Harvey could very well be my favorite “feel good” film. It’s a movie I can pop in and no matter how blue I may be, I’m smiling joyfully within minutes, as James Stewart’s Elwood shares with his family and friends the stories he has with his good friend, a six and a half foot tall invisible rabbit. It’s a film that has held up very well over the years and even those who I show this to that have trouble getting into classic American cinema seem to enjoy the movie quite a bit.
Chalk this up as very surprising news then. While doing my daily browsing, I came across an article on Variety confirming that another adaptation of the award winning play is in the works – and it is going to be Spielberg’s next directorial project.
Below is my favorite scene from the movie, a monologue I have just about memorized from my countless times watching it. While I think a Spielberg adaptation of the play would be, uh, interesting (who would Spielberg cast as Elwood? Tom Hanks seems like the obvious choice – but I could see him aiming for someone less conventional: Paul Giamatti? Even a restrained Jim Carrey?), I can’t imagine anything would top the 1950 adaptation with Stewart. I’d rather see something more original from the man, like his long-awaited Lincoln biopic (Liam Neeson isn’t getting any younger to play Abe, you know). Watch below and enjoy. If you haven’t watched this, I hope the scene below will convince you to put that right atop of your Netflix queue.
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