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Picnic is a 1955 American Technicolor romantic comedy-drama film filmed in CinemaScope. It was adapted for the screen by Daniel Taradash from William Inge's 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name.
Picnic: Directed by Joshua Logan. With William Holden, Kim Novak, Betty Field, Susan Strasberg. Emotions are ignited among the complacent townsfolk when a handsome drifter arrives in a small Kansas community on the morning of the Labor Day picnic.
- (9.9K)
- Drama, Romance
- Joshua Logan
- 1955-12
Made on location at great expense, Picnic is an exceptional Columbia film. Cinematographer James Wong Howe's warm, diffuse colors give the show a special look for its year (1955), transforming the harvest picnic into a painfully poignant ritual for those in desperate need to change their lives.
- Joshua Logan, Carter Dehaven Jr.
- William Holden
Charming Hal Carter (William Holden) turned to wandering after a failed acting career left him loose in the wind. Interested in reuniting with an old college friend, Alan Benson (Cliff Robertson ...
- (12)
- Joshua Logan
- PG
- William Holden
May 28, 2024 · Picnic” is a timeless movie released in 1955, based on a Pulitzer Prize-winning play, and explores themes of love, desire, and societal expectations. It received critical acclaim and won two Academy Awards.
May 20, 2022 · These are the words of William Inge, the playwright who won a Pulitzer prize for his 1953 creation, Picnic. The 1955 film version of Inge’s play is exactly that – a piece that “is rich in character, mood, and atmosphere.”. From the first time I watched Picnic, I was drawn into the world and lives of its characters.
Synopsis by Hal Erickson. One of the biggest box-office attractions of the 1950s, Picnic was adapted by Daniel Taradash from the Pulitzer Prize-winning William Inge play.
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