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The Legacy (1978)
Rate:
6
Viewed:
10/21
10/21:
Add The Legacy to the long line of "there's something peculiar about the whole thing" pictures.
Burnt Offerings is the best of this genre. Taking place at the English countryside, The Legacy compares
well. Unfortunately, it isn't scary or high in suspense and has little impact on me. There's a story, and everybody plays along
to enliven things. Clive says that he's in the music business. Of course, it's Roger Daltrey, the frontman of The Who.
However, there are a few aspects that I don't like. One is Sam Elliott's approach to his character. Heavy in cynicism and always
pushy, he comes off as unlikeable which is strange because Sam is usually pleasant. Two, the film is often
frustrating and takes a long while to get to the bottom of the mystery. Pete and Maggie trying to get out of the circular
roads sums up my feeling. Why can't they go through the fields and just keep going? Three, the
ending isn't good; it's been a lot of work for nothing.
The star of the film is the large Tudor manor house called Loseley Park which is located in Artington, Surrey,
England. It was built in 1568 and is currently inhabitable. Happily, Katharine Ross and Sam Elliott met each other on the
set for the second time after Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and got married six years afterwards.
It's obvious that they click.
All in all, a bit of tweak here and there should improve The Legacy more.