Separate Tables

"The international stage success seen by more than 42 million people in 145 cities all over the world!"

1958 1h 38m EN

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7.1

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67%

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METACRITIC

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7.3

IMDB

★7.1TMDB · 139🍅67%Rotten Tomatoes●68Metacritic★7.3IMDB · 10,007

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Synopsis

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The lives of a disparate group of unfulfilled people converge at a small, seaside English hotel.

“The international stage success seen by more than 42 million people in 145 cities all over the world!”

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Cast

Deborah Kerr
Sibyl Railton-Bell
Rita Hayworth
Ann Shankland
David Niven
Angus Pollock
Wendy Hiller
Pat Cooper
Burt Lancaster
John Malcolm
Gladys Cooper
Mrs. Railton-Bell
Cathleen Nesbitt
Gladys Matheson
Felix Aylmer
Mr. Fowler

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Delbert Mann
Writers: Terence Rattigan, John Gay
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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68 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Delbert Mann, shot by Charles Lang. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by David Raksin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Charles Ennis shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Deborah Kerr and Rita Hayworth and David Niven carry the top of the cast.

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WORLD

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Marketing tagline: "The international stage success seen by more than 42 million people in 145 cities all over the world!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0052182 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Delbert Mann directs. Charles Lang behind the camera. David Raksin scores. Charles Ennis cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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168 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Directed by Delbert Mann, shot by Charles Lang. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by David Raksin. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Charles Ennis shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Deborah Kerr and Rita Hayworth and David Niven carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "The international stage success seen by more than 42 million people in 145 cities all over the world!".
7IMDB entry: tt0052182 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 9 themes, including "hotel", "based on play or musical", "scandal", "major".

The technical file

Cinematography: Charles Lang
Original score: David Raksin
Editing: Charles Ennis
Production design: Harry Horner
Costume design: Edith Head
Makeup / hair: Frank Prehoda
Runtime: 98 min · 1h 38m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Separate Tables (1958)
Rotten Tomatoes: 67% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 68/100
IMDB rating: 7.3/10 · 10,007 votes
MPAA: Approved
US box office: $7,400,000

Awards

Won 2 Oscars. 7 wins & 15 nominations total

National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
Academy Award for Best Actor

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Delbert Mann

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What people are saying

talisencrw2016-01-19
★ 9/10
Mann's film will certainly please those who are fans of 'Grand Hotel' and other such star-packed films with a soap operatic-flavor, although it definitely is smaller in scale. It has several of my favourite stars from that era, such as Deborah Kerr, Rita Hayworth, David Niven, Dame Wendy Hiller, Burt Lancaster and Rod Taylor, and their interplay befits such fine casting. It's weird seeing Lancaster and Niven cast as rogues, that a film set in Dorset, England was made entirely in Hollywood and that the screenplay was an amalgamation of two one-act plays by Terence Rattigan, opened up in order to include more stars. The endeavor worked, as Best Adapted Screenplay was one of its seven Oscar nominations (it ended up winning two, for Niven and Hiller's performances). I heartily recommend the film to anyone who enjoys either any of the aforementioned stars or fine films of the era (especially ones about the British, and ones derived from the stage). It'll certainly be 100 minutes worthy of your effort--Mann was one of the best at this sort of thing (also see 'Marty' if you have any such doubts)...

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