M&D 699

[davemarc]

(was The name "Soames")


Henry 


Musikar 


asks...




> Wasn't there something along the lines of "The Mind of Mr. Soames," I 
> think said Soames having been in Coma since childhood?
> 
Leonard Maltin sez:

The Mind of Mr. Soames
UK (1970): Thriller/Science Fiction
3.5 stars out of 4

95 min, Rated PG, Color

Exceptionally fine sci-fi tale of man who has been in a coma since birth;
finally revived, he must be taught thirty years' worth of knowledge in
brief span of time.

***
But Pauline Kael sez:  

The Mind of Mr. Soames
UK (1970): Thriller/Science Fiction
95 min, Rated PG, Color

Science fiction and educational polemics, from England, and dreary. Can a
young man (Terence Stamp) recently awakened from a 30-year coma find
happiness with Nigel Davenport (strict structural educator) or Robert
Vaughn (permissive educator)? With Donal Donnelly. Directed by Alan Cooke.

***Thanks to Microsoft for Maltin and Kael....

And Halliwell pipes in:

"A man who has lived in a coma for thirty years is cured but faces the
world as a new-born infant.

"Ill-advised attempt at science fiction with meaning; its earnestness
becomes a bore."

davemarc