Trilogy (1969)

"Miriam": Miss Miller has spent her life as a governess for children in some of the most fashionable homes in New York. She is shocked one day to learn that one of her "babies" is expecting... See full summary »

Director:

Frank Perry

Writers:

Truman Capote (screenplay), Truman Capote (stories),

Stars:

Beverly Ballard, Martin Balsam, Truman Capote

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Cast

Credited cast:
Beverly Ballard	...	Nina (segment "Miriam")
Martin Balsam	...	Ivor Belli (segment "Among the Paths to Eden")
Truman Capote	...	Narrator (segment "A Christmas Memory") (voice)
Lavinia Cassels	...	Aunt (segment "A Christmas Memory")
Jane Connell	...	Mrs. Connolly (segment "Miriam")
Susan Dunfee	...	Miriam (segment "Miriam")
Phyllis Eldridge	...	Woman in Automat (segment "Miriam")
Josip Elic	...	Haha (segment "A Christmas Memory")
Niki Flacks	...	Clerk in Shop
Lynn Forman	...	Woman in Car (segment "A Christmas Memory")
Win Forman	...	Storekeeper (segment "A Christmas Memory")
Carol Gustafson	...	Miss Lake (segment "Miriam")
Richard Hamilton	...	Man in Automat (segment "Miriam")
Christine Marler	...	Aunt (segment "A Christmas Memory")
Donnie Melvin	...	Buddy (segment "A Christmas Memory")

Storyline

"Miriam": Miss Miller has spent her life as a governess for children in some of the most fashionable homes in New York. She is shocked one day to learn that one of her "babies" is expecting a baby of her own and rejects Miss Miller's offer to be the nurse for the forthcoming child. That night, Miss Miller meets Miriam, a strange young girl who resembles Miss Miller when she was a child. Miriam, critical of everything Miss Miller has or does, constantly taunts her about a loveless existence, leading to a violent confrontation and chilling denouement. "Among The Paths To Eden": Mary O'Meaghan, a spinster, strikes up a conversation in a Queens, New York cemetery with a widower who is putting flowers on his deceased wife's grave. After establishing a modest rapport, Mary reveals to the bemused man that she had come to the graveyard specifically looking for a lonely widower, inasmuch as a friend of hers had found two husbands in a cemetery. "A Christmas Memory": As Christmastime approaches...

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Plot Keywords:

christmas | boy | cemetery | graveyard | alabama | 

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Taglines:

Truman Capote, Frank Perry, Eleanor Perry, Geraldine Page, Mildred Natwick, Maureen Stapleton, Martin Balsam. Together, they make "Trilogy"a motion picture unlike any other.

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Genres:

Drama | Romance

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

6 November 1969 (USA)

Also Known As:

Truman Capote's Trilogy

Filming Locations:

Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Francis Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Did You Know?

Trivia

Production on the segment "A Christmas Memory" was nearly cancelled when Geraldine Page's commitment to appear in a Broadway play threatened to coincide with the shooting schedule. The play was a flop and ran for only ten performances, closing only three days before shooting commenced in Snowdoun, Alabama.

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Goofs

Although set during the Depression, a Dr Pepper sign is painted across the front of a general store. The product was spelled Dr. Pepper (with a period) until the 1950's redesign.

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Quotes

Narrator: In addition to never having seen a movie, she has never eaten in a restaurant, traveled more than five miles from home, received or sent a telegram, read anything except the funny papers and the Bible, worn cosmetics, cursed, wished someone harm, told a lie on purpose, let a hungry dog go hungry.

User Reviews

Superb!

I'm in full agreement with Marta. This is one of television's finest hours. Whenever I can I always introduce it to friends and not one has failed to be won over.

Not only is it a shame that it hasn't become a perennial television classic during the holidays...but I would LOVE to own a copy of it on VHS or DVD and to buy copies for my friends!

Who do we contact? {:-)