{"id":78094,"date":"2021-11-08T12:11:00","date_gmt":"2021-11-08T19:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=78094"},"modified":"2021-11-08T12:55:12","modified_gmt":"2021-11-08T19:55:12","slug":"come-back-to-the-5-and-dime-jimmy-dean-jimmy-dean-1982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=78094","title":{"rendered":"Come Back to the 5 and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean (1982)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;He chose me from everybody else to bring his child into the world.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-to-the-5-and-Dime-Jimmy-Dean-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-to-the-5-and-Dime-Jimmy-Dean-Poster-196x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-78096\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-to-the-5-and-Dime-Jimmy-Dean-Poster-196x300.png 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-to-the-5-and-Dime-Jimmy-Dean-Poster-670x1024.png 670w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-to-the-5-and-Dime-Jimmy-Dean-Poster-84x128.png 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-to-the-5-and-Dime-Jimmy-Dean-Poster-177x270.png 177w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-to-the-5-and-Dime-Jimmy-Dean-Poster.png 719w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen members of the Disciples of James Dean fan club &#8212; Mona (Sandy Dennis), Sissy (Cher), Joanne (Karen Black), Stella Mae (Kathy Bates), and Edna Louise (Marta Heflin) &#8212; meet for a twenty-year reunion at a small drug store in Texas run by a deeply religious widow named Juanita (Sudie Bond), secrets emerge that shake up long-held beliefs around identity and paternity.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cher Films<\/li>\n<li>Flashback Films<\/li>\n<li>Get Togethers and Reunions<\/li>\n<li>Karen Black Films<\/li>\n<li>Obsessive Fans<\/li>\n<li>Play Adaptations<\/li>\n<li>Robert Altman Films<\/li>\n<li>Sandy Dennis Films<\/li>\n<li>Small Town America<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAs Peary writes, this film about &#8220;a James Dean fan-club reunion 20 years after his death&#8221; &#8212; taking place nearby where &#8220;Dean&#8217;s last film, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=53738\"><em>Giant<\/em><\/a>, was filmed&#8221; &#8212; centers around &#8220;revelations [having] to do with self-identity, [and] how [the characters] deal with being female.&#8221; He notes that &#8220;most critics agreed that Ed Graczyk&#8217;s screenplay is awful, but thought Robert Altman&#8217;s direction (he also directed <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Come_Back_to_the_5_%26_Dime,_Jimmy_Dean,_Jimmy_Dean_(play)\">Graczyk&#8217;s play<\/a>) and the performances by Dennis, Cher, and Black gave the film emotional resonance.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>However, Peary ultimately asserts that he &#8220;thinks it&#8217;s a bore,&#8221; noting that &#8220;the acting is okay, but [he doesn&#8217;t] believe any of the characters&#8221; and &#8220;can&#8217;t even figure out why any of these particular women would like James Dean.&#8221; (I don&#8217;t have trouble believing that latter point; obsessions over Dean were legendary and wide-spread at the time when they were young women.) <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Dennis.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Dennis.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78098\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Dennis.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Dennis-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Dennis-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Dennis-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Dennis-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary points out that &#8220;Altman&#8217;s one interesting touch was to use a two-way mirror through which we can look back to 1955,&#8221; which is indeed a clever cinematographic technique. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Two-Way-Mirror.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Two-Way-Mirror.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78099\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Two-Way-Mirror.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Two-Way-Mirror-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Two-Way-Mirror-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Two-Way-Mirror-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Two-Way-Mirror-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Knowing that one of Altman&#8217;s first feature films was a documentary entitled <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=5793\"><em>The James Dean Story<\/em> (1957)<\/a> helps make his choice of directing this adaptation even clearer, given that &#8212; like <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=47\"><em>September 30, 1955<\/em> (1977)<\/a> &#8212; it serves as an interesting meta-commentary on the American public&#8217;s fascination with the enigmatic young actor. However, I&#8217;m in agreement with Peary that this movie isn&#8217;t really all that successful. While there are several &#8220;secrets&#8221; at play, two are &#8220;spoiled&#8221; nearly right away, leading us to simply wait for the moment when all the other characters will finally catch up to what we&#8217;ve known from the beginning (and the third secret, involving Cher, isn&#8217;t all that revelatory). Meanwhile, it&#8217;s not a lot of fun watching these women &#8212; each unhappy in her own way &#8212; come together to spill their guts and\/or be told off by one another. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black-Cher.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black-Cher.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78104\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black-Cher.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black-Cher-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black-Cher-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black-Cher-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Black-Cher-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Altman fans will be curious to check this one out, but it&#8217;s not must-see viewing for everyone. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Creative direction and cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Bates-Black.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Bates-Black.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-78101\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Bates-Black.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Bates-Black-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Bates-Black-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Bates-Black-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Come-Back-Bates-Black-480x270.png 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo; this one is only must-see for Altman fans. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0083745\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1982\/11\/12\/movies\/come-back-to-the-5-dime-jimmy-dean.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/come-back-to-the-5-dime-jimmy-dean-jimmy-dean\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;He chose me from everybody else to bring his child into the world.&#8221; Synopsis: When members of the Disciples of James Dean fan club &#8212; Mona (Sandy Dennis), Sissy (Cher), Joanne (Karen Black), Stella Mae (Kathy Bates), and Edna Louise (Marta Heflin) &#8212; meet for a twenty-year reunion at a small drug store in Texas run by a deeply religious widow named Juanita (Sudie Bond), secrets emerge that shake up long-held beliefs around identity and paternity. Genres, Themes, Actors, and&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=78094\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78094"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78094\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78120,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78094\/revisions\/78120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}