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The Jilting of Granny Weatherall (1980) (TV)
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TV makes it boring and ordinary due to unimaginative
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(Credited cast) | Geraldine Fitzgerald | ... | Granny Weatherall |
 | Lois Smith | ... | Cornelia |
 | William Swetland | ... | Galton |
| Mia Dillon | ... | Hapsay |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Doris Belack | ... | Olive (as Dorris Belack) |
| Frederick Coffin | ... | Dr. Harry (as Fred Coffin) |
| Roy Cooper | ... | William |
| Richard Dow | ... | George |
| Ralph Drischell | ... | Father Connelly |
 | Henry Fonda | ... | Narrator |
| Robert Gerringer | ... | James (as Bob Gerringer) |
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_The Jilting of Granny Weatherall_, being told in stream-of-consciousness, could easily have been a cinematic tour-de-force. Unfortunately, Haines drains any interest out of it by trying to present it in a literal manner. The story would have been nothing special were it not for the stream of consciousness technique. Instead of trying to express Granny's feelings, Haines simply gives us static reenactments of events in her past, filmed in such conventional ways that we do not get much of Granny's attitude toward how she remembers things.
In this TV movie. It is simply an old dying woman having flashbacks. Had Porter's story been given an imaginative director, it could have easily been made into a remarkable and astonishing film. Instead, we get a lame Cliffs Notes version of the story.
I would recommend this film only to curious Porter fans, but I don't expect they'll like it. Anyone who took interest enough to read this review is referred to the short story, which was very innovative in its day. It could make an innovative film someday, but this definitely is not it.