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- 1951
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 2 m
- 1951
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 2 m
Summary A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
Directed By: George Stevens
Written By: Theodore Dreiser, Patrick Kearney, Michael Wilson, Harry Brown
- 1951
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 2 m
- 1951
- Approved
- Paramount Pictures
- 2 h 2 m
A Place in the Sun
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Summary A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.
Directed By: George Stevens
Written By: Theodore Dreiser, Patrick Kearney, Michael Wilson, Harry Brown
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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73% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
76
73% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
27% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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They're a witheringly beautiful couple; ex-cinematographer Stevens lavishes all his gifts of composition, lighting and texture on their closeups. [05 Apr 2007, p.C10]
One of the major successes of A Place in the Sun is the way it delicately obfuscates the distinction between romantic longing and personal ambition.
Glorious.
Stevens has mounted his production lavishly. Undoubtedly cognizant of the shortcomings of the story itself as popular entertainment, studio toppers have wisely permitted the film every possible compensating advantage. The result is a big picture in both concept and execution.
Whatever one's reservations about this famous film, it is impressive, and in the love scene between Taylor and Clift, physical desire seems palpable.
The chemistry between Clift and Taylor is unmistakeable – this is one of the great cinematic portraits of untamed desire – and there’s a compelling sense of unavoidable destiny, of a societal trap slowly, inexorably snapping shut.
George Stevens, a tireless moralizer and part-time embalmer of American myths (Shane), directed this melodramatic adaptation of Dreiser's An American Tragedy, and what does not seem facile in it seems overwrought.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
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Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 6 Wins & 9 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 1 Win & 4 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
