The Sun Also Rises (1957)

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

Director:

Henry King

Writers:

Peter Viertel (screenplay), Ernest Hemingway (novel)

Stars:

Tyrone Power, Ava Gardner, Errol Flynn

Cast

Complete credited 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

Storyline

Paris in the 1920s. The American journalist Jake and his friends spend the time at cafés. He has a special interest in his ex-fiancée Lady Ashley. They take a vacation in Pamplona to watch the bull-fights.

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Plot Keywords:

sexuality | statement in title | astronomical object in title | american abroad | france | 

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Taglines:

Hemingway's Boldest Love Story

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Genres:

Drama

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

In May 1933, RKO Studios attempted to adapt Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises" for the silver screen. However, censor James Wingate rejected the film's screenplay arguing the premise of the story, a man's impotency, violated the 1930 Motion Picture Production Code. After Joseph I. Breen became head of the Production Code Administration (PCA) in 1934 and the Code became stringently enforced, Breen successfully prevented for this film from being made until after his retirement in 1954.

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Goofs

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.

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Quotes

Mike Campbell: Toro! Toro, old boy!
Bill Gorton: What's that?
Mike Campbell: It's a personal check of mine, old boy. It's bounced three times. I was wondering if it could possibly have an effect on that animal.
Bill Gorton: Why don't you try it on him?
Mike Campbell: I shall.

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Connections

Featured in 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)

User Reviews

As grim as Hemmingway could get.

There are several films from the '40's to the '60's that I prefer to experience, rather than jump into Pauline Kael's skin. Let her successors dissect and occasionally say something of pith.

George Herbert said, "Time is the rider that breaks youth."

All the principal characters in this sad tale are broken. In their dissipation and aimless, joyless pursuits, they didn't stand for much of anything. It has been said that the cast was just too old for these roles. But they looked perfect for their roles, a group of people who were caught in a tepid tide pool, waiting to be washed out to sea. They were all tarnished goods.

I was especially impressed by Errol Flynn's performance. Of all of them, he was the most pitiful. Remember the song, "Tired of living and scared of dying?" That's him-a far cry from Captain Peter Blood.

Next is Robert Cohn (Mel Ferrer). He was a rich aimless child, eager to fasten himself to others, like a limpet. College had done nothing for him, except to make him an even greater useless snob. Then Lady Brett transformed him into a swine before casting him aside, because 'she couldn't stand his damned suffering.' After a crushing defeat at the hands of Brett and her bullfighter, he wisely headed home to Frances, if she would still have him.

Now we come to Jake and Lady Brett Ashley. These two truly loved one another, but in a very unhealthy way. She lost a husband to the Great War and never recovered. He gave "more then his life" to the war. His impotence was probably not the real reason Brett would not marry him, nor he, her. Damaged goods.

This film is excellent. Important, as is the book, emotional Tours De Force. Hemmingway is incredible.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish French

Release Date:

23 August 1957 (USA)

Also Known As:

Ernest Hemingway's The Sun Also Rises

Filming Locations:

Morelia, Michoacán, México

Company Credits

Production Co:

Twentieth Century Fox

Technical Specs

Runtime:

130 min

Sound Mix:

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

Color:

Color (Color by Deluxe)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1