The Slender Thread (1965)

Wow wow wow. I actually find it sort of hard to believe that somebody (Sydney Pollack, in fact) made this movie in 1965 with two of Hollywood's biggest stars. It's a movie about a woman who wants to commit suicide and the man she calls at the suicide helpline. This is a fast-paced, seat-of-your-pants script that is brilliantly written, generously humane, and deeply poignant. It's truly excellent.

I watched this movie on Criterion – the fourth movie I've seen on the "Scored by Quincy Jones" channel. Jones's score is, of course, great.