Raintree County (1957) | |
| Director(s) | Edward Dmytryk |
| Producer(s) | Millard Kaufman (associate), David Lewis, Thomas D. Tannenbaum (associate uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Civil War, Old South |
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Raintree County (1957) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Edward Dmytryk and produced by Millard Kaufman, Thomas D. Tannenbaum and David Lewis.
Academy Awards 1957 --- Ceremony Number 30 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actress | Elizabeth Taylor | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: William A. Horning, Urie McCleary; Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Hugh Hunt | Nominated |
| Best Costume Design | Walter Plunkett | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Johnny Green | Nominated |
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Raintree County (1957)
By Beatrice on Jul 23, 2016 From Flickers in TimeRaintree County Directed by Edward Dmytryck Written by Millard Kaufman from a novel by Ross Lockridge Jr. 1957/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/Netflix rental Epic-length melodramas aren’t my thing. This one is just tedious despite Liz Taylor’s?Oscar-nominated performance as a ... Read full article
Raintree County
By RBuccicone on May 13, 2011 From MacGuffin MoviesRaintree County (1957) ???? Raintree County marked a significant point in the career of Montgomery Clift, although not a positive one. It was a box office hit because people flocked to the theater to compare the before and after images of the face of a man who had been disfigured?in a car accident d... Read full article
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John Wickliff Shawnessy: Well, according to a friend of mine, if I win, a beautiful girl will place a garland of oak leaves on my sun-colored locks.
Susanna Drake: I'd like to be that girl.
John Wickliff Shawnessy: Maybe it can be arranged?
Susanna Drake: Oh, it can be arranged, all right. *I'll* arrange it.
T.D. Shawnessy: War is the most monstrous of man's illusions. Any idea worth anything is worth not fighting for.
Susanna Drake: Johnny, I had to come back. I'm going to have a baby.
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On May 12, 1956, during the shooting of this film, Montgomery Clift was involved in a serious car accident on his way back home from a party at the house of Elizabeth Taylor. His friend Kevin McCarthy witnessed the accident from his car, drove back and informed Taylor and her then husband Michael Wilding, who immediately drove to the location together with Rock Hudson. Taylor entered the car through the back door, crawled to the front seat and removed the two front teeth from Clift's throat that threatened to choke him. Hudson finally managed to pull him out of the wreck and together they protected him from being photographed until the ambulance arrived. This was necessary because soon after the emergency call had come in to the local police station, reporters were already on their way and arrived at the scene when Clift was still in the car. The accident was well publicized. After nine weeks of recovery and with plastic surgery, Clift returned to the movie set and finished the film, but with considerable difficulties. His dashing looks, though, were gone forever. If you notice in some scenes, his nose and chin look different, and the left side of his face is more or less immobile.
At the time of its release, it held the (dubious) honor of being the most expensive film ever made.
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