Sweet Bird of Youth (1962)

Director:

Richard Brooks

Writers:

Tennessee Williams (play)
Richard Brooks (screenplay)

Release Date:

21 March 1962 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

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:

Florida | Film Star | Drifter | Actress | Flashback

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

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

Runtime:

120 min | Australia:106 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Metrocolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

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

Company:

Roxbury Productions Inc.

Trivia:

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

Goofs:

Continuity: 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.

Quotes:

Boss Finley: [to Chance Wayne, after referring to him as 'Prince'] I once had a dog called Prince. I had to butcher him to keep all the bitches in town from being violated.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Sweet Bird of Youth: Chasing Time (2006) (V)

Soundtrack:

It's a Big, Wide, Wonderful World

Page is fantastic!

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."