Two Weeks in Another Town (1962)

Directed by

Vincente Minnelli

Genre

drama film

Country

Italy, United States

Runtime

1h 47m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 60 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Hollywood star goes to Rome to help a friend finish a troubled movie. He gets caught up in the chaos of the production and his own personal problems.

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What happens

Two Weeks in Another Town is a 1962 American drama film directed by Vincente Minnelli and starring Kirk Douglas and Edward G. Robinson. The supporting players include Cyd Charisse, Claire Trevor, Daliah Lavi, George Hamilton, and Rosanna Schiaffino. The film was based on a 1960 novel by Irwin Shaw and depicts the shooting of a romantic costume drama in Rome by a team of decadent Hollywood stars during the Hollywood on the Tiber era. The picture contains several references to The Bad and the Beautiful, a previous successful MGM movie directed by Minnelli and produced by John Houseman a decade earlier, also with a screenplay by Charles Schnee, music by David Raksin, and starring Kirk Douglas as the lead character. The story was seen by some as a depiction of the relationships among Tyrone Power, Linda Christian and Darryl Zanuck. At the time of its release, the film was perceived as a box-office failure, with overall losses totaling approximately $3 million. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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