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Features: Black & White NTSC Sales Rank: 1,608; Release Date: 18 November, 1992; Media: VHS Tape; Theatrical Date: 06 August, 1964; MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
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Average Rating: Rating: - Powerful! Tennesse Williams has rarely fared well in the transfer from stage to screen, but Night of Iguana is evidence that his work makes for powerful viewing. Stark visuals play against the subtle script and performances, with Ava Gardner giving perhaps her finest performance as the over-sexed, hard-bitten hotel owner who conceals a loving heart and honest nature behind an "I don't give a damn" mask. Burton has rarely been seen to such effect, and Deborah Kerr is quite fine. The supporting cast, featuring Grayson Hall and Sue Lyons, is remarkably strong as well. A powerful and unstinting screen adaptation of one of Williams' most powerful and unstinting plays. Rating: - A Great Film This is arguably the best film made of any of Tennessee Williams plays. It's greatness is due in great part to the direction of John Huston and the magnificent cast he has assembled to tell this story. Richard Burton and Deborah Kerr, two of the finest actors from England,give terrific performances as a tortured, defrocked priest and a strong-willed woman who has learned to survive in an unkind world. Ava Gardner proves in this film that she was a marvelous actress capable of giving a gutsy, heartfelt performance of great complexity. Grayson Hall is also quite remarkable as a hateful woman whose nasty actions are sparked by her jealousy and desire for a young woman played by Sue Lyon. The stark black and white photography of this film beautifully contributes to the mood of Tennesse William's story. This is really one of the finest films of the 1960s. It is one you can view many times over and find many pleasures. Rating: - The best filmed adaptation of a Tennessee Williams work Everything about this film crackles with energy and intelligence! Or, as the English might say, everything about it is on heat. We start with a script based on one of the most subtly-shaded of Williams' works (which began life as, believe it or not, a short story about two gay men on vacation in Acapulco), set it in lush, steamy Mismaloya (which Ava Gardner later called "Abysmaloya"), add great black-and-white cinematography, a spare but lovely soundtrack, and finally one of the greatest ensembles ever assembled for an American film. Richard Burton is magnificent as the defrocked "Shannon," he seems to be all sweat and emotional conflict. Deborah Kerr is serene and enigmatic as the sly "Miss Jenkins," and Ava Gardner makes a beautiful and free-spirited "Maxine." I can almost see the rum-cocos at work in Ava Gardner's very natural performance; she owns the role and makes it much more sympathetic than the earlier stage versions (Bette Davis played "Maxine" on Broadway). She is a tremendous talent and never seemed to receive the acclaim she deserved. Finally, Sue Lyons is perfectly cast as the scheming little nymphet whose sexual energy is the catalyst for all the action (and trouble) in Mismaloya. Funny, sad, and enlightening all at once, this is John Huston's most emotionally-satisfying film, and that's saying a lot. Are today's audiences intelligent enough to appreciate a film like this?

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