Summertime (1955)

Réalisateur:

David Lean

Scénaristes:

H.E. Bates (screenplay) &
David Lean (screenplay) ...
(suite)

Date de sortie:

14 août 1955 (Japan)

Genre:

Romance | Drame

Accroche:

It Happens to Hepburn - It Happens in Venice!

Intrigue:

A lonely American woman unexpectedly finds romance in Venice, Italy.

Plot Keywords:

Venice Italy | Secretary | American | Camera | Train

Récompenses:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

Andante cantabile

Ensemble

Katharine Hepburn	...	Jane Hudson
Rossano Brazzi	...	Renato de Rossi
Isa Miranda	...	Signora Fiorini
Darren McGavin	...	Eddie Yaeger
Mari Aldon	...	Phyl Yaeger
Jane Rose	...	Mrs. McIlhenny
MacDonald Parke	...	Mr. McIlhenny
Jeremy Spenser	...	Vito de Rossi
Gaetano Autiero	...	Mauro
Virginia Simeon	...	Giovanna
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
David Lean	...	Man at Café (uncredited) (unconfirmed)
André Morell	...	Englishman (uncredited)

Réalisé par
David Lean

Scénaristes
H.E. Bates		(screenplay) &
David Lean		(screenplay)
Donald Ogden Stewart		uncredited
Arthur Laurents		play "The Time of the Cuckoo"

Produit par
Ilya Lopert	....	producer
Norman Spencer	....	associate producer

Musique originale
Alessandro Cicognini

Image
Jack Hildyard

Montage
Peter Taylor

Création des décors
Vincent Korda

Maquillage
Grazia De Rossi	....	hairdressing (as Gracia de Rossi)
Cesare Gambarelli	....	makeup artist (as Cesare Gamberelli)

Directeur de production
Raymond Anzarut	....	production manager
Franco Magli	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Alberto Cardone	....	assistant director
Adrian Pryce-Jones	....	assistant director

Département Art
Ferdinand Bellan	....	assistant art director
William Hutchinson	....	assistant art director (as Bill Hutchinson)
Italo Tomassi	....	manager of art department (uncredited)

Technicien du son
John Cox	....	sound re-recordist
Peter Handford	....	sound recordist
Winston Ryder	....	sound editor
Jacqueline Thiédot	....	sound editor

Caméra et Département Electrique
Archie Dansie	....	chief electrician
Peter Newbrook	....	camera operator

Divers
Walter Fried	....	presented on Broadway by
Robert J. Kingsley	....	assistant to producer
Maggie Unsworth	....	continuity (as Margaret Shipway)
Robert Whitehead	....	presented on Broadway by
Walter Fried	....	producer: original stage production (uncredited)
Robert Whitehead	....	producer: original stage production (uncredited)

Companies de production

• London Film Productions (uncredited)
• Lopert Films (present)

Distributeurs

• Independent Film Distributors (IFD) (1955) (UK) (theatrical)
• United Artists (1955) (USA) (theatrical) (released thru)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1976) (USA) (TV)
• Criterion Collection, The (1997) (laserdisc)
• Criterion Collection, The (1998) (DVD)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Summer Madness (UK)

Durée:

UK:99 min | USA:100 min | Argentina:102 min | West Germany:100 min

Pays:

UK | USA

Langue:

Anglais | Italien

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Rapport de forme:

1,37 : 1

Son:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Classification:

South Korea:12 | Australia:PG | New Zealand:PG | UK:PG | Finland:S | Argentina:Atp

Lieux de tournage:

Campo San Barnaba, Venice, Veneto, Italy

Société:

London Film Productions

Anecdotes:

"Summertime" was an adaptation of the Broadway play "The Time of the Cuckoo" by Arthur Laurents. The stage production starred Shirley Booth and opened on Oct. 15, 1952 at the Empire Theatre in New York and ran for 263 performances.

Goofs:

Continuité: The amount of wine in Di Rossi's glass when he first sees Jane - the glass is empty, then full.

Connexions De Film:

Référencé sur A Woman of Substance: Katharine Hepburn Remembered (2003) (V)

Bande son:

Summertime In Venice

Andante cantabile

The mood is leisurly, the pace deliberate, and the look of Venice is shimmering and magical. This "brief encounter" of an American spinster on vacation falling for a married, though separated, man is David Lean as his best. It is also one of Katherine Hepburn's lovely performances. Having read about production problems with this film, it became all the more remarkable to watch. To name a few, Hepburn suffered severe eye damage from her spill in the stagnant canal (in a remarkable shot without use of a double) and the stench from the waters aggravated ailments left over from her previous "African Queen." Also her private life during the filming mirrored the quiet desparation of the heroine, due to personal circumstances. Yet all of this is amazingly hidden through the skill of Director Lean and his camera crew. It's a Hepburn "spinster" role she played many times ("Alice Adams," "The Rainmaker") and no one could do it as convincingly. "Summertime" is a kind of film they don't make any more--and for good reason: they couldn't top it. Nor is there a "Hepburn" today able to carry a full production like this on her shoulders as effectively as this legendary actress.