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Bookmark this pageA Place in the Sun (1951)
Director: George Stevens
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From Time Out Film Guide
Typically slow and stately in the later Stevens manner, this is a shameless travesty of Theodore Dreiser's monumental (if ponderous) An American Tragedy. Most of the book's acid social comment is elided, turning Dreiser's hero's attempt to better himself by latching onto a snobbish society girl into something like a starry-eyed romance; what is left is rendered meaningless by being ripped out of period context into a contemporary setting. Although all three leads are excellent, only the scenes with Winters (the pregnant mill girl who gets in the way, and of whose murder - willed if not actually committed - Clift is found guilty) really work.Author: TM
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- Linda said...
- Posted on May 28 2010 00:35 One of my all time favorite movies. Monty and Liz could not be more beautiful or moving in their roles as George and Angela. The close ups are breathtaking. The movie is dated and the plot is ridiculous at times, but in the 1950's this is reality. Why Mongomery Clift did not win an Oscar for his performance amazes me, Maybe he makes acting look too easy because he is that good as an actor.
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Cast & crew
Director: George Stevens
Producer: George Stevens
Cast: Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters, Anne Revere, Keefe Brasselle, Raymond Burr, Fred Clark full cast
Duration: 122 mins
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