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The Night of the Iguana
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The Night of the Iguana (1964)

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Overview

Director:
John Huston
Writers:
Tennessee Williams (play)
Anthony Veiller (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
6 August 1964 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
Man And Woman - Love And Lust - Ruin And Redemption - One Night They All Meet. more
Plot:
A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life. full summary | full synopsis (warning! may contain spoilers)
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 2 wins & 12 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Producer Ray Stark Dead at 88 (From Studio Briefing. 19 January 2004)
Sarah Michelle Gellar Weds (From WENN. 4 September 2002)
User Comments:
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Additional Details

Runtime:
125 min | Germany:112 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
Canada:R (Nova Scotia) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | UK:12 (video rating) (1996) | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | West Germany:16 (f)
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Trivia:
Nearly half the film's $3 million budget was used to pay the three major star's salaries: Richard Burton ($750,000), Ava Gardner ($400,000) and Deborah Kerr ($250,000). more
Goofs:
Miscellaneous: Shannon walks barefooted over broken glass, leaving bloody footprints all over his hotel room, then chases Charlotte onto the terrace without leaving a trace of blood. more
Quotes:
Maxine Faulk: So you appropriated the young chick and the old hens are squawking, huh?
T. Lawrence Shannon: It's very serious. The child is emotionally precocious.
Maxine Faulk: Bully for her.
T. Lawrence Shannon: Also, she is traveling under the wing of a military escort of a butch vocal teacher.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Undead (#9.6)" (1997) more

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21 out of 28 people found the following comment useful:-
All-Time Great, 1 March 2000
Author: DeeDee-10 from San Francisco

Watched this film recently for the seventh or eighth time -it' always a delight. Classic Burton hamming it up just enough. . . calm, cool Kerr proping up "Shannon's" sanity. . . free-spirited Gardner charging around trying to keep her sanity and reaching out for Shannon. . .Lyon, the "precocious" seductress. . . all were amazingly believable. I didn't have a problem with the black and white, in fact, I think it added to impact of the film, leaving it up to the actors to pull out the heart of William's magnificent play without the benefit of color, although I'm not sure color would have made any difference anyway. The final dialogue between Kerr and Burton was spellbinding: the meeting of two souls, if only for the moment.

Kerr, Burton, and Gardner were at their finest in this film.

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