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Splendor in the Grass

  • 19611961
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  • 2h 4m
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7.7/10
21K
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Splendor in the Grass (1961)
A fragile Kansas girl's love for a handsome young man from the town's most powerful family drives her to heartbreak and madness.
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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 re... Read allThe 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.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.
IMDb RATING
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21K
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    • Elia Kazan
    • William Inge
  • Stars
    • Natalie Wood
    • Warren Beatty
    • Pat Hingle
    • Elia Kazan
    • William Inge
  • Stars
    • Natalie Wood
    • Warren Beatty
    • Pat Hingle
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 151User reviews
    • 59Critic reviews
    • 74Metascore
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    • Won 1 Oscar

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    Trailer 3:59
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    Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Audrey Christie, and Fred Stewart in Splendor in the Grass (1961)
    Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, and Jan Norris in Splendor in the Grass (1961)
    Natalie Wood in Splendor in the Grass (1961)
    Natalie Wood and Martine Bartlett in Splendor in the Grass (1961)
    "Splendor in the Grass" Warren Beatty 1961 Warner
    Natalie Wood for "Splendor In The Grass,"
    "Splendor In The Grass," Natalie Wood & Warren Beatty. 1961/Warner Bros.
    "Splendor In The Grass," Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood. 1961/Warner Bros.
    "Splendor In The Grass," Natalie Wood & Warren Beatty. 1961/Warner Bros.
    "Splendor In The Grass," Natalie Wood. 1961/Warner Bros.
    Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty in Splendor in the Grass (1961)
    "Splendor in the Grass" Director Elia Kazan, Natalie Wood 1961 Warner Brothers

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    Natalie Wood
    Natalie Wood
    • Wilma Dean Loomis
    Warren Beatty
    Warren Beatty
    • Bud Stamper
    Pat Hingle
    Pat Hingle
    • Ace Stamper
    Audrey Christie
    Audrey Christie
    • Mrs. Loomis
    Barbara Loden
    Barbara Loden
    • Ginny Stamper
    Zohra Lampert
    Zohra Lampert
    • Angelina
    Fred Stewart
    Fred Stewart
    • Del Loomis
    Joanna Roos
    Joanna Roos
    • Mrs. Stamper
    John McGovern
    John McGovern
    • Doc Smiley
    Jan Norris
    Jan Norris
    • Juanita Howard
    Martine Bartlett
    Martine Bartlett
    • Miss Metcalf
    Gary Lockwood
    Gary Lockwood
    • Allen 'Toots' Tuttle
    Sandy Dennis
    Sandy Dennis
    • Kay
    Crystal Field
    Crystal Field
    • Hazel
    Marla Adams
    • June
    Lynn Loring
    Lynn Loring
    • Carolyn
    Phyllis Diller
    Phyllis Diller
    • Texas Guinan
    Sean Garrison
    Sean Garrison
    • Glenn
      • Elia Kazan
      • William Inge
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    • Trivia
      Right before shooting was set to begin, Pat Hingle suffered devastating injuries when he accidentally fell 54 feet down an elevator shaft in his apartment building. It would take Hingle over a year to fully recover from the accident. In the meantime, however, he decided to go ahead and do the film - he would simply incorporate his limp into the character. "I broke everything," Hingle said later. "I landed upright, so I broke hips and knees and ankles and ribs, and that sort of thing. That lurching walk that Ace Stamper has - that was as good as I could walk."
    • Goofs
      Although it is accepted as fact that many Wall Street investors jumped to their deaths after the crash of 1929, it is a myth (though the suicide rate throughout the country did steadily increase during the years between 1929 and 1932). The crash of 1929 was the beginning of the ten-year period known as the Great Depression.
    • Quotes

      Miss Metcalf: Now, what do you think the poet means by this line ? Deanie Loomis.

      Wilma Dean: I'm sorry, Miss Metcalf. I... I didn't hear the question.

      Miss Metcalf: Well, I know it's Spring, Deanie, but I must ask you to pay more attention. I quoted some lines from Wordsworth's Ode on Intimations of Immortality, Deanie. Did you hear them ?

      Wilma Dean: I'm afraid not Miss Metcalf.

      Miss Metcalf: Well, then I must ask to turn your text to page 380...

      Wilma Dean: Yes.

      Miss Metcalf: You read the lines to me. Stand, please.

      Wilma Dean: "Though nothing can bring back the hour/Of splendor in the grass, glory in the flower/We will grieve not. Rather find/Strengh in what remains behind..."

      Miss Metcalf: Now, perhaps you can tell me exactly what the poet means by such expressions as "Splendor in the grass" and "Glory in the Flower".

      Wilma Dean: Well, I think it have some...

      Miss Metcalf: Yes ?

      Wilma Dean: Well, when we're young, we looks at thing very idealistically I guess. And I think Woodsworth means that... that when we're grow-up... then, we have to... forget the ideals of youth... and find strength... Miss Metcalf, may I please be...?

    • Crazy credits
      and introducing Warren Beatty
    • Connections
      Edited into Histoire(s) du cinéma: Une histoire seule (1989)
    • Soundtracks
      Auld Lang Syne
      (1788) (uncredited)
      Traditional Scottish music
      Lyrics by Robert Burns
      Sung on New Year's Eve

    User reviews151

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    Featured review
    10/10
    a masterpiece about youth's pain and what you learn from it
    There are movies, and then there are sensorial experiences like SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS. The sound of the water in the first scene, the color of Natalie Wood skin, the absolutely black of Warren Beaty's hair, the smell of champagne in the "crazy party"... SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS is not only a movie, it's an experience that anyone that was once young can understand and feel. The characters go through love, sexual arousing, separation, and pain... not because of a villain, but because of life, and ultimately, because of themselves. The splendor of the title is that rare moment in life where everything clicks, the moment that you will remember forever from your youth. See it. You won't forget.
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    5
    • fercastro
    • Oct 22, 2004

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    • Release date
      • October 20, 1961 (Canada)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • High Falls, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Newtown Productions
      • NBI Productions
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    • 2 hours 4 minutes
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