Spencer had to put his entire salary in escrow in order for the film company to allow him to do the film. So why did Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy agree to do this film, without immediate payment? Because it's a film about forbidden love, it's a film about loving someone no matter what society thinks, or what the rules are. This is something Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn knew a great deal about. What makes this film outstanding is, by the end of the film you realize, Kate and Spencer are not even acting they are relaying their feelings about each other, through the film.
Once you catch that, the drama of the final few scenes is just unparalleled and Spencer's final speech, about his love for Kate Christina , can drive even the most twisted soul to tears. A few things to catch in this film, watch Kate's face when Spencer recites the line, 'screw what the rest of the world thinks about your love' Watch Spencer Tracey as he paces back and forth on the terrace near the end of the film.
He realizes he is about to begin one of the last scenes he will ever film. He's line 'well I'll be a son of a bitch' Spencer Tracy is one of America's greatest actors. This is his last triumph. For that reason alone, it's a true cinematic treasure.
FAQ 8. Is "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? Where did John and Joey meet? So who is coming to dinner? Details Edit. Release date December 12, United States. United States. Sony Movie Channel United States. Pogodi ko dolazi na veceru. Columbia Pictures Stanley Kramer Productions.
Box office Edit. Technical specs Edit. Runtime 1 hour 48 minutes. Related news. Aug 30 The Wrap. Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Glenn Sr. Peripheral characters, all of whom add a dimension to the well-developed exposition, include priest Cecil Kellaway, a family friend, Isabell Sanford, the Tracy-Hepburn Negro maid, and Virginia Christine, a biz partner to Miss Hepburn.
Between the lovers and two sets of parents, every possible interaction is explored amidst comedy angles which range from drawing-room sophistication to sight gag, from bitter cynicism to telling irony. Film must be seen to be believed. Apart from the pic itself, there are several plus angles.
This is the ninth teaming of Tracy and Miss Hepburn, and the last, unfortunately; Tracy died shortly after principal photography was complete. Older audiences who remember their successful prior pix will be drawn to this one, while younger crowds will be attracted by the interracial romance. Also, for Poitier, film marked a major step forward, not just in his proven acting ability, but in the opening-up of his script character. In many earlier films, he seemed to come from nowhere; he was a symbol.
But herein, he has a family, a professional background, likes, dislikes, humor, temper. In other words, he is a whole human being. This alone is a major achievement in screenwriting, and for Poitier himself, his already recognized abilities now have expanded casting horizons. To point out acting highlights would be to repeat the cast listing; suffice it to say that Kramer cast with care and directed in the same sure manner.
Miss Houghton is an attractive, talented girl who is off to a running start. It featured the same scenario — a young, upper-middle-class white woman brings home an African-American boyfriend to meet her parents — but the fear and tension that motivates the story does not reside in the older white generation.
It is felt by the black guy coming to the house with his white girlfriend, entering partly into the unknown and partly into hundreds of years of agonizing history. It is part of what she, Poitier, Hepburn and Tracy, in the last film of his life, achieved. It just took a long time. Skip to content. Columbia Pictures photo. Chris Jones is a Tribune critic. Joey Drayton. Katharine Houghton. Monsignor Ryan.
Cecil Kellaway. Mrs Prentice. Beah Richards. Mr Prentice. Roy Glenn.
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