Product Details

• Actors: Victoria Foyt, Viveca Lindfors, Jon Robin Baitz, Savannah Smith Boucher, Roscoe Lee Browne
• Directors: Henry Jaglom
• Writers: Victoria Foyt, Henry Jaglom
• Producers: Judith Wolinsky
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Lions Gate
• VHS Release Date: January 12, 1999
• Run Time: 108 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0784009996
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #369,821 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars An amusing, slice of life film to watch when raining., July 10, 1999

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This review is from: Last Summer in the Hamptons [VHS] (VHS Tape)

In this film about a family of histrionic folk, a successful but rather dim Hollywood star comes in search of work. She encounters people who believe in the theatre as art while meeting those who have felt manipulated into acting when they would rather be doing otherwise. "Hamptons" is a worthwhile character study. It reminds me of international films which commit more to character development than plot. I thought often of Woody Allen's work (Hannah and Her Sisters) and while this film insists on dialogue to flesh out its cast, I never found this technique distracting. Jaglom also works in typical 90's characters such as the playwright who happens to be gay. He appears to be the male protagonist of the film and the various ambitious actors around him eagerly await his new work, largely for their own selfish purposes. I struggle to recommend this film to all. Instead, I would say, if one finds intelligent, insightful talk interesting, if one finds complex characters worthwhile, if one likes eccentric humor, then this film might possess the merit for a rental.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars but it is a great movie!, May 26, 2003

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This review is from: Last Summer in the Hamptons [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I rarely take the time to sit and write movie or book reviews, but having seen all these negative reviews for "Last Summer in the Hamptons" I feel compelled to speak my piece.

What is so powerful here is not the dysfunctionality of the family portrayed within, but what is at the core of this dysfunctionality: it is the inability of its members to walk away from its greatness, its fame within the highest circles of the artistic world. This movie is, in a way, a modern "Buddenbrooks", but it delves much more deeply into the reasons for the family's implosion. From the teenager who is pathologically rebellious because, as she explains to her cousins, it is the only way she can find to establish her independence from this great theatrical institution which is her family; to the brilliant director who, in order to create, has renounced, monk-like fashion, all sexual contact; to the most deeply studied pair of characters: the brother and sister pair who are so caught up in the web of their family, that their own sexual passions are trapped within the family, self-directed in an incestuous relationship.

This is the saga of a family which is admired, coveted, and idolized from outside, yet whose members are suffocating under the weight and tremendous magnet of its fame. It is a family which is the embodiment of Blake's sick rose.

This is a great movie, or a great play; it is a very powerful piece which will stay with you for a long time.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars This is a film for theatre people!!!, June 27, 2004

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C. Alexander "Casting Guy" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Last Summer in the Hamptons (DVD)

In the same way that Waiting for Guffman is truly appreciated by theatre people by the simple fact that we've known and worked with people in our lives like the characters in the movie.

This film also exemplifies how the love that is spurned from creating art with people is strong enough to withstand life's trials. A truly inspiring film. This film is also very similar to "Peter's Friends" starring a cast of amazing British acotrs including Kenneth Branaugh (sp?) and Emma Thompson.