THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND Trailer

Stella! That’s the famous line from Streetcar Named Desire starring the late great Marlon Brando. What a great film. After 40 years, screenwriter’s Tennessee Wiliams‘ work THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND, which was supposed to be his third collaboration with Elia Kazan (Baby Doll) but it never took place, will finally hit the big screen. Unfortunately, no signs of Brando or actors equivalent to his skills. I think Bryce Dallas Howard (daughter of Ron Howard) is a talented actress but we’ll just have to see whether or not this performance would be her finest hour. I’m sorry, but the idea of Chris Evans being a poor man just doesn’t seem realistic, it’s laughable if you ask me.
Ya know how most trailers would emphasize the director or the stars, the honor for this one belongs to Tennesse Williams. Via comingsoon.net, watch the trailer after this jump…

Set in Memphis during the roaring ’20s, it stars Bryce Dallas Howard as Fisher Willow, a high society debutante frustrated with the behavior of her greedy father and desperate to separate herself from his corruption. To enact her revenge, she convinces Chris Evans’ Jimmy Dobyne, a handsome but poor young man whose father works for Fisher to be her escort to a high-profile party she must attend in order to inherit money from her great Aunt Cornelia, played by living legend Ann-Margaret. Things go wrong when Fisher borrows then loses one of Cornelia’s priceless diamond earrings, and then accuses Jimmy of stealing it.
Those who have studied the works of the great playwright will probably realize why the film is such an important addition to his canon, and Howard follows the likes of Vivien Leigh, Katherine Hepburn and Elizabeth Taylor in taking on the role of a Williams heroine.

THE LOSS OF A TEARDROP DIAMOND opens limited in NY and L.A. on December 30th, 2009