Elizabeth Taylor - "Sweet Bird of Youth"
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- Release Date: 1989
- Runtime: 95 min
- Genre: Drama
- Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Mark Harmon, Valerie Perrine, Kevin Geer ... see all
- Director: Nicolas Roeg
- Plot: The melodrama of a failing, aging movie star who takes up with an ambitious masseur who takes her home only to show off in front of his former girl friend... Read more
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Sweet Bird of Youth
culturevulture.net –
2007-03-18
The Way of All Youth (according to Tennessee Williams) At the center of Tennessee Williams' play "Sweet Bird of Youth" is a middle-aged actress, the Princess Kosmopolis (Joanna Bayless), once glamorous, now with a touch of the slut about her. ... Full Article
Previously filmed in 1962 with Geraldine Page and Paul Newman in the leads, Tennessee Williams' Sweet Bird of Youth was restaged for television in 1989 by Nicolas Roeg . ... Full Article
The built-in curiosity interest in this TV movie version of Tennessee Williams' classic play lies in seeing Elizabeth Taylor in a rare film appearance, as an ageing, desperate actress whose career is on the skids. ... Full Article
Williams's steamy play gets the Richard Brooks whitewash--as with CAT ON A HOT TIN ROOF. Instead of Newman's hustler getting castrated, it's the original stage piece that gets emasculated here. ... Full Article