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The Sun Also Rises (1957) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by Henry King and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.

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Bill Gorton: Caffeine puts a man on his horse and a woman in his grave.
Lady Brett Ashley: Is Zizi on your payroll, Count?
Count Mippipopolous: Not officially. I just allow him to steal from me from time to time.
Mike Campbell: [Loudly, trying to get service] Waiter! Oh, waiter! Waiter? Pssst! Tsk, tsk, tsk! Garcon! Boy!
[Laughs]
Mike Campbell: Nobody home. You know something? The service around this town is getting worse and worse every night.
[Becoming introspective]
Mike Campbell: Perhaps it's me.
[He takes a drink from a girl]
Mike Campbell: Thank you. As a matter of fact, I'm afraid it is me. Nobody seems to pay much attention to me anymore.
Jake Barnes: Everyone behaves badly given the proper chance.
Lady Brett Ashley: I never make plans.
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The Sun Also Rises Facts
Juliette Gréco was noticed by Mel Ferrer and wife Audrey Hepburn singing in a Parisian nightclub, and they introduced her to Darryl F. Zanuck, who was so taken with her that he cast her in the film and had her part enlarged. She went on to star in two additional Zanuck productions.
The film received poor reviews due to the slow pace and the fact that all the stars were much older than the characters they played.
Fans of Tyrone Power were shocked by his tired and aged appearance in the movie, since he was only 42 at the time of filming. Years of chain smoking cigarettes and drinking heavily had taken a toll on his looks. In addition he was reportedly taking pills so he could survive with only three hours sleep every night.
Howard Hawks was the first to option the film rights in the early 1950s and proposed Ann Harding, Montgomery Clift and Margaret Sheridan as the stars. He eventually sold the rights to Darryl F. Zanuck.
Darryl F. Zanuck initially promised the Breen Office that the word "impotent" would not be used, but it ultimately was used in the film.
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