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Mood:
- CleverSentimentalSincereTouchingThought ProvokingEmotionalBittersweet
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Plot:
- Couple RelationsInterracial RelationsParents and ChildrenCulture ClashLove and RomanceSocietyCouplesFamily Relations more...
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Genres:
- DramaMelodramaRomance
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60s
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Place:
- CaliforniaSan Francisco
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- Award WinnerBlockbusterClassicEssentialOscar WinnerPrestigious Awards
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- Talky
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- Semi SeriousRealistic
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?, 1967
English
USA
Profile of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
The mood of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? is thought provoking, clever, and sentimental. The plot centers around interracial relations, culture clash, and couples relations. It is a drama and romance movie. Stylistically, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? is a melodrama and is talky. In approach, it is realistic. The setting is San Francisco. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? happens in the 1960s. The movie is known for being a classic, an Oscar winner, and essential viewing.
Summary of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?
A liberal white couple (Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, in Tracy's last appearance) put their platitudes to the test. They always taught their daughter (Katharine Houghton, Hepburn's niece) that all people are created equal, regardless of race or religion... until she unexpectedly brings home a black doctor (Poitier) and announces that they're engaged. Academy Award Nominations: 10, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Spencer Tracy.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 11 December 1967 |
| Runtime: | 108 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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Cast and Crew
as Christina Drayton
as Matt Drayton
as Dr. John Wade Prentice
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- 20.March.2009
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