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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. Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden, Zohra ...
Splendor in the Grass: Directed by Elia Kazan. 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.
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- Drama, Romance
- Elia Kazan
- 1961-10-20
Splendor in the Grass (1961) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. ... Directed by . Elia Kazan Writing Credits
Academy Award nominations (* denotes win) Splendor in the Grass, American film drama, released in 1961, that examines repressed love and the sexual frustrations of a teenage couple. Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty, in his first screen role, play high school lovers Deanie and Bud in a small Kansas town in the 1920s. They struggle to stay.
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Bud is afraid of his father, the most powerful man in a small Kansas town in 1928. Deanie will have to wait until Bud spends four years at Yale. In the meantime he can't spend a lot of time with her, because Deanie isn't that kind of girl. His sister Ginny, back from Chicago, is a constant reminder just how bad a bad girl can be.
Mart Crowley. David Amram. Dick Vorisek. Edward J. Johnstone. James Perdue. Frank Lewin. William Inge. A fragile Kansas girl's unrequited and forbidden love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
Youth’s bloom of emotion is crushed by the winds of time and necessity in Elia Kazan’s “Splendor in the Grass.” Staring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty (his film debut), “Splendor” is a period piece of the 1920s, but prescient to adolescence of any era. While the movie is landmarked by the intersection of historical events, Kazan preserves the burst of teenage passion by ensuring ...
