Splendor in the Grass | 
enlarge | Director: Elia Kazan Actors: Natalie Wood, Warren Beatty, Pat Hingle, Audrey Christie, Barbara Loden Studio: Warner Home Video Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating: 73 reviews Sales Rank: 1786
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dvd-video, Full Screen, Ntsc Languages: English (Original Language), French (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled) Rating: NR (Not Rated) Number Of Items: 1 Running Time: 124 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 DVD Layers: 1 DVD Sides: 2 Picture Format: Array Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.6 x 0.6
MPN: D15739D ISBN: 0790748657 UPC: 085391573920 EAN: 9780790748658 ASIN: B00002ND7B
Theatrical Release Date: October 10, 1961 Release Date: March 13, 2001 Shipping: Eligible for Super Saver Shipping Promotion: Save $5.00 when you spend $25.00 or more on Qualifying Items offered by Amazon.com. Enter code BMLSAVES at checkout. Terms and Conditions Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Amazon.com essential video Elia Kazan's pedal-to-the-metal approach to psychosexual melodrama paid off handsomely when he had layered material by Tennessee Williams or John Steinbeck to work with. The very raw material here is an original by hot-blooded playwright William Inge, about a pair of teenagers in the American Midwest in the 1920s whose lives are ruined by the repressive sexual climate of the period. The girl, played by Natalie Wood, is literally driven batty by her pent-up adolescent lust and ends up in the bin---which admittedly plays better than sounds, because the hunk she yearns for is the young and almost impossibly handsome Warren Beatty. This is a very lush and beautiful movie, but also a deeply silly one. It's grade-A American cheese, with a pinch of dime-store Freud on top.--David Chute
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great acting! August 11, 2008 Nataile Wood gives a great preformance in this movie, its a beauitful love story that how alotof meaning to it. i love this movie!
Deanie and Bud are high school sweethearts in thier 1920's little town, they love each other and Bud plans to marry Deanie. his father wants him to go to college first. Bud also wants their Relationship to go to the next leavel. Deanie though is not ready, so Bud finds a girl who is and brakes up with Deanie, after seeing the girl in class, Deanie can't take it...
universal theme of brokenhearted lovers still pertinent today August 7, 2008 When I watched this movie when I was a teenager in the 1970's, the theme of lovers being broken apart by parents, or time, or circumstances evoked such painful emotions that I still cannot rewatch the movie to this day-and I am 53.It is a breathtakingly poignant movie,whose theme remains relevant today. This is an absolute love story classic, with a brilliant performance by Natalie Wood, that must not be missed by anyone who loves this genre. One of the moral messages taken from the movie-famous lines from Wordworth's poem (which the title comes from)-are ones I have repeated to myself frequently to get through life.
5 star performance! April 1, 2008 I have always loved this movie! Natalie Wood's performance is brilliant, as she really stepped into this role with her whole heart! She makes one feel every pain she feels, and shed the tears she shed. Warren Beatty also does a superb job for his first time!
You will NOT be dissappointed!!
should be considered a classic March 21, 2008 1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I've always thought this movie deserved higher praise and more general consideration as a classic than it received. Perhaps the reason why it didn't is because the ending is kind of sad; but, that is what makes the movie so powerful, IMHO. I thought the emotions portrayed by Beatty and Wood were very genuine.
The first time I watched this movie, I was a young teenager, and it touched my soul. Watching it now still brings back that "lost love", melancholy mood. I think it's a shame that some people are afraid of those kind of feelings. Evoking them is a good thing, and for me - ultimately reinvigorating.
Splendor In The Grass March 11, 2008 0 out of 1 found this review helpful
A nice Romance novel gone bad with a true love. Great for the sentimentalist or for those people who make tough love decisions. Life still goes on after a break-up! Starring Natalie Wood and Warren Beatty.
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