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Dominican Rep. Sweet Bird of Youth
- Original title
- Sweet Bird of Youth
- Year
- 1962
- Running time
- 120 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Richard Brooks. Novel: Tennessee Williams
- Cast
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Paul Newman
Geraldine Page
Ed Begley
Shirley Knight
Rip Torn
Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood
Mildred Dunnock- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Southern Gothic
- Movie Groups
- Tennessee Williams Adaptations
- Synopsis
- 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.
- Awards
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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: BAFTA Awards: Nominated Best Foreign actress (Geraldine Page)1962: David di Donatello Awards: Best Foreign Actress (Geraldine Page)
- Critics' reviews
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"Just like the play, the first half is a delicious, hotel-room-set duel of desperate characters, while the second half goes awry"
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"Hysterical twaddle."
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"Offers little indication of what made the original play interesting (especially in Elia Kazan's stage production), despite the fact that Paul Newman and Geraldine Page are called on to reprise their original roles."
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