The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
by Jos? Quintero
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Actor: Coral Browne, Jeremy Spenser, Jill St. John, Vivien Leigh, Warren BeattyDirector: Jos? Quintero
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Harry Waxman
Editor: Ralph Kemplen
Producer: Lothar Wolff
Producer: Louis De Rochemont
Writer: Gavin Lambert
Writer: Jan Read
Writer: Tennessee Williams
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.78:1
Running Time: 103 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-02
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
Movie Review: One of the best!
Summary: 5 Stars
You will love Vivien Leigh, not be crazy about Warren Beatty (but he is beautiful) and love the photography in this movie. Tennessee Williams is my favorite author so I love everything that he does and this was no exception. There is another version with Helen Mirren that is good too but Vivien will always have that aura about her that we all so loved. Try this one for a 'moody' afternoon to see what great acting was all about.
Summary of The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone
An ageing starlet is off to vacation in Rome with her husband when he suffers a fatal heart attack on the plane. Mrs. Stone stays in Rome where she leases a magnificent apartment with a view of the seven hills from the terrace. Soon, a contessa comes calling and introduces Mrs. Stone and a young man named Paola. A wary Mrs. Stone ultimately succumbs to Paolo's charms.DVD Features:
Documentaries
Featurette:? New Featurette Mrs. Stone: Looking for Love in All the Dark Corners
Vivien Leigh, so stirringly memorable as Blanche in Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire, stars in this 1961 adaptation of Williams's only novella, giving a nuanced, slightly neurotic performance that is haunting and all the more tragic by its being one of the actress's last performances before her sad death at age 53. Leigh plays Karen Stone, a 50-ish theater actress whose comeback vehicle never gets off the ground; en route to Rome for a brief escape, she's devastated by the sudden death of her beloved husband. She decides to stay in Rome, and there, her loneliness takes root against the spectacular backdrop of the city. Lotte Lenya plays a viperous contessa who pimps young men to older rich ladies, and introduces the handsome Paolo (played with dissolute perfection--though his Italian accent is shaky--by Warren Beatty) to Mrs. Stone. Leigh's performance is unnervingly raw, though one wonders why a woman with a long, happy marriage and at least one very real friend (played by Coral Browne) should be doomed to such relentless loneliness--surely she and her hubby had some pals back in New York? But with Williams, you simply must go along for the ride, and the journey through the emotional dark spaces of Mrs. Stone's life is gripping. The location shots of the glorious, decaying beauty of Rome are fabulous, as are the costumes. Extras include a featurette, Mrs. Stone: Looking for Love in All the Dark Corners. --A.T. Hurley
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