Metropolitan (1990)

Director:

Whit Stillman

Writer:

Whit Stillman (writer)

Release Date:

3 August 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Finally... A film about the downwardly mobile.

Plot:

A group of young upper-class Manhattanites are blithely passing through the gala debutante season, when an unusual outsider joins them and stirs them up.

Plot Keywords:

Upper Class | Apartment | Debutante | New York | Socialite

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 4 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Carolyn Farina	...	Audrey Rouget
Edward Clements	...	Tom Townsend
Chris Eigeman	...	Nick Smith (as Christopher Eigeman)
Taylor Nichols	...	Charlie Black
Allison Parisi	...	Jane Clark
Dylan Hundley	...	Sally Fowler
Isabel Gillies	...	Cynthia McLean
Bryan Leder	...	Fred Neff
Will Kempe	...	Rick Von Sloneker
Ellia Thompson	...	Serena Slocum (as Elizabeth Thompson)
Stephen Uys	...	Victor Lemley
Roger W. Kirby	...	Man at Bar (Dick Edwards)
Alice Connorton	...	Mrs. Townsend
Linda Gillies	...	Mrs. Rouget
John Lynch	...	Allen Green (as John Lynch)

Runtime:

98 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Sweden:Btl | USA:PG-13

Filming Locations:

Cornwall, New York, USA

Company:

Allagash Films

Trivia:

Whit Stillman started writing the script in the summer of 1984 and finished it in November of 1988.

Quotes:

Man at Bar: The acid test is whether you take any pleasure in responding to the question "What do you do?" I can't bear it.

Movie Connections:

Features The Yule Log (1966) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Tell Me

A New Classic

A wonderful, marvelous, funny movie that I watch at least once a year. A true gem-the writing is great, the cast is perfect, and the arch, somewhat affected performances more than do the trick-that's who these people are! Arch, affected, wanna be know it all rich kid snobs whose currency in life is their intellect and class standing. The fact that the action takes place in a few small apartments only heightens the genius of this film-these locations represent the small world in which these young people's lives intersect, in how they dole out their verbiage, how much belonging to a small group of people can dictate the every day thoughts of each member of the gang. The kids have not yet lived enough to be fully forming the opinions they insist upon shoving down each others throats, and the comedy comes from their own inexperience and total lack of thinking other wise. This is like a high brow Breakfast Club, smarter and much more fun for those of us not into stereotype titillation. With out a doubt on of my favorites.