Picnic (1955)

Directed by

Joshua Logan

Genre

drama film, comedy drama, romantic comedy, romance film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 112 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A drifter arrives in a small Kansas town on Labor Day. His presence stirs up hidden desires and tensions among the locals, especially a beautiful young woman and the people around her.

melancholicslow-burnromanticlongingsmall-townbittersweetyearningvisually lush

What happens

Picnic is a 1955 American romantic comedy-drama film adapted from William Inge's 1953 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same name. Joshua Logan, director of the original Broadway stage production, directed the film version, which stars William Holden, Kim Novak, and Rosalind Russell, with Betty Field, Susan Strasberg, and Cliff Robertson in supporting roles. It was adapted for the screen by Daniel Taradash. Picnic was nominated for six Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Supporting Actor (Arthur O'Connell), winning two. The film dramatizes 24 hours in the life of a small Kansas town in the mid-20th century during the Labor Day holiday. It is the story of an outsider whose appearance disrupts and rearranges the lives of those whom he encounters. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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