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Sometimes a Great Notion is the second novel by American author Ken Kesey, published in 1964. While One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962) is more famous, many critics consider Sometimes a Great Notion Kesey's magnum opus.
- Ken Kesey
- 1964
Mar 2, 1972 · A 1971 action adventure drama film directed by Paul Newman and starring Henry Fonda, based on Ken Kesey's novel. The film follows a family of Oregon loggers who defy the town's strike and face personal and environmental conflicts.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Paul Newman
- 1972-03-02
Sometimes a Great Notion (a.k.a. Never Give A Inch on some commercial television broadcasts) is a 1971 American drama film directed by Paul Newman and starring Newman, Henry Fonda, Michael Sarrazin, and Lee Remick. The cast also includes Richard Jaeckel in an Academy Award-nominated performance.
Paul Newman directs and stars in this drama about a timber family defying a strike in the Northwest. The review praises Newman's direction, the lumber scenes, and some of the characters, but questions the Fonda character's pride.
Feb 27, 2012 · Sometimes A Great Notion (which, btw, gets its title from the Ledbelly song "Goodnight Irene") is the story of the Stamper family, renegade loggers in Oregon in maybe the fifties. It's an incredible family—Henry, the patriarch, the crazed, stubborn old goat who started the logging business; his son Hank (stoic, serious, earnest, proud ...
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- Paperback
Sometimes a Great Notion. A family of independent Oregon loggers refuses to participate in a local strike against the big lumber companies.
- (14)
- Drama
- PG
Sometimes a Great Notion. [HBO] HD. The lusty, brawling members of an Oregon logging family refuse to join the union on strike in this stirring saga with Paul Newman. 1,021 IMDb 6.9 1 h 54 min 1972. 7+. Action · Adventure · Drama.
