‎A Place in the Sun (1951) directed by George Stevens • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd

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Young people asking so much of life... taking so much of love!

A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.

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Montgomery Clift Elizabeth Taylor Shelley Winters Anne Revere Keefe Brasselle Fred Clark Raymond Burr Herbert Heyes Shepperd Strudwick Frieda Inescort Kathryn Givney Walter Sande Ted de Corsia John Ridgely Lois Chartrand Paul Frees Robert J. Anderson Gertrude Astor John Barton Lulu Mae Bohrman Hazel Boyne John Breen Steve Carruthers Ken Christy Dick Cherney Pat Combs Frances Curry Franklyn Farnum Bess Flowers Show All…

Alternative Titles

젊은이의 양지, Ein Platz an der Sonne, Mjesto pod suncem, Místo na výsluní, Un lugar en el sol, Um Lugar ao Sol, 郎心如鐵, Un posto al sole, Une place au soleil, Место под солнцем, מקום תחת השמש, Miejsce pod słońcem, 陽のあたる場所, Місце під сонцем, Paikka auringossa, 郎心似铁, İnsanlık Suçu, Място под Слънцето, Μια Θέση στον Ήλιο, En plats i solen!, Nơi Ánh Dương Soi Chiếu, En Plads I Solen, Egy hely a nap alatt / Hely a napon

Genres

Romance Drama Crime

Themes

Moving relationship stories Passion and romance Enduring stories of family and marital drama Captivating relationships and charming romance Heartbreaking and moving family drama Tragic sadness and captivating beauty Show All…

Premiere

05 Apr 1951

France Cannes Film Festival

14 Aug 1951

USA Los Angeles, California

Theatrical

12 Jun 1951

Belgium9
Germany12
Sweden15

28 Aug 1951

USANR

21 Mar 1952

Austria12

09 Apr 1952

FranceU

24 Sep 1952

Japan

26 Nov 1953

South Korea

Physical

11 Dec 2002

NetherlandsAL

03 Feb 2010

Brazil12

Austria

21 Mar 1952

Theatrical12

Belgium

12 Jun 1951

Theatrical9

Brazil

03 Feb 2010

Physical12 DVD/VHS Videolar

France

05 Apr 1951

Premiere Cannes Film Festival

09 Apr 1952

TheatricalU

Germany

12 Jun 1951

Theatrical12

Japan

24 Sep 1952

Theatrical

Netherlands

11 Dec 2002

PhysicalAL DVD

South Korea

26 Nov 1953

Theatrical

Sweden

12 Jun 1951

Theatrical15

USA

14 Aug 1951

Premiere Los Angeles, California

28 Aug 1951

TheatricalNR New York City, New York

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Review by davidehrlich ★★★★★

"Seems like we always spend the best part of our time just saying goodbye."

don't believe your own press.

the deep-focus shot in which montgomery clift first sees elizabeth taylor is pretty much the movies, more or less. not that i feel compelled to get it tattooed on the side of my shaved head, or anything.

Review by Sean Fennessey ★★★★★ Liked 12

As confrontational and hallucinatory as mainstream Golden Age Hollywood ever got. A resounding expression of repression, desire, and rage right underneath the surface. The most perfect collision of acting styles at exactly the right time in movie history. Just a powerhouse.

Review by noen ★★★★ Liked 9

It’s so evident that Clift and Elizabeth were soulmates from the beginning. In this film, you can see how their natural chemistry shines through each scene together and, later, when Clift’s career went through a difficult time, Elizabeth Taylor’s unwavering support was truly extraordinary and very rare in the industry. She literally saved his life once and they exemplify the essence of platonic love.

Review by nathaxnne [goodbye <3] ★★★★½ Liked 8

the same old story: i meet a man. he seems really nice. we go on dates. he makes me feel pretty. he makes me feel alive. he tells me he will be able to find fulfillment with me. he gets what he needs from me. everything starts to fall apart. i don't know where he goes. i don't know what he is doing. i realize i don't know where he comes from really or how to verify what he has told me about himself. i start to worry. the more nights he doesn't come back the more i think maybe i won't ever see him again. secretly that is what i want. i know it is better that way but…

Review by Patrick Willems ★★★★★ 6

wow this is good

Review by cassandra ★★★★★ Liked 1

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Review by 𝙿𝚊𝚘𝚕𝚘 𝙼𝚊𝚌𝙶𝚞𝚏𝚏𝚒𝚗 | 🇮🇹 ★★★★★ Liked 8

«The greatest movie about America ever made» wrote Charlie Chaplin about A Place in the Sun. The story is that of George Eastman, a young provincial who moves to the city to climb to success. He believes he did it when he conquered the love of a young heiress. Unfortunately he already has a relationship with a working-class woman who expects a son from him and refuses to leave him.

George Stevens' masterpiece - a revolutionary film at its time, winner of 6 Oscar awards - is a mixture of different genres: social drama, but also sentimental film, legal thriller and noir. The camera is used in an innovative way: sometimes it remains distant, impartial observer, almost absent. These shots…

Review by mia lee vicino ★★★★½ Liked 4

we need to normalize and immortalize Montgomery Clift alongside Marlon Brando and James Dean. The Brando Clift Dean aka The Big 3 aka the BCD. uhhh yeah can i get the BCD Special. that’s when an actor is method, at least a 3 on the Kinsey Scale, smolders in a tight white t-shirt, and has some puncturing things to say about the fallacy of the American Dream. a lot of guys out there think they are serving BCD Special! they are not. but it’s understandable to aim for that place in the sun…

(“or is it?” posits this movie)

Review by Kayla ★★★½ 2

men are literally terrifying what the fuck

(new list)

Review by saint judas fonda ★★★½

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Review by HKFanatic ★★★★★ Liked

There's a scene in "A Place in the Sun" when Elizabeth Taylor is about to declare her deepest feelings to a man at a crowded party and she stops and looks (very nearly at us, the viewer) and cries, "Are they watching us?!" before ushering her lover away to a secluded balcony. Despite her beauty and charm, love continues to elude Taylor...just like us schmucks in the audience. It's a moment befitting her character, a young socialite who winds up in all the papers, but also speaks to Taylor the star, hounded her whole life by flash photography and the salacious appetite of the public. It's a moment I found terribly moving—I found the whole film terribly moving.

Review by sarah ★★★½ Liked

i wish i loved anything as much as this film loves dissolves

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Young people asking so much of life... taking so much of love!

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Physical

11 Dec 2002

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Austria

21 Mar 1952

Belgium

12 Jun 1951

Brazil

03 Feb 2010

France

05 Apr 1951

09 Apr 1952

Germany

12 Jun 1951

Japan

24 Sep 1952

Netherlands

11 Dec 2002

South Korea

26 Nov 1953

Sweden

12 Jun 1951

USA

14 Aug 1951

28 Aug 1951

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