Sweet Bird of Youth | |
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Genre | Drama |
Based on | Sweet Bird of Youth by Tennessee Williams |
Screenplay by | Gavin Lambert |
Directed by | Nicolas Roeg |
Starring | Elizabeth Taylor Mark Harmon |
Composer | Ralph Burns |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Producer | Fred Whitehead |
Cinematography | Francis Kenny |
Editor | Pamela Malouf-Cundy |
Running time | 95 minutes |
Production companies | NBC The Kushner-Locke Company |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | October 1, 1989 |
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Sweet Bird of Youth (also known as Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth) is a 1989 American made-for-television drama film directed by Nicolas Roeg, starring Elizabeth Taylor and Mark Harmon.[1] Adapted from the 1959 Tennessee Williams play of the same name by Gavin Lambert, it focuses on the relationship between a drifter and a faded movie star.