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I Want to Live!

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Directed by Robert Wise
Produced by Claude Miller
Marcel Berbert
Written by Screenplay:
Nelson Gidding
Don Mankiewicz
Articles:
Ed Montgomery
Letters:
Barbara Graham
Starring Susan Hayward
Simon Oakland
Virginia Vincent
Theodore Bikel
Music by Johnny Mandel
Cinematography Lionel Lindon
Editing by William Hornbeck
Distributed by United Artists
Release date(s) November 18, 1958
Running time 120 minutes
Country United States
Language English
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I Want to Live! (1958) is a drama film noir directed by Robert Wise which tells the "true" story of a woman, Barbara Graham, convicted of murder and facing execution. Robert Wise ( September 10, 1914 &ndash September 14, 2005) was an American sound effects editor film editor and Academy Don Mankiewicz is a screenwriter Born in 1922 he is the son of Herman J Susan Hayward ( June 30, 1917 &ndash March 14, 1975) was an Academy Award -winning American Actress. Simon Oakland ( August 28, 1915 – August 29, 1983) was an American Actor of stage, screen, and Television Theodore Meir Bikel (born May 2 1924, Vienna, Austria) is an Academy Award - and Tony Award -nominated Character Johnny Mandel (born 23 November, 1925 in New York) is an American Composer and arranger of popular songs Film music William Hornbeck is an acclaimed Film editor. He was nominated four times of the Academy Award for Film Editing. This article is about the film studio Previously it was affiliated with a cinema chain bearing its name now owned by Regal Entertainment Group. Events 326 - The old St Peter's Basilica is consecrated 1302 - Pope Boniface VIII issues the Papal bull Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 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 1958 in film involved some significant events Events February 16- " In the Money " by William A drama film is a Film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation Robert Wise ( September 10, 1914 &ndash September 14, 2005) was an American sound effects editor film editor and Academy Barbara Graham, née Barbara Elaine Wood ( June 26, 1923 in Oakland California &ndash June 3, 1955 at San Quentin It features Susan Hayward, Simon Oakland, Stafford Repp, and Theodore Bikel. Susan Hayward ( June 30, 1917 &ndash March 14, 1975) was an Academy Award -winning American Actress. Simon Oakland ( August 28, 1915 – August 29, 1983) was an American Actor of stage, screen, and Television Stafford Alois Repp ( 26 April, 1918 - 5 November, 1974) was an American Actor best known for his role as Chief O'Hara Theodore Meir Bikel (born May 2 1924, Vienna, Austria) is an Academy Award - and Tony Award -nominated Character The movie was adapted from articles written by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Ed Montgomery based on letters written by Ms. The Pulitzer Prize, ˈpʊlɨtsɚ PULL-it-sər is an American award regarded as the highest national honor in Newspaper journalism, Graham. It was produced by Walter Wanger and directed by Robert Wise. Walter Wanger ( July 11, 1894 – November 18, 1968) was an Academy Award -winning American Film producer Robert Wise ( September 10, 1914 &ndash September 14, 2005) was an American sound effects editor film editor and Academy [1]

Despite the epilogue at the end of the film by Ed Montgomery that the film was factual - largely portraying Graham as innocent - there was substantial evidence to the fact that she was complicit in the murder. Hayward told Robert Osborne her research led her to conclude that Graham was guilty. Robert Jolin Osborne (born May 3, 1932 in Colfax Washington) is an American actor and film historian best known as the host of the Turner Classic

Despite this, the film has endured as a well known film, earning Hayward her Oscar for Best Actress in a Leading Role. 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

Contents

Plot

The film tells the story of the life and execution of Barbara Graham (Hayward) a prostitute, liar and addict. Graham is the product of a broken home, and works luring men into fixed card games.

At one point she attempts to go straight and marries the wrong man, and has a child.

When her life falls apart, she returns to her former profession and gets involved in a murder. She claims her innocence, yet is convicted and executed.

Cast

Critical reception

When released the staff at Variety magazine gave the film a favorable review, writing, "There is no attempt to gloss the character of Barbara Graham, only an effort to understand it through some fine irony and pathos. Variety is a weekly entertainment trade newspaper founded in New York in 1905 by Sime Silverman She had no hesitation about indulging in any form of crime or vice that promised excitement on her own, rather mean, terms. . . Hayward brings off this complex characterization. Simon Oakland, as Montgomery, who first crucified Barbara Graham in print and then attempted to undo what he had done, underplays his role with assurance. [2]

Film critic Bosley Crowther liked the film and wrote, ". Francis Bosley Crowther ( July 13, 1905 &ndash March 7, 1981) was a Film critic for The New York Times for . . Miss Hayward plays it superbly, under the consistently sharp direction of Robert Wise, who has shown here a stunning mastery of the staccato realistic style. From a loose and wise-cracking B-girl she moves onto levels of cold disdain and then plunges down to depths of terror and bleak surrender as she reaches the end. Except that the role does not present us a precisely pretty character, its performance merits for Miss Hayward the most respectful applause. "[3]

The review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 100% of critics gave the film a positive review, based on eleven reviews. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. "[4]

Awards

Wins

Nominations

Adaptation

I Want to Live! was remade for television in 1983. Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) It featured Lindsay Wagner, Martin Balsam, Pamela Reed, Harry Dean Stanton, Dana Elcar, Ellen Geer, Robert Ginty and Barry Primus. Lindsay Jean Wagner (born June 22, 1949) is an Emmy Award winning American actress, best known for her role as Jaime Sommers Martin Henry Balsam ( November 4, 1919 – February 13, 1996) was an Academy Award and Tony Award-winning American Pamela Reed (born April 2, 1949) is an American actress She is perhaps best known as playing Ruth Powers in various episodes of TV's Harry Dean Stanton (born July 14, 1926) is an American Actor. Dana Elcar ( October 10 1927 &ndash June 6 2005) was an American Television and movie Character actor Ellen Ware Geer (born August 29, 1941) is an American Actress, Professor, Screenwriter, Film director and Robert Ginty (born November 14 1948 in New York New York) is an American movie actor producer scenarist and director of movies and TV series episodes Barry Primus (born February 16 1938) is an American Television and Film actor

References

  1. ^ I Want to Live! at the Internet Movie Database.
  2. ^ Variety. Film review, 1958. Last accessed: March 24, 2008. Events 1401 - Mongol emperor Timur sacks Damascus. 1603 - James VI of Scotland 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common
  3. ^ Crowther, Bosley. The New York Times, film review, "Vivid Performance by Susan Hayward; Actress Stars in 'I Want to Live'," November 19, 1958. Events 1095 - The Council of Clermont, called by Pope Urban II to discuss sending the First Crusade to the Holy Land Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Last accessed: March 24, 2008.
  4. ^ I Want to Live! at Rotten Tomatoes. Rotten Tomatoes is a Website devoted to reviews information and news of Movies. Last accessed: March 24, 2008.

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