The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
- Directed by
- Vincente Minnelli
- Genre
- drama film, flashback film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 56m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.3 of 10 from 303 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 film producer alienates everyone around him with his manipulative and ruthless behavior. The story is told through the perspectives of three people whose lives he damaged.
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What happens
The Bad and the Beautiful is a 1952 American melodrama film that tells the story of a film producer who alienates everyone around him. The film was directed by Vincente Minnelli, written by George Bradshaw and Charles Schnee and stars Lana Turner, Kirk Douglas, Walter Pidgeon, Dick Powell, Barry Sullivan, Gloria Grahame and Gilbert Roland. The Bad and the Beautiful won five Academy Awards (including Grahame as Best Supporting Actress) of six nominations in 1952, a record for the most awards for a film not nominated for Best Picture or for Best Director. In 2002, the United States Library of Congress deemed the film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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