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Tennessee Williams (play)
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12 May 1988 (Australia) more
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A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister. | add synopsis
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Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 5 nominations more
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(14 articles)
Long Wharf Theatre Announces A Host Of Holiday Shows
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 2 November 2009, 6:26 PM, PST)
Assume Crash Positions For 'Boeing-Boeing' At Florida Rep
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 1 November 2009, 12:03 PM, PST)
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Superb acting and directing more (17 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Joanne Woodward | ... | Amanda Wingfield |
 | John Malkovich | ... | Tom Wingfield |
 | Karen Allen | ... | Laura Wingfield |
 | James Naughton | ... | Jim O'Connor (the gentleman caller) |
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134 min
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The original Broadway stage play "The Glass Menagerie" opened at the Playhouse Theatre on Mar 31, 1945 and ran for 563 performances. more
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Continuity: As Tom is speaking with Laura in one scene, every time the camera is focused on her, his arms are at his sides in the background. When the camera focuses on him, his arms are crossed. This switches back and forth for an entire scene. more
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Tom Wingfield: Oh, I could tell you things to make you sleepless! My enemies plan to dynamite this place. They're going to blow us all sky-high some night! And will I be glad, will I be happy, and so will you be! And you'll go up, up, up! over Blue Mountain on a broomstick, with your seventeen gentlemen callers! You ugly, babbling old witch! more
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Referenced in "Night Court: The Glasnost Menagerie (#7.19)" (1990) more
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I'll say upfront that I haven't read Tennessee Williams' play, so I can't comment on the film as an adaptation. I have seen various film and stage productions of it over the years, and this is the best presentation that I've seen yet. The acting is superb, particularly John Malkovich and Karen Allen. Malkovich gives a definitive portrayal of the budding writer, a performance that would please Tennessee Williams himself, in my opinion. Director Paul Newman contributes the same sensitive approach that he brought to his earlier, vaguely similar film THE EFFECT OF GAMMA RAYS ON MAN-IN-THE-MOON MARIGOLDS. This is a superb effort, one that should be on DVD with commentary from the cast.