The Prince of Tides

The Prince of Tides
Directed by	Barbra Streisand
Written by	Pat Conroy (book) Becky Johnston & Pat Conroy (screenplay)
Produced by	Andrew S. Karsch & Barbra Streisand
Starring	Barbra Streisand Nick Nolte Kate Nelligan
Cinematography	Stephen Goldblatt
Edited by	Don Zimmerman
Music by	James Newton Howard
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release dates	December 25, 1991
Running time	132 min.
Language	English

The Prince of Tides is a 1986 novel by Pat Conroy. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina. In 1991, it was adapted to film by producer/director Barbra Streisand from a screenplay by Conroy and Becky Johnston.

While its numerous changes to the story upset some Conroy purists, the film was a box office smash and put Streisand on the map as a superb director.

Story

Template:Spoiler The Prince of Tides tells the story of Tom Wingo, a teacher and football coach who is reluctant to help his twin sister's psychiatrist unlock their dysfunctional family's secrets. When the sister, famous New York poet Savannah Wingo, attempts suicide again, Tom is torn from his safe and dull world and travels to New York to help her. Savannah, however, is in such a disassociated state that she is unable to help her psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein, understand the extent of her problems. Susan asks Tom to act as his twin's memory and help her uncover the subconscious painful events that contributed to her emotional collapse and loss of identity. Tom and Susan become a couple as they work together to help Savannah, and Tom is healed from his emotional numbness as he realizes it results from the severe traumas that he endured with his mother and siblings.

Alright, but how does it end, exactly?

Also, shouldn't the novel and movie have separate entries?

Primary cast

• Barbra Streisand: Dr. Susan Lowenstein
• Nick Nolte: Tom Wingo
• Blythe Danner: Sallie Wingo
• Kate Nelligan: Lila Wingo Newbury, Tom and Savannah's mother
• Jeroen Krabbé: Herbert Woodruff, Lowenstein's husband
• Melinda Dillon: Savannah Wingo
• George Carlin: Eddie Detreville, Savannah's gay neighbor
• Jason Gould: Bernard Woodruff, Lowenstein's son

Awards

Wins

• Golden Globe Award for Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama (Nick Nolte)

Nominations

• Academy Award for Best Picture
• Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture - Drama
• Academy Award for Best Actor (Nick Nolte)
• Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress (Kate Nelligan)
• Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay (Becky Johnston & Pat Conroy)
• WGA Award for Best Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium (Becky Johnston & Pat Conroy)
• Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (Paul Sylbert & Caryl Heller)
• Academy Award for Best Cinematography (Stephen Goldblatt)
• Academy Award for Original Music Score (James Newton Howard)
• Directors Guild of America Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (Barbra Streisand)
• Golden Globe Award for Best Director (Barbra Streisand)

See also

• Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in films
• Shelley Michelle Barbra's body double