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Summertime is a 1955 black-and-white drama and romance film directed by David Lean. The screenplay was written by Lean, H. E. Bates, Donald Ogden Stewart, and Arthur Laurents, with Alexander Korda serving as producer. The cast includes Katharine Hepburn, Rossano Brazzi, Darren McGavin, and Isa Miranda. Jack Hildyard handled cinematography, Peter Taylor edited the film, and Alessandro Cicognini composed the music.
The narrative is set in Italy, with filming taking place in Venice. The film was produced in the United Kingdom, United States, and Italy, and its original languages are English and Italian. It has a runtime of 100 minutes. Summertime was distributed by United Artists and Netflix in formats including video on demand and DVD.
The film received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress and the Academy Award for Best Director. It was also recognized by the National Board of Review as one of the Top Ten Films.
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6.8Middle-aged Ohio secretary Jane Hudson has never found love and has nearly resigned herself to spending the rest of her life alone. But before she does, she uses her savings to finance a summer in romantic Venice, where she finally meets the man of her dreams, the elegant Renato Di Rossi.
Cast
- Katharine Hepburn as Jane Hudson
- Rossano Brazzi as Renato de Rossi
- Isa Miranda as Signora Fiorini
- Darren McGavin as Eddie Yaeger
- Mari Aldon as Phyl Yaeger
- Jane Rose as Edith McIlhenny
Themes
- venice, italy
- gondola
- longing
- sightseeing
- vacation
- love
- young boy
- loneliness
- attraction
- canal
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- romance film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- David Lean
- Screenwriter
- Donald Ogden Stewart
- Composer
- Alessandro Cicognini
- Producer
- Alexander Korda
- Cinematographer
- Jack Hildyard
- Narrative location
- Italy
- Filming location
- Venice
- Duration
- 100
- FilmAffinity ID
- 852315
- Distribution format
- DVD
- Image
- Hepburn Summertime.jpg
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- publication date
- 1955-11-07
- film editor
- Peter Taylor
- title
- Summertime
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Director
- production designer
- Vincent Korda
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film format
- 35 mm film
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- Commons category
- Summertime (1955 film)
- review score
- 92%
- capital cost
- 1100000
- box office
- 2000000
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