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Overview

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Director:

Richard Brooks

Writers:

Tennessee Williams (play)
Richard Brooks (screenplay)

Contact:

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Release Date:

21 March 1962 (USA) more

Genre:

Drama more

Tagline:

Provocative Adult Entertainment more

Plot:

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

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Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations more

NewsDesk:

Rip Torn Film Festival Now At Anthology Film Archives In NY
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User Comments:

Page is fantastic! more (28 total)


Cast

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Additional Details

Runtime:

120 min | Australia:106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

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


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Trivia:

Had its premier at the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. The theater has been restored today and shows historic and retro films. more

Goofs:

Continuity: In the scene where Chance comes from the bathroom with a white towel over his shoulder, at one point, he drops the towel, but an instant later, the towel is back on his shoulder. more

Quotes:

Chance Wayne: Princess, just smoke. more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Unknown White Male (2005) more

Soundtrack:

Ebb Tide more


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13 out of 23 people found the following comment useful.
Page is fantastic!, 2 July 2003
Author: Brett Walter (StreepFan126@cs.com) from Santa Clarita, CA

If you have seen a picture of Geraldine Page, then you know she was a plain looking woman. Yet in this film, through great acting, she manages to convince the audience that she is a glamour movie queen, and pulls it off! After seeing this film, quickly followed by The Trip To Bountiful, I now know why Meryl Streep herself once said, that "Geraldine Page set the standard by which all actresses try to compete with."

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