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Tennessee Williams (play)
Release Date:
15 January 1988 (Denmark)
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Plot:
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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Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe.
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5 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(75 articles)
Logan Marshall-Green Tapped To Play Tennessee Williams In Lonely Hunter
(From Cinema Blend. 10 May 2012, 12:19 PM, PDT)
Mindy Newell: Books, Banned and Burned
(From Comicmix. 23 April 2012, 5:00 AM, PDT)
'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes likes 'sinking the Titanic every time'
(From Zap2It - From Inside the Box. 14 April 2012, 3:00 PM, PDT)
(From Cinema Blend. 10 May 2012, 12:19 PM, PDT)
Mindy Newell: Books, Banned and Burned
(From Comicmix. 23 April 2012, 5:00 AM, PDT)
'Downton Abbey' creator Julian Fellowes likes 'sinking the Titanic every time'
(From Zap2It - From Inside the Box. 14 April 2012, 3:00 PM, PDT)
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Superb acting and directing
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Cast
(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Joanne Woodward | ... | Amanda Wingfield |
 | John Malkovich | ... | Tom Wingfield |
 | Karen Allen | ... | Laura Wingfield |
 | James Naughton | ... | Jim O'Connor (the gentleman caller) |
Directed by | |||
| Paul Newman | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Tennessee Williams | (play) | |
Produced by | |||
| Burtt Harris | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Henry Mancini | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Michael Ballhaus | |||
Film Editing by | |||
| David Ray | |||
Production Design by | |||
| Tony Walton | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| John Kasarda | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Susan Bode | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Tony Walton | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Toy Van Lierop | .... | makeup department head (as Toy Russell Van Lierop) | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Daniel Silverberg | .... | dga trainee | |
Art Department | |||
| Joan Winters | .... | graphic designer | |
Sound Department | |||
| Nathan Boxer | .... | sound recordist (as Nat Boxer) | |
| Marko A. Costanzo | .... | foley artist | |
| Tom Fleischman | .... | sound re-recording mixer | |
| Andy McKee | .... | sound recordist | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Tony Parmelee | .... | special effects | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Jennifer Nichols | .... | wardrobe supervisor | |
Music Department | |||
| David Bargeron | .... | musician: trombone | |
| Phil Bodner | .... | musician: Clarinet and Tenor Sax | |
| Paul Bowles | .... | composer: theme music | |
| Mel Davis | .... | musician: trumpet | |
| Greg Fulginiti | .... | music engineer | |
| Stephen A. Hope | .... | music editor | |
| Walt Levinsky | .... | musician: Soprano sax | |
| Henry Mancini | .... | conductor | |
| Bucky Pizzarelli | .... | musician: guitar | |
| Ed Rak | .... | score engineer | |
| Derek Smith | .... | musician: piano | |
| Grady Tate | .... | musician: drums | |
| Brian Torff | .... | musician: bass | |
Other crew | |||
| Mary Bailey | .... | script supervisor | |
| Lisa Rhodes | .... | production assistant | |
| Matilde Valera | .... | production accountant | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Cineplex-Odeon Films (1987) (USA) (theatrical)
- MCA Home Video (1988) (USA) (VHS)
- Nomadic Pictures (1987) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Cineplex-Odeon Home Video (1988) (Canada) (VHS)
- Homescreen (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- MCA Home Video (1988) (Canada) (video)
- RCA / Columbia Pictures Video (1988) (UK) (video)
- MCA Records soundtrack
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134 min
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Trivia:
The original Broadway stage play "The Glass Menagerie" opened at the Playhouse Theatre on Mar 31, 1945 and ran for 563 performances.See more »
Goofs:
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.See more »
Quotes:
Tom Wingfield:[to his mother] Every morning that you come in, yelling that goddamned "Rise and shine, rise and shine," I think to myself, how lucky dead people are.See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Serial Mom (1994)See 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.