The sea of grass [videorecording] / screenplay by Marguerite Roberts and Vincent Lawrence ; produced by Pandro S. Berman ; directed by Elia Kazan ; a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture.
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FilmPublisher number: 3000035511 | Warner Home VideoLanguage: English Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Burbank, Calif. : Warner Home Video, 2011.Description: 1 videodisc (123 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inISBN: - 0780672585
- 9780780672581
- Director, Elia Kazan.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Usually associated with erudite, urbane comedies, the legendary screen team of Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy goes intensely dramatic in the expensive western Sea of Grass. Tracy plays cattle baron Colonel James Brewton, who staunchly opposes opening the western frontier to homesteaders. Standing steadfastly beside Brewton-at least at the beginning--is his headstrong wife Lutie (Hepburn). Eventually disillusioned by the stern implacability of her husband, Lutie leaves Brewton and goes off to Denver, where she falls in love with liberal attorney Brice Chamberlain (Melvyn Douglas), the champion of the homesteaders' cause. Upon giving birth to Chamberlain's son, Lutie confesses her indiscretion to Brewton, who takes the news with commendable restraint, even offering to accept the baby as his own. Unfortunately, the Brewtons' standing in the community is weakened by the revelation of Lutie's infidelity, causing her to leave her husband for a second time. Years later, Lutie's grown-up boy Brock (Robert Walker) drifts to the wrong side of the law, leading to his death at the hands of a posse. Though it hardly seems possible under the circumstances, Brewton and Lutie are at long last reconciled through the intervention of their daughter Sara Beth (Phyllis Thaxter). Elaborately produced in the traditional MGM manner and adroitly directed by Elia Kazan, Sea of Grass is still one of the lesser Tracy-Hepburns. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the novel by Conrad Richter.
Special features: Theater of life short give us the earth! ; classic cartoon The cat concerto ; theatrical trailer.
Director, Elia Kazan.
Katharine Hepburn, Melvyn Douglas, Robert Walker, Spencer Tracy.
Brewton's cattle empire includes a million acres of grazing land. Lutie marries him and they have a daughter Sara. Lutie goes alone to Denver where she and lawyer Chamberlain conceive a son Brock whom Jim later accepts with resignation. Long afterward Brock is killed by a posse and Susie brings Lutie and Jim together once more.
Not rated.
DVD, region 1, dual-layer, Dolby digital, full screen.
English dialogue; English, French or Spanish subtitles. Subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH).