Reflections in a Golden Eye | |
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Directed by | John Huston |
Screenplay by | |
Based on | Reflections in a Golden Eye by Carson McCullers |
Produced by | Ray Stark |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Aldo Tonti |
Edited by | Russell Lloyd |
Music by | Toshiro Mayuzumi |
Distributed by | Warner Bros.-Seven Arts |
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Running time | 108 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $1.5 million (US and Canada rentals)[1] |
Reflections in a Golden Eye is a 1967 American drama film directed by John Huston and based on the 1941 novel of the same name by Carson McCullers. The film stars Elizabeth Taylor and Marlon Brando as an unhappily married couple on a US Army base in Georgia during the 1940s. Brian Keith, Julie Harris, Robert Forster, and Zorro David were featured in major supporting roles. The film deals with elements of repressed sexuality — both homosexual and heterosexual — as well as mental illness, voyeurism, and murder.
Reflections in a Golden Eye was released by Warner Bros. Pictures on October 13, 1967. The film received mixed reviews, with much publicity going towards the film's aggressively mature themes and content for the era. The film is often cited as an example of the weakening of the Hays Code due to its approval.