I agree with you, bobbengan. The most devastating tragedy in the film for me was the death of innocence in Dorothy and Hermie after the night incident. After the incident, Dorothy became the exact opposite of what she was. She was considerate, kind, and considered Hermie as her closest friend. We see how joyful and innocent when they were together in previous scenes. In the end, they both were shattered and lost each other. Hermie waited and waited for her. But never saw her again.
I was a teenager when this movie came out, so long ago. I remember it well, especially since the Vietnam War was underway. This was my "Summer of '42". If you want to learn more about the truth behind this movie, do some online database searching.
The movie script came first, then the book, both by Herman Raucher. The real tragedy lies in it being a true story; autobiographical. Hermie being the name of the protagonist is no coincidence, and there was a real Dorothy, and a real note left for him by her.
@dnanidreffmc I guess this was suppose to be a second sequel then. They meet 20 years later on the Island and start another romance. She never remarried and Hermie is divorced.
@Attila709 Twenty years later would be romantically too late for an aging Dorothy. That may be the reason why they did not push through with that sequel. I would not want to see that movie because the Hermie-Dorothy romance would have lost its essence. I guess that romance should only be ethereal and it should only stay in Summer of '42 and not in any sequel. Nice to know that there are people who remember the movie like you Attila.
@Attila709 They could do a sequel but I don't know where the plot or storyline would go. Just don't know where they could go with it. Better leaving this one alone. They probably both look incredibly different now as well.
An amazing movie and story, but certainly not a good initiation into sex/romance for any person. We may all lose our innocence at some point in our lives, but thank God it's not in such a way that's so sad and tragic.
In the summer of 42, a grown woman has sex with an underage boy. What if Hermie was named Helen, & lost her virginity to an adult male? A movie like that wouldn't be called a classic, it would have been banned.
@harponercam LOL! Man, you are one righteous drama queen. Try blaming yourself for your crappy life for a change. Only you can improve your lot, not a nanny state...
@ohger1 Drama queen or not Ohio German person 1- I am still alive-
And that Nany State was holding a Vietnam war draft over my young head at the time, and did so for a namber of years. A great great many of us thought at the end that war that the gung ho sheisen was over- but ohhhh NOOOOO! After provoking more of its own brand of "solution" it plagues us again. Every thing I said happened. This time the drama is real again, mein dumbkoff. Life was different then, it is more psychotic now, kids.
some nice posts, for me this was my summer of `42, i dont think i will ever see her ever again, and definatley left so much behind, and unsaid, i to lost a part of me, i am so full of guilt, and so sorry, one day it was our summer, and she was mine for just a little while, and i am paying the price, i feel,..................i lost her
I'm a pretty cold-hearted and insensitive person, broadly. This, however, makes me break down and cry like a man-baby. There's something about Legrand's music, combined with that voice-over. It's intensely, intensely moving. Manipulative as hell, but damn does it get to me...
A very well made movie. It really evokes the time in which it takes place. The soundtrack won a well-deserved academy award. I first saw this flick in 73, when I was fifteen, so I could really put myself in Hermie's place. Although I never had his "Summer of 42" experience, the movie reminds me of a very happy time in my own life.
I agree about this song. This song is so deep that get us all. Legrand´s song touch our souls, it is what this song does.
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I agree with you, bobbengan. The most devastating tragedy in the film for me was the death of innocence in Dorothy and Hermie after the night incident. After the incident, Dorothy became the exact opposite of what she was. She was considerate, kind, and considered Hermie as her closest friend. We see how joyful and innocent when they were together in previous scenes. In the end, they both were shattered and lost each other. Hermie waited and waited for her. But never saw her again.
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konway87 3 weeks ago
I was a teenager when this movie came out, so long ago. I remember it well, especially since the Vietnam War was underway. This was my "Summer of '42". If you want to learn more about the truth behind this movie, do some online database searching.
swizzletik 1 month ago
I saw the sequel a few years later in college- it didn't have the impact of the original, but I'd love to see it again.
harponercam 1 month ago
The movie script came first, then the book, both by Herman Raucher. The real tragedy lies in it being a true story; autobiographical. Hermie being the name of the protagonist is no coincidence, and there was a real Dorothy, and a real note left for him by her.
glivick 1 month ago
Some sequels are best never produced.
jackpark7927 2 months ago
I agree with Attila, sequels are NEVER as good as the original and this is such a wonderful story on it's own.
I had my brief summer with a young man and never wished to repeat it, but think of him fondly as the years have passed.
Some moments are complete in themseves.
doryaful 2 months ago
In an interview Jennifer O'Neill gave about ten years ago she said she was working on a sequel to this movie. Guess nothing became of it.
