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Period of Adjustment

  • 1962
  • Passed
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
1.6K
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Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, Anthony Franciosa, and Lois Nettleton in Period of Adjustment (1962)
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ComedyDrama

A newlywed couple's honeymoon is disrupted by their friends' marital problems.A newlywed couple's honeymoon is disrupted by their friends' marital problems.A newlywed couple's honeymoon is disrupted by their friends' marital problems.

  • Director
    • George Roy Hill
  • Writers
    • Isobel Lennart
    • Tennessee Williams
  • Stars
    • Anthony Franciosa
    • Jane Fonda
    • Jim Hutton
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    1.6K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • George Roy Hill
    • Writers
      • Isobel Lennart
      • Tennessee Williams
    • Stars
      • Anthony Franciosa
      • Jane Fonda
      • Jim Hutton
    • 37User reviews
    • 12Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 5 nominations total

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    Jane Fonda publicity still for "A Period Of Adjustment." 1962/MGM
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    Jane Fonda in Period of Adjustment (1962)
    Jane Fonda and Anthony Franciosa in Period of Adjustment (1962)
    Jane Fonda in Period of Adjustment (1962)
    Jane Fonda and Jim Hutton in Period of Adjustment (1962)
    Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, and Anthony Franciosa in Period of Adjustment (1962)
    Jane Fonda in Period of Adjustment (1962)
    Jane Fonda and Jim Hutton in Period of Adjustment (1962)
    Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, and Anthony Franciosa in Period of Adjustment (1962)
    Jane Fonda, Jim Hutton, and Anthony Franciosa in Period of Adjustment (1962)
    Jane Fonda and Jim Hutton in Period of Adjustment (1962)

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    Anthony Franciosa
    Anthony Franciosa
    • Ralph Bates
    • (as Tony Franciosa)
    Jane Fonda
    Jane Fonda
    • Isabel Haverstick
    Jim Hutton
    Jim Hutton
    • George Haverstick
    Lois Nettleton
    Lois Nettleton
    • Dorothea Bates
    John McGiver
    John McGiver
    • Stewart P. McGill
    Mabel Albertson
    Mabel Albertson
    • Mrs. Alice McGill
    Jack Albertson
    Jack Albertson
    • Desk Sergeant
    Leon Alton
    Leon Alton
    • Visitor at Station
    • (uncredited)
    Robert Anderson
    Robert Anderson
    • Cop with Drunken Carolers
    • (uncredited)
    John Astin
    John Astin
    • Smoky Anderson
    • (uncredited)
    Tol Avery
    Tol Avery
    • Santa Claus
    • (uncredited)
    William Boyett
    William Boyett
    • Trucker
    • (uncredited)
    Kathryn Card
    Kathryn Card
    • Mrs. Slovotny - Nurse
    • (uncredited)
    • …
    John Cliff
    John Cliff
    • Cop with Drunken Carolers
    • (uncredited)
    Willa Pearl Curtis
    • Suzie
    • (uncredited)
    John Dennis
    John Dennis
    • Cop with Bald Man
    • (uncredited)
    Craig Duncan
    • Trucker
    • (uncredited)
    Sam Edwards
    Sam Edwards
    • Service Station Attendant
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • George Roy Hill
    • Writers
      • Isobel Lennart
      • Tennessee Williams
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    • Trivia
      The original Broadway production of "Period of Adjustment" by Tennessee Williams opened at the Helen Hayes Theater in New York on November 10, 1960, and ran for 132 performances. The play starred Barbara Baxley (Isabel), Robert Webber (George), James Daly (Ralph), and Rosemary Murphy (Dorothea). The play was adapted for this movie by Isobel Lennart.
    • Goofs
      Jane Fonda, wanting to be reassured and comforted, telephones her father, tells him she has just been married, and cries. There is no explanation of why her parents have not been at the wedding, or even been told about it before this, and it is puzzling that they have not been if she is on affectionate terms with them.
    • Quotes

      Ralph Baitz: The human heart could never pass the drunk test. Take a human heart out of a human body, put legs on it and tell it to walk a straight line, and it couldn't. The heart could never pass a drunk test.

    • Connections
      Featured in 7 Nights to Remember (1966)
    • Soundtracks
      Jingle Bells
      Written by James Pierpont

      Sang with Southern accents by girl group on jukebox

    User reviews37

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    Featured review
    7/10
    It's a not so wonderful life
    Hold Tennessee Williams in very high regard indeed, and although his plays work better performed as filmed productions or television films that doesn't mean that they don't translate well to film. Even when toned down thematically there are good to great film adaptations, 'A Streetcar Named Desire' being the best. Come to think of it, 'Summer and Smoke' is one of the few to not do much for me and that was still watchable because of the incredible lead performance.

    'Period of Adjustment' is not one of the best Tennessee Williams film adaptations and may not have the complex characterisations or as mature themes as others. It is a very easy and likeable watch though and is a good adaptation of a lesser known play that is actually one of Williams' most accessible, that it is also one of his most light-hearted for many will work in its favour. The film manages this light-heartedness as well while avoiding over-syruping and still taking the content seriously enough.

    It's not perfect. The message could have been delivered with more subtlety, one of the biggest traps often fallen into with messages in film is heavy-handedness which is the case here.

    Williams' work can be very melodramatic, 'Period of Adjustment' is no exception and for a play as comparitively light-hearted compared to other work of his as this the melodrama here can get over-heated. George Roy Hill did go on to do better with 'Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid' and 'The Sting', he was an inexperienced director at this point and it can show in some awkward shifts here and there (mostly though all things considered he does pretty well).

    However, 'Period of Adjustment' looks great. Especially the photography, which is positively luminous and really enhances the sumptuous production design. The music suits the tone, without too much syrup or bombast. Williams' writing really shines through, it's funny, it's touching and it has the right amount of intensity. The story manages comedy and drama well individually, with the comedy well timed and rarely less than amusing and the drama poignant but never dreary, and balances them with coherence and without imbalance.

    A big part of 'Period of Adjustment's' appeal is the cast. A cast against type, her more homely look very different from her usual glamorous image, Lois Nettleton is absolutely sublime and gives to me the film's best performance in a difficult role. Anthony Franciosa is excellent too in a role that actually does him justice, and Jim Hutton does bring charm and adept timing to a character that is very different to Hutton himself, a likeable actor playing an unlikeable character but one one doesn't completely hate. Jane Fonda is the biggest surprise though, am not a fan of her usually but her sparkling performance here is one of her better ones.

    Summing up, there are better Tennessee Williams film adaptations but this does justice to an undervalued play. 7/10
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    • Release date
      • October 31, 1962 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • HBOMAX
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Razdoblje bracnog privikavanja
    • Filming locations
      • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios - 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Marten Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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