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Terminal Station
Directed byVittorio De Sica
Produced byVittorio De Sica
Written byCesare Zavattini (story)
Luigi Chiarini
Giorgio Prosperi
Truman Capote (dialogue)
StarringMontgomery Clift
Jennifer Jones
Richard Beymer
Music byAlessandro Cicognini
CinematographyAldo Graziati
Editing byEraldo Da Roma
Jean Barker
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
De Sica Productions
Selznick International Pictures
Release date(s) April 2, 1953
May 10, 1954
Running time89 mins (original)
63 mins (edited)
CountryUSA / Italy
LanguageEnglish
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Terminal Station (Italian: Stazione Termini) is a 1953 film English language film by Italian director Vittorio De Sica. It tells the story of the love affair between an Italian man and an American woman.

The film is based on the story Stazione Termini by Cesare Zavattini. Truman Capote was credited with writing the entire screenplay, but later claimed to have written only two scenes[1]. The film was an international co-production between De Sica's own company and the Hollywood producer David O. Selznick, who commissioned it as a vehicle for his wife, Jennifer Jones.

The production of the film was troubled from the very beginning. Carson McCullers was originally chosen to write the screenplay, but Selznick fired her and replaced her with a series of writers, including Paul Gallico, Alberto Moravia, and Capote[2]. Disagreements ensued between De Sica and Selznick, and during production, Selznick would write 40- and 50-page letters to his director every day, even though DeSica spoke no English. After agreeing to everything, De Sica has said, he simply did things his way[3].

Montgomery Clift sided with De Sica in his disputes with Selznick, claiming that Selznick wanted the movie to look like a slick little love story, while De Sica wanted to depict a ruined romance. "Love relationship are ludicrous, painful, and gigantically disappointing. This couple loves each other but they become unconnected."[4]

During the filming, Jones lamented the recent suicide of her former husband, actor Robert Walker, and badly missed her two sons, who were in school in Switzerland[5]. She had been married to Selznick less than two years at that point, and they were having difficulties in the marriage.

The original release of the film ran 89 minutes, but it was later re-edited by Selznick down to 64 minutes and re-released as Indiscretion of an American Wife (and as Indiscretion in the UK). Clift declared that he hated the picture and denounced it as "a big fat failure."[6] Critics of the day agreed, giving it universally bad reviews[7].

The two versions have been released together on DVD by The Criterion Collection.

A 1998 remake of the film was made for television under the title Indiscretion of an American Wife.

References

1. ^ Montgomery Clift, by Patricia Bosworth, p. 244
2. ^ Montgomery Clift, by Patricia Bosworth, p. 244
3. ^ Montgomery Clift, by Patricia Bosworth, p. 244
4. ^ Montgomery Clift, by Patricia Bosworth, p. 245
5. ^ Montgomery Clift, by Patricia Bosworth, p. 246
6. ^ Montgomery Clift, by Patricia Bosworth, p. 246
7. ^ Montgomery Clift, by Patricia Bosworth, p. 244

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Born July 7, 1902
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Died November 13, 1974 (aged 72)
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Cesare Zavattini (September 20, 1902-October 13, 1989) was an Italian screenwriter noted for neo-realist films.

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Vittorio De Sica

Born July 7, 1902
Sora, Latium, Italy
Died November 13, 1974 (aged 72)
Neuilly-sur-Seine, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Years active 1917 - 1974
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Cesare Zavattini (September 20, 1902-October 13, 1989) was an Italian screenwriter noted for neo-realist films.

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Born at Luzzara, near Reggio Emilia in northern Italy, on September 20, 1902, Zavattini studied law at the University of Parma, but devoted
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Truman Capote

Truman Capote, as photographed by Roger Higgins in 1959
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