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Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Release Date : 21 March 1962
Rating : PG
Official Site : Movie Official Site

Overwiew :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.

Starring : Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley, Rip Torn

Directors : Richard Brooks

Producers : Pandro S. Berman


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www.channel4.com - : Newman began his splendid career on stage and returned triumphantly to Broadway to star in Williams' play about a gigolo with acting ambitions who attaches himself to an aging movie star. When they return to his hometown a sexual indiscretion with the daughter of the town's political boss catches up with him. He is castrated by the man's henchmen and his star leaves. Three years later Newman took the lead in the movie version, again opposite Page. Now his ex has simply been made pregnant, not sexually infected. He is beaten up, not mutilated. And he gets to go to Hollywood. That's show business.  more...  

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