Insert first name here Insert last name here I loved every minute! I just can't get over the ending, it's so deep. Like he's dragging her into madness. Just... Wow! :) I thoroughly appreciated the Don Quixote references. The title itself is a direct reference. I just lost it with laughter when he started to play the fiddle badly, and wondered why he even had it. And the Scarlet Pimpernel reference just completed it. And then we had Grandpa from the Munsters in the first five minutes of the film :D The Munsters is one of my favorite TV shows Also, the acting was top notch. The characters were believable and honest.This movie is perfect. It makes a point, it's deep, and it leaves you wondering. GO WATCH THIS AWESOME MOVIE RIGHT NOW!

rufus19692001-933-625785 'They Might Be Giants' is a modern fairy-tale, steeped in the trippie- hippie sixties but knowing of the dark cynicism of the seventies. George C. Scott as Justin Playfair is an eminent Judge who, in the depths of grief for his late wife, lays down his melancholy burden of sanity and becomes Sherlock Holmes. He broods in his den, of conspiracies real and imagined. Moriaty, the scourge of the western world mocks him in newspaper headlines of murder and mayhem, his brother plots to have him committed to plunder his wealth. Compelled to visit a psychiatrist adroitly played by fellow Oscar winner Joanne Woodward, he spies in her a sympathetic soul after first rebuffing her as yet another meddler. For she, much to his surprise is Doctor Mildred Watson. Her efforts to analyze him to ascertain if she should sign the committal papers are scuppered, for 'The game is a-foot!' As she grows disapprovingly into Holmes' ever ready assistant they travail the streets of New York picking up the flotsam and jetsam. A visit to a telephone exchange where a damsel in distress is saved, among a rooftop garden gangsters are vanquished, speeding taxis, clues hidden and found, new cohorts aligned to the cause. He leads them to the nethermost reaches of Central Park to face Moriaty, but as did the giant turn into a windmill, he is denied victory. However, a thought dawns; Moriaty's biggest crime was to hide from us the fact that we never left the garden of Eden. It is still here, beneath the soot and grime we have created and for us to find again. But as the enemy closes in it is just Holmes and Watson who remain. A bond not merely of companionship but of love and affection has blossomed between our heroes. The oncoming light and sound of hooves at the close of the movie could be literally explained; our heroes stand holding hands ready to face Moriaty or is it the Police or Gangsters? The light envelops them into total whiteout and roll credits. Those who look upon the end as a puzzle to be solved are sadly deluded. Must all movies be packaged up neatly for lazy audiences who can not fathom ambiguity. The joy of the end is that we will never know what their fate was, simply that it was a perfect moment of harmony in which Giants may yet again walk the earth.

Maddyclassicfilms They Might Be Giants is directed by Anthony Harvey,with a screenplay by James Goldman(upon who's play the film is based),a haunting score by John Barry and cinematography by Victor J.Kemper. The film stars George C.Scott and Joanne Woodward.Although at first glance this just appears to be about a man who believes he is somebody else,it's actually telling us that being different is fine,why blend in with the herd? If we all did exactly the same thing then what a boring world it would be.Despite it's downright oddness at times(in keeping with the theme of the story perhaps)the film has moments of such deep poignancy it leaves you stunned(aided greatly by Barry's beautiful score).Following the tragic death of his wife,respected Judge Justin Playfair(George C.Scott)has a breakdown and retreats into the persona of consulting Detective Sherlock Holmes.His brother refers him to a psychiatric hospital where he meets Dr.Mildred Watson(Joanne Woodward).At first only interested in trying to cure him of his delusion and help him back to reality,she soon comes to see the great good he achieves as Holmes and eventually comes to believe him when he says Moriarty(here the name which represents all the sadness and evil in the world)is after him.Scott gets his teeth firmly into the duel role of the confused and broken Playfair and an out of time Edwardian Holmes, delving headfirst into the problems of 20th century New York. He and Joanne have a lovely chemistry and Holmes growing realisation that he needs his Watson above all else is beautifully played by Scott. With brilliant performances from the leads this is one to watch.On a side note this struck me as being a fine idea for a really great TV series. Each week Watson tries to bring Playfair back to reality and in between sessions with her he as Holmes could consult on various cases.

blanche-2 "They Might Be Giants" stars George C. Scott and Joanne Woodward, and these two wonderful actors benefit from a first-class script by James Goldman, based on his play, and great direction by Anthony Harvey.Scott plays Justin Playfair, a man so overwhelmed by the death of his wife Lucy that he retreats into a world of illusion where he's Sherlock Holmes, cape and all, on a case against the vicious Moriarity. His brother needs to have him committed, mainly because he has people after him and needs control of his brother's money, so he takes him to a sanitarium to be evaluated. However, the doctor, Mildred Watson (Woodward) refuses to make a decision until she has examined the patient and spent time with him. To Playfair, of course, she's "Watson" to his Holmes. She ends up accompanying him through New York City as he tries to decipher clues that will lead him to Moriarity. She becomes fascinated with him and his brilliant deductions, many of which are about her.This film is a true gem that asks who's really crazy as it champions the unsung heroes of this world. Filled with metaphors, the ending is ambiguous and a point for much discussion on the message board for the film.It's wonderful to see the New York locations, but the real treat for this writer was that a part of the story takes place in the Greenwich Village library across the street from where I lived for so many years. Having been in the library many times, it actually looked to me as if they did use the real basement to film, or else replicated it elsewhere, because it did look exact. It's there also that we meet Playfair's friend of 30 years, played by Jack Gilford.All the performances are excellent, including that of Rue McClanahan as Playfair's sister-in-law who just loves his Holmes act and Gilford, who has always wanted to be the Scarlet Pimpernel. Woodward is perfect as a psychiatrist with low self esteem and not much of a life. Scott is positively brilliant as Playfair and his alter ego, the sharp and determined Holmes.This is a movie that takes you into another world, a state of mind that at times seems preferable to the one that we're often stuck with. You'll want to see it again, if only to pick up on all the nuances.