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Overview
Review
Cast
Production Credits
Awards
Picnic
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Year
Run Time
1955
113 min.
Work Rating
Countries
MPAA Rating
USA
Category
Color Type
Feature
Color
Director
Joshua Logan
Genres
Romance
Drama
Types
Americana
Rural Drama
Flags
Suitable for Children
Adult Situations
Keywords
drifter
fiancee
friendship
lust
schoolteacher
small-town
spinster
sexual-attraction
Themes
Love Triangles
Small-Town Life
Self-Destructive Romance
Tones
Literate
Atmospheric
Stylized
Talky
Tense
Cinematic Process
CinemaScope
From play
Picnic
Set In
small town
Produced by
Columbia Pictures
AMG Work ID
V 38083
Corrections to this Entry?
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
W
Best Color Art Direction
Jo Mielzinger
,
William Flannery
,
Robert Priestley
1955
N
Best Director
Joshua Logan
1955
N
Best Drama or Comedy Score
George Duning
1955
W
Best Editing
Charles Nelson
,
William Lyon
1955
N
Best Picture
1955
N
Best Supporting Actor
Arthur O'Connell
1955
British Academy of Film and Television Arts
N
Best British Film
1956
Directors Guild of America
N
Best Director
Joshua Logan
1955
Hollywood Foreign Press Association
W
Best Director
Joshua Logan
1955
National Board of Review
N
Best Picture
1955