Green Mansions (1959) | |
| Director(s) | Mel Ferrer |
| Producer(s) | Edmund Grainger |
| Top Genres | Adventure, Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Exotic Lands |
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Green Mansions (1959) was a Adventure - Drama Film directed by Mel Ferrer and produced by Edmund Grainger.
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Heitor Villa-Lobos composed a large-scale score for the picture, but most of it was rejected by the studio. Bronislau Kaper was commissioned to write a new score, but insisted on incorporating some of the Villa-Lobos music. Villa-Lobos reworked his score as a concert suite, "Floresta do Amazonas (Forest of the Amazon)".
Audrey Hepburn turned down the title role in _Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959/I)_ to be in this film.
This was the first major Hollywood film to be shot in Panavision. The Panavision process faced its first major test when Audrey Hepburn expressed worries that the widescreen process would distort her already square face. Test footage made in Panavision revealed this not to be the case, and reportedly received applause when it was shown for Hepburn and others in a test screening.
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Audrey Hepburn turned down the title role in _Diary of Anne Frank, The (1959/I)_ to be in this film.
This was the first major Hollywood film to be shot in Panavision. The Panavision process faced its first major test when Audrey Hepburn expressed worries that the widescreen process would distort her already square face. Test footage made in Panavision revealed this not to be the case, and reportedly received applause when it was shown for Hepburn and others in a test screening.
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