America, America (1963)
Directed by Elia Kazan
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Americana, Family Drama |
Release Date - Dec 15, 1963 (USA) |
Run Time - 174 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
Filmmaker Elia Kazan based America, America on the early life of his Greek-immigrant uncle. Stavros Topouzoglow is the young immigrant, whose starry-eyed impressions of America are soon compromised by reality. Despite the casual cruelties, betrayals, and career setbacks, Stavros forms strong and lasting friendships which help him weather the worst. An Oscar went to the painstakingly accurate art direction of Gene Callahan. Despite moments that are not suitable for children, America, America won a rare "bell-ringer" rating from the high-school oriented Scholastic magazines back in 1963; in the years since, it has become a stalwart of the American Movie Classics cable service.
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survivor, immigrant, Greece