Splendor in the Grass

There is a miracle in being young... and a fear
Splendor in the Grass
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DVD Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: February 3, 2009
  • Originally Released: 1961
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1961 - Best Original Screenplay: William Inge

Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 8,489
If Splendor in the Grass is the truth, simple or complex, about men and women, then I've been living in a fool's paradise for fifty-five years. Full Review
Esquire Magazine
Jul 30, 2019
...Here was innocence, here was sexual power, here was the Casanova who would, over time, be[come Warren Beatty]... -- Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly
Apr 7, 1995
A complicated film that never really successfully yokes together the themes of money-making and sexuality, it reveals both Kazan's operatic sensibility and his inability to follow an argument rigorously through. Full Review
Time Out
Feb 9, 2006
Rating: 4/5 -- The psychology may be simplistic, but the powerful portrayals from the cast - especially from Beatty - make that weakness seem like an irrelevance. Full Review
Radio Times
Feb 12, 2018
Rating: 2.5/5 -- A smug sneer toward all the squares. Full Review
DVDTalk.com
Mar 27, 2010
There is something awkward about the picture's mechanical rhythm. There are missing links and blind alleys within the story. Full Review
Variety
Mar 26, 2009
Rating: B -- With his ripe lips, flirty eyes, and pre-Calvin Klein-era androgynous appeal, the 24-year-old Warren is utterly believable as a boy who drives Natalie Wood plumb insane with sexual frustration in William Inge's overheated melodrama. Full Review
Entertainment Weekly
Jun 28, 2019

Product Description:

Two young lovers find their awakening sensuality in conflict with both their own moral values and those of the small town in which they live. This intense, tragic film marked the screen debut of Warren Beatty. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Actress--Natalie Wood. Academy Awards: Best (Original) Story and Screenplay.

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Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 119,118
  • UPC: 883929062454
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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