The Sundowners (1960)
- Directed by
- Fred Zinnemann
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film
- Country
- Australia, United Kingdom, United States
- Runtime
- 2h 21m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.8 of 10 from 61 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
In 1920s Australia, a sheep-herding father wants to keep moving from place to place but his wife and son want to settle down. The family struggles with their different dreams.
slow-burnbittersweetgroundedtenderatmosphericfamily-orientedpoignantgentle
What happens
The Sundowners is a 1960 drama Western film film that tells the story of a 1920s Australian outback family torn between the father's desires to continue his nomadic sheep-herding ways and the wife and son's desire to settle in one place. The Sundowners was produced and directed by Fred Zinnemann, adapted by Isobel Lennart from Jon Cleary's 1952 novel of the same name, with Deborah Kerr, Robert Mitchum, and Peter Ustinov, Glynis Johns, Mervyn Johns, Dina Merrill, Michael Anderson Jr., and Chips Rafferty. In 2019, FilmInk cited it among "50 meat pie Westerns". At the 33rd Academy Awards, it was in the running for Best Picture, and Kerr was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, Johns for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Zinnemann for Best Director, and Lennart for Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium, with no Academy wins. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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