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Sunday,
December 29
Intro by Joy Hawkins 7:30pm
Film
8:00pm
@ San Carlos Institute
(running time 122 minutes)
A
Place in the Sun
Edith Head's Oscar Winning Costume Design, plus
Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters and Montgomery Clift
in the film adaptation of Dreiser's An American Tragedy
An American Classic. Nominated for nine Oscars and winner
of six,
including Best Director (George Stevens) and Best
Screenplay
(Harry
Brown).
[Click any publication below to open full review
in a separate window]
"the film is stylistically dark,
almost with film-noirish qualities, yet it has some of the
most romantic and passionate sequences ever filmed - between
the radiant and beautiful Elizabeth Taylor and laboring wage
slave Montgomery Clift". -Greatest Films
"Director George Stevens (Shane, The
Greatest Story Ever Told) has crafted a compelling, troubling
film.... you’ll see a woman who was a
focus for male fantasy – the ultimate example of an
unattainable vision of female perfection – spectacularly
beautiful, classy, witty and naughty." Apollo Guide
"It is a film that confronts issues
of morality and truth, guilt and innocence, affluence and
poverty. .... Ultimately, George Stevens’ A Place In
The Sun proves to be not only a reflection of the social
and ethical order at a time of great change, but also a depiction
of the sense of loss and tragedy which cast a bleak shadow
over society in post-war America." Freeman's Critical
Eye
Members can reserve
tickets by
calling (305)294-5857 or
emailing to tickets@keywestfilm.org
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