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{{quote|"''Fasten your seatbelts, it's going to be a bumpy night.''"|'''Margo Channing'''}}
Featuring what is perhaps [[Bette Davis]]'s most memorable performance, '''''All About Eve''''' is a 1950 [[Twentieth Century Fox]] film, written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, recounting the tale of Margo Channing, a seasoned veteran of the stage and the darling of Broadway, taking under her wing Eve Harrington, a young acolyte with nowhere else to go, whose motives are not what they seem. Other important characters include Addison DeWitt, a jaded, cynical, and frighteningly influential drama critic; Bill Samson, Margo's director boyfriend; Lloyd Richards, Margo's playwright; and Karen, Lloyd's wife and Margo's [[The Confidant|closest friend and confidant]]. The costumes were by famed Hollywood designer Edith Head and the film score was by [[Alfred Newman]].▼
▲Featuring what is perhaps [[Bette Davis]]'s most memorable performance, ''All About Eve'' is a 1950 [[Twentieth Century Fox]] film, written and directed by Joseph L. Mankiewicz, recounting the tale of Margo Channing, a seasoned veteran of the stage and the darling of Broadway, taking under her wing Eve Harrington, a young acolyte with nowhere else to go, whose motives are not what they seem. Other important characters include Addison DeWitt, a jaded, cynical, and frighteningly influential drama critic; Bill Samson, Margo's director boyfriend; Lloyd Richards, Margo's playwright; and Karen, Lloyd's wife and Margo's [[The Confidant|closest friend and confidant]]. The costumes were by famed Hollywood designer Edith Head and the film score was by [[Alfred Newman]].
''All About Eve'' was nominated for fourteen [[Academy Award|Academy Awards]] and won six, including Best Picture,
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* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: Eve knows exactly what she wants and will stop at nothing to get it.
* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: Bill to Margo.
* [[Bitch in Sheep's Clothing]]: Eve, oh so much.
* [[Breaking Lecture]]: Addison, to Eve.▼
* [[Break the Haughty]]
▲* [[Breaking Lecture]]: Addison, to Eve.
* [[Camp Straight]]: Addison.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Eve, although she is [[Out-Gambitted]] by Addison.
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* [[Dawson Casting]]: In-universe; Margo feels washed-up for playing a character so much younger than her actual age.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Margo, in spades. Also Addison and Birdie, to nearly as great an extent.
* [[Deal
* [[Drink Order]]: "I'll have a martini."
* [[Everybody Smokes]]
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* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Given to both Margo and Eve.
* [[Rich Bitch]]: Margo.
* [[Shout
* [[Smug Snake]]: Eve.▼
* [[Spit Take]]
* [[Spock Speak]]: Bill describing the time to Margo in the car.
* [[Stalker
* [[The Stoic]]: Acerbic, icy, and unflappable, Addison is a Stoic to the very end, even when he would be entirely justified in showing some emotion. He feels passion only for the
▲* [[Smug Snake]]: Eve
▲* [[The Stoic]]: Acerbic, icy, and unflappable, Addison is a Stoic to the very end, even when he would be entirely justified in showing some emotion. He feels passion only for the theatre, such as his joyful reverence for Margo Channing even when she is having a theatrical temper tantrum.
** In one scene, Eve is able to make him lose his temper, something no one else ever comes close to doing.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]] / [[Villainous BSOD]]: Eve, whilst Addison coldly and efficiently obliterates her entire facade in private. She still goes on to win the award we see her win at the start of the film and is clearly going to be successful, but she's a shadow of her former self.
{{reflist}}
{{Academy Award Best Picture}}
{{BAFTA Best Film}}
{{AFI's 100 Years 100 Heroes and Villains}}
[[Category:Roger Ebert Great Movies List]]
[[Category:National Film Registry]]
[[Category:Danny Peary Cult Movies List]]
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[[Category:Films of the 1950s]]
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[[Category:The Criterion Collection]]
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