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Mood:
- SentimentalSincereTouching
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Plot:
- Love and RomanceCouplesClergySingle ParentDestructive RelationshipFriendshipInfidelityLove Affair more...
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Genres:
- DramaMelodramaRomance
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Time/Period:
- 60s
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Place:
- CaliforniaUSASchoolBeachBoarding School
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Praise:
- Oscar Winner
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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The Sandpiper, 1965
English
USA
Profile of The Sandpiper
The Sandpiper can be described as sentimental, sincere, and touching. The plot revolves around couples, love and romance, and boarding school life. The main genres are drama and romance. In terms of style, The Sandpiper is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. The Sandpiper is set, at least in part, on the beach. It is located in California. It takes place in the 1960s. The Sandpiper has received attention for being an Oscar winner.
Summary of The Sandpiper
Artist Laura Edwards (Elizabeth Taylor) prefers to home-school her son, Danny (Morgan Mason) ], but when the child welfare department intervenes and demands that the boy attend a proper educational institution, Laura bypasses public school in favor of an Episcopal boarding school run by minister Dr. Edward Hewitt (Richard Burton). Although married with kids, Hewitt develops an attraction to Laura, and the two begin an affair, but they're soon discovered by Hewitt's wife, Claire (Eva Marie Saint).
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 23 June 1965 |
| Runtime: | 117 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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Cast and Crew
as Laura Reynolds
as Dr. Edward Hewitt
