4 Movies Directed by Whit Stillman

Metropolitan

Metropolitan

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1990-08-03

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

98 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (6580 Reviews)

Director:

Whit Stillman

Fullplot:

In an apartment on Manhattan a couple of friends from the New York upper-class meet almost every night to talk about social mobility, play bridge and discuss Fourier's socialism; the cynic Nick, the philosophical Charlie, party girl Sally and austenite Audrey. They are joined by Tom. His background is much simpler and he is critical of their way of life. But he finds a soul mate in Audrey, who without his knowledge falls in love with him.

Barcelona

Barcelona

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1994-07-29

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

101 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

(4128 Reviews)

Director:

Whit Stillman

Fullplot:

Ted, a stuffy white guy from Illinois working in sales for the Barcelona office of a US corporation, is paid an unexpected visit by his somewhat less stuffy cousin Fred, who is an officer in the US Navy. Over the next few months, both their lives are irrevocably altered by the events which follow Fred's arrival, events which are the trivial stuff of a comedy of manners at first but which gradually grow increasingly dramatic.

The Last Days of Disco

The Last Days of Disco

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1998-09-04

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

113 min

Rated:

R

IMDB Ratings:

6.6 (9176 Reviews)

Director:

Whit Stillman

Fullplot:

Last Days of Disco loosely depicts the "last days" at a disco palace, where drugs, sex and weirdness ran rampant. The story centers around a group of friends who frequent the disco and each other. All the characters are searching for something to make their lives more fulfilling. Some are searching for everlasting love and some are just wanting something different. As the disco is closed, they all wonder can disco ever really be dead?

Damsels in Distress

Damsels in Distress

Basic Info:

Released Date:

2012-04-26

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

99 min

Rated:

PG-13

IMDB Ratings:

5.7 (7074 Reviews)

Director:

Whit Stillman

Fullplot:

Violet and her two cohorts attempt to help their "less-fortunate" students at Seven Oaks College - primarily by running a Suicide Prevention Centre and offering their off-beat advice whenever they get a chance. Violet's newest rescue is transfer student, Lily, and Violet wants to teach her how to talk and dress properly, and how to select appropriate men to be interested in. Along their way in helping everybody at the college, the damsels teach the fraternity doofi to hit the books, they get their hearts broken, but then attempt to start an international dance craze.

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