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The Sandpiper (1965)

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Critic Reviews: 4
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Movie Info

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton -- then Hollywood's most bankable couple -- appeared onscreen together for the third time in this romantic drama shot on beautiful locations along the Big Sur region of the California coastline. Laura Edwards (Elizabeth Taylor) is a free-thinking artist and Bohemian who is raising a her teenage son, Danny (Morgan Mason), conceived out of wedlock, on her own. Laura has issues with conventional teaching methods, and prefers to educate Danny about both

Unrated, 1 hr. 57 min.

Drama, Classics

Directed By: Vincente Minnelli

Written By: Martin Ransohoff, Irene Kamp

In Theaters: Jan 1, 1965 Wide

On DVD: Dec 5, 2006

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor
Laura Reynolds
Richard Burton
Dr. Edward Hewitt
Eva Marie Saint
Claire Hewitt
Charles Bronson
Cos Erickson
Robert Webber
Ward Hendricks
James Edwards
Larry Brant
Torin Thatcher
Judge Thompson
Tom Drake
Walter Robinson
Morgan Mason
Danny Reynolds
Jan Arvan
1st Trustee
Mary Benoit
Trustee's Wife
Shirley Bonne
Celebrant
Colin Drake
Administrator
Mel Gallagher
Paul Genge
Architect
Douglas Henderson
Paul Sutcliff
Rex Holman
April Hyde
Administrator's Wife
Pamela Mason
Ellie
Jimmy Murphy
Peter O'Toole
Douglas Read
Diane Sayer
Eric Sinclair
Beatnik
Olga Val�ry
Administrator's Wife
Ron Whelan
John Hart
Trooper
Joan Connors
Kelton Garwood
Barbara Somers
Dancer at the Party
Karl Studer
Harold
Jeff Davis
Administrator
Fred Fisher
Administrator
Tom White
Beatnik

Critic Reviews for The Sandpiper

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The Sandpiper's absurd situations are matched by dialogue that beauty (hers) and talent (his) cannot vanquish.

March 23, 2011 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine

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Trite and often ponderous in its philosophizing by the two principals.

July 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety

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Variety Staff

Variety

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Don't let it fool you. It's the same old Hollywood stuff.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times

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Bosley Crowther

New York Times

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Campy.

January 10, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

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A star vehicle for Liz Taylor and Richard Burton, The Sandpiper is one of Minnelli's most embarrassing films, which is poorly scripted (by Dalton Trumbo), helmed, and acted and doesn't even qualify as high camp.

July 23, 2009 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com

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Emanuel Levy

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It must rank as one of the most expensive and pretentious loads of garbage ever foisted upon an adoring public.

December 19, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Take a snapshot of Taylor next to her wooden likeness and you'd need a caption to distinguish between the two.

January 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Freak Central

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Walter Chaw

Film Freak Central

Underrated feminist drama.

August 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Classic Film and Television

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Michael E. Grost

Classic Film and Television

A truly dire romantic melodrama.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out

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Geoff Andrew

Time Out

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beautiful locations, silly but entertaining story

February 23, 2008

jay nixon

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Lots of amazing scenery (Liz Taylor included.) The Sandpiper is also a precursor to the beginning of the ratings system as its a bit racy and liberal-minded for the mid-60s. Burton and Taylor are as always great together, Eva Marie Saint plays a WASP doormat and Charles Bronson plays a hipster beatnik. By no means

September 7, 2007