The Prince of Tides
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| Directed by | Barbra Streisand |
| Produced by | Barbra Streisand Andrew S. Karsch |
| Screenplay by |
Pat Conroy Becky Johnston |
| Based on |
The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy |
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| Music by | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography | Stephen Goldblatt |
| Edited by | Don Zimmerman |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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132 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30 million |
| Box office | $110 million |
The Prince of Tides is a 1991 American romantic drama film based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Pat Conroy; the film stars Barbra Streisand and Nick Nolte. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina. Streisand directed and produced the film in addition to starring in it. Conroy and Becky Johnston adapted the screenplay.
The film was nominated for seven Academy Awards including Best Picture, but lost the award to The Silence of the Lambs.
Tom Wingo (Nick Nolte), a teacher and football coach from South Carolina, is asked by his mother, Lila, to travel to New York to help his twin sister's psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein (Barbra Streisand), after his sister Savannah's (Melinda Dillon) latest suicide attempt. Tom hates New York but reluctantly accepts, largely to take the opportunity to be alone and away from a life that does not satisfy him. During his initial meetings with Lowenstein, Tom is reluctant to disclose many details of their dysfunctional family's secrets. In flashbacks, Tom relates incidents from his childhood to Lowenstein in hopes of discovering how to save Savannah's life. The Wingo parents were an abusive father and an overly proud, status-hungry mother. The father was a shrimp boat operator and, despite being successful at that profession, spent all of his money on frivolous business pursuits, leaving the family in poverty.
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