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Splendor in the Grass

Splendor in the Grass

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Director: Elia Kazan
Actors: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars 74 reviews
Sales Rank: 3760

Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
DVD Layers: 1
DVD Sides: 2
Picture Format: Array
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 124 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.6 x 0.5

MPN: D15739D
ISBN: 0790748657
UPC: 085391573920
EAN: 9780790748658
ASIN: B00002ND7B

Theatrical Release Date: October 10, 1961
Release Date: March 13, 2001
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

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Elia Kazan's pedal-to-the-metal approach to psychosexual melodrama paid off handsomely when he had layered material by Tennessee Williams or John Steinbeck to work with. The very raw material here is an original by hot-blooded playwright William Inge, about a pair of teenagers in the American Midwest in the 1920s whose lives are ruined by the repressive sexual climate of the period. The girl, played by Natalie Wood, is literally driven batty by her pent-up adolescent lust and ends up in the bin---which admittedly plays better than sounds, because the hunk she yearns for is the young and almost impossibly handsome Warren Beatty. This is a very lush and beautiful movie, but also a deeply silly one. It's grade-A American cheese, with a pinch of dime-store Freud on top.--David Chute


Customer Reviews:   Read 69 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars I didn't know this was a silent film   October 13, 2008
Wendy A. Augustine (LOVETTSVILLE, VA United States)
Well, there was NO sound on this DVD, so I didn't watch it. Into the garbage! Must have been a defective DVD.


5 out of 5 stars great acting!   August 11, 2008
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Nataile Wood gives a great preformance in this movie, its a beauitful love story that how alotof meaning to it. i love this movie!

Deanie and Bud are high school sweethearts in thier 1920's little town, they love each other and Bud plans to marry Deanie. his father wants him to go to college first. Bud also wants their Relationship to go to the next leavel. Deanie though is not ready, so Bud finds a girl who is and brakes up with Deanie, after seeing the girl in class, Deanie can't take it...



5 out of 5 stars universal theme of brokenhearted lovers still pertinent today   August 7, 2008
W. Drake (Ohio)
When I watched this movie when I was a teenager in the 1970's, the theme of lovers being broken apart by parents, or time, or circumstances evoked such painful emotions that I still cannot rewatch the movie to this day-and I am 53.It is a breathtakingly poignant movie,whose theme remains relevant today. This is an absolute love story classic, with a brilliant performance by Natalie Wood, that must not be missed by anyone who loves this genre. One of the moral messages taken from the movie-famous lines from Wordworth's poem (which the title comes from)-are ones I have repeated to myself frequently to get through life.


5 out of 5 stars 5 star performance!   April 1, 2008
csep4858 (Heartland of America)
I have always loved this movie! Natalie Wood's performance is brilliant, as she really stepped into this role with her whole heart! She makes one feel every pain she feels, and shed the tears she shed. Warren Beatty also does a superb job for his first time!

You will NOT be dissappointed!!



4 out of 5 stars should be considered a classic   March 21, 2008
L. Milone (Wallingford, PA USA)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful

I've always thought this movie deserved higher praise and more general consideration as a classic than it received. Perhaps the reason why it didn't is because the ending is kind of sad; but, that is what makes the movie so powerful, IMHO. I thought the emotions portrayed by Beatty and Wood were very genuine.

The first time I watched this movie, I was a young teenager, and it touched my soul. Watching it now still brings back that "lost love", melancholy mood. I think it's a shame that some people are afraid of those kind of feelings. Evoking them is a good thing, and for me - ultimately reinvigorating.


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