This is a movie about George Eastman (Clift), a young, gentle laborer without social standing who longs for the better things in life
He is swept off his feet after a chance encounter with wealth, success and upper-class snobbery
George is introduced to a stunning socialite Angela Vickers (Liz Taylornever so beautiful) full of sensual delight and threatened by an unattractive factory girl (Alice) he's already made pregnant Angela and George fall deeply in love, but Alice Tripp (Winters) presses and chases George until he agrees to marry her He has a desperate decision, but hesitates Finding they can't get married over the Labor Day weekend, George takes Alice boating
Shelley Winters was extraordinary as the distressed co-worker She made the wronged employee an understandable reaction to human dimensions As she sits in the rowboat, unconsciously torturing Clift with her thoughts of their future together, Winters is both pathetic and annoyinga special candidate to get rid of
The impact of the film depends absolutely on a moral climate that has now less impact on our society Pre-marital sex is no longer disapproved and abortions are easier to obtain But the film's power resided in its exceptionally convincing depiction of the points and questions created by these situations
"A Place in the Sun" was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won six
George is introduced to a stunning socialite Angela Vickers (Liz Taylornever so beautiful) full of sensual delight and threatened by an unattractive factory girl (Alice) he's already made pregnant Angela and George fall deeply in love, but Alice Tripp (Winters) presses and chases George until he agrees to marry her He has a desperate decision, but hesitates Finding they can't get married over the Labor Day weekend, George takes Alice boating
Shelley Winters was extraordinary as the distressed co-worker She made the wronged employee an understandable reaction to human dimensions As she sits in the rowboat, unconsciously torturing Clift with her thoughts of their future together, Winters is both pathetic and annoyinga special candidate to get rid of
The impact of the film depends absolutely on a moral climate that has now less impact on our society Pre-marital sex is no longer disapproved and abortions are easier to obtain But the film's power resided in its exceptionally convincing depiction of the points and questions created by these situations
"A Place in the Sun" was nominated for nine Academy Awards, and won six