Melody (1971)

Overrated

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Hello! There's a beautiful trailer of this film at YouTube... It contains some great moments, but unfortunately without the songs (it was posted originally with a mix of the songs of the film...).http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_4GQx5Dv38 .You all who love this film must see it, while waiting for a DVD release in America, mainly here where I live (Brazil)... This was a film that I always remember from my youth, and I think most of people do the same way. Here, we had only a TV presentation (80's, I guess) and after that, no more information we had about it.Sorry about my poor English, but the intention is just to share the link for those who want know a little bit more of the film...My bests...

This very cute and romantic reminder of the 1970s had made quite a splash in Turkey when first shown under the title "Küçük Sevgili" (Little Lover) in Ankara more than 35 years ago. Now, I have a lot of friends who are desperately looking for the copies of this with Turkish subtitles. Personally I have scanned the related websites such as divxplanet but to no avail so far. In case copies with subtitles are not available, does anyone know how to carry the translations per fragments onto the fragments themselves? Mark Lester was already known for his top-notch performance in Oliver title based on Oliver Twist fiction from Charles Dickens, has grown a little older to the extent of aspiring to become a family head.

I remember first seeing this film when I was a child not much older than the children portrayed in the film. I found it to be very enjoyable and refreshing especially considering that the story centered around kids and that the adults in the film were only secondary characters.The film was a low budget sparsely released project that wasn't an initial success, particularly here in the states which is a shame cause despite it's low budget and low distribution this lil' movie about a pre-teen romance was a gem of a film. My initial reason for seeing it was Jack Wild whom I recognized from the Sid & Marty Croft series; "H.R.Puff'n'stuff".I started watching the movie about these silly little kids in England and then I spotted the first shot of a young girl in the film, I didn't know her name at the time but she played Melody in the film a one Tracy Hyde making her film debut...this boy's heart literally melted for the first time in his young life-it was my first exposure and understanding of what true beauty is....timeless.I am in my mid 40's now, much like the stars of Melody and Tracy Hyde and am now an artist/illustrator this film was a key inspiration to me and to this day the lovely image of Tracy Hyde's Melody has lived on still inspiring after all these years.I look back at the film,which I have a copy of, and remember fondly and some not so fondly images of my younger days, what is was like to be a kid in the 70's, the friendships, trials and tribulations of school life and of that first love discovered-and in the end re-discovered.Melody wasn't a blockbuster, didn't win any awards that I know of and most of the world is ignorant of it's existence ,but it has something that most films sorely lack...it's special-it touched a cord in me and many others of my generation that still lives on achieving it's own special brand of immortality by instilling inspiration and memories of our lost youth.

this movie is freely available in google video. You can stream it o just download it.Stream: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3578692700171397566Dwnld: http://vp02.video.l.google.com/videodownload?version=0&secureurl= sAAAAIufTPwZZhpzjq5EL2fiOHiax-vrdamYHM0R5PV6FVC8x6w1IgZ-Erfffxv0Uy -PDKcLmL60CbxO3WSuMMNENPF1Q7akGbmO2NcU2lP2DVC8AVYFWmc-3VRUxUs36c8v xpMK59xqml2-TiVKD6DY87q3QbF6pDSubTeA9PVJpIktjX5pFf6Z5qHUM5ZLUw8qXK KMpvZj5egBMEECLxR-qMXhJWtVnmv4taZdR73qJjhDET-d3h8wR3umvTSNsuw81w& sigh=TAJpJ0uO3v1dVzkzC7QHtZniHr8&rdc=1Cheers and enjoy