Movie · Drama · Romance

After unsuccessfully trying his luck in Hollywood, charming gigolo Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) wanders back to his hometown, accompanied by Alexandra Del Lago (Geraldine Page), a movie star on the wane. Chance quickly falls back into his old rut -- he's still smitten with his former sweetheart, Heavenly Finley (Shirley Knight), but her thuggish brother (Rip Torn) and her crooked politician father (Ed Begley) both hate him. When Alexandra leaves town, Chance is left with little more than trouble.

2006 · 2h 0m
  • 74%
Director Richard Brooks

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Sweet Bird of Youth

Drama

After unsuccessfully trying his luck in Hollywood, charming gigolo Chance Wayne (Paul Newman) wanders back to his hometown, accompanied by Alexandra Del Lago (Geraldine Page), a movie star on the wane. Chance quickly falls back into his old rut -- he's still smitten with his former sweetheart, Heavenly Finley (Shirley Knight), but her thuggish brother (Rip Torn) and her crooked politician father (Ed Begley) both hate him. When Alexandra leaves town, Chance is left with little more than trouble.

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Average 6.9
Reviews 19
Fresh 14
Rotten 5

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Studio
Warner Bros.
Released
2006
Run Time
2 hr
Rated
15
Region of Origin
United States
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Languages

Original Audio
English
Audio

English (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Dutch (Netherlands) , French (France) , German (Germany) , Greek (Greece) , Italian (Italy) , Portuguese (Portugal) , Spanish (Spain)

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.