Sweet Bird Youth (1962)
Movie | |
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German title | Sweet bird youth |
Original title | Sweet Bird of Youth |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1962 |
length | 120 minutes |
Age rating | FSK 18 |
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Director | Richard Brooks |
script | Richard Brooks |
production |
Pandro S. Berman Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
music | Bronislaw Kaper |
camera | Milton R. Krasner |
cut | Henry Berman |
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Sweet Bird Youth (English original title Sweet Bird of Youth ) is a film from 1962. It is based on the drama of the same name from 1959 by Tennessee Williams . The main roles were cast with the same actors Paul Newman and Geraldine Page who had already participated in the stage performance.
action
Chance Wayne returns to his hometown as a companion of the aging film star Alexandra Del Lago, because he hopes this will give him a career jump. His ultimate goal, however, is to marry the daughter of the powerful politician who goes by the name of Boss Finley. Finley is not very enthusiastic about it and tries to drive him out of town with the help of the local law enforcement officers. Finally, the artist turns away from him and lets him fall. Wayne is beaten up by Finley's men, but in the end he escapes with his daughter.
- Stage drama
- Others
- There was another film adaptation in 1989 under the direction of Nicolas Roeg as a television production.
Reviews
- Thomas Ays: “Richard Brooks, who was responsible for the script as well as the direction, managed an absolutely convincing and brilliant adaptation of the play. However, fans of the theater version will have to be content with a completely different ending. Nevertheless, 'Sweet Bird Youth' turned into a fantastic film from 1962. "
- Film review on Kino.de: "Compared to the stage version of the play, the end here was far more positive."
- Lexicon of the international film : “The picture is shown of people who are hopelessly chasing phantoms and who are marked by unscrupulousness. A brilliantly staged theater film with an excellent cast. "
- release
Despite the positively modified and less violent plot in the USA, the film was initially not approved for people under the age of 18. Maybe it was because of the scenes in which drugs and alcohol were consumed in the film.
Differences to the stage version
An essential difference in the film adaptation is the depiction of the violent destruction of the love affair between Chance Wayne and Heavenly Finley. In the original, the woman becomes sterile and loses her uterus through infection with syphilis. In the film this was changed to a pregnancy and a subsequent abortion. Wayne's original castration is also toned down. Wayne is only beaten up by Finley's men, so that the couple can drive away in the end and nothing stands in the way of starting a family. The actual drama of a completely destroyed childhood love is partially lost.
- Others
In the film, Geraldine Page portrays the aging actress Alexandra Del Lago, Paul Newman her much younger lover. In reality, Page was only two months older than Newman. Newman, on the other hand, who is said to be around 30 in the film, was already 37 years old when it was set.
Awards
Academy Award Won in the category
- 1963: best supporting actor ... for Ed Begley.
Academy Award nominations in the categories
- 1963: best leading actress ... for Geraldine Page
- 1963: Best Supporting Actress ... for Shirley Knight
Golden Globe in the category
- Best Actress - Drama ... for Geraldine Page
Golden Globe nominations in the categories
- Best Actor - Drama ... for Paul Newman
- Best Supporting Actress ... for Shirley Knight
- Best Supporting Actor ... for Ed Begley
Web links
- Sweet Bird of Youth in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Sweet bird youth in the online film database
- Report in the magazine Der Spiegel from October 3, 1962: Sweet Bird Youth (USA). on spiegel.de
- Sweet bird youth on moviepilot.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Sweet Bird Youth (USA). at spiegel.de, accessed on May 22, 2013.
- ↑ a b c Süßer Vogel Jugend ( memento from February 3, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) on moviesection.de, accessed on May 22, 2013.
- ↑ a b Film review for Süßer Vogel Jugend on kino.de, accessed on May 22, 2013.
- ↑ Sweet Bird Youth. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed September 2, 2017 .
- ↑ Paul Barz: Hollywood diva on the run from old age. on welt.de, accessed on May 22, 2013. (Reference to the original story)
- ^ A b The 35th Academy Awards - 1963. Oscars.org - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, accessed December 4, 2018 .