A Place in the Sun (1951)
- Directed by
- George Stevens
- Genre
- drama film, film noir, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 421 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A poor young man gets a job at his wealthy relative's factory and falls for a beautiful socialite. But his secret romance with a working-class woman threatens to destroy his chance at a better life.
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What happens
A Place in the Sun is a 1951 American tragedy film directed and produced by George Stevens from a screenplay by Harry Brown and Michael Wilson, based on the 1925 novel An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser and its 1926 stage adaptation by Patrick Kearney. It stars Montgomery Clift, Elizabeth Taylor, Shelley Winters and Keefe Brasselle. The story was inspired by the murder of Grace Brown by Chester Gillette in 1906, which resulted in Gillette's conviction and execution by electric chair in 1908. The novel had previously been adapted for the screen under its original title in 1931. Released by Paramount Pictures on April 5, 1951, the film was a critical and commercial success, winning six Academy Awards (including Best Director and Best Screenplay) and the first-ever Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama. In 1991, A Place in the Sun was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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