Sanctuaire

Original title: Sanctuary

1961
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1h 30m

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Lee Remick and Yves Montand in Sanctuaire (1961)

William Faulkner's steamy tale set in the South in the 1920s. Governer's daughter is seduced and raped by a Cajun who returns after she's married to cause her further trouble.William Faulkner's steamy tale set in the South in the 1920s. Governer's daughter is seduced and raped by a Cajun who returns after she's married to cause her further trouble.William Faulkner's steamy tale set in the South in the 1920s. Governer's daughter is seduced and raped by a Cajun who returns after she's married to cause her further trouble.

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6.0/10

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Trivia
Tony Richardson's first film in America was a disastrous experience - for him, for the studio, and certainly for most of the (few) people who went to see it. Having established himself with off-beat and hard-hitting British movies and stage plays, he found himself bound by a contract requiring him to work in a studio (a new experience for him) and to use actors who had been already signed and contract crew members. He had to work from an existing script draft by James Poe, who was extremely unwilling to do the extensive rewriting that Richardson required. He had an abrasive relationship with set designer Jack Martin Smith (whose work on MGM musicals Richardson had greatly admired) and was also considerably compromised by strict American censorship. He strongly felt (as did many others) that Yves Montand was entirely miscast as a New Orleans low-life. The resulting film, over whose final editing he had little control, was a commercial and critical catastrophe, and has been very little seen since.

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Referenced in Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 1 (1999)

Soundtracks
Sanctuary
Music by Alex North
Lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman (as Marilyn Keith)
Performed by Julie London
Trombone: Richard Nash (uncredited)
Guitar: Tommy Tedesco (uncredited)

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4/10

Kinda Faulker...

"Sanctuary" was a racy novel written by William Faulkner. It is filled with all sorts of sleazy content...most of which I cannot put in my review since various words I'd need to use violate IMDB's standards. It was made into a film twice...once back in 1933 and it was infamous for being among the most inappropriate Pre-Code films ever made as well as this 1961 version. The 1933 film, despite its reputation, is actually an exceptional film and far less sleazy than the source material. The 1961 film is just fair...at best.

Lee Remick stars as Temple Drake and the movie starts with a black lady friend of hers being convicted and sentenced to death for murdering a baby. Later, you learn about Temple's life five years ago and how this relates, kinda, with the murder. The story includes a lot of sleazy content as well as Temple becoming a brutal man's extremely willing sex slave. Subtle it is not.

The book and movie vary in so many ways....which is odd. In some cases, the book is much more offensive (again, I cannot say how as IMDB would not publish my review if I did) and in others the film is very different and adds a lot of sleaze. The bottom line is that the movie, to me, wasn't very good and promoted a weird rape myth. I also didn't particularly enjoy it. To each his or her own.