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The Sandpiper

6.6

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Original title

The Sandpiper

Year

1965

Running time

116 min.

Country

United States

Director

Vincente Minnelli

Screenwriter

Dalton Trumbo, Michael Wilson

Cast

Music

Johnny Mandel

Cinematography

Milton R. Krasner

Producer

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Genre

Romance. Drama | Romantic Drama. Melodrama

Synopsis

Young Danny Reynolds and his mother Laura (Elizabeth Taylor) live an idyllic life near California's Big Sur. Laura teaches Danny at home. After Danny shoots a deer, authorities take the boy away to live and study in a parochial orphanage/school. The unwed mother is distraught. At first, the school administrator, Episcopalian Priest Dr. Hewitt (Richard Burton), finds the free-spirited Laura to be morally bereft and without redeeming value. Eventually, Laura and Dr. Hewitt fall in love and begin an illicit affair.

Awards: 1965: Oscar: Best Original Song

1965: 2 Nominations Golden Globes: Best Original Score and Original Song

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The Sandpiper

1965

Vincente Minnelli

6.6

(899)