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The Night of the Iguana

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Original title

The Night of the Iguana

Year

1964

Running time

118 min.

Country

United States

Director

John Huston

Screenwriter

John Huston, Anthony Veiller. Novel: Tennessee Williams

Cast

Music

Benjamin Frankel

Cinematography

Gabriel Figueroa (B&W)

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Drama | Southern Gothic. Alcoholism

Movie Groups

Tennessee Williams Adaptations

Synopsis

When defrocked American minister Reverend T. Lawrence Shannon is expelled from his Virginia church, he travels to Mexico in search of his destiny and sanity. There he becomes a tour guide for a bus load of spinsters and a teenage nymphet named Charlotte Goodall, who is being chaperoned by the group's leader, the inflexible Judith Fellowes. Miss Fellowes, who is quite jealous of Charlotte's attentions to Shannon, discovers the young woman in his room and vows to have him fired. To thwart her plot, Shannon takes control of the bus from Hank, the bus driver, and speeds the tour group on a wild ride through the Mexican jungle to the crumbling, secluded hotel of an old friend, the recently widowed Maxine Falk. Eventually Shannon becomes enamored with another guest at the hotel, the rather genteel Hanna Jelkes, an itinerant quick sketch artist and her poet grandfather Nonno. As the wise Hanna partially restores Shannon's fractured world, Shannon struggles to get back the rest of his sanity and his self-respect.

Awards: 1964: Oscar: Best Costume Design (B&W). 4 Nominations

1964: Golden Globes: 5 Nominations, including Best Film - Drama

1964: BAFTA Awards: Nominated to Best Foreign Actress (Ava Gardner)

1964: Directors Guild of America (DGA): Nominated for Best Director

1964: Writers Guild of America (WGA): Nominated for Best Drama Screenplay

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The Night of the Iguana

1964

John Huston

7.5

(6,227)