The glitch comes when one is the handsome africanamerican doctor john prentice sidney poitier and the other is the idealistic white joanna drayton katharine houghton. The film was a box office success, and was nominated for 10 oscars 1 win, best actress in leading role, katharine hepburn, when it. What the film captured was the social codes that existed around race and relationship and the tension that existed for both blacks and whites. Frasier guess whos coming to breakfast tv episode 1994 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Christina applegate wears a long blond wig for most of the 10th season because she had actually cut her hair short and dyed it red for her role in the film nowhere 1997 which was filmed the summer between the 9th and 10th seasons. Guess who s coming to breakfast in the years leading to the outbreak of the first world war and then spanning the next 23 postwar years, an apartment at no 5 raymond. With kelsey grammer, jane leeves, david hyde pierce, peri gilpin. Guess whos coming to dinner written by william rose. His most popular title was guess whos coming to breakfast. Guess whos coming to dinner 1967 release info imdb. Stanley kramer took a chance by directing this film, since race relations were a major source of. Watch guess whos coming to dinner movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at.
In adapting the iconic film guess whos coming to dinner, playwright todd kreidler has created a portrait of race relations in america as intimate, provocative, and poignant today as the original was in 1967. It stars spencer tracy, sidney poitier, and katharine hepburn, and features hepburns niece katharine houghton the film was one of the few films of the time to depict an interracial marriage in a positive light, as interracial marriage historically had been. You say you dont want to tell me how to live my life. Mama wanker moves in with the bundys after fighting with her husband. Complete with great packaging, source material, pictures, etc. Popular buffalo morning talk show am buffalo is set to broadcast live from the massimo capra fallsview dining room located in the crowne plaza niagara falls. Matt spencer tracy and christina katharine hepburn getting ice cream, staying calm, upon learning that dr. Charlie gibson well, today is my day on gmas guess whos coming to breakfast series. Guess whos coming to dinner appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 1. Guess whos coming to dinner is a 1967 american comedydrama film produced and directed by stanley kramer, and written by william rose. Guess whos coming to dinner was filmed during the height of racial tensions in the united states. The poster for the 1967 film guess whos coming to dinner. This comedydrama was considered daring in its time.
Really, since we decided to have this great breakfast series. Guess whos coming to dinner 1967 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors. Frasier is surprised and flustered when a neighbor spends the night with martin, and quickly makes a fool of himself talking about it over the air. The film centers around a young white woman, who comes home to visit her parents with her fiance. Diahann carroll and sidney poitier in 1962, following completion of the film paris blues. Guess who is a 2005 american comedy film about race relations directed by kevin rodney sullivan. Classic groundbreaking 1967 movie about an interracial couple and the white parents reaction upon meeting the black boyfriend for the first time. Guess whos coming to dinner was released on december 12, 2012 and was an instant a box office success. Sidney poitier and katharine houghton for guess whos coming to. The film stars bernie mac, ashton kutcher, and zoe saldana. Katharine hepburn was a spirited and eccentric actress who appeared in such classic films as the african queen, guess whos coming to dinner and on golden pond. In guess whos coming to dinner, two young people fall in love.
Guess whos not coming to breakfast, lunch or dinner. A lesson in racial tolerance and etiquette, it starred katharine hepburn who won an oscar and tracy in his last. And i agree that the film takes its stance in a social vacuum. Martin is furious with frasier when he spills the secrets of his father s love life on the air. Both are well educated and support and love each other. The upperclass liberal draytons katharine hepburn and spencer tracy and working class prentices beah richards and roy glenn are thrown. Hepburn never saw the completed film, saying the memories of tracy were too painful. One can hardly complain about the performances when tracy and hepburn combine as the leads, but kramers well.
W ith melinda and melinda, woody allen is back on form. A big problem with 1967s guess whos coming to dinner is the. From director stanley kramer s credits, sidney poitier and katharine houghton katharine hepburn s niece, in her movie debut arrive san francisco, at her mom s gallery, meeting hillary virginia christine, in guess who s coming to dinner, 1967, starring hepburn and spencer tracy. It is a loose remake of guess whos coming to dinner, a film about an african american man marrying a white woman. Starring katherine hepburn, spencer tracy, sidney poitier, katherine houghton, roy. It would be easy to tear the plot to shreds and catch kramer in the act of copping out. This is a classic movie from 1967, it stars spencer tracy and katherine hepburn. America was in turmoil, and the film was a statement on race relations in the united states. It was their last film together and with katharines niece who many believed to be. Guess whos coming to dinner huntington theatre company. Watch guess whos coming to dinner online 1967 movie yidio. The film was a success in the racially volatile year of 1967 and was.
