caffeinated."
As I wrote before ... "I TOTALLY forgot about Bob and Cliff Robertson being in Sunday in New York (1963) together ... it wasn't a great film, but it "was" a sweet one (that is, for all of us who grew up on Rock Hudson and virginal Doris Day movies - and James Garner and virginal Doris Day movies - and Cary Grant and virginal Doris Day movies - you get the idea .... just substitute Jane Fonda in this one)!!"
You needed a healthy helping of "disbelief" to follow this storyline, but that's part of the charm of those light and sweet "Doris Day"-type comedies of that time.
AND what perfect timing, Jim ... because someone just put up the movie trailer Sunday in New York on YouTube - here's a little taste of what Jim was talking about - if you've never seen the movie.
And I even stayed up after "Sunday in New York" and watched Jane's brother Peter in "Easy Rider" (1969) with Dennis Hopper and Jack Nicholson (must have been a "Fonda Night at the Movies" or something) ... definitely one of the classics "cool dudes, cool movie, and cool music." Groovy, man! It's really something seeing Dennis Hopper's current commercial running these days (for investments and financial securities for retirement), set on the same sort of open road as "Easy Rider." Hopper is still way cool, but he looks a "tad bit" different than his "Easy Rider" days - and is definitely going with a "tad bit" different philosophy than the movie.
