The Night of the Iguana PG

One man... three women... one night
The Night of the Iguana
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  • Two Featurettes: Night of the Iguana: Huston's Gamble and On the Trail of the Iguana
  • Theatrical Trailers
  • Subtitles in English, French & Spanish
  • Rated: PG
  • Closed captioning available
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 58 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: May 2, 2006
  • Originally Released: 1964
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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Academy Awards 1964 - Best Costume Design (b&w): Not Applicable

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 4,616
Rating: 4/5 -- Brilliant, apart from some minor plot glitches. Full Review
Empire Magazine
May 5, 2008
...John Huston was in his element directing the 1964 version of Williams' last great play...
Los Angeles Times
Apr 27, 2003
Rating: 2.5/4 -- Alternately fascinating and boring. Full Review
TV Guide
May 5, 2008
Rating: 2/5 -- This adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play is heavy on melodrama and earnest performances, but weak on dialogue and lasting meaning.
Filmcritic.com
Sep 6, 2005
Rating: B -- Though uneven and not as powerful as other Williams-based films, Huston's version benefits from a high-profile cast, headed by Burton, Deborah Kerr, Sue Lyon and best of all Ava Gardner as the lusty hotel owner and Grayson Hall as the repressed lesbian Full Review
EmanuelLevy.Com
Jul 21, 2008
Films of Tennessee Williams' plays now often look very artificial and overwrought, but with this Huston came up with one of the best. Full Review
Time Out
Jan 26, 2006
Rating: 5/5 -- Hot, Hot, Hot!
ColeSmithey.com
Aug 20, 2006

Description by OLDIES.com:

In a remote Mexican seacoast town, a fallen Episcopal priest struggles to pull his shattered life together. And three women - an earth hotel owner, an ethereal artist and a hot-eyed, willful teenager - can help save him. Or destroy him. With an outstanding cast headed by Richard Burton, Ava Gardner and Deborah Kerr, direction by legendary filmmaker John Huston and a steamy screenplay based on Tennessee Williams' acclaimed stage play, The Night of the Iguana pulses with conflicting passions and a surprising edge of knowing humor. Winner of one Academy Award and nominated for three more, the film explores the dark night of one man's soul - and illuminates the difference between dreams and the bittersweet surrender of reality.

Product Description:

A turbulent masterpiece adapted from the play by Tennessee Williams. A defrocked clergyman-turned-tour-guide takes a busload of pious Texan church ladies to an Eden-like spot along the coast of Mexico where he battles their suspicions about his past, his own demons, and a young girl whose affections could destroy him. Ava Gardner crackles as the woman who tries to keep him from being torn in two by heaven and earth. Academy Award Nominations: 4. Academy Awards: Best (black-and-White) Costume Design.

Description by Warner Home Video:

Night of the Iguana
In the sleepy village of Puerto Vallarta, the defrocked Reverend T. Laurence Shannon works as a tour guide. While leading a group of school teachers, he attracts the attention of their junior member Charlotte Goodall. To save money, he takes the group to a rundown hotel owned by his friend, Maxine Faulk. Once there, his interest shifts to Hannah Jelkes, a poor artist. But in the end it may be Maxine whom he stays on with.

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  • UPC: 012569677425
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