Attila709 3 months ago
@Attila709 There was a sequel to the movie, it was "Class of '44" but it was all about Hermie in the Army.
dnanidreffmc 3 months ago
@dnanidreffmc I guess this was suppose to be a second sequel then. They meet 20 years later on the Island and start another romance. She never remarried and Hermie is divorced.
Attila709 3 months ago
@Attila709 Twenty years later would be romantically too late for an aging Dorothy. That may be the reason why they did not push through with that sequel. I would not want to see that movie because the Hermie-Dorothy romance would have lost its essence. I guess that romance should only be ethereal and it should only stay in Summer of '42 and not in any sequel. Nice to know that there are people who remember the movie like you Attila.
dnanidreffmc 3 months ago
@Attila709 They could do a sequel but I don't know where the plot or storyline would go. Just don't know where they could go with it. Better leaving this one alone. They probably both look incredibly different now as well.
calalilygirl 2 months ago
An amazing movie and story, but certainly not a good initiation into sex/romance for any person. We may all lose our innocence at some point in our lives, but thank God it's not in such a way that's so sad and tragic.
stitchesful 3 months ago
One of the best closing scenes of any Hollywood film.
jackpark7927 4 months ago
my favorite movie ever even though its older than me,i still found it romantic passionate movie ever made!!!
888che2 4 months ago
In the summer of 42, a grown woman has sex with an underage boy. What if Hermie was named Helen, & lost her virginity to an adult male? A movie like that wouldn't be called a classic, it would have been banned.
sirmontyrock 4 months ago
@sirmontyrock Agree totally. The whole thing was wrong on her part. Herme looks about 12 years old for gosh sakes!
calalilygirl 2 months ago
In the Summer of 2011
My mother died at 91
Bank of America and the hostile county judge in a place that holds a grudge
ripped me off for thousands and thousands of dollars
and ran me around for thousands of miles in the process
Global Warming proved itself real to more
Stages fell on people, pilots and car drivers splattered themselves
and somehow the America that existed when I first saw this movie slipped even further away under a smokescreen of it's self-proclaimed
righteous authority
harponercam 4 months ago
@harponercam LOL! Man, you are one righteous drama queen. Try blaming yourself for your crappy life for a change. Only you can improve your lot, not a nanny state...
ohger1 1 month ago
@ohger1 Drama queen or not Ohio German person 1- I am still alive-
And that Nany State was holding a Vietnam war draft over my young head at the time, and did so for a namber of years. A great great many of us thought at the end that war that the gung ho sheisen was over- but ohhhh NOOOOO! After provoking more of its own brand of "solution" it plagues us again. Every thing I said happened. This time the drama is real again, mein dumbkoff. Life was different then, it is more psychotic now, kids.
harponercam 1 month ago
"...for everything we take with us,
there's something else that's left behind."
a scholarly page that Hermie totes...
harponercam 4 months ago
The same as back then, when I first saw the movie in 1971, pure undiluted sadness. The loss of innocence and of our better times.
atardecer212 4 months ago
one of my favorite movie's ever maid!
mhmikhchi 5 months ago
Assisti a esse filme no cinema e senti a mesma emoção agora ! lembrava as palavras finais do garoto: " e eu, de uma forma, perdi Hermie p/ sempre !"
pateligia 6 months ago
some nice posts, for me this was my summer of `42, i dont think i will ever see her ever again, and definatley left so much behind, and unsaid, i to lost a part of me, i am so full of guilt, and so sorry, one day it was our summer, and she was mine for just a little while, and i am paying the price, i feel,..................i lost her
stuart17461 7 months ago
Yes innocent times.....took me a long time to understand the things I also felt......still learning.....thx for the posting
Grogster2007 7 months ago
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This movie is the best movie I have ever seen.Theres some thing that makes this movie mystical and interesting.
alex30425 8 months ago
Pokes you right in the heart. One of my favorite movies ever.
FilmDavinci1 9 months ago
I'm a pretty cold-hearted and insensitive person, broadly. This, however, makes me break down and cry like a man-baby. There's something about Legrand's music, combined with that voice-over. It's intensely, intensely moving. Manipulative as hell, but damn does it get to me...
bobbengan 10 months ago 7
A very well made movie. It really evokes the time in which it takes place. The soundtrack won a well-deserved academy award. I first saw this flick in 73, when I was fifteen, so I could really put myself in Hermie's place. Although I never had his "Summer of 42" experience, the movie reminds me of a very happy time in my own life.
ftsjr 1 year ago
I cannot watch this without crying
Wildcock23 1 year ago
ilove this movie....
annabe20 1 year ago