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The Arrangement

Play trailer Poster for The Arrangement R,  1969,  2h 5m,  Drama/ Romance Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 9% 11 Reviews Tomatometer 63% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
9% Tomatometer 11 Reviews 63% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A Madison Avenue adman (Kirk Douglas) with a wife (Deborah Kerr) and mistress (Faye Dunaway) goes off the deep end of his meaningless life.

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Vincent Canby New York Times Nov 1, 2007
2/5
Kazan seems to have turned his search for identity into a callous soap opera, unworthy of a man of Kazan's true talent. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Nov 1, 2007
2.5/4
The movie finally pounds at our moral sense so much that our moral sense wearies and becomes defensive, and we are finally just grateful for Faye Dunaway's beauty, and the way she doesn't raise her voice. Go to Full Review
Paul Schrader Coast FM & Fine Arts Jun 29, 2020
The final result of Kazan's dark night of the soul is, tragically, pure american kitsch. Go to Full Review
Ann Birstein Vogue May 6, 2020
The movie has all the faults of the book, and then some, and you can't skip pages. Go to Full Review
Michael Ross Los Angeles Free Press Jan 15, 2020
Puffy, artsy to the point of ennui, epic where it should be personal, personal where it doesn't matter, drifting, senseless, pointless, irrelevant and dull. Go to Full Review
Tony Mastroianni Cleveland Press Nov 29, 2018
[The Arrangement] plays like a television or radio set with the volume turned up too loud. Everyone comes on strong and loud -- not good, just loud. Go to Full Review
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Harry S Apr 4, 2017 Some serious drama, but it seemed like more of a soap opera than anything.
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Cast & Crew

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Elia Kazan

Director

Kirk Douglas

Eddie Anderson

Faye Dunaway

Gwen

Deborah Kerr

Florence Anderson

Richard Boone

Sam

Hume Cronyn

Arthur

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The Arrangement

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Movie Info

Synopsis A Madison Avenue adman (Kirk Douglas) with a wife (Deborah Kerr) and mistress (Faye Dunaway) goes off the deep end of his meaningless life.
Director
Elia Kazan
Producer
Elia Kazan
Screenwriter
Elia Kazan
Distributor
Warner Bros.
Production Co
Warner Brothers/Seven Arts
Rating
R
Genre
Drama, Romance
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 18, 1969, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 4, 2008
Runtime
2h 5m
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