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Splendor in the Grass is a 1961 American period drama film produced and directed by Elia Kazan, from a screenplay written by William Inge. It stars Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty (in his film debut) as two high school sweethearts, navigating feelings of sexual repression, love, and heartbreak.
With Natalie Wood, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden. The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.
What is the poem in the movie “Splendor in the Grass?” The poem recited in the film “Splendor in the Grass” (1961) is William Wordsworth’s well-known Romantic poem of the same name. Wordsworth relates the peak of one’s youth to the temporary splendor of “grass” and the glory of “flowers.”
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Bud (Warren Beatty) and his high school sweetheart, Deanie (Natalie Wood), are weighed down by their parents' oppressive expectations, which threaten the future of their relationship.
The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship. It's 1928 in oil rich southeast Kansas.
Splendor in the Grass was the first work ever written directly for the screen by famed playwright William Inge, whose plays include Bus Stop, Come Back, Little Sheba and the Pulitzer Prize-winning Picnic. The film marked the feature film debut of future megastar Warren Beatty.
