Sweet bird of youth [videorecording (DVD)] / Metro-Goldwyn- Mayer ; a Roxbury production ; produced by Pandro S. Berman ; written for the screen and directed by Richard Brooks.
Paul Newman, Geraldine Page, Shirley Knight, Ed Begley, Rip Torn, Mildred Dunnock, Madeleine Sherwood, Philip Abbott, Corey Allen, Barry Cahill, Dub Taylor, James Douglas, Barry Atwater, Charles Arnt, Dorothy Konrad, James Chandler, Mike Steen, Kelly Thordsen. Based on the play : Sweet bird of youth / by Tennessee Williams as presented on the stage by Cheryl Crawford. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1961. "Enhanced for widescreen tvs." -- Container Special features: "Sweet bird of youth : chasing time" making-of featurette (12 min.); Rip Torn and Geraldine Page screen test (3 min.); original theatrical trailer (3 min.).
Summary:
Chance Wayne, an ambitious man craving fame, returns to his southern home with an alcoholic movie star in tow, Alexandra Del Lago. Hoping to capitalize on Del Lago's fame and checkbook, Chance seeks to reunite with his former girlfriend. He finds he is still regarded by others as an unsavory and unwelcome hustler, especially by the father of his ex-girlfriend, a local political boss.
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