Plot & Details
Elia Kazan directed this curiously constipated film adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's unfinished final novel, about Monroe Starr, a brilliant and efficient studio executive (based upon Fitzgerald's experiences with MGM wunderkind Irving Thalberg). Robert De Niro plays Monroe Starr in a cool and detached manner, and as Kazan pans around the Hollywood Dream Factory of the 1930s, Starr juggles several productions, deals with nervous actors and recalcitrant directors, stays afloat in the Hollywood corporate battlefields, and secretly carries on a love affair with an even cooler and more detached English girl, Kathleen Moore (Ingrid Boulting).
- MPAA Rating: PG
- Genre(s): Drama
- Run Time: 122min.
- Theatrical Release Date: 08/24/2003
- DVD Release Date: 11/18/2003
- Director(s): Elia Kazan
- Starring: Robert De Niro , Tony Curtis , Robert Mitchum , Jeanne Moreau , Jack Nicholson
- Themes: Filmmaking
- Tone: Chilly,Deliberate,Melancholy,Elegant
- Keywords: Hollywood,executive,film-company,film-producer,film-studio,movie-studio,widow/widower
Awards
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Category | Cast & Crew | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1976 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Art Direction | Jack T. Collis | Nominated |
| 1976 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Art Direction | Jerry Wunderlich | Nominated |
| 1976 | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | Best Art Direction | Gene Callahan | Nominated |
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