The Prince of Tides

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The Prince of Tides

Directed by	Barbra Streisand
Produced by	Andrew S. Karsch & Barbra Streisand
Written by	Pat Conroy (book) Becky Johnston & Pat Conroy (screenplay)
Starring	Barbra Streisand Nick Nolte Kate Nelligan
Music by	James Newton Howard
Cinematography	Stephen Goldblatt
Editing by	Don Zimmerman
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	December 25, 1991
Running time	132 min.
Language	English
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The Prince of Tides is a 1986 novel by Pat Conroy. It tells the story of the narrator's struggle to overcome the psychological damage inflicted by his dysfunctional childhood in South Carolina. In 1991, it was adapted to film by producer/director Barbra Streisand from a screenplay by Conroy and Becky Johnston.

While its numerous changes to the story upset some Conroy purists, the film was a box office smash and put Streisand on the map as a superb director.

1 Story
2 Primary cast
3 Awards
- 3.1 Wins
- 3.2 Nominations
4 See also

[edit] Story

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The Prince of Tides tells the story of Tom Wingo, a teacher and football coach who is reluctant to help his twin sister's psychiatrist unlock their dysfunctional family's secrets. When the sister, famous New York poet Savannah Wingo, attempts suicide again, Tom is torn from his safe and dull world and travels to New York to help her. Savannah, however, is in such a disassociated state that she is unable to help her psychiatrist, Susan Lowenstein, understand the extent of her problems. Susan asks Tom to act as his twin's memory and help her uncover the subconscious painful events that contributed to her emotional collapse and loss of identity. Tom and Susan become a couple as they work together to help Savannah, and Tom is healed from his emotional numbness as he realizes it results from the severe traumas that he endured with his mother and siblings.