Metropolitan (1990)
- Starring:
- Carolyn Farina, Edward Clements, (more)
- Director(s):
- Whit Stillman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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The debut film from writer-director Whit Stillman etches a sophisticated comic portrait of New York debutante society at the twilight of the 1980s. Set during the Christmas season, the film is told from the vantage point of Tom Townsend (Edward Clements), a self-professed proletarian radical who stumbles into the social sphere of a group of well-off Upper East Side twentysomethings calling themselves the SFRP (or Sally Fowler Rat Pack, named in honor of a frequent party hostess). The group includes Nick (Christopher Eigeman), an acidic misanthrope; sweet-natured Jane Austen acolyte Audrey (Carolyn Farina); Charlie (Taylor Nichols), a tongue-tied bumbler secretly in love with Audrey; and femme fatale Cynthia (Isabel Gillies). Quickly, Tom, who comes from much more humble beginnings, finds himself caught in the middle of the group. Audrey even develops a crush on him, but Tom is still reeling from a broken relationship with renowned man-eater Serena (Elizabeth Thompson), a peripheral member of the SFRP. It all leads to a romantic climax at the Southampton vacation home of Nick's womanizing arch-enemy Rick von Sloneker (Will Kempe). ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 99 mins
Complete Cast of Metropolitan
- Carolyn Farina - Audrey Rouget
- Christopher Eigeman - Nick Smith
- Allison Rutledge-Parisi - Jane Clarke
- Isabel Gillies - Cynthia McClean
- Will Kempe - Rick Von Sloneker
- Ellia Thompson - Serena Slocum
- Roget W. Kirby - Man at Bar
- Kevin Schack - SFPR Friend (Early-nighter)
- Joel S. Schreiber - A.T. Harris Salesman
- Frank Creighton - Cadet Frawley
- Catherine Atzen - Herself
- Victoria Chickering - SFPR Friend (Early-nighter)
- Andrew Lyle - SFPR Friend (Early-nighter)
- Edward Clements - Tom Townsend
- Taylor Nichols - Charlie Black
- Dylan Hundley - Sally Fowler
- Bryan Leder - Fred Neff
- Stephen Uys - Victor Lemley
- Alice Connorton - Mrs. Townsend
- J. Harden Rose - TV Voice of Debutante Ball
- Tina Thornton - SFPR Friend (Early-nighter)
- John Carroll Lynch - Allen Green
- Donal Lardner Ward - North Greenwich Preppie
- Caroline Bennett - Sabina (Texas Deb)
- Linda Gillies - Mrs. Rouget
- Tomas R. Voth - Cab Driver
- Director(s):
- Whit Stillman
- Writer(s):
- Whit Stillman
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13(Questionable for Children, Adult Situations)
- 1990 - Independent Spirit Awards - Best First Feature
- 1990 - New York Film Critics Circle - Best New Director
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