As Tracy might say, it's a beautiful movie from Philip Barry's beautiful play, directed most beautifully by George Cukor -- Sunday at 6 p.m. on TCM.
Gordon praised the episode's ending, saying "I think we're most proud of the ending: Mulder's quest is re-established (and Daniel Sackheim directed it beautifully) with Mulder sitting alone in a church with only his faith.
Comedy titan James L. Brooks (who produced a pair of Crowe's legacy-earners, "Say Anything" and "Jerry Maguire") wrote and directed two beautifully bittersweet, superbly acted epics of relationship neurosis in "Terms of Endearment" and "Broadcast News".
"What you saw," he said, "although it was twice as long as something we would put on, was beautifully written, beautifully acted, beautifully directed and had relevance to a child.
That and the soprano Nell Snaidas's direct, beautifully modulated performance of the Purcell were probably the program's highlights.
"It was a beautifully produced pilot, beautifully acted, beautifully directed -- unfortunately we can't do everything we want to do," Plepler said.
"I think it's a beautifully acted, beautifully directed version of 'Steel Magnolias,' " Mr. Harling said by phone after watching a rough cut.
The first thing I have to tell you about Humpday is that it is, simply, an amazing movie: beautifully acted, beautifully directed, deeply hilarious, and smart, with an emotional punch that I could not have seen coming, and which would be wrecked by giving away too many details.
(It's beautifully directed by Richard Shepard).
Those stand-off shots were beautifully directed, if derivative.
