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A Passionate Romance

Sweet Bird of Youth

5.5 / 10 5.5 1989 1h 35mNR

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Tennessee William’s masterful melodrama about an aging movie star who, appalled by her own image on the screen, flees from her movie premiere and goes into seclusion, becoming entangled with a much younger hotel masseur and resident gigolo.

Directed by Nicolas Roeg

VISUAL NOTES

Stills from Sweet Bird of Youth

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CAST

The people behind the story

Elizabeth Taylor

Elizabeth TaylorAlexandra Del Lago

Mark Harmon

Mark HarmonChance Wayne

Valerie Perrine

Valerie PerrineMiss Lucy

Seymour Cassel

Seymour CasselHatcher

Rip Torn

Rip TornBoss Finley

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Kevin GeerTom Junior

Ronnie Claire Edwards

Ronnie Claire EdwardsAunt Nonnie

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Cheryl ParisHeavenly Finley