The Sun Also Rises (1957)

Director:

Henry King

Writers:

Peter Viertel (screenplay)
Ernest Hemingway (novel)

Release Date:

23 August 1957 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A group of disillusioned American expatriate writers live a dissolute, hedonistic lifestyle in 1920's France and Spain.

Plot Keywords:

Writer | Expatriate | 1920s | Spain | Cafe

Cast

Tyrone Power	...	Jake Barnes
Ava Gardner	...	Lady Brett Ashley
Mel Ferrer	...	Robert Cohn
Errol Flynn	...	Mike Campbell
Eddie Albert	...	Bill Gorton
Gregory Ratoff	...	Count Mippipopolous
Juliette Gréco	...	Georgette Aubin (as Juliette Greco)
Marcel Dalio	...	Zizi
Henry Daniell	...	Doctor
Bob Cunningham	...	Harris
Danik Patisson	...	Marie
Robert Evans	...	Pedro Romero
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jacqueline Evans	...	Mrs. Braddock (uncredited)
Lilia Guízar	...	Jake's Secretary (uncredited)
Rebeca Iturbide	...	Frances (uncredited)
Lee Morgan	...	American at Bullfight (uncredited)
Carlos Múzquiz	...	Juanito Montoya (uncredited)
Eduardo Noriega	...	Mr. Braddock (uncredited)
Carlos David Ortigos	...	Romero's Brother (uncredited)

Directed by
Henry King

Writing credits
Peter Viertel		(screenplay)
Ernest Hemingway		(novel)

Produced by
Darryl F. Zanuck	....	producer

Original Music by
Hugo Friedhofer

Cinematography by
Leo Tover		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
William Mace

Art Direction by
Mark-Lee Kirk
Lyle R. Wheeler

Set Decoration by
Paul S. Fox
Walter M. Scott
Jack Stubbs

Makeup Department
Jack Obringer	....	makeup artist
Gladys Rasmussen	....	hair stylist

Production Management
Tadeo Villalba	....	unit production manager (uncredited)
Saul Wurtzel	....	production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Stanley Hough	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Bernard Freericks	....	sound
Frank Moran	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Charles G. Clarke	....	photographer: Spanish backgrounds (uncredited)
Walter Fitchman	....	grip (uncredited)
Til Gabani	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Scotty McEwin	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Clyde Taylor	....	gaffer (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Charles Le Maire	....	executive wardrobe designer (as Charles LeMaire)
Mickey Sherrard	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Leonard Doss	....	color consultant
Lyman Hallowell	....	assistant editor (uncredited)

Music Department
Vicente Gómez	....	composer: guitar music (as Vicente Gomez)
Lionel Newman	....	conductor
Edward B. Powell	....	orchestrator
Alexander Courage	....	composer: Spanish music (uncredited)
Maurice De Packh	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Bernard Mayers	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Arthur Morton	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leo Shuken	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Other crew
Alfredo Leal	....	bullfighting coach (uncredited)
José Trinidad Villa	....	stand-in: Errol Flynn (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1957) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1963) (USA) (TV) (pan/scan)
• 20th Century Fox (1957) (France) (theatrical)
• Centfox (1957) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2010) (Canada) (DVD) (4 film collection)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2010) (USA) (DVD) (4 film collection)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Atelier Fontana  wardrobe: Ava Gardner (as Fontana Sisters)

Also Known As:

"Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises" - USA (complete title)

Runtime:

130 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (optical) | 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) (magnetic prints)

Certification:

Australia:PG | West Germany:12 (f) (re-rating) | West Germany:16 (f) (original rating) | USA:Approved (certificate #18549) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Finland:K-16

Filming Locations:

Biarritz, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

A recent Australian documentary on his life and career, narrated by Christopher Lee, included a film clip of Errol Flynn being interviewed on his being nominated for the Academy Award for his critically acclaimed performance in The Sun Also Rises (1957). We are then told that the nomination "disappeared".

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Jake and Brett ride in the cab in 1922 Paris, cars from the 1940s and 50s can be seen through the cab's rear window.

Quotes:

Lady Brett Ashley:Do you always kill your friends?
Pedro Romero:Yes, so they do not kill me.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Home Improvement: The Son Also Mooches (#7.21)" (1998)

A story about life told as close to perfection as possible!

Tyrone Power was the quintessential choice for the Jake Barnes role. Ava Gardner was superb as the modern day Aphrodite. Errol Flynn and Eddie Albert were charming and added just the right amount of comic relief along with being terrific as the supporting cast. Mel Ferrer added to the opposite end of the spectrum. His dramatic scenes gave us the reality check needed to keep the movie from going to far in one direction. The background scenes were absolutely beatiful! Paris, Spain, the bull fights! Finally the movie shows just how post-war people can lose direction in their lives while looking for love in all the wrong places. This was story telling at it's best!