The Nun's Story
Film
Matt Weinstock, Nov. 24, 1959...we're going to make those signals. A SUNDAY SCHOOL class got into a discussion of "The Nun's Story" the other day when it was found that several students as well as the teacher, Carl Monsen , had seen it. They were talking about Audrey... In this article: Defendant, Los Angeles, Misdemeanor, Los Angeles Times, The Nun's Story, and Audrey Hepburn |
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L.A. Times - Music News | October 18, 2009
Film scores featured in concerts around L.A. area
...month conducted the Dallas Symphony in Texas-themed film music ("Giant") and Orange County's Pacific Symphony in Audrey Hepburn film music ("The Nun's Story"), will over the next few weeks conduct "Psycho" in Calgary, Canada, and an all-John...
In this article: Los Angeles Philharmonic, John Williams, Hollywood Bowl, Pacific Symphony, Dallas Symphony, Ennio Morricone, Disney, and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
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www.csmonitor.com
Review: 'An Education'
...the young Audrey Hepburn. At other times, when Jenny's headmistress (Emma Thompson) is sternly lecturing her on the wages of sin, she seems a bit like the reticent but prideful Hepburn of "The Nun's Story." Jenny is too special to be...
In this article: An Education, Carey Mulligan, Peter Sarsgaard, Lone Scherfig, Emma Thompson, and Audrey Hepburn
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Wikipedia | October 01, 2008
Sisters of Charity of Jesus and Mary
...on helping the needy and the sick. From this Congregation came Sister Marie Louise Habets, the nun portrayed as Sister Luke / Gabrielle Van der Mal in the book of Kathryn Hulme entitled The Nun's Story. Her character was played by Audrey...
In this article: Mary, Marie Louise Habets, Roman Catholic, Kathryn Hulme, and Audrey Hepburn
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www.washingtonpost.com | February 10, 2009
Obituaries
...Dillon. His work in Hollywood included screenplays for "The Nun's Story" (1959) with Audrey Hepburn, for which he received an Academy Award nomination, and "The Sand Pebbles," a 1966 Steve McQueen drama set in 1920s China. Orlando...
In this article: Phil Carey, Asa Buchanan, New York, Tea and Sympathy, Audrey Hepburn, Orlando "Cachaito" Lopez, Broadway, Buena Vista Social Club, Academy Award, and Surgery
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Fred Zinnemann
...act heroically in defence of his or her beliefs. Hepburn in The Nun's Story and Cooper in High Noon, determined to confront savage outlaws hungry for revenge, are two other prominent examples. Paul Scofield as Sir Thomas More in A Man For All...
In this article: Fred Zinnemann, Academy Awards, High Noon, Hollywood, Billy Wilder, Spencer Tracy, Audrey Hepburn, Gary Cooper, Frank Sinatra, and Benjy
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Variety - Army Archerd | June 04, 2008
Mel Ferrer Recalled Here - Army Archerd on Variety.com
...and reported as part of my archival column on April 25. It was in the "2008 Update" portion of a June 19, 1958, interview with Audrey Hepburn on the "Nun's Story" set in Rome. This April I reached Mel in a convalescent facility near his...
In this article: Mel Ferrer, Surgery, Nun's Story, Audrey Hepburn, and Rome
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Audrey Hepburn
...in 1957 was one of Hepburn's favourites because she got to dance with Fred Astaire. Then in 1959's The Nun's Story '' came one of her most daring roles. ''Films in Review stated: "Her performance will forever silence those who have thought...
In this article: Audrey Hepburn, Mel Ferrer, Unicef, Roman Holiday, Academy Awards, Hubert de Givenchy, William Holden, Robert Wolders, and Gregory Peck
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The Nun's Story (film)
...from Another Medium . The Nun's Story was a major box office success in its day and was considered, for a time, to be the most financially successful of Hepburn's films and one the actress often cited as her favorite. Hepburn met...
In this article: Audrey Hepburn, Kathryn Hulme, Marie Louise Habets, Academy Awards, World War II, BBC Radio 4, Bruce Wayne, and Batman
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The Miracle (1959 film)
...was also a nun having doubts about her vocation, as in ''The Miracle. The Nun's Story had been a commercial and critical smash hit, garnering several Oscar nominations. Both that film and The Miracle were produced by Henry Blanke, and most...
In this article: The Miracle, Virgin Mary, Carroll Baker, Battle of Waterloo, Warner Bros., Roger Moore, and Audrey Hepburn
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Description from Wikipedia:
The Nun's Story is the title of a dramatic film that was released by Warner Bros. in 1959.
Based upon the 1956 novel of the same title by Kathryn Hulme, the story tells of the life of Sister Luke (played by Audrey Hepburn), a young woman who decides to enter a convent but ultimately finds it hard to adjust to the sacrifices required of her. The book was based upon the life of Marie-Louise Habets, a Belgian nurse who similarly spent time as a nun.
A major portion of the film takes place in the Belgian Congo where Sister Luke assists Dr. Fortunati (Peter Finch) in helping treat the lepers of the area.
The film version follows the book fairly closely, although there is an added level of sexual tension present in the relationship between Dr. Fortunati and Sister Luke that is absent from the novel. Also appearing in the film were Edith Evans, Peggy Ashcroft, Dean Jagger, Mildred Dunnock, Colleen Dewhurst, and Beatrice Straight.
It was nominated for several Academy Awards including Best Actress in a Leading Role (Audrey Hepburn), Best Cinematography, Color, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, Best Picture, Best Sound and Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium.
- Name:
- The Nun's Story
- Release Date:
- July 18, 1959
- Directed By:
- Fred Zinnemann
- Produced by:
- Henry Blanke
- Written By:
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- Robert Anderson
- from the novel by Kathryn Hulme
- Editor:
- Walter Thompson
- Cinematography:
- Franz Planer
- Music By:
- Franz Waxman
- Distributed By:
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Length:
- 149 min
- Language:
- English
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