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Name: Sweet Bird of Youth
Released: 1962-1-1
Cast: Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley, Rip Torn

Sweet Bird of Youth

R
2h 0m
1962

74%

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Paul Newman stars as the handsome, ambitious and ruthless young gigolo who pays a visit to his small hometown in the company of an aging film star in this film version of Tennessee Williams' play. In his quest to become a movie star, Chance Wayne (Newman) will use anyone--the girlfriend he left behind and the actress who pays for the affection of a handsome young man. But when Chance comes home, his good looks may not protect him from the wrath of the people he has hurt. Ed Begley won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Director:

Richard Brooks

Producer:

Pandro S. Berman

Writer:

Richard Brooks

Cast:

Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley, Rip Torn, Mildred Dunnock

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

74%

Reviews

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Janet Graves

Here are Paul and Shirley playing true love gone wrong (in the shape of two pretty stupid types), while Geraldine portrays fallen grandeur with superb dash.

The play is all broad strokes, and even worse, the film does its damndest to sanitize them.

Once again, Hollywood proved to be more constrictive than Broadway -- a shocking castration gets replaced by a savage beating -- but the Southern discomfort of its characters keeps this torrid melodrama humming.

May 16, 2020

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Empire Magazine

Page and Newman are fantastic.

It's a glossy, engrossing hunk of motion picture entertainment, slickly produced by Berman.

June 21, 2017

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