tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post7311604043757882511..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: I Never Promised You a Rose Garden (1977)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-65947760294302493402021-03-12T20:39:53.721-08:002021-03-12T20:39:53.721-08:00How did you forget the inimitable Martine Bartlett...How did you forget the inimitable Martine Bartlett who played the terrible mother in Sybil (1976) and in this her last theatrical film makes a great comedy team with Susan Tyrell? The depiction of patients is similar to The Snake Pit, Suddenly, Last Summer, The Caretakers and Fuller's Shock Corridor. Joseph Kearnyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03360334357262197758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-41077071233635645392015-09-02T13:15:45.273-07:002015-09-02T13:15:45.273-07:00By 1977, the majors had reinvigorated themselves b...By 1977, the majors had reinvigorated themselves by muscling in on the exploitation market with the likes of JAWS and the drive-ins were in trouble. New World had to find new markets and ROSE GARDEN was scheduled as the debut release from the company's short-lived U.K. arm.<br />Corman had already successfully distributed Euro art-house fare in the U.S. from the likes of Bergman, Fellini and Truffaut so a venture into the American art movie must have seemed like a good idea, which it was as the film really connected with the adolescent female market. The success of CARRIE and Dimension's POM POM GIRLS (Dimension were a major competitor to New World) would have been equally as important as CUCKOO'S NEST, as they demonstrated the importance of female teens at the box office.starofshonteff1https://www.blogger.com/profile/14092025821134243824noreply@blogger.com