Monday, August 31, 2020

Movie review - "The Greek Tycoon" (1978) ***

 I was surprised how much I enjoyed this movie. It's got two talented stars perfectly cast, a strong story, decent locations, entertaining "millionaire lifestyle porn" (the Aegean Sea, luxury yachts). It's very empathetic to Jackie and Onassis - it does lean more towards him, but you can see why they got married, their attraction, and why it didn't work. The ending was quite moving with Quinn sending Bisset away so he can be by himself with his fatal illness and dog in a small village.

It's fun spotting people like Churchill, Callas, JFK, RFK. Bisset's hairstyles are a bit mumsy - she can look better than this.

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