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1989

Sweet Bird of Youth

Directed by Nicolas Roeg
A Passionate Romance

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.

Duration

1h 35m

Released

October 1, 1989

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5.8

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Cast10

  • Elizabeth Taylor
  • Mark Harmon
  • Valerie Perrine
  • Seymour Cassel
  • Rip Torn
  • Kevin Geer
  • Ronnie Claire Edwards
  • Cheryl Paris
  • Megan Blake

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