All That Heaven Allows (1955)

Note Générale:

7,6/10   

Réalisateur:

Douglas Sirk

Scénaristes:

Peg Fenwick (screenplay)
Edna L. Lee (story) ...

Date de sortie:

9 décembre 1955 (Denmark)

Genre:

Drame | Romance

Accroche:

How much does Heaven Allow a Woman in Love?

Intrigue:

An upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers.

Plot Keywords:

Widow | Gossip | New England | Country Club | Tree

Récompenses:

1 win

Avis des utilisateurs:

Heavenly

Ensemble

Jane Wyman	...	Cary Scott
Rock Hudson	...	Ron Kirby
Agnes Moorehead	...	Sara Warren
Conrad Nagel	...	Harvey
Virginia Grey	...	Alida
Gloria Talbott	...	Kay
William Reynolds	...	Ned
Charles Drake	...	Mick Anderson
Hayden Rorke	...	Dr. Hennessy
Jacqueline deWit	...	Mona Plash (as Jacqueline de Wit)
Leigh Snowden	...	Jo-Ann
Donald Curtis	...	Howard Hoffer
Alex Gerry	...	George Warren
Nestor Paiva	...	Manuel
Forrest Lewis	...	Mr. Weeks

Durée:

89 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

2,00 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Classification:

South Korea:12 | USA:Approved (MPAA rating: certificate #17469) | UK:U | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl

Lieux de tournage:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Société:

Universal International Pictures (UI)

Anecdotes:

This film was selected for the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1995.

Goofs:

Erreurs faites par les personnages (éventuellement des erreurs délibérées par les cinéastes): Carrie's son, Ned, mixes martinis for his mother and her date, Harvey. Carrie tells Harvey, "NEED mixed them especially for you" (not "Ned").

Guillemet:

Mona Plash: At the Country Club, Mona advises Sara that the Nortons are together, after all the talk that's been circulating about them. She tells Sara that she certainly must know what's been said.
Sara Warren: Sara answers with, "No, but I'm sure you do!"

Connexions:

figure dans Rock Hudson's Home Movies (1992)

Bande son:

Symphony No.1 inC minor, Op.68: 4th movement (the Alpenhorn melody)

Heavenly

It's 1950s small town America and rich society widow Cary Scott (Jane Wyman) has fallen in love with her gardener Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson), but can the gossipy town handle it? This beautifully filmed classic, directed by Douglas Sirk, is so touching. And even though it's considered a melodrama (and at times a bit syrupy--just watch for Bambi!) there is a deeper meaning underneath all that Technicolor. Listen for the Thoreau quote that Cary reads when she and Ron visit his friends, Mick and Alida Anderson. That's the whole lesson of the film summed up right there.

Added note: There's a classic line that Wyman says to Hudson in the car when he says that she should not let others influence her decisions, like his friend Mick, who had to learn how to be a man. She responds with "You want me to be a man." Then he says, "Well, just in that one way." It's funny now in retrospect!