Splendor in the Grass

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film romantic drama film

Splendor in the Grass is a 1961 American romantic drama film starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty that explores repressed sexuality, emotional breakdown, and societal expectations in 1920s Kansas.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
romantic drama film ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
cinematography Boris Kaufman ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Elia Kazan ⓘ
distributedBy Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editedBy Gene Milford NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingProcess Technicolor ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ
hasSetting small town in Kansas ⓘ
inspiredBy poem "Splendour in the Grass" by William Wordsworth ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Bud Stamper ⓘ
Betty Lou Keim ⓘ
surface form: Wilma Dean "Deanie" Loomis
musicBy David Amram ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Actress ⓘ
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays sexual repression in early 20th-century America ⓘ
teenage romance ⓘ
producer Elia Kazan ⓘ
productionCompany Newtown Productions ⓘ
releaseDate 1961-10-10 ⓘ
releaseYear 1961 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 124 ⓘ
screenwriter William Inge ⓘ
setInLocation Kansas ⓘ
setInTimePeriod 1920s ⓘ
starring Audrey Christie ⓘ
Barbara Loden ⓘ
Fred Stewart ⓘ
Joanna Roos ⓘ
Martine Bartlett ⓘ
Natalie Wood ⓘ
Pat Hingle ⓘ
Warren Beatty ⓘ
Zohra Lampert ⓘ
theme class differences ⓘ
emotional breakdown ⓘ
family pressure ⓘ
mental health ⓘ
repressed sexuality ⓘ
societal expectations ⓘ
titleComesFrom Ode: Intimations of Immortality ⓘ
surface form: William Wordsworth's "Ode: Intimations of Immortality"

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Elia Kazan → directed → Splendor in the Grass ⓘ
Elias Kazantzoglou → directed → Splendor in the Grass ⓘ
subject surface form: Elia Kazan
Warren Beatty → notableWork → Splendor in the Grass ⓘ