A Warm December
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| Directed by | Sidney Poitier |
| Written by | Lawrence Roman |
| Produced by | Melville Tucker |
| Starring | Sidney Poitier Esther Anderson Yvette Curtis Johnny Sekka George Baker Earl Cameron |
| Cinematography | Paul Beeson |
| Edited by | Pembroke J. Herring Peter Pitt |
| Music by | Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson |
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| Distributed by | National General Pictures |
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Running time | 101 minutes |
| Template:Pluralize from text | United States |
| Template:Pluralize from text | English |
| Budget | $1,641,000[1] |
| Box office | $1,600,000 (US/ Canada rentals)[2] |
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A Warm December is a 1973 American romantic drama film directed by Sidney Poitier and starring him in the lead role as Dr. Matt Younger. It also stars Jamaican actress Esther Anderson as Catherine, Matt's love interest. Anderson's performance as an African princess won her an NAACP Image Award for Best Actress in 1973. The film is also notable for an appearance of Letta Mbulu singing, with an African choir, "Nonqonqo" by Miriam Makeba. Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson wrote and conducted the score.[3] The story was influenced by Roman Holiday and Love Story.[4]A Warm December was shot at Pinewood Studios.
Plot
Dr. Matt Younger is a recently widowed American who takes his daughter Stefanie on a month-long vacation in London. While there, he meets Catherine, the niece of African Ambassador George Oswandu. Catherine is involved in negotiations with the Soviet Union to build a vital hydroelectric project in her country. As the pair begin to develop feelings for one another, Dr. Younger learns that the two men following Catherine are not the sinister characters he suspected. One is a bodyguard sent by her uncle, the other is a doctor monitoring the sickle cell disease that will end her life all too soon. She herself says that she is in the December of her life. When Dr. Younger proposes, Catherine must decide between not only love and loyalty to her country, but also seizing the time that remains to her and saddling the man she loves with her inevitable death. In the end, she refuses, thanking him for a "warm December."[3][5]
Cast
- Sidney Poitier as Dr. Matt Younger
- Esther Anderson as Catherine Oswandu
- Yvette Curtis as Stefanie Younger
- George Baker as Dr. Henry Barlow
- Johnny Sekka as Dr. Joseph Myomo
- Earl Cameron as George Oswandu
- Hilary Crane as Marsha Barlow
Reception
Mia Mask reviewed the film for the Jacob Burns Film Center, calling it a "sensitive and thoughtful film about a dashingly handsome widower who finds true love again."[6]
In Criterion Confessions, Jamie S. Rich disagreed, finding the film lacking in style and calling it a "clunker":
Poitier's direction is completely lacking in style, and for an actor, it's surprising how little eye he seems to have for his cast's performances. Anderson is a nondescript love interest, almost completely lacking in the required mystery or charisma. This looks more like a TV movie than a big-screen effort.[7]
Leonard Maltin gave the film two stars out of four, finding it not excessively sappy, but mediocre.[8]
See also
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Murphy, A.D. (October 11, 1972). "Hoffman Tie With First Artists Prod. Unveils Four Stars' Internal Setup; Ali McGraw Got 300G For 'Getaway'". Variety. p. 3.
- ^ "Big Rental Films of 1973", Variety, January 9, 1974, p.60.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."A Warm December (1972) - Articles - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies. Archived from the original on December 1, 2019. Retrieved January 13, 2024.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."'A Warm December' Series of Amendments and Revisions, 1972". Bill Douglas Cinema Museum. University of Exeter. Retrieved March 23, 2023.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."AFI Catalog A Warm December". Archived from the original on April 29, 2021.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Mask, Mia. "A Warm December (1973)". BurnsFilmCenter.org. Jacob Burns Film Center. Retrieved January 9, 2025.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Rich, Jamie S. "A WARM DECEMBER - CRITERION CHANNEL". CriterionConfessions.com. Retrieved February 4, 2020.
- ^ Leonard Maltin's 2015 Movie Guide The Modern Era, p. 1529
External links
- A Warm December at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- A Warm December at AllMovie
- A Warm December at the TCM Movie Database (archived)Template:Edit at Wikidata
- A Warm December at the AFI Catalog of Feature FilmsTemplate:EditAtWikidata
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