The Sandpiper ( The Sand Piper )

The Sandpiper (DVD) (*)

$45.99

Original Title: The Sand Piper
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Golden Globes
Oscar Academy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
115 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1965 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Vincente Minnelli

Written By:
Martin Ransohoff
Irene Kamp

Actors:
Elizabeth Taylor ..... Laura Reynolds
Richard Burton ..... Dr. Edward Hewitt
Eva Marie Saint ..... Claire Hewitt
Charles Bronson ..... Cos Erickson
Robert Webber ..... Ward Hendricks
James Edwards ..... Larry Brant
Torin Thatcher ..... Judge Thompson
Tom Drake ..... Walter Robinson
Douglas Henderson ..... Paul Sutcliff
Morgan Mason ..... Danny Reynolds
John Abbey ..... (uncredited)
Jan Arvan ..... Trustee (uncredited)
Mary Benoit ..... Trustee's Wife (uncredited)
Shirley Bonne ..... Celebrant #9 (uncredited)
Dusty Cadis ..... Trooper (uncredited)
Joan Connors ..... Celebrant #7 (uncredited)
Tom Crane ..... Walter Robinson (uncredited)
Tom Curtis ..... Trustee (uncredited)
Jeff Davis ..... Administrator (uncredited)
Colin Drake ..... Administrator (uncredited)
Fred Fisher ..... Administrator (uncredited)
Mel Gallagher ..... Celebrant #4 (uncredited)
Kelton Garwood ..... Celebrant #2 (uncredited)
Paul Genge ..... Architect (uncredited)
Max Gulak ..... Administrator (uncredited)
Ginger Hall ..... Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
Harper ..... (uncredited)
John Hart ..... Trooper (uncredited)
Rex Holman ..... Celebrant #1 (uncredited)
April Hyde ..... Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
Peter Jackson ..... (uncredited)
Peggy Adams Laird ..... Celebrant #8 (uncredited)
Pamela Mason ..... Ellie (uncredited)
Jimmy Murphy ..... Celebrant #3 (uncredited)
Nico ..... Dancer at the Party (uncredited)
Jo O'Toole ..... (uncredited)
Peter O'Toole ..... (voice) (uncredited)
Jean Peaslee ..... Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
Douglas Read ..... (uncredited)
Diane Sayer ..... Celebrant #6 (uncredited)
June Shelley ..... Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
Shelly Sidney ..... (uncredited)
Eric Sinclair ..... Beatnik (uncredited)
Barbara Sommers ..... Dancer at the Party (uncredited)
Roscoe Stallworth ..... (uncredited)
Anthony Stuart ..... Administrator (uncredited)
Carl Studer ..... Harold (uncredited)
Olga Valéry ..... Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
Sophie Veneck ..... Administrator's Wife (uncredited)
Ron Whelan ..... Celebrant #5 (uncredited)
Tom White ..... Beatnik (uncredited)

Synopsis:

Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton -- then Hollywood's most bankable couple -- appeared onscreen together for the third time in this romantic drama shot on beautiful locations along the Big Sur region of the California coastline. Laura Edwards (Elizabeth Taylor) is a free-thinking artist and Bohemian who is raising a her teenage son, Danny (Morgan Mason), conceived out of wedlock, on her own. Laura has issues with conventional teaching methods, and prefers to educate Danny about both intellectual and ethical matters on her own. However, Danny has become something of a problem, and child welfare authorities demand that Danny either be sent to school or become a ward of the state. Rather than send Danny to public school, Laura arranges for him to attend a private academy run by Dr. Edward Hewitt (Richard Burton), an Episcopalian minister. Edward is at first shocked by Laura's embrace of free love and rejection of conventional moral codes, but as he gets to know her better, he finds himself increasingly attracted to her, despite the fact he has a wife, Claire (Eva Marie Saint), and two children. Before long, Edward's desire overpowers his scruples and he begins an affair with Laura. Wracked with guilt over his infidelity, Edward confesses his indiscretion to Claire, which proves to have severe and unexpected consequences. While saddled with poor reviews upon its initial release, The Sandpiper did win an Academy Award for Johnny Mandel's theme song, 'The Shadow of Your Smile.' ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Twenty-something Laura Reynolds is a free spirit who questions social conventions, laws and regulations. A struggling artist, she lives in a secluded beach-side cabin in Big Sur with her nine year old illegitimate son, Danny, on who she has instilled her values. Because of this questioning of convention, Laura has decided to home school Danny. Also because of this questioning of the law, Danny runs into some legal problems, and as such is court ordered to be sent to San Simeon, a Christian school in Monterrey. This order is against Laura's wishes. The school's headmaster is Dr. Rev. Edward Hewitt, who tries to convince Laura that San Simeon is not the prison she probably believes it to be. Married for twenty-one years to his faithful wife Claire, Edward has become more a fund-raiser at all cost (for a new chapel) rather than an educator or priest. Despite their differences, Laura and Edward begin to fall for each other. Both but especially Edward have to reconcile their feelings for each other to their beliefs, which they learn are closer to each other than what may appear on the surface. Their feelings also bring to the forefront what each really wants in life beyond their current lot.

Young Danny Reynolds and his mother Laura live an idyllic life near California's Big Sur. Laura teaches Danny at home. After Danny shoots a deer, authorities take the boy away to live and study in a parochial orphanage/school. The unwed mother is distraught. At first, the school administrator, Episcopalian Priest Dr. Hewitt, finds the free-spirited Laura to be morally bereft and without redeeming value. Eventually, Laura and Dr. Hewitt fall in love and begin an illicit affair.

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