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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. The film is about a journalist (played by Gregory Peck) who pretends to be Jewish to research an exposé on the widespread antisemitism 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

Widowed journalist Philip Schuyler Green moves to New York City with his aging mother and his young son Tommy. Phil meets with magazine publisher John Minify, who asks Green, a gentile, to write an article on antisemitism. At first, he is not enthusiastic about the story.

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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	antisemitism bully date epithet gentile hear heart condition house id jewish family learn liberal liberalism in the united states moving in search 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