SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS
“No nice girl feels like that.” Small-town repression in eve-of-the-Depression Kansas keeps the teenage love of Bud and Wilma (Warren Beatty and Natalie Wood) unconsummated and tension-filled, until Bud’s dalliance with another sends Wilma over the edge. Beatty’s magnificent screen debut launched him to big-time stardom — at the age of 24 — while Wood’s bravura performance earned her a second Oscar® nomination. The outstanding cast includes Pat Hingle as Bud’s overbearing father and Barbara Loden as his wild-hearted flapper sister. Elia Kazan’s direction is in peak form, and screenwriter William Inge won an Oscar® for his sensitive, savvy screenplay. DIR/PROD Elia Kazan; SCR William Inge. U.S., 1961, color, 124 min. NOT RATED
AFI Member passes accepted.
Run Time: 124 Minutes
Opening Date: Friday, July 14, 2023
Genre: Romance drama
