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Mood:
- EmotionalCaptivatingAtmosphericCleverSexualTense
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Plot:
- Actor's LifeUnlikely CoupleCouple RelationsAmbitionMind and SoulYouthCouplesProstitute more...
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Genres:
- DramaMelodramaRomance
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60s
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Place:
- FloridaHollywood
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Praise:
- Award WinnerCritically AcclaimedGolden Globe WinnerOscar Winner
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Style:
- Talky
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Sweet Bird of Youth, 1962
English
USA
Profile of Sweet Bird of Youth
The mood of Sweet Bird of Youth is emotional, captivating, and sexual. The plot centers around the life of an actor, an unlikely couple, and ambition. It is a drama and romance movie. Stylistically, Sweet Bird of Youth is a melodrama and is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. Sweet Bird of Youth is set in Florida and Hollywood. It happens in the 1960s. It is adapted from a play. Sweet Bird of Youth is known for being a Golden Globe winner, critically acclaimed, and an Oscar winner.
Summary of Sweet Bird of Youth
Paul Newman and Geraldine Page re-created their Broadway roles in Tennessee Williams's Sweet Bird of Youth for this stylish film adaptation. Newman stars as Chance Wayne, a Hollywood gigolo determined to become a star, who teams up with Alexandra Del Lago (Geraldine Page), a washed-up Hollywood actress, on his way back to his small-town home. The town clamors at the reappearance of the charismatic Chance, who claims to have found fame and fortune in Hollywood, while the mysterious Alexandra lies in a drunken stupor in their hotel room. Alexandra convinces Chance she can make him a star, so he protects her reputation while rediscovering his love for his hometown sweetheart, Heavenly (Shirley Knight), whose heart he broke when he disappeared to find fame. Chance's attempts to reignite his passion for the naive Heavenly deeply angers her vengeful father, the cruel town "boss" (Ed Begley) who will stop at nothing to see his daughter's lost innocence avenged. Williams's hard-hitting themes of betrayal, mob violence, and deceit are fully examined in this fine adaptation. Geraldine Page ignites the screen as she seductively manipulates Chance and languishes alone in her prisonlike hotel room, terrified of losing her star status.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 21 March 1962 |
| Runtime: | 120 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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as Chance Wayne
as Alexandra Del Lago
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