Sweet Bird of Youth

Sweet Bird of Youth

95 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 1, 1989

Aging movie star Alexandra del Lago, also known as Princess Kosmonopolis, fears her career is overdue to her fading youthful looks. She takes up with a handsome young man, Chance Wayne, who once had promise as an actor, but who has fallen into the life of a gigolo. Together, they travel to Chance's hometown, where he hopes to regain the love of his one-time girlfriend Heavenly Finley. But Chance's departure years before has destroyed Heavenly's possibilities of a happy life, and her father, Tom "Boss" Finley wants revenge on Chance. Chance hopes to take Heavenly with him to start the movie career he believes the Princess offers him, but she is so fragile in her dread of lost youth that no one's dreams seem likely to come true.

Sweet Bird of Youth

95 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 1, 1989

Sweet Bird of Youth
Aging movie star Alexandra del Lago, also known as Princess Kosmonopolis, fears her career is overdue to her fading youthful looks. She takes up with a handsome young man, Chance Wayne, who once had promise as an actor, but who has fallen into the life of a gigolo. Together, they travel to Chance's hometown, where he hopes to regain the love of his one-time girlfriend Heavenly Finley. But Chance's departure years before has destroyed Heavenly's possibilities of a happy life, and her father, Tom "Boss" Finley wants revenge on Chance. Chance hopes to take Heavenly with him to start the movie career he believes the Princess offers him, but she is so fragile in her dread of lost youth that no one's dreams seem likely to come true.
IMDb rating 5.4
Producers NBC, Multicom entertainment, Atlantic/Kushner-Locke
Original title Sweet Bird of Youth
Directors Nicolas Roeg
Writers Gavin Lambert, Tennessee Williams

Cast

Elizabeth Taylor

as Alexandra Del Lago

Mark Harmon

as Chance Wayne

Valerie Perrine

as Miss Lucy

Seymour Cassel

as Hatcher

Rip Torn

as Boss Finley

Kevin Geer

as Tom Junior

Ronnie Claire Edwards

as Aunt Nonnie

Cheryl Paris

as Heavenly Finley

Megan Blake

as Violet