[REL] The Optimists (1973)

[kev]

AKA: The Optimists of Nine Elms

I'm surprised that this one is not out already as it stars Peter Sellers. I guess it's sorta stuck like Gigot [with Jackie Gleason] in that Celluloid netherworld of hard-to-find movies...

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Basically the story is about:

Ex Vaudevillian Peter Sellers befriends two kids [a girl and a boy] and begins to believe in life again and encourages the two kids from broken home to be more optimistic about life. A truly compassionate film that says despite your circumstances that there will always be someone who cares.

The two kids are also outstanding and anyone who wants to see London locations other than Tower Bridge and Piccadilly Circus should check this out. A seemingly forgotten film, but well worth seeking out.

This is another movie that one might be able to catch on UK TV sometime... I've never seen it on American TV, but I don't have cable... I've also seen it for sale on eBay, but the copies are always PAL VHS, and VHS machines are a bit more complicated to transfer to NTSC than are DVD players...

Thanks for ANY help ANYONE can offer... :

kev.

[kev]

When kev requested this I don't think it was out on dvd yet...
...Although I don't recall anything too special with the kids the movie is a good watch.

Totally true on both counts.

I wasn't going to say anything because, a) I was embarrassed about making the original post and then forgetting about it, even after I purchased the movie and, b) after seeing this thread bumped, I started looking and couldn't find the DVD [same problem I'm having with 'Heaven on Earth'] {VHS in that case.. }..

However while doing some cleaning last night I came across my copy and after checking and seeing that ptg had NOT posted his rip yet, I started the process...

Well, here it is:
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Set to 'Power Release'. I'll leave my eMule machine on all day for a day or two, then it will be just in the evenings. [EST-US]

kev.