Stevie (1978 film)

Stevie is a 1978 British biographical film directed by Robert Enders, and starring Glenda Jackson, Trevor Howard, Mona Washbourne, and Alec McCowen. It was based on the play Stevie by Hugh Whitemore.[1]

Stevie
Directed byRobert Enders
Written by
Starring
CinematographyFreddie Young
Edited byPeter Tanner
Music byPatrick Gowers
Production
companies
Distributed byScotia-Barber
Release date
1978
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Plot

The film is about the life of the British poet Stevie Smith (played by Glenda Jackson), and centres on Smith's relationship with her aunt (Mona Washbourne), with whom she lived for many years in a house in Palmers Green, London.[2]

Cast

Release and reception

Studios that distributed the film included The Samuel Goldwyn Company in the U.S., Hoyts in Australia, and Universal Pictures internationally.

Film critic Roger Ebert rated the film a perfect 4 out of 4 stars, and wrote "It contains one of Glenda Jackson's greatest performances. She knows this character well... She does what great actors can do: She takes a character who might seem uninteresting, and makes us care deeply about the uneventful days of her life."[3]

Awards and nominations
Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref
Boston Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Mona Washbourne Won [4]
British Academy Film Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated [5]
Golden Globe Awards Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama Glenda Jackson Nominated [6]
Best Supporting Actress Mona Washbourne Nominated
Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards Best Supporting Actress Won [7]
National Board of Review Awards Top Ten Films Won [8]
Best Actress Glenda Jackson Won
Best Supporting Actress Mona Washbourne Won
National Society of Film Critics Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated [9]
New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Actress Glenda Jackson Won [10]
Best Supporting Actress Mona Washbourne Won

References
  1. Stevie (1978)
  2. "Movie Review: Stevie" New York Times, 19 June 1981. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  3. Ebert, Roger. Roger Ebert's Four-Star Reviews 1967-2007. Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2008 p. 727.
  4. "BSFC Winners: 1980s". Boston Society of Film Critics. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  5. "BAFTA Awards: Film in 1979". BAFTA. 1979. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  6. "Stevie – Golden Globes". HFPA. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  7. "L.A. critics rate 'Coming Home' best". The Spokesman-Review. 23 December 1978. Retrieved 28 December 2017 – via Google News Archive.
  8. "1981 Award Winners". National Board of Review. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  9. "Past Awards". National Society of Film Critics. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
  10. "1981 New York Film Critics Circle Awards". Mubi. Retrieved 14 September 2022.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.