Splendor in the Grass

There is a miracle in being young... and a fear
Splendor in the Grass
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DVD Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 2 hours, 4 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
  • Released: February 3, 2009
  • Originally Released: 1961
  • Label: Warner Home Video

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Major Awards:

Academy Awards 1961 - Best Original Screenplay: William Inge

Entertainment Reviews:

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 8,489
3 stars out of 5 -- [A] landmark in Hollywood melodrama, standing squarely between elegantly overwrought classical studio style and the fresh, intimate immediacy of French New Wave.
Empire
Mar 1, 2009
...Here was innocence, here was sexual power, here was the Casanova who would, over time, be[come Warren Beatty]... -- Rating: B
Entertainment Weekly
Apr 7, 1995
Classic of repressed teenage sexuality. Full Review
Movie Mom
Feb 12, 2018
Rating: 3/4 -- Splendor in the Grass is a prestigious, top-of-the-line, sensitively-handled melodramatic literalization of the axiom "If you touch yourself too much, you'll go crazy." Full Review
Slant Magazine
Mar 2, 2009
The authority and eloquence of the theme emerge in the honest, sensitive acting of Mr. Beatty and Miss Wood. Full Review
New York Times
May 20, 2003
Rating: 4/5 -- The psychology may be simplistic, but the powerful portrayals from the cast - especially from Beatty - make that weakness seem like an irrelevance. Full Review
Radio Times
Feb 12, 2018
If Splendor in the Grass is the truth, simple or complex, about men and women, then I've been living in a fool's paradise for fifty-five years. Full Review
Esquire Magazine
Jul 30, 2019

Product Description:

Two young lovers find their awakening sensuality in conflict with both their own moral values and those of the small town in which they live. This intense, tragic film marked the screen debut of Warren Beatty. Academy Award Nominations: 2, including Best Actress--Natalie Wood. Academy Awards: Best (Original) Story and Screenplay.

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Product Info

  • Sales Rank: 117,374
  • UPC: 883929062454
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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