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Splendor in the Grass

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Splendor in the Grass (1961)

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Reviews Counted: 11 Fresh: 10  Rotten:1 Average Rating: 7.6/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs 4 mins

Synopsis: Set in rural Kansas, "Splendor in the Grass" tells the tragically romantic tale of teenagers Deanie and Bud who repress their desires because of their families' disapproval. Coming from radically different backgrounds -- one wealthy, the other staunchly puritanical -- they allow class... Set in rural Kansas, "Splendor in the Grass" tells the tragically romantic tale of teenagers Deanie and Bud who repress their desires because of their families' disapproval. Coming from radically different backgrounds -- one wealthy, the other staunchly puritanical -- they allow class differences to prevent any possible union. Their passions exist purely in their hearts and minds, but the couple never physically or socially express this forbidden love. Later in life, Deanie is institutionalized following a breakdown, and she eventually returns home to resolve her feelings about Bud. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Audrey Christie, Pat Hingle, Barbara Loden

Director: Elia Kazan
Producer: Elia Kazan
Composer: David Amram

DVD Info

Release:

Jan 11, 2000

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Snap Case
  • Widescreen Anamorphic - 1.85
  • Full Frame - 1.33
  • Dual Side - Single Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital Mono - English
  • Dolby Digital Mono - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Interactive Features:

  • Interactive Menus
  • Scene Access

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Youth exploitation pictures were all the rage at the time, and while this is better than some in execution and intent, it's still exactly that.

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11/01/07
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One of Kazan's two or three mastrpieces, this powerful small-town film examines growing pains, respressed sexuality, and social hypocrisy, featuring Warren Beatty, in an astonishing screen debut, and Natalie Wood, at their very best.

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01/31/07
Emanuel Levy
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A complicated film that never really successfully yokes together the themes of money-making and sexuality, it reveals both Kazan's operatic sensibility and his inability to follow an argument rigorously through.

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02/09/06
Time Out
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07/21/05
Emanuel Levy
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02/07/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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4/5

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05/14/04
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal
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07/12/03
Walter Chaw
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05/20/03
Bosley Crowther
New York Times
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5/5

Probably Wood's finest hour

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01/23/03
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
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11/06/01
Movieline
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02/13/01
Greg Muskewitz
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3/5

Watchable but not great.

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01/01/00
Christopher Null
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Splendor in the Grass (1961) is another of director Elia Kazan's dramatic, hyperbolic films with daring and controversial content for its times - sexual repression

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01/01/00
Tim Dirks
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