A place in the sun [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Harry Brown ; produced and directed by George Stevens.
2001
PN1997 .P5342 2001
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A place in the sun [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Michael Wilson and Harry Brown ; produced and directed by George Stevens.
ISBN
0792172841
9780792172840
9780792172840
Publication Details
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Video, [2001]
Language
English
Language Note
Closed-captioned.
Description
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Item Number
097360581546
Call Number
PN1997 .P5342 2001
Dewey Decimal Classification
791.45
Distributor No.
05815 Paramount
Summary
George Stevens' stunning adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's An American tragedy garnered six Academy Awards and guaranteed immortality for screen lovers Montgomery Clift and Elizabeth Taylor. Clift is a poor young man determined to win a place in respectable society and the heart of beautiful socialite Elizabeth Taylor. Shelley Winters plays the factory girl whose dark secret threatens Clift's professional and romantic prospects. Consumed with fear and desire, Clift is ultimately driven to a desperate act of passion that unravels his world forever.
Note
Based on the novel An American tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and the Patrick Kearney play adapted from the novel.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1951.
Credits
Director of photography, William C. Mellor ; editor, William Hornbeck ; music, Franz Waxman.
Performer
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelly Winters, Keefe Brasselle.
Cast
Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelly Winters, Keefe Brasselle.
Audience
Not rated.
System Details Note
DVD, Dolby surround.
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