Our Town (TV 1977)

Director:

George Schaefer

Writer:

Thornton Wilder (play)

Stars:

Hal Holbrook, Ned Beatty, Sada Thompson

Won 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 7 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Hal Holbrook	...	Stage manager
Ned Beatty	...	Dr. Gibbs
Sada Thompson	...	Mrs. Gibbs
Barbara Bel Geddes	...	Mrs. Webb
Glynnis O'Connor	...	Emily Webb
Robby Benson	...	George Gibbs
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Scott Atlas	...	Wally Webb
Don Beddoe	...	Const. Warren
Elizabeth Cheshire	...	Rebecca Gibbs
Ronny Cox	...	Mr. Webb
David Cryer	...	Simon Stimson
Charles Cyphers	...	Sam Craig
Edmund Gaynes	...	Choir member
Pamela Hall	...	Choir member
John Houseman	...	Prof. Willard (scenes deleted)

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

breaking the fourth wall | death in childbirth | ghost | mother daughter relationship | brother sister relationship | 

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

30 May 1977 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hartwest Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

John Houseman's brief scene as Professor Willard was deleted prior to the original NBC telecast to shorten the show's running time. It was later restored for the laserdisc and home video versions.

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Connections

Remake of Our Town (1940)

User Reviews

Not quite.

This version plays more like a greeting card than a vital alive play to me, I much prefer the Spalding Grey/Eric Stoltz/Penelope Miller 1989 version. Hal Holbrook is so folksy he comes off like one of those talking racoons from a Disney movie. John Houseman is great, as is Ford Rainey, but overall there is a self -importance about this production that distances it from you, and doesn't let you feel anything because they're too busy showing you it's a 'classic'. Better than the 1940 version, but stick with the 1989 version.