- The Sandpiper
Infobox Film
name =The Sandpiper
image_size =175px
caption =film poster byHoward Terpning
director =Vincente Minnelli
producer =Martin Ransohoff
writer =Irene Kamp Louis Kamp
Michael WilsonDalton Trumbo
starring =Elizabeth Taylor Richard Burton Eva Marie Saint Charles Bronson
music =Johnny Mandel
cinematography =Milton R. Krasner
editing =David Bretherton
distributor =Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
released = 1965
runtime = 117 min
language =
budget =
imdb_id = 0059674"The Sandpiper" is a 1965 film starring
Richard Burton andElizabeth Taylor . It was directed byVincente Minnelli . Taylor portrays a free-spirited, unwed single mother living with her young son in an isolated beach house on the California coast. Her son gets into trouble with the law, and a judge orders her to send the boy to an Episcopalboarding school where Burton is headmaster. Burton's priest character is initially horrified by Taylor's unconventional morals, but the two quickly begin a torrid extramarital affair.The film also stars
Eva Marie Saint as Burton's long-suffering wife andCharles Bronson as a beach bum and sculptor. The song from this picture, "The Shadow Of Your Smile ", won theAcademy Award .Morgan Mason , son ofJames Mason and nowBelinda Carlisle 's husband, played Taylor's son. The German singerNico was an extra in a scene set at Nepenthe inBig Sur .External links
*imdb title|id=0059674|title=The Sandpiper
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