Die Vorstellungen eines Paares werden auf die Probe gestellt, als ihnen ihre Tochter ihren afroamerikanischen Verlobten vorstellt.Die Vorstellungen eines Paares werden auf die Probe gestellt, als ihnen ihre Tochter ihren afroamerikanischen Verlobten vorstellt.Die Vorstellungen eines Paares werden auf die Probe gestellt, als ihnen ihre Tochter ihren afroamerikanischen Verlobten vorstellt.
- 2 Oscars gewonnen
- 11 Gewinne & 25 Nominierungen insgesamt
- Mr. Prentice
- (as Roy E. Glenn Sr.)
- Tillie
- (as Isabell Sanford)
- Mailman
- (Nicht genannt)
- Small Role
- (Nicht genannt)
Handlung
WUSSTEST DU SCHON:
- WissenswertesIn the scene near the end where Spencer Tracy gives his memorable soliloquy, Katharine Hepburn has tears in her eyes in the background. This was not acting; she knew that her longtime paramour was gravely ill and was moved by his remarks about how true love endures through the years.
- PatzerDuring all the scenes on the patio, neither the clouds nor the water ever move, revealing the "lovely view" is merely a painted background.
- Zitate
John: You listen to me. You say you don't want to tell me how to live my life. So what do you think you've been doing? You tell me what rights I've got or haven't got, and what I owe to you for what you've done for me. Let me tell you something. I owe you nothing! If you carried that bag a million miles, you did what you're supposed to do! Because you brought me into this world. And from that day you owed me everything you could ever do for me like I will owe my son if I ever have another. But you don't own me! You can't tell me when or where I'm out of line, or try to get me to live my life according to your rules. You don't even know what I am, Dad, you don't know who I am. You don't know how I feel, what I think. And if I tried to explain it the rest of your life you will never understand. You are 30 years older than I am. You and your whole lousy generation believes the way it was for you is the way it's got to be. And not until your whole generation has lain down and died will the dead weight of you be off our backs! You understand, you've got to get off my back! Dad... Dad, you're my father. I'm your son. I love you. I always have and I always will. But you think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man. Now, I've got a decision to make, hm? And I've got to make it alone, and I gotta make it in a hurry. So would you go out there and see after my mother?
- Alternative VersionenWhen Monsignor Ryan is added to the guest list, Joey goes to tell Tillie. Joey asks "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?" and Tillie replies "Reverend Martin Luther King". Following the assassination of King, this was removed - Joey says she'll tell Tillie but we see nothing more. Several months later, this gag was restored.
- VerbindungenEdited into Starring Katharine Hepburn (1981)
- SoundtracksGlory of Love
(1936)
by Billy Hill
Sung by Jacqueline Fontaine at the restaurant
Sung offscreen by a chorus during opening and closing credits
Played in the score often
We are treated to first class acting from Sidney Poitier who is arguable one of the greatest and most dignified actors to grace the screen. Great performances from Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn who play shocked and concerned parents. This film also focused on the important issue of walking the talk, righteous people who preach certain ways of living but we see it put to the test when they themselves are in that situation. The parents who raised a unbiased and open minded daughter must deal with her choices.
Spencer Tracey's speech to his daughter and Sidney is one of the best in film. He passes on an important message of understanding and righteousness to not just his daughter and son in law to be but the rest of America watching. A showcase of brilliant acting and messages in a film that was ahead of its time.
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Details
- Erscheinungsdatum
- Herkunftsland
- Sprachen
- Auch bekannt als
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- Drehorte
- Mel's Drive-in - 5199 Mission Street, at Rolph Street, San Francisco, Kalifornien, USA(ice cream drive-in location)
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Box Office
- Budget
- 4.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 56.666.667 $
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 56.666.797 $