The Long, Hot Summer (1958)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

Martin Ritt

Escritores:

William Faulkner (stories) (novel "The Hamlet")
Irving Ravetch (screenplay) ...
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

18 mayo 1958 (Alemania Occidental)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Adapted from the Sensational Novel by William Faulkner

Plot:

Ben Quick arrives in Frenchman's Bend, MS after being kicked out of another town for allegedly burning a barn for revenge...

Plot Keywords:

Mistress | Confidence Man | Arson | Patriarch | Beautiful Woman

Premios:

1 win & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

enjoyable soaper

Reparto

Paul Newman	...	Ben Quick
Joanne Woodward	...	Clara Varner
Anthony Franciosa	...	Jody Varner
Orson Welles	...	Will Varner
Lee Remick	...	Eula Varner
Angela Lansbury	...	Minnie Littlejohn
Richard Anderson	...	Alan Stewart
Sarah Marshall	...	Agnes Stewart
Mabel Albertson	...	Mrs. Stewart
J. Pat O'Malley	...	Ratliff
Bill Walker	...	Lucius (as William Walker)
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Robert Adler	...	Ambulance driver (uncredited)
Val Avery	...	Wilk (uncredited)
Jim Brandt	...	Linus Olds (uncredited)
Brian Corcoran	...	Harry Peabody (uncredited)
Lee Erickson	...	Tom Shortly (uncredited)
Byron Foulger	...	Harris (uncredited)
Eugene Jackson	...	Waiter (uncredited)
I. Stanford Jolley	...	Houston (uncredited)
Nicholas King	...	John Fisher (uncredited)
Terry Rangno	...	Pete Armistead (uncredited)
Ralph Reed	...	J.V. Bookright (uncredited)
Victor Rodman	...	Justice of the Peace (uncredited)
Pat Rosemond	...	Girl (uncredited)
Helen Wallace	...	(uncredited)
Steve Widders	...	Buddy Peabody (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Martin Ritt

Créditos del guión
William Faulkner		(stories "Barn Burning" and "The Spotted Horses") (novel "The Hamlet")
Irving Ravetch		(screenplay) and
Harriet Frank Jr.		(screenplay)

Producida por
Jerry Wald	....	producer

Música original por
Alex North

Fotografía por
Joseph LaShelle		(director of photography) (as Joseph La Shelle)

Montaje por
Louis R. Loeffler

Dirección artística
Maurice Ransford
Lyle R. Wheeler

Decorados
Eli Benneche
Walter M. Scott

Diseño de vestuario por
Adele Palmer

Departamento de maquillaje
Ben Nye	....	makeup artist
Helen Turpin	....	hair stylist

Dirección de producción
Arthur Lueker	....	unit production manager (uncredited)

Ayudante de dirección
Eli Dunn	....	assistant director

Departamento de sonido
Harry M. Leonard	....	sound
E. Clayton Ward	....	sound

Efectos especiales
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects

Departamento de vestuario
Charles Le Maire	....	executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)

Departamento de Edición
Leonard Doss	....	color consultant

Departamento de Música
Lionel Newman	....	conductor

Otros miembros del equipo
Curtis Harrington	....	assistant to producer (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Jerry Wald Productions

Distribuidores

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1958) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1963) (USA) (TV) (original airing) (pan/scan)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (199?) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)

También conocida como:

El largo y cálido verano (Spain) [es]
Un largo y ardiente verano (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

115 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints) (Westrex Recording System) | Mono (35 mm optical prints)

Clasificación:

Iceland:L | USA:Approved (certificate #18811) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Sweden:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Asphodel Plantation - 4626 Highway 68, Jackson, Louisiana, USA

Compañía:

Jerry Wald Productions

Trivialidades:

This film marks Joanne Woodward and Paul Newman's first cinematic collaboration.

Citas:

Sarah Marshall: I'd give something to know what goes on in my brother's temperature dreams. I know what goes on in mine.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Home Improvement: Reel Men (#3.15)" (1994)

Banda de Sonido:

The Long, Hot Summer

enjoyable soaper

I saw this film again last night at an old-time movie palace, in an audience of about 2,000 people. The film, which I had seen before, was even more enjoyable then the previous times I had seen it on TV. For one thing, it has some very lovely and well executed uses of the CinemaScope frame. It shows both the dry openness of the landscape, as well as the lush extravagance of the plantation estate which belongs to Orson Welles' character. I'm not too familiar with Faulkner's stories, but the plot elements of this film flow together rather nicely, and there isn't really a dull moment in the whole picture. The only part which is still difficult for me to take, is the resolution of the conflict between Welles' and Franciosa's characters. That scene builds up to something in a matter of minutes, and then suddenly it's over. I could hear disappointment in some audience members in the theater as well, including one person who shouted "What the heck was that about?". This aside, it's still a worthwhile film to see, and the acting of Newman, Woodward, and Welles are standouts. There are also plenty of (probably unintentional) laughs to be had as well. One of the better soap opera-type films to come out of the late 1950s.