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Metropolitan

  • 19901990
  • PG-13PG-13
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Metropolitan (1990)
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A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
11K
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POPULARITY
14,873
2,655
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    • Director
      • Whit Stillman
    • Writer
      • Whit Stillman
    • Stars
      • Carolyn Farina
      • Edward Clements
      • Chris Eigeman
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Whit Stillman
    • Writer
      • Whit Stillman
    • Stars
      • Carolyn Farina
      • Edward Clements
      • Chris Eigeman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 68User reviews
    • 73Critic reviews
    • 77Metascore
    • Nominated for 1 Oscar
      • 6 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Trailer 2:09
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    Photos22

    Chris Eigeman, Edward Clements, and Allison Parisi in Metropolitan (1990)
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    Isabel Gillies, Bryan Leder, and Taylor Nichols in Metropolitan (1990)
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    Taylor Nichols in Metropolitan (1990)

    Top cast

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    Carolyn Farina
    • Audrey Rouget
    Edward Clements
    • Tom Townsend
    Chris Eigeman
    Chris Eigeman
    • Nick Smith
    • (as Christopher Eigeman)
    Taylor Nichols
    Taylor Nichols
    • Charlie Black
    Allison Parisi
    • Jane Clarke
    Dylan Hundley
    Dylan Hundley
    • Sally Fowler
    Isabel Gillies
    Isabel Gillies
    • Cynthia McLean
    Bryan Leder
    • Fred Neff
    Will Kempe
    Will Kempe
    • Rick Von Sloneker
    Ellia Thompson
    • Serena Slocum
    • (as Elizabeth Thompson)
    Stephen Uys
    • Victor Lemley
    Roger W. Kirby
    • Man at Bar
    Alice Connorton
    • Mrs. Townsend
    Linda Gillies
    • Mrs. Rouget
    John Lynch
    • Allen Green
    • (as John Lynch)
    Donal Lardner Ward
    Donal Lardner Ward
    • North Greenwich Preppie
    Thomas R. Voth
    • Cab Driver
    • (as Tom Voth)
    Caroline Bennett
    • Sabina - Texas Deb
    • Director
      • Whit Stillman
    • Writer
      • Whit Stillman
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      This was the last film for most of the cast. Only three or four of the cast went on to have careers as actors.
    • Quotes

      Nick Smith: It's a tiny bit arrogant of people to go around worrying about those less fortunate.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: Flatliners/Young Guns II/The Two Jakes/Metropolitan/Life Is Cheap... But Toilet Paper Is Expensive (1990)
    • Soundtracks
      Dry Your Eyes
      Performed by Brenda and the Tabulations

      Bee Cool Music - BMI

      Courtesy of Diona Records

    User reviews68

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    Top review
    Metropolitan? I'm for it!
    What a very different way to look at people...or, what a different group of characters to focus a movie on would be putting it better. Stillman took the snobby 'debutants' of upper Manhattan and made a movie about what they talk about. I personally found 2 kinds of humor in this movie...I laughed with the characters, and laughed at them. Can a group be this funny and be serious? It was very intelligent the way this movie had me listening, listening, laughing...quick cut to another scene and start over again. I have to admit that the acting was something of a humor in itself, as was the frayed ending, but all in all a very enjoyable movie.

    I wish I could say more about it, but for some reason watching this, 'Barcelona', and 'Last Days of Disco' has left me a little wordless...I wouldn't be surprised to find that every word in the Webster's Dictionary was used between the three. But kudos to Stillman for doing it right.
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    • Jun 4, 2002

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    • Is this the same Metropolitan that was made in 1990 by Whit Stillman?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • August 3, 1990 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Spain
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 大都會
    • Filming locations
      • Cornwall, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Westerly Films
      • Allagash Films
      • Producciones Kaplan S.L.
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $230,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,960,492
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $46,663
      • Aug 5, 1990
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,960,492
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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