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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   324 votes
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Director:
Anthony Harvey
Writer:
Tennessee Williams (play)
Contact:
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Release Date:
16 December 1973 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
Amanda Wingfield dominates her children with her faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Disappointing Hepburn take on the Williams "classic" more

Cast

  (Complete credited cast)

Additional Details

Also Known As:
Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
100 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Tennessee Williams preferred this film version of his play over the 1950 one. more
Quotes:
Tom Wingfield: I'm goin' to the movies, ma.
Amanda Wingfield: I don't believe it, that's a lie!
Tom Wingfield: No? Well you're right, Mother. I'm going to opium dens. Yes, mother. Opium dens. Dens of vice and criminal's hangouts, mother, I am a hired assassin, I joined the Hogan gang, I carry a tommy gun in a violin case, and I run a stream of cat houses in the valley...
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) (TV) more

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4 out of 9 people found the following comment useful:-
Disappointing Hepburn take on the Williams "classic", 31 July 2005
Author: Ripshin from North Carolina

Unfortunately, I am unable to "buy into" Hepburn's Southern Belle interpretation, being that her Yankee steeliness and resolve is simply too strong to overcome.

Furthermore, this presentation is far too static. Granted, stage plays are often difficult to translate to the screen, but this ABC TV-movie feels far too confined. Many of Williams' other plays have made the trip from boards to celluloid quite effectively, opening up with the freedom allowed by location filming.

Yes, this film is definitely worth seeing. However, I am now curious to see Gertrude Lawrence (1950), Shirley Booth (1966) and Joanna Woodward (1987) in the lead role.

Waterston is a bit of a scene chewer here, and I'm surprised at the Emmy wins for the other two leads, but in 1974, TV movie and series drama nominations were combined in the supporting categories. For Best Actress in a Drama, Hepburn was up against Tyson for "...Miss Jane Pittman," Elizabeth Montgomery for "A Case of Rape," and Leachman for "The Migrants." Tyson rightfully won.

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