| A Patch of Blue | |
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 Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Guy Green |
| Produced by | Guy Green |
| Written by | Elizabeth Kata (novel) Guy Green |
| Starring | Sidney Poitier Elizabeth Hartman |
| Music by | Jerry Goldsmith |
| Cinematography | Robert Burks |
| Editing by | Rita Roland |
| Distributed by | MGM |
| Release date(s) | 1965 |
| Running time | 105 min. Guy Green OBE ( November 15, 1913 – September 15, 2005) was an English film director screenwriter and cinematographer Elizabeth Kata (1912 – 4 September 1998) was an Australian writer best known for Be Ready with Bells and Drums (1961 which was made into Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (ˈpwɑːtie born February 20, 1927) is an Oscar - Golden Globe - BAFTA - and Grammy Mary Elizabeth Hartman ( December 23, 1943 – June 10, 1987) was an American Actress, best known for her performance The year 1965 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
A Patch of Blue is a 1965 Academy Award winning film directed by Guy Green about the relationship between an African American man, Gordon (played by Sidney Poitier), and a blind white female teenager, Selina (Elizabeth Hartman), and the problems that plague their relationship when they fall in love in a racially divided America. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The year 1965 in film involved some significant events Events Top grossing films (U "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Guy Green OBE ( November 15, 1913 – September 15, 2005) was an English film director screenwriter and cinematographer African Americans or Black Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have origins in any of the black populations of Africa Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (ˈpwɑːtie born February 20, 1927) is an Oscar - Golden Globe - BAFTA - and Grammy Blindness is the condition of lacking Visual perception due to Physiological or Neurological factors White People is the second album by Handsome Boy Modeling School. Female (♀ is the Sex of an Organism, or a part of an organism which produces ova (egg cells Mary Elizabeth Hartman ( December 23, 1943 – June 10, 1987) was an American Actress, best known for her performance Made in 1965 against the backdrop of the growing civil rights movement, the film explores racism from the perspective of "love is blind. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. " Shelley Winters won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her work in this film. Shelley Winters (August 18 1920 &ndash January 14 2006 was an American actress who appeared in dozens of films as well as on stage and television Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS
Scenes of Poitier and Hartman kissing were excised from the film when it was shown in movie theaters in the South. These scenes are intact in the DVD version. According to the DVD audio commentary, it was the decision of director Guy Green that A Patch of Blue be filmed in black-and-white, although color was available. Black-and-white is a number of Monochrome forms in Visual arts.
The film was adapted by Guy Green from the 1961 book "Be Ready with Bells and Drums" by the Australian author Elizabeth Kata. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Elizabeth Kata (1912 – 4 September 1998) was an Australian writer best known for Be Ready with Bells and Drums (1961 which was made into The book later won a Writer's Guild of America award. The Writers Guild of America is a generic term referring to the joint efforts of two different US labor unions The Writers Guild of America East (WGAE representing In addition to the Best Supporting Actress nomination for Winters, the film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Elizabeth Hartman), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White and Best Music, Score - Substantially Original. Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role is one of the Academy Awards of Merit presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS to The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is an Academy Award awarded each year to a Cinematographer for work in one particular Motion picture. The Academy Award for Original Music Score is presented to the best substantial body of music in the form of dramatic underscoring written specifically
"A Cinderella Named Elizabeth"
The film's creators also made a short about Hartman's selection to play the starring role. Short subject is a format description originally coined in the North American Film industry in the early period of cinema. The short, called "A Cinderella Named Elizabeth," focuses on her status as an unknown actress from the middle America town of Youngstown, Ohio, and includes segments from her screen test and associated "personality test," in which the actress is filmed while being herself and answering questions about everyday topics such as her taste in clothing. Cinderella ( French: Cendrillon, Slovak: Popoluška, German: Aschenputtel, Spanish: Cenicienta Middle America is an American Colloquialism used to describe either a cultural mindset or region of the United States that geographically comprises the Youngstown is a city in the US state of Ohio and the County seat of Mahoning County. Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads For the BBC TV series see Screen Test. A screen test is a method of determining the suitability of an Actor or actress for Fashion refers to styles of dress (but can also include cuisine literature art architecture and general comportment that are popular in a culture at any given time The short also shows her visiting the Braille Institute of America to watch blind people being trained to do handwork — similar to the beadwork her character does in the film — and to perform tasks of daily living and self-care, of the sort that Poitier's character teaches Selina to do. Beadwork is the art or craft of attaching Beads to one another or to cloth using a needle and thread [1]
Notes
- ^ "A Cinderella Named Elizabeth" via AOL Video. Retrieved November 25, 2007.
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