Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘A Tree Grows in Brooklyn’: Imagining Abundance

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PG | 2 h 8 min | Drama | 1945

Betty Smith’s partially autobiographical novel inspired Elia Kazan’s coming-of-age film that won three nominations and was awarded two Oscars. Like many of Frank Capra’s films, Kazan’s directorial debut about the needy Nolan family in 1912 downtown Brooklyn, New York, prioritizes the heart over the head.

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