Writers: David Marshall Grant, Dan Savage. Interestingly they would both earn Oscar nominations years later for “Lincoln.” The two stars clashed vehemently on the set and Jones would later apologize to Field for his attitude during the film. The film casts Field as a hooker who meets a down on his luck boxer played by Tommy Lee Jones.
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Gazzo.Īfter her Oscar win for “Norma Rae” made Field a movie star she only released two films in the following years both sequels (the aforementioned “Beyond the Poseidon Adventure” and “Smokey and the Bandit II.” Her next big film was supposed to be this comedy that reunited her with her “Norma Rae” director Martin Ritt. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, David Keith, Michael V.
She brings a comedic self-deprecation to her role and the moment when all the men rush to help a glamorous and beautiful Veronica Hamel (of “Hill Street Blues”) fame while letting Field fend for herself is a nice comic scene set amidst all the how shall we say, disaster.ĭirector: Martin Ritt. BUT despite its place on many critics year’s end worse movie lists Field managed to give a surprisingly refreshing performance as one of the passengers trying to escape the capsized ship. Director Irwin Allen who had pioneered the disaster epic had a bomb the year before with “The Swarm” and the fate of this film was quite similar. It took seven years for this sequel to the immensely successful and beloved “The Poseidon Adventure” to hit movie screens and in that time the love for the genre had pretty much ended. Starring Michael Caine, Karl Malden, Telly Savalas. Image Credit: Warner Bros/Kobal/REX/Shutterstockĭirector: Irwin Allen. Tour our photo gallery of her 16 greatest film performances, ranked from worst to best. Her movies since then have included “Places in the Heart” (a second Oscar win), “Absence of Malice,” “Steel Magnolias,” “Lincoln” (a third nomination) and more. That all changed when she was cast in the title role of “Norma Rae,” which would launch an impressive film career with her first Academy Award. In the 1970s actors didn’t move as freely back and forth between film and television as they do today, so even with her acclaim for “Sybil,” Field found obtaining work in movies a bit of a challenge.
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She found work in a series of well regarded TV movies and won an Emmy for the miniseries “Sybil” about a child abuse victim that developed 16 different personalities in order to cope with her childhood trauma. She began working with famed acting teacher Lee Strasberg and slowly things started to change for her. While many sitcom stars who fell into obscurity, Field managed to turn her career around. In fact at the age of 24, Field found herself to be somewhat of an industry joke. She then did three seasons in the preposterous series “The Flying Nun.” Not exactly the kind of work that would portend a serious new actress had arrived. Plucked out of a drama class when she was barely out of high school Field was cast as the perky surfer girl Gidget for one season on TV. As she said when she collected her second Oscar for Best Actress, Sally Field hasn’t had an orthodox career.
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