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Director:
Jack O'Brien
Writer:
Thornton Wilder (play)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 January 1983 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy more
Plot:
Production of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer-winning play about mankind's triumph over chaos, which wildly... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
Great adaptation of a great play more

Cast

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Diana Bellamy ... Miss E. Muse / Ivy
Renee Brooks ... Miss M. Muse / Showgirl
Blair Brown ... Sabina
Bonnie Campbell-Britton ... Miss T. Muse / Audio Person
Jeffrey Combs ... Henry Antrobus
James Coyle ... Conveener
Gary Dontzig ... Telegraph Boy / Conveener
Larry Drake ... Homer / Conveener
John Eames ... Conveener / Fred Bailey
Monique Fowler ... Gladys Antrobus
Bill Geisslinger ... Doctor / Broadcaster

Harold Gould ... Mr. Antrobus
Susan Hegarty ... Showgirl
John Houseman ... Network Newscaster
Tom Lacy ... Newsreel Announcer
Michael Lueders ... Mammoth / Lifeguard
Rue McClanahan ... Fortune Teller
Jonathan McMurtry ... Mr. Fitzpatrick
Sean Sullivan ... Dinosaur / Chair Pusher
Sada Thompson ... Mrs. Antrobus
Rosina Widdowson-Reynolds ... Showgirl / Hester
G. Wood ... Moses / Conveener
Jeff Harry Woolf ... Conveener
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Additional Details

Runtime:
113 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
This was the first instance of a stage play being broadcast live on American public television. more
Movie Connections:
Remake of "Producers' Showcase: The Skin of Our Teeth (#1.12)" (1955) more

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4 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Great adaptation of a great play, 1 December 2002
10/10
Author: david adam edelstein from Seattle, WA

There's not really much to say about this video: If you like the play, then you'll love this version of it, which is as close to definitive as you could call a Wilder adaptation.

Alternately wildly comical, surreal, and deeply moving, I learn something new every time I watch this version of the play.

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