Sweet Bird of Youth Movie Review 1989

TV remake of the Tennessee Williams's play, which was filmed for the big screen in 1962, with Harmon and Taylor having the unenviable task of following in the roles played by Paul Newman and Geraldine Page. She is an egotistical, has-been movie star and he is her ambitious gigolo who wants a movie career of his own. Unfortunately, the trouble that drove him from his Florida hometown is still there when he reappears, actress in tow. Things don't bode well. The TV production uses Williams's original ending, which was cleaned up for a "happier" version in the '62 film.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 95 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Romantic Drama, Adapted from a Play, Plays to Film: Tennessee Williams, American South

Screenplay

Gavin Lambert

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor, Mark Harmon, Rip Torn, Valerie Perrine, Ruta Lee, Seymour Cassel, Kevin Geer, Michael Wilding

Director

Nicolas Roeg

Music

Ralph Burns