Raintree County
In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance
In The Great Tradition Of Civil War Romance
Drama, Romance
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1957
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In 1859, idealist John Wickliff Shawnessey, a resident of Raintree County, Indiana, is distracted from his high school sweetheart Nell Gaither by Susanna Drake, a rich New Orleans girl. This love triangle is further complicated by the American Civil War, and dark family history.
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Rated:
APPROVED
Runtime:
168 min
Release date:
20 Dec 1957
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$5,474,000
Revenue:
$9,080,000
Awards:
Nominated for 4 Oscars. Another 1 win & 4 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Picture lacks highlight material; even the war scenes don't quite have the necessary impact and the relationship between Taylor and Clift could have been charged up more.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
MGM's attempt to repeat the success of Gone With the Wind turned out to be an elephantine bore.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
24 Jun 2006
rotten:
This mammoth color picture, which now runs twelve minutes shy of three hours, gives evidence of being outfitted with every extravagance save a script.
– Bosley Crowther,
New York Times,
25 Mar 2006
rotten:
A memorable if generally unsuccessful attempt by MGM to bring back the glory of Gone With the Wind.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
Begins in tedium and ends, 168 leaden minutes later, in apathy.
– ,
TIME Magazine,
23 Mar 2011