Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

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Sweet Bird of Youth

ORIGINAL TITLE

Sweet Bird of Youth

YEAR

1962

RUNNING TIME

120 min.

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COUNTRY

DIRECTOR

Richard Brooks

SCREENWRITER

Richard Brooks (Novel: Tennessee Williams)

COMPOSER

Robert Armbruster

CINEMATOGRAPHER

Milton Krasner

CAST

Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Ed Begley, Shirley Knight, Rip Torn, Madeleine Sherwood, Ed Begley, Mildred Dunnock

STUDIO/PRODUCER

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

AWARDS

1962: Oscar: Supp. Actor (Begley). Nominated for Actress (Page) and Supp. actress (Knight).
1962: Golden Globe: Actress (Page). Nominated for Actor, Supp. actor, Supp. actress.
1962: Nominated for BAFTA: Foreign actress (Page).
1982: David di Donatello: Foreign actress (Page).

GENRE

Drama | Southern Gothic

SYNOPSIS/PLOT

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.

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