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Gentleman's Agreement 1947

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 118 min

genre: drama

director: Elia Kazan

Score: 6 / 10

Gentleman's Agreement is a 1947 American drama film based on Laura Z. Hobson's best-selling 1947 novel of the same title. It concerns a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who poses as a Jew to research an exposé on the widespread Anti-Semitism in New York City and the affluent communities of New Canaan and Darien, Connecticut. It was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won three: Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Celeste Holm), and Best Director (Elia Kazan).

Plot

Philip Schuyler Green is a widowed journalist who has just moved to New York City with his son Tommy and mother. Phil meets with magazine publisher John Minify, who asks Green, a Gentile, to write an article on anti-Semitism. He is not very enthusiastic at first, but after initially struggling with how to approach the topic in a fresh way, Phil is inspired to adopt a Jewish identity and writes about his first-hand experiences.

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author	Moss Hart
award	Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Connecticut New York City
director	Elia Kazan
editor	Harmon Jones
genre	drama
keywords	anti-semitism bully date epithet gentile hear heart condition house how to jewish family learn liberal liberalism in the united states moving in struggle widow
musicBy	Alfred Newman
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Actress Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Darryl F. Zanuck
publisher	20th Century Fox
recordedAt	Connecticut New York City