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Director:
Writer:
Edward Albee (play)
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Release Date:
April 1976 (UK) more
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The sister who drank too much. The daughter who divorced too much. They're all there when Tobias and Agnes have their little get-together and tear-apart.
Plot:
The setting is the comfortable Connecticut home of a well-to-do family. Agnes is a determined, powerful... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. more
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(4 articles)
Remember...The American Film Theatre!
 (From CinemaRetro. 16 April 2009, 1:12 AM, PDT)

Albee's Marriage Play Rescheduled For 4/17-5/23
 (From BroadwayWorld.com. 11 March 2009, 11:51 AM, PDT)

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Cast

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Katharine Hepburn ... Agnes

Paul Scofield ... Tobias
Lee Remick ... Julia
Kate Reid ... Claire
Joseph Cotten ... Harry
Betsy Blair ... Edna
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Edward Albee's A Delicate Balance (Australia) (DVD box title)
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Runtime:
133 min
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Color:
Color (Eastmancolor)
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The play "A Delicate Balance" won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1967. more

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A Delicate Balance, 12 May 2000
Author: Janos Smal (jsmal@osi.hu) from Budapest, Hungary

Scenes from the life of an argumentative middle-class family: a strong-willed wife and a resigning husband are confronted with her alcoholic sister, their continuously marrying daughter, and their friend couple who are afraid of being alone.

Completely uncinematic, downbeat and very static photographed play, from a Pulitzer prize-winning Albee material, with all the psychological soul-killings expected from the author. A pretty valuable record of a theatrical performance: brilliant dialogue and acting are the best it can offer - and it does so.

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