Sweet Bird of Youth (1989)

  • NR
  • 10/01/1989 (US)
  • Drama, TV Movie
  • 1h 35m

A Passionate Romance

Overview

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.

Nicolas Roeg

Director

Tennessee Williams

Writer

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor's headshot

Elizabeth Taylor

Alexandra Del Lago
Mark Harmon's headshot

Mark Harmon

Chance Wayne
Valerie Perrine's headshot

Valerie Perrine

Miss Lucy
Seymour Cassel's headshot

Seymour Cassel

Hatcher
Rip Torn's headshot

Rip Torn

Boss Finley
Kevin Geer's headshot

Kevin Geer

Tom Junior
Ronnie Claire Edwards's headshot

Ronnie Claire Edwards

Aunt Nonnie
Cheryl Paris's headshot

Cheryl Paris

Heavenly Finley

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