Sophie's Choice (1982)

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Starring:
Meryl StreepKevin Kline, (more)
Director(s):
Alan J. Pakula
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R
Category:
Drama
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The year is 1947. Aspiring southern author Stingo (Peter MacNichol) heads to New York to seek his fortune. Moving into a dingy Brooklyn boarding house, Stingo strikes up a friendship with research chemist Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline) and Nathan's girlfriend, Polish refugee Sophie Zawistowska (Oscar-winner Meryl Streep). There is something unsettling about the relationship; Nathan is subject to violent mood swings, while Sophie seems to be harboring a horrible secret. Stingo soons learns that both Nathan and Sophie are strangers to truth; the audience is likewise led down several garden paths by a series of sepia-toned flashbacks, depicting Sophie's ordeal in a wartime concentration camp. The scene in which we discover the facts behind Sophie's "choice" is a gut-wrenching one; it might have been even more powerful had not the film taken so long to get there. It is betraying nothing to reveal that the character of Stingo is the alter ego of William Styron, upon whose best-selling novel the film was based. The film is rated R, due in great part to a disposable scene wherein Stingo tries to put the make on a "liberated" female intellectual. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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Theatrical Feature Running Time:
150 mins

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Director(s):
Alan J. Pakula
Writer(s):
Alan J. Pakula
Producer(s):
Keith BarishMartin StargerAlan J. Pakula
Theatrical MPAA Rating:
R(Not For Children, Adult Language, Adult Situations, Violence, Sexual Situations)
Categories:
Drama
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Awards:
  • 1982 - Sophie's Choice - Academy - Best Actress
  • 1982 - Sophie's Choice - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie - Best Actress
  • 1982 - Sophie's Choice - Golden Globe - Best Actress - Drama
  • 1982 - Sophie's Choice - Golden Globe - Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Drama
  • 1982 - Sophie's Choice - L.A. Film Critics Association - Best Actress
  • 1982 - Sophie's Choice - Los Angeles Film Critics Association - Best Actress
  • 1982 - Sophie's Choice - National Board of Review - Best Actress
  • 1982 - Sophie's Choice - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Cinematography
  • 1982 - Sophie's Choice - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Actress
  • 1982 - Sophie's Choice - New York Film Critics Circle - Best Cinematography

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