A Majority of One (1961)
- Directed by
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film, comedy drama, romantic comedy, melodrama
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 2h 36m
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 16 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A widowed Jewish woman from Brooklyn travels to Japan with her daughter and son-in-law. There she meets a Japanese widower, and they form an unlikely friendship that challenges their cultural differences and past prejudices.
lightheartedgentlewarmplayfulsentimentalslow-pacedwhimsicalold-fashioned
What happens
A Majority of One is a 1961 American comedy film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Rosalind Russell and Alec Guinness. It was adapted from the play of the same name by Leonard Spigelgass, which was a Broadway hit in the 1959–1960 season starring Gertrude Berg and Cedric Hardwicke. The title originates from a quote from Henry David Thoreau: "Any man more right than his neighbors, constitutes a majority of one already." Thoreau believed that the one person who is on the right side of the question counts for more than do all of the people who are on the wrong side. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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