The Fugitive Kind (1960)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.1/10   

Réalisateur:

Sidney Lumet

Writers:

Tennessee Williams (play)
Tennessee Williams (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

mai 1960 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Romance

Accroche:

...and now the screen is struck by lightning !

Plot:

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence...

Plot Keywords:

Jacket | Cemetery | Small Town | Drifter | Rebellion

Awards:

2 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Top Notch Acting

Ensemble

Marlon Brando	...	Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier
Joanne Woodward	...	Carol Cutrere
Anna Magnani	...	Lady Torrance
Maureen Stapleton	...	Vee Talbot
Victor Jory	...	Jabe M. Torrance
R.G. Armstrong	...	Sheriff Jordan Talbot
Virgilia Chew	...	Nurse Porter
Madame Spivy	...	Ruby Lightfoot
Ben Yaffee	...	Dog Hamma
Joe Brown Jr.	...	Pee Wee Binnings
John Baragrey	...	David Cutrere
Sally Gracie	...	Dolly Hamma
Lucille Benson	...	Beulah Binnings
Emory Richardson	...	Uncle Pleasant
Frank Borgman	...	Gas Station Attendant

Autre(s) titre(s):

L'homme à la peau de serpent (France) [fr]

Durée:

119 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Brazil:14 | Australia:M (original rating) | Australia:PG (alternate rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Milton, New York, USA

Company:

Pennebaker Productions

Anecdotes:

"Battle of Angels", the original version of Tennesse Williams play "Orpheus Descending" that the movie is based on, flopped in Boston in 1940 and did not make it to Broadway. The 1957 Broadway production of the reworked play, starring Cliff Robertson and Maureen Stapleton as Val and Lady Torrance, also was a flop. It wasn't until the 1989 revival starring Vanessa Redgrave as Lady Torrance that the play was a success on Broadway.

Guillemet:

Carol Cutrere: Juking? Oh! Well, that's when you get in a car, which is preferably open in any kind of weather. And then you drink a little bit and you drive a little bit, and then you stop and you dance a little bit with a jukebox. And then you drink a little bit more and you drive a little bit more, you stop and you dance a little bit more to another juke box! And then you stop dancing and you just drink and you drive. And then, you stop driving.

Movie Connections:

Version of Orpheus Descending (1990) (TV)

Top Notch Acting

This is not a well-written film, but the acting is phenomenal. Brando and Magnani have really great chemistry and that's what carries the film. It is the acting of these two that make me want to watch this film time and time again. I didn't necessarily like Joanne Woodward in her role, it just didn't seem to fit her. It seemed like she was trying too hard or something, so I just tuned her out. But I was always tuned into Brando--its just something about him that just pulls you in--wondering what he'll do next in the scene. Anyway, The cinematography is great and adds to the moodiness of the film. Overall, the movie isn't necessarily Brando's greatest film, but it's by no means one of his worst. Unfortunately, there wasn't much to work with as far as the script, so the acting had to carry the film.