- Summertime (film)
Infobox_Film
name = Summertime
imdb_id = 0048673
amg_id = 1:47649
director =David Lean
writer =H. E. Bates
David Lean
starring =Katharine Hepburn Rossano Brazzi Isa Miranda Darren McGavin Jane Rose
producer = Ilya Lopert|
music =Alessandro Cicognini
cinematography =Jack Hildyard
editing = Peter Taylor
distributor =United Artists
released = flagicon|United StatesJune 21 ,1955
flagicon|United KingdomNovember 7 ,1955
runtime = 100 min.
language = English"Summertime" is a 1955
film directed byDavid Lean and starringKatharine Hepburn andRossano Brazzi . It was adapted byH. E. Bates , Lean andDonald Ogden Stewart (uncredited) from the play "The Time of the Cuckoo " byArthur Laurents ."Summertime" tells the story of an American woman
spinster from Ohio who falls in love in while on holiday inVenice . It was filmed entirely on location in Venice.It received
Academy Award nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Katharine Hepburn) and Best Director. In Britain, the film was initially released under the title "Summer Madness".Lean has stated that this was the film he enjoyed making the most.
One of the film's most memorable scenes is when Katharine Hepburn's character falls into a canal while filming the
San Barnaba di Venezia , which left Hepburn with a permanent eye infection.Also based on the play was the 1965 Broadway musical
Do I Hear a Waltz? External links
*imdb title|id=0048673|title=Summertime
* [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=22&eid=37§ion=essay Criterion Collection essay by David Denby]
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