Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)

NROctober 1, 1989 (US)Drama, TV Movie1 hour and 35 minutes
58%
User score

A Passionate Romance

Description

Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere and goes into seclusion, becoming entangled with a much younger hotel masseur and resident gigolo.

Nicolas Roeg
Director
Gavin Lambert
Teleplay
Tennessee Williams
Writer

Actors

Elizabeth Taylor
Elizabeth Taylor
Alexandra Del Lago
Mark Harmon
Mark Harmon
Chance Wayne
Valerie Perrine
Valerie Perrine
Miss Lucy
Seymour Cassel
Seymour Cassel
Hatcher
Rip Torn
Rip Torn
Boss Finley
Kevin Geer
Kevin Geer
Tom Junior
Ronnie Claire Edwards
Ronnie Claire Edwards
Aunt Nonnie
Cheryl Paris
Cheryl Paris
Heavenly Finley
Megan Blake
Megan Blake
Violet
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

—

Revenue

—

Keywords
based on play or musicalalcoholicolder woman younger man relationshipprodigal sonfading star