As his foil, tracy is the chic equestrienne with citric blouse and jade pendant whos capable of kicking shins when required. Brought to you by abel pet clinic, a full service veterinary hospital in elk grove california. The film relies very heavily on the use of dialog and reflects the elegance of a time when people were entertained by stimulating conversation. First of all, the film takes place almost entirely in the draytons house. Guess whos coming to dinner without a doubt was groundbreaking for its time, through its portrayal of the relationship shared between a white woman and a black man. While a few minor concerns dampened my enthusiasm, for the most part the dvd offered a. Find images and videos about love, paris and breakfast on we. I have posted a comment on face boook as gues whos coming to dinner one of our favourite film as it happened in our life as we my wife and i are of mix race and we met in 1967 got. On march 20, 1967, director stanley kramer brought the cast and crew of guess whos coming to dinner to san francisco to take establishing shots of the city. Guess whos coming to breakfast, lunch and dinner imdb. Cognition and stereotypes in guess who is coming to. Guess who was loosely adapted from the 1967 hit guess whos coming to dinner, though the race of the prospective father and son have been swapped, and the original film s comic undercurrent has.
Set in 1956 propaganda filled, nuclear bomb scared america, the swanson family has a peculiar taste for entertaining their guests. Wkbw am buffalo to broadcast live from niagara falls on friday december 10 th, 2010. Analysis guess whos coming to dinner us history in film. The film was released in december 1967, six months after his death. Reviewed in the united states on february 16, 2017. Fathom events, turner classic movies and sony pictures entertainment are bringing guess whos coming to dinner to select cinemas nationwide for a special twoday event, which also includes an introduction from a tcm host. Other articles where guess whos coming to dinner is discussed. Sidney poitier and katharine houghton for guess whos coming to dinner, 1967. Yes, there are serious faults in stanley kramers guess whos coming to dinner, but they are overcome by the virtues of this delightfully oldfashioned film. You tell me what rights ive got or havent got, and what i owe to you for what youve done for me. An idea that perrin keeps returning to in her writing on guess whos coming to dinner is the film s simplification of racial politics 846.
This study guide consists of approximately 22 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of guess whos coming to dinner. Sarah dessen ive been looking forward to this all morning. Guess whos coming to dinner 1967, directed by stanley. Stanley kramers wellintentioned drama of interracial romance has its share of cringeworthy moments from a 21st century perspective, but its the jawdropping moment when potential fatherinlaw matt drayton spencer tracy casually warns the terribly nice, wellheeled couple that if they marry theyll be criminals in 16 states that gives you a sense of the times. This film was clearly in line with the civil rights of the late 1960s. Ever seen guess whos coming to dinner with ashton kushner. The film guess who is coming to dinner stanley kramer, 1967 was an attempt to answer this question by bringing up the topic of interracial marriage.
A family thing 1996, the four seasons 1981, dad 1989, catfish in black bean sauce 1999, junebug 2005. The star studded cast of the movie included long time on screen duo, katharine hepburn and spencer tracey. Prentice sidney poitier, meantime berated by their maid tillie isabell sanford, hopes to marry their daughter, in guess whos coming to dinner, 1967. Frasier guess whos coming to breakfast tv episode 1994. Best movies like guess whos coming to dinner bestsimilar. In 1967, the summer it was released, there were more than 40 race riots in the states, including the famous detroit riots. This film instead focuses on an african american woman marrying a white man. Guess whos coming to dinner 18 movie clip pleased to meet. Also including oscar winner sidney poitier, who was undoubtedly one the most famous black actors of the day, and new comer katharine houghton hepburns niece. The 1967 movie guess whos coming to dinner casts katharine houghton opposite sidney poitier, as well as spencer tracy and katharine. The film was a success in the racially volatile year of 1967 and was nominated for 10 academy awards, including best picture, and won for hepburn and screenwriter william rose. Matt spencer tracy tells christina katharine hepburn about johns impressive background, but matt panics when he learns that johns parents are coming to dinner. Looking back at guess whos coming to dinner sfgate.