The Prince of Tides
Short description
Tom Wingo, a dissatisfied Southern teacher and coach, travels to New York after his sister Savannah makes another suicide attempt. There he meets her psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein, who asks him to help her understand the family's painful past. Their sessions draw out a long-buried history of childhood trauma and loss, and an unexpected bond forms between the two as both confront the problems in their own lives.
The film is a drama directed by Barbra Streisand, her second feature after Yentl in 1983 and before The Mirror Has Two Faces in 1996. Streisand also produced and stars as Susan Lowenstein opposite Nick Nolte as Tom, with Blythe Danner, Kate Nelligan, Jeroen Krabbé and Melinda Dillon in supporting roles. The screenplay was written by Becky Johnston and Pat Conroy.
Released in December 1991, the film cost about 30 million dollars and earned roughly 135 million worldwide, a strong return. On IMDb it holds a 6.8 from more than 19,000 votes, and on TMDB a 6.6 from over 300 votes; critics' rating of 6.6 from 34 reviews is close to the audience score.
What's left behind the scenes
- John Barry was originally supposed to be the composer for the film. However, he soon left the project because Streisand insisted that Barry move from New York to Los Angeles to work on the film's score. As the composer explained, he did not want to work with someone "who was constantly looking over his shoulder."
- Pat Conroy's bestselling novel "The Prince of Tides" was recommended to Barbra Streisand by Don Johnson, with whom she had a close relationship at the time. Streisand read the novel and decided to make a film based on it with Johnson in the role of Tom. By the time filming began, however, their relationship had faded, and Johnson was not cast in the role.
- Jurgen Krabbe, who played the world-famous violinist, naturally did not know how to play the violin himself. He turned to two professional musicians who played the piece for him until he memorized the finger movements, which he then reproduced in front of the camera.
- Initially, Robert Redford acquired the rights to the film, and even intended to direct it himself and play the leading role. Redford planned to invite Barbra Streisand to play the role of the psychologist, but was unable to arrange for a suitable screenplay to be written. Eventually, Redford simply assigned the film rights to Streisand.
- Preparing for the role, Barbra Streisand consulted with practicing psychiatrists for almost six months.
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