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All That Heaven Allows (1955) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jun 19, 2001
Running Time
1 hour, 29 minutes
Country USA
Studio Ross Hunter Productions, Universal
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Other Titles
• All That Heaven Allows
• Was der Himmel erlaubt (1956)
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Genre: Romance, Drama, Melodrama, Gay/Lesbian, Christmas
Plot: In ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, Douglas Sirk's haunting suburban morality play, Jane Wyman plays Cary Scott, a wealthy middle-aged widow in love with a younger man considered by those around her to be far below her social standing. Her torrid affair with Ron Kirby (Rock Hudson), a handsome, earthy gardener, quickly creates unbearable societal pressure for Cary. Giving in to the scathing criticism of her stodgy neighbors and her materialistic children, Cary severs contact with Ron. She then discovers--perhaps too late--that her heart cannot be so easily caged.Wyman delivers a strong, emotive performance, and Hudson smolders as her feverish romantic interest. ALL THAT HEAVEN ALLOWS, marked by Sirk's distinctive, lavish visual style, stands as a searing example of how materialism can result in alienation from natural feelings. The film was remade in 1974 with additional interracial themes by German director (and unabashed Sirk fan) Rainer Werner Fassbinder as ALI: FEAR EATS THE SOUL; and later paid homage by Todd Haynes in his 2002 reworking FAR FROM HEAVEN.
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| Directed by |
Douglas Sirk
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 | Jane Wyman
The Lost Weekend, Stage Fright, Pollyanna | Agnes Moorehead
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The Divorcee, The Hollywood Revue of 1929, The Bad Sister | | Gloria Talbott
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| Music By |
Frank Skinner
Harvey, Saboteur, Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein |
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