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The Glass Menagerie (1973) (TV)
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16 December 1973 (USA) morePlot:
Amanda Wingfield dominates her children with her faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past... more | add synopsisAwards:
Won 4 Primetime Emmys. Another 3 nominations moreUser Comments:
Disappointing Hepburn take on the Williams "classic" moreCast
(Complete credited cast) | Katharine Hepburn | ... | Amanda Wingfield |
 | Sam Waterston | ... | Tom Wingfield |
 | Joanna Miles | ... | Laura Wingfield |
 | Michael Moriarty | ... | Jim O'Connor |
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100 min | USA:120 min (including commercials)Country:
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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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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.