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20 December 1957 (USA) moreTagline:
In The Great Tradition Of Civil War RomancePlot:
A graduating poet/teacher falls in love with a Southern woman, and then the Civil War and her past create problems. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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Typical late MGM, trying to recapture past glory moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| Montgomery Clift | ... | John Wickliff Shawnessy | |
| Elizabeth Taylor | ... | Susanna Drake | |
| Eva Marie Saint | ... | Nell Gaither | |
| Nigel Patrick | ... | Prof. Jerusalem Webster Stiles | |
| Lee Marvin | ... | Orville 'Flash' Perkins | |
| Rod Taylor | ... | Garwood B. Jones | |
| Agnes Moorehead | ... | Ellen Shawnessy | |
| Walter Abel | ... | T.D. Shawnessy | |
| Jarma Lewis | ... | Barbara Drake | |
| Tom Drake | ... | Bobby Drake | |
| Rhys Williams | ... | Ezra Gray | |
| Russell Collins | ... | Niles Foster | |
| DeForest Kelley | ... | Southern officer |
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USA:168 min (original version) | 188 min (Turner Library Print) | Australia:160 minCountry:
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2.55 : 1 moreFun Stuff
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Of the many films produced in the very wide aspect-ratio of (2.55:1) from 1953 to 1957, this was the last film released at that largest aspect-ratio; after this, films were reduced to merely (2.35:1). moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: After Lincoln's 1860 election, the crowd sings "The Battle Hymn of the Republic". However, Julia Ward Howe wrote the poem, on which the song was based, for the Atlantic Monthly in 1861. moreSoundtrack:
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It takes forever for the Civil War to begin, but this expensive, massively scaled MGM adaptation and bowdlerization of Ross Lockridge's now-forgotten best seller is moderately entertaining. Elizabeth Taylor, stunning in lushly detailed period costumes, has some fine moments of hysteria, a good warm-up to the meatier roles she starred in the 60's. Montgomery Clift holds his own against the melodramatic machinations of the plot and, as always, he looks great paired with Taylor. Agnes Moorehead is miscast, as she so often was during her film career, but the rest of the players come through nicely.
The film lacks the detailed historical touches that enrich "Gone With the Wind", so which it has often been compared. There are a few howling anachronisms (the interiors, particularly, reflect 1950's Decorator Dreams of home decor) and, in the usual MGM style, everyone is ludicrously over-dressed. The outdoor location shooting is refreshing, however. The scene where Taylor and Clift visit the burned-out ruins of her childhood home is particularly striking (the actual ruins of Windsor, a Mississippi plantation house, where used for the shot).
Director Edward Dmytryk keeps things moving along, and the score by Johnny Green is a nice additon, though Johnny Mathis' title ballad is an odd disappointment.