United States
1990
99 minutes
Color
1.66:1
English
326
One of the great American independent films of the 1990s, writer-director Whit Stillman’s surprise hit Metropolitan is a sparkling comedic chronicle of a middle-class young man’s romantic misadventures among New York City’s debutante society. Stillman’s deft, literate dialogue and hilariously highbrow observations earned this debut film an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Screenplay. Alongside the wit and sophistication, though, lies a tender tale of adolescent anxiety.
| Audrey Rouget | Carolyn Farina |
| Tom Townsend | Edward Clements |
| Charlie Black | Taylor Nichols |
| Nick Smith | Christopher Eigeman |
| Jane Clark | Allison Rutledge-Parisi |
| Sally Fowler | Dylan Hundley |
| Cynthia McLean | Isabel Gillies |
| Fred Neff | Bryan Leder |
| Rick Von Sloneker | Will Kempe |
| Serena Slocum | Elizabeth Thompson |
| Director | Whit Stillman |
| Written, produced, and directed by | Whit Stillman |
| Line producer | Brian Greenbaum |
| Co-producer | Peter Wentworth |
| Cinematography | John Thomas |
| Editing | Christopher Tellefsen |
| Music | Mark Suozzo |
| with original music by | Tom Judson |
| and additional music by | Jock Davis, Billy Jokes and Joe B. Warner |
Known for creating some of American independent cinema’s chattiest characters, writer-director Whit Stillman (Metropolitan) is apparently feeling rather talkative himself this week. Stillman has popped up all over New York in interviews marking Criterion’s new special edition DVD release...
As a movie about debutantes and their dates, Whit Stillman’s Metropolitan came into the world, in 1990, looking lonely—and now, well, it looks lonelier yet. At the time, the idea of putting the American upper class on film—The Philadelphia Story aside—seemed like a sure way to keep...
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