Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Richard Brooks

Escritores:

Tennessee Williams (play)
Richard Brooks (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

21 marzo 1962 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Frase comercial:

Provocative Adult Entertainment

Plot:

Drifter Chance Wayne returns to his hometown after many years of trying to make it in the movies. With...

Plot Keywords:

Film Star | Drifter | Walter Winchell | Mistress | Gigolo

Premios:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Memorable 1960's.........

Reparto

Paul Newman	...	Chance Wayne
Geraldine Page	...	Alexandra Del Lago
Shirley Knight	...	Heavenly Finley
Ed Begley	...	Tom 'Boss' Finley
Rip Torn	...	Thomas 'Tom' J. Finley, Jr.
Mildred Dunnock	...	Aunt Nonnie
Madeleine Sherwood	...	Miss Lucy
Philip Abbott	...	Dr. George Scudder
Corey Allen	...	Scotty
Barry Cahill	...	Bud
Dub Taylor	...	Dan Hatcher
James B. Douglas	...	Leroy (as James Douglas)
Barry Atwater	...	Ben Jackson
Charles Arnt	...	Mayor Henricks
Dorothy Konrad	...	Mrs. Maribelle Norris
James Chandler	...	Professor Brutus Haven Smith
Mike Steen	...	Deputy
Kelly Thordsen	...	Sheriff Clark
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Edith Atwater	...	(uncredited)
Robert Burton	...	Director (uncredited)
William Forrest	...	Bennie Taubman (uncredited)
Roy Glenn	...	Charles (uncredited)
Sydney Guilaroff	...	Hairdresser (uncredited)
Davis Roberts	...	Fly (uncredited)
Eddy Samuels	...	Jackie (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Richard Brooks

Créditos del guión
Tennessee Williams		(play "Sweet Bird of Youth")
Richard Brooks		(screenplay)

Producida por
Pandro S. Berman	....	producer
Kathryn Hereford	....	associate producer

Música original por
Harold Gelman		(uncredited)

Fotografía por
Milton R. Krasner		(director of photography) (as Milton Krasner)

Montaje por
Henry Berman

Dirección artística
George W. Davis
Urie McCleary

Decorados
Henry Grace
Hugh Hunt

Diseño de vestuario por
Orry-Kelly

Departamento de maquillaje
Sydney Guilaroff	....	hair stylist
William Tuttle	....	makeup artist

Ayudante de dirección
Hank Moonjean	....	assistant director

Departamento de sonido
Franklin Milton	....	recording supervisor

Visual Effects
Lee LeBlanc	....	special visual effects

Departamento de Edición
Charles K. Hagedon	....	color consultant

Departamento de Música
Robert Armbruster	....	conductor: orchestra
Harold Gelman	....	music supervisor

Otros miembros del equipo
Cheryl Crawford	....	presented on the stage by

Compañías Productores

• Roxbury Productions Inc.

Distribuidores

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1962) (USA) (theatrical)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1978) (USA) (TV) (network premiere)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Living Colour Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1962) (Sweden) (theatrical)

Otras Compañías

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)  presents

También conocida como:

Dulce pájaro de juventud (Spain) [es]

Duración:

120 min | Australia:106 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Clasificación:

UK:15 (re-rating) (1996) | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-18 | Sweden:15

Compañía:

Roxbury Productions Inc.

Trivialidades:

Was given a pre-rating advisory of "Restricted" by the MPAA, disallowing any persons under the age of 18 from attending (the pre-rating equivalent of an X (later NC-17) rating). By today's standards the film is so tame, when it was shown on Turner Classic Movies, it was rated TV-PG (October 2008).

Errores:

Continuidad: About ten minutes into the movie, Chance Wayne checks into a hotel and his coat is half way on. He then puts it on and the collar is not straight. In the next shot from behind his collar is straight. The next shot shows him walking away and his collar is again slightly crooked.

Citas:

Chance Wayne: Oh, man. Don't you know only squares drink gin martinis with olives?

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Unknown White Male (2005)

Banda de Sonido:

It's a Big, Wide, Wonderful World

Memorable 1960's.........

Paul Newman is outstanding as the ultimate gigolo gold-digger. This movie also features the quintessential "Heavenly" daughter/ big bad daddy performances by Knight and by Begley, who is frighteningly effective.

Geraldine Page is perfectly imperfect and unattractive- remember she is this way for dramatic effect. You aren't supposed to like her. Anti-heroes and character studies were really featured in that era's plays and films. Such characters don't have to be likable and seldom are. Wonderful 1960's actresses Mildred Dunnock and Madeleine Sherwood also give their usual gem-like performances.

If you want to see what 1960's-style movie-making was really all about, view this one. Sure it is uneven and maybe a little old-fashioned by today's standards, but you can get an idea of why some of us are nostalgic for a decade that is known for big changes in movies, but otherwise somewhat forgotten. Here you get a good dose of the cynicism and fine acting of the 60's but without the annoying pretentiousness that was so prevalent in films of the era.

Also, you don't have to be familiar with the stage play or Tennessee Williams in order to appreciate this movie-making effort by Richard Brooks.