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Splendor in the Grass is a 1961 American period drama film produced and directed by Elia Kazan, from a screenplay written by William Inge. It stars Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty (in his film debut) as two high school sweethearts, navigating feelings of sexual repression, love, and heartbreak.
Splendor in the Grass: Directed by Elia Kazan. With Natalie Wood, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden. The love of high school sweethearts Deanie and Bud is weighed down by the oppressive expectations of their parents and society in smalltown Kansas in 1928, threatening the future of their relationship.
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- Drama, Romance
- Elia Kazan
- 1961-10-20
What is the poem in the movie “Splendor in the Grass?” The poem recited in the film “Splendor in the Grass” (1961) is William Wordsworth’s well-known Romantic poem of the same name. Wordsworth relates the peak of one’s youth to the temporary splendor of “grass” and the glory of “flowers.”
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Jun 8, 2009 · Cinematic trailer for the 1961 film Splendor in the Grass starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty. Written by William Inge, and directed by Elia Kazan.
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Splendor in the Grass, American film drama, released in 1961, that examines repressed love and the sexual frustrations of a teenage couple. Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty, in his first screen role, play high school lovers Deanie and Bud in a small Kansas town in the 1920s.
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Mar 2, 2009 · Elia Kazan’s 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.”
Splendor in the Grass (1961) Set in the 1920s, two Midwest teenagers fall in love, are frightened by their physical desires and struggle to navigate their feelings of sexual repression. 2,053 IMDb 7.7 2 h 3 min 1961. 13+. Drama · Romance · Tense · Mysterious.
