Metropolitan (film)
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- This article is about the 1990 film. For the 1935 film of the same name, see Metropolitan (1935 film).
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 Promotional poster for Metropolitan |
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| Directed by | Whit Stillman |
| Produced by | Whit Stillman |
| Written by | Whit Stillman |
| Starring | Edward Clements Chris Eigeman Carolyn Farina Taylor Nichols Dylan Hundley |
| Music by | Jock Davis, Tom Judson, Mark Suozzo |
| Cinematography | John Thomas |
| Editing by | Christopher Tellefsen |
| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
| Release date(s) | August 3, 1990 (USA) |
| Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Gross revenue | $2,938,208 (USA) |
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Metropolitan is the first film by director and screenwriter Whit Stillman. Shot on location in Manhattan and Long Island, the movie depicts the lives of young, upper-class New Yorkers (or as one character attempts to rebrand them, the "urban haute bourgeoisie") during debutante ball season while home for winter break in their first year of college. Middle-class Princeton student Tom Townsend, an admirer of Fourier's socialism, observes this comedy of manners with an outsider's distance but eventually becomes deeply attached to the characters he meets.
Metropolitan received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Screenplay.
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[edit] Cast
- Carolyn Farina as Audrey Rouget
- Edward Clements as Tom Townsend
- Chris Eigeman as Nick Smith
- Taylor Nichols as Charlie Black
- Allison Rutledge-Parisi as Jane Clark
- Dylan Hundley as Sally Fowler
- Isabel Gillies as Cynthia McLean
- Bryan Leder as Fred Neff
- Will Kempe as Rick Von Sloneker
- Ellia Thompson as Serena Slocum
- Stephen Uys as Victor Lemley
[edit] Awards
- Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay
- Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature
[edit] Credits & titles
The credits and title card font is Antique Roman, the typeface usual in formal party invitations like those the characters receive.
[edit] External links
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