The Fugitive Kind (1959)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.0/10   

Réalisateur:

Sidney Lumet

Writers:

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

Release Date:

1 décembre 1959 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Romance

Accroche:

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

Plot:

Val Xavier (Marlon Brando), a drifter of obscure origins arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence (Anna Magnani)...

Plot Keywords:

Male Female Relationship | Beatnik | Gigolo | Melancholy | Salesman

Awards:

2 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

the best movie ever made

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
Janice Mars	...	Attendant's Wife
Debbie Lynch	...	Lonely Girl
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Jeanne Barr	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Neil Harrison	...	(uncredited)
Herb Vigran	...	Caliope Player (voice) (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Sidney Lumet

Scénaristes
Tennessee Williams		(play "Orpheus Descending")
Tennessee Williams		(screenplay) and
Meade Roberts		(screenplay)

Produit par
Martin Jurow	....	producer
George Justin	....	associate producer
Richard Shepherd	....	producer

Musique originale
Kenyon Hopkins

Image
Boris Kaufman

Montage
Carl Lerner

Direction artistique
Richard Sylbert

Décorateur de plateau
Gene Callahan

Création des costumes
Frank L. Thompson

Assistant réalisateur
Charles H. Maguire	....	assistant director

Technicien du son
James A. Gleason	....	sound (as James Gleason)
Philip Gleason	....	sound

Cascadeur
Larry Duran	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Saul Midwall	....	camera operator

Music Department
Kenyon Hopkins	....	conductor

Divers
Mart Crowley	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Pennebaker Productions

Distributors

• United Artists (1959) (USA) (theatrical)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)

Autre(s) titre(s) :

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

Durée:

119 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | 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:

Anna Magnani was hot to sleep with co-star Marlon Brando, but he did not find her attactive. The tension that was created between the two co-stars did not help the film but subtracted from it, as her failure at conquest made Magnani unhappy. Tennessee Williams was angry with Brando, convinced that he was deliberately slurring his dialogue to punish Magnani, who did not speak English. Magnani was playing the role phonetically and had trouble picking up her cues from Brando.

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:

Featured in Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) (TV)

the best movie ever made

i cannot believe that i had never heard of this movie. the only possible explanation is that it was spun out of a play that bombed. that said, Sidney lumet does an amazing Job of lithely sprinkling the classical over northern Mississippi (without screaming 'look were being classical now') from a historical perspective the themes dealt with here are amazing both for their envelope pushing and their subtle overlay. the acting is the best I've seen. Brando is third best, Anna M. is next. both are outdone by Woodward. The character actors Jorie and Stapleton are better than all of them.