The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond
- Release Date
- January 1, 2008
- Director
- Jodie Markell
- Cast
- Bryce Dallas Howard , Chris Evans , Will Patton , Ann-Margret , Mamie Gummer , Jessica Collins
- Runtime
- 102
- Main Genre
- Drama
- Writers
- Tennessee Williams
Summary
Widely considered the most important American playwright of the post-WWII era, Williams wrote the "Teardrop Diamond" screenplay at the height of his late-50's heyday, amid such classic plays, (which themselves were adapted into classic films) as "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Suddenly, Last Summer," "Sweet Bird of Youth," and "Orpheus Descending." Set in the Roaring Twenties in Williams' (and Markell's) home town of Memphis, the film tells the story of Fisher Willow (Howard) a headstrong young heiress who chafes under the constraints of proper Southern society, and who rebels by asking the impoverished but handsome son of her father's caretaker, Jimmy Dobyne, (Evans) to escort her to the major social events of the season. The relationship is purely a business arrangement at the outset, with Fisher paying for Jimmy's time and attention, but when she discovers that she really loves him, she finds it impossible to re-write the rules and earn the affection she tried to buy.
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The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond Review
Bryce Dallas Howard gives a stunning performance in the adaptation of the long-forgotten Tennessee Williams' screenplay. While the script may have lost some of it's importance through the advent of time, the fine acting is able to make the film work.
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