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Actors: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Fred Stewart, Barbara Loden
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Splendor in the Grass |
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Based on an Academy award winning screenplay directly written for the screen by William Inge, SPLENDOR IN THE GRASS is a movie directed by Elia Kazan in 1961. Natalie Wood also earned a nomination in the Best Actress in a Leading Role category.
The wealthy Warren Beatty and the poor Natalie Wood fall in love in a small town of Kansas. While both teenagers feel that the next step of their relation is to have sex together, their parents are worried and communicate their anxiety to Warren and Natalie. Warren's father, Pat Hingle, wants his son to go to Yale and asks him to wait before thinking of marriage and Natalie's mother harrasses the young girl with moral warnings. Completely stressed, Warren decides to leave Natalie for a while in order to relax with the easy-going Juanita but Natalie is unable to endure this situation and is soon suffering from a terrible nervous breakdown. She will spend two years in a mental institution in order to recover her mental health.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Splendor in the Grass |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Kids growing up/acting up?
Yes
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Ethnic/Regional/Gender story?
Yes
Story of city/rural life?
- Small Town
Culture clash?
- family young v. old guard
Culture of surrounding area:
- American Midwest
Battle with shrink/bum?
- battle with a psychiatrist
Sexing?
- first sexual experience
Coping with loss of loved one?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a teen
Hair color?
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn straight
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) average build
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 60%
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- missing body parts/abilities
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Midwest
Farm/Ranch?
Yes
Farm/Ranch:
- ranch
Small town?
Yes
Small town people:
- nice, like Andy/Opie/Aunt Bee
Misc setting
- school
- mental hospital
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
- kissing
Any profanity?
- None
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Jazz/r&b
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