A Place in the Sun

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Elizabeth Taylor, Montgomery Clift, and Shelley Winters in A Place in the Sun (1951)

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A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.A poor boy gets a job working for his rich uncle and ends up falling in love with two women.

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IMDb RATING

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Won 6 Oscars
- 15 wins & 10 nominations total

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Trivia
In her autobiography, Shelley Winters described producer and director George Stevens' way of working: "He would discuss the scene, but not the lines, and would photograph the second or third rehearsal so the scene had an almost improvisatory quality. Stevens would print the first take, then spend the next three hours minutely rehearsing the scene, then film it again. He explained to me that in this way he often got actors' unplanned reactions that were spontaneous and human and often exactly right. And often when actors overintellectualize or plan their reactions, they aren't as good."

Goofs
Alice Tripp is wearing different shoes when she starts walking home from the movie with George Eastman from those she is wearing when they near her residence. When Shelley Winters pointed out to director George Stevens that the brown and white shoes she was wearing turned to black when she walked around the corner, the director refused to re-shoot the scene. According to Winters, he said, "If they're looking at her feet, I can go home."

Quotes
Angela: Goodbye, George.
[half-turns away and then looks back]
Angela: Seems like we always spend the best part of our time just saying goodbye.

Connections
Featured in Hollywood: The Fabulous Era (1962)

Soundtracks
Mona Lisa
(1941) (uncredited)
Written by Jay Livingston and Ray Evans
Played as background music

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10/10

Clift, Taylor, Stevens and a spellbinding American tragedy

Time does extraordinary things with greatness. If nothing else it confirms it. "A Place in the Sun" is a remarkable example of that theory. I rushed to buy a DVD after watching a BBC documentary on ELizabeth Taylor to celebrate her 75th birthday! In "A Place on the Sun" an Elizabeth Taylor barely out of her teens is paired with Montgomery Clift. She had been raised at MGM and groomed for movie stardom from day one. He was a method actor, complex, introspective and their coupling produced something that I'm tempted to call, unrepeatable. The actors own personal stories, their friendship, mutual love and respect made it possible for their communion to be so transcendental. To make things even more perfect, the film seems a love letter from director George Stevens to his stars and vice versa. Look at the opening credits and tell me if you've ever seen a more startling introduction to a character/star. The story of doomed love and descend into darkness is, without question, one of the best ever made.