The Night of the Iguana

The Night of The Iguana is a 1964film, directed by John Huston. The screenplay is based on the eponymous play by Tennessee Williams.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == An American clergyman, Lawrence Shannon, has doubts about his faith. During a sermon he turns his audience by and he hunts all the Church. He flees to the coast of Mexico and takes a job as a tour leader of a bus trip.
 * 2 Cast
 * 3 Academy Award
 * 4 Other nominations
 * 5 Trivia
 * 6 external link

When he guides a group of female passengers, he comes heavily into temptation. One of the passengers, Charlotte, is an underage girl that is in love with him. His mistress, Judith Fellowes also travels with it and she warns him to stay away at Charlotte . However, she continues to forward to him.

As Charlotte creeps in bed at night at Lawrence and then by Judith gets caught, he will let him prosecute Judith calls that seduction of a minor. He will also never allowed to work as a priest. In desperation he takes the group to a secluded hotel by a former friend. Once there, he makes the bus inoperable.

That friend turns out to be recently died and his widow Mauxime now has the lead. It also turns out to be constructed which now telephone contact with the outside world is possible and Judith still is able to pass her complaint.

The emotions run to rise up the Lawrence Capoeiradanserseven tries to fight with two. Eventually, the bus leaves the group without their repaired and tour leader.

Lawrence is now distraught, turns again by and tries to commit suicide. He is saved and as a precaution, tied up in a hammock.

Hannah, a woman who along with her grandpa in the hotel stay, talk to him. After a good conversation makes them him loose. In turn frees Lawrence, highly symbolic, a Mauxime as a pet iguana that was held. The same evening the deceased grandfather of Hannah. This is by Lawrence as a liberation for the old suffering man, seen.Lawrence comes back closer to the faith.

Hannah departs from the hotel the next morning. After a short feud together the hotel Lawrence and decide to revive Mauxime. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Academy Award<span class="mw-editsection" len="343" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">In 1965 the film was nominated for four Oscars:
 * Richard Burton: T. Lawrence Shannon
 * Ava Gardner: Maxine Faulk
 * Deborah Kerr: Hannah Jelkes
 * Sue Lyon: Charlotte Goodall
 * James Ward: Hank Prosner
 * Skip Ward: Hank Prosner
 * Mary Boylan: Miss Peebles
 * Grayson Hall: Judith Fellowes
 * Cyril Delevanti: Nonno
 * Gladys Hill: Miss Dexter

<p lang="en" len="84" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Only the nomination for the best costume design was actually silver plated. ==Other nominations<span class="mw-editsection" len="347" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p lang="en" len="50" style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The Night of The Iguana was also nominated for:
 * Best Costume Design
 * Best Art Direction
 * Best Cinematography
 * Best Supporting Actress

==Trivia<span class="mw-editsection" len="336" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * BAFTA Award for best actress.
 * five Golden Globe Awards
 * Award from the Directors Guild of America
 * Laurel Award
 * Award from the Writers Guild of America
 * The film took out a price for the best actress (Ava Gardner) at the San Sebastián international film festival.
 * The film was shot on location in the Mexican village of Puerto Vallarta. During the filming Richard Burton had a relationship with Elizabeth Taylor. Because, although they had no role, right on the set stayed pulled a whole bevy paparazzo to the village. This made Puerto Vallarta world-famous and the village would become a great tourist place. Out of gratitude the City Council has therefore put a statue of John Huston.
 * In the original play also came for a Nazi tourist . This was omitted In the film.
 * Actress Greer Garson was offered a role, but they turned down this offer.