Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Release Date: 04/25/2006
Dubbed: English/French
Sound: DD1
Run Time: 125 Minutes
Flags: Nudity, Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Warner Home Video

Based on the novel by Harold Robbins, this is the story of Loren Hardeman, Sr., a Midwestern automobile manufacturer (Lord Olivier) who pins his future on The Betsy, a "wonder car" named after his daughter (Kathleen Beller). The Betsy is designed to last practically forever, which doesn't rest well with the "planned obscolence" mindset of the auto industry. Flashbacks cover his career from his 40s to the present, when he is in his 90s. Hardeman, Sr. has a weak-willed son, Hardeman, Jr., (Robert Duvall) who is forced into taking charge of the family business.

~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Laurence Olivier - Loren Hardeman, Sr.
Robert Duvall - Loren Hardeman III
Katharine Ross - Sally Hardeman
Tommy Lee Jones - Angelo Perino
Jane Alexander - Alicia Hardeman
Lesley-Anne Down - Lady Bobby Ayres
Joseph Wiseman - Jake Weinstein
Kathleen Beller - Betsy Hardeman
Edward Herrmann - Dan Weyman
Paul Rudd - Loren Hardeman, Jr.
Roy Poole - John Duncan
Richard Venture - Mark Sampson
Titos Vandis - Angelo Luigi Perino
Clifford David - Joe Warren
Inga Swenson - Mrs. Craddock
Carol Williard - Roxanne
Charlie Fields - Loren III as a Boy

Production:
Daniel Petrie - Director
Jack Grossberg Harold Robbins Robert Weston - Producer
John Barry - Composer
Rita Roland - Editor
William Bast Walter Bernstein - Screen Writer
James W. Payne - Set Designer
Jack Grossberg - Associate Producer
Harold Robbins - Book Author
Mario Tosi - Cinematographer
Dorothy Jeakins - Costume Designer
Wolfgang Glattes - First Assistant Director
Herman A. Blumenthal - Production Designer
Lee Alexander - Sound/Sound Designer

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