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Starring: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn (View All)
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Starring: Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Hepburn
Old-line liberals Matt and Christina Drayton (Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) have raised their daughter Joey (Katharine Houghton) to think for herself and not blindly conform to the conventional. Still, they aren't prepared for the shock when she returns home from a vacation with a new fiancé: African-American doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier). While they come to grips with whatever prejudices they might still harbor, the younger folks must also contend with John's parents (Roy Glenn Sr. and Beah Richards), who are dead-set against the union. To complicate matters, the older couple's disapproving maid (Isabel Sanford) and Christina's bigoted business associate (Virginia Christine) put in their two cents' worth. While Joey is determined to go ahead with the wedding no matter what people think, John refuses to consider marriage until he receives the unqualified approval of all concerned. The closing monologue delivered by Spencer Tracy turned out to be the last scene ever played by the veteran film luminary, who died not long after the production. The film was a success in the racially volatile year of 1967 and was nominated for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won for Hepburn and screenwriter William Rose. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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US Release Date
12/12/67
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Running Time
108 mins.
Language
- English
Awards
- Winner of the Best Original Screenplay award at the 1967 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 1967 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 1967 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the 100 Greatest American Movies award at the 1998 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Winner of the United Nations Award award at the 1968 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Score award at the 1967 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actor award at the 1968 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 1967 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a New Star of the Year - Female award at the 1967 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1967 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 1967 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 1967 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 1967 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 1968 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 1967 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 1967 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction award at the 1967 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1967 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Actress award at the 1967 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actor award at the 1967 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 1967 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
Distributor
- Columbia Pictures
- Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Sony Pictures Releasing
