All That Heaven Allows (U)
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Fri 12 Dec13:15Past event AD
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Sat 13 Dec15:20Past event AD
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Sun 14 Dec15:10Past event AD
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Mon 15 Dec17:40Past event AD
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Tue 16 Dec15:40Past event AD, CAP, Relaxed
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Wed 17 Dec12:35Past event AD, CAP 17:45Past event AD
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Thu 18 Dec13:30Past event AD 17:50Past event AD
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Fri 19 Dec15:55Past event AD, CAP
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Sun 21 Dec12:55Past event AD
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Mon 22 Dec12:30Past event AD, CAP
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Tue 23 Dec15:55Past event AD
Perhaps the most emblematic of all Douglas Sirk’s Hollywood melodramas, All That Heaven Allows centres on the romantic travails of an affluent widow in small-town USA.
Following the loss of her husband, Cary Scott’s life in suburban New England has settled into a safe – and rather staid – routine. But Cary risks the judgement of her friends and family when she tentatively begins a relationship with her gardener, Ron Kirby.
Jane Wyman and Rock Hudson reunited following 1954’s Magnificent Obsession, and give memorable performances in the lead roles once again. However, it is the film’s criticism of Cary’s stifling middle class milieu – often shown through Sirk’s precise use of mise en scène - that has been picked up and celebrated by critics and filmmakers alike.
All That Heaven Allows screens in December as part of Too Much: Melodrama on Film.
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- Director
- Douglas Sirk
- Cast
- Jane Wyman, Rock Hudson, Agnes Moorehead
- Duration
- 89 min
- Opening
- Fri 12 Dec
- Year
- 1955
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
Certificate: U