Our Town (1989) (TV)

Director:

Kirk Browning

Writer:

Thornton Wilder (play)

Genre:

Drama | Romance

Plot:

This classic American play, performed on an almost-bare stage, is about the mundane but rather pleasant lives of the Gibbs family...

Plot Keywords:

Birth | New Hampshire | Mother Son Relationship | Brother Sister Relationship | Ghost

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Spalding Gray	...	Stage Manager
James Rebhorn	...	Dr. Gibbs
Atticus Brady	...	Joe Crowell / Si Crowell
John Griesemer	...	Howie Newsome
Frances Conroy	...	Mrs. Gibbs
Roberta Maxwell	...	Mrs. Webb
Eric Stoltz	...	George Gibbs
Lydia Kelly	...	Rebecca Gibbs
Shane Culkin	...	Wally Webb
Penelope Ann Miller	...	Emily Webb
Bill Alton	...	Prof. Willard
Peter Maloney	...	Mr. Webb
Steven Goldstein	...	Belligerent man
Jeff Weiss	...	Simon Stimson
Marcell Rosenblatt	...	Mrs. Soames

Runtime:

103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Filming Locations:

Lyceum Theatre - 149 West 45th Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Brandman Productions

Trivia:

Shown within "Great Performances".

Quotes:

Mrs. Soames: What did she die of, Julia?
Mrs. Gibbs: In childbirth.
Mrs. Soames: Childbirth. I'd forgotten all about that. My, wasn't life awful--and wonderful.

Movie Connections:

Version of Our Town (2003) (TV)

The most full blooded version of Our Town yet.

Every once in a while you see a drama that reminds you that most theater and film is very superficial. This 1989 version of Our Town has all the resonance of the 1940 film with an extra dimension of emotion. Spaulding Gray as the stage manager, Eric Stoltz, Penelope Ann Miller are all perfect from minute one. The film was more juvenile and here they are sexual. And the other characters are not so cardboard small town. Their repressions are very real. It took till Jan. 1991 for WNET to broadcast it and it is very expensive to purchase but very much unforgettable and worth it.