Sweet Bird of Youth (1962 film)

This article is about the 1962 theatrical film. For the 1989 TV film, see Sweet Bird of Youth (1989 film).
Sweet Bird of Youth
original movie poster
Directed byRichard Brooks
Written byRichard Brooks
Based onSweet Bird of Youth
1959 play
by Tennessee Williams
Produced byPandro S. Berman
Starring
CinematographyMilton Krasner
Edited byHenry Berman
Music byHarold Gelman
Production
company
Roxbury
Distributed byMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date
  • March 21, 1962 (1962-03-21)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2.8 million[1]
Box office$2,700,000 (North American rentals)[2]

Sweet Bird of Youth is a 1962 American drama film starring Paul Newman and Geraldine Page, with Shirley Knight, Madeleine Sherwood, Ed Begley, Rip Torn and Mildred Dunnock in support. Based on the 1959 play of the same name by Tennessee Williams, the film was adapted and directed by Richard Brooks.[3][4][5]

The film won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Ed Begley), and was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Geraldine Page) and Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Shirley Knight). The film version was sanitized, although Chance was still gigolo for hire. The ending was heavily altered from the explicit sexual mutilation scene depicted in the conclusion of the original stage version.

  1. ^ "Brooks' Indies". Variety. 13 September 1961. p. 24.
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  5. ^ OCLC 317647354