Metropolitan

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Awards

Academy Awards 1991 - Nominated - Best Original Screenplay

Deauville Film Festival 1990 - Won - Critics Award

Independent Spirit Awards 1991 - Nominated - Best Female Lead

Independent Spirit Awards 1991 - Nominated - Best Screenplay

Academy Awards 1991 - Nominated - Best Original Screenplay

Deauville Film Festival 1990 - Won - Critics Award

Independent Spirit Awards 1991 - Nominated - Best Female Lead

Independent Spirit Awards 1991 - Nominated - Best Screenplay

Independent Spirit Awards 1991 - Won - Best First Feature

Locarno International Film Festival 1990 - Nominated - Golden Leopard

Locarno International Film Festival 1990 - Won - Silver Leopard

NYFCC Awards 1990 - Won - Best New Director

Sundance Film Festival 1990 - Nominated - Grand Jury Prize

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Metropolitan

Director:
Whit Stillman
99 Minutes
 

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Film Synopsis

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.

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Details

Runtime:
99 min.

Genre:
Comedy

Country:
UNITED STATES

Language:
English/American

Color:
Color

Plot Summary

SPECIAL FEATURES: 

  • New, restored high-definition digital transfer, supervised by director Whit Stillman and cinematographer John Thomas
  • Audio commentary by Stillman, editor Christopher Tellefsen, and actors Chris Eigeman and Taylor Nichols
  • Rare outtakes and alternate casting, with commentary by Stillman
  • Optional English subtitles for the deaf and heard of hearing
  • A new essay by author and film scholar Luc Sante

 

 

 

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