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Yearning more (8 total)Cast
(Credited cast) | Bonnie Bedelia | ... | Flo Owens |
 | Josh Brolin | ... | Hal Carter |
 | Ben Caswell | ... | Alan Benson |
 | J.D. Evermore | ... | Younger Cop |
 | Gretchen Mol | ... | Madge Owens |
 | Chad Morgan | ... | Millie Owens |
 | Jay O. Sanders | ... | Howard Bevens |
 | Mary Steenburgen | ... | Rosemary Sydney |
| Christopher Bills | ... | Bomber |
 | Rodger Boyce | ... | The Mayor |
 | E.J. Nolan | ... | The Photographer |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Cole Dabney | ... | Carnival Game Player |
| Richard Dillard | ... | Mr. Benson |
| Dorothy Layne | ... | Mrs. Hawkins |
| Marietta Marich | ... | Mrs. Potts |
 | Marco Perella | ... | Police Chief |
| John Paul Shepard | ... | Older Cop |
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Georgetown, Texas, USAFun Stuff
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The original Broadway production of "The Picnic" by William Inge opened on February 19, 1953 at the Music Box Theater, ran for 477 performances and won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama in 1953. moreFAQ
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The Czech director Ivan Passer is perhaps the most unfulfilled of great contemporary filmmakers. His masterpieces in America--BORN TO WIN and CUTTER'S WAY--were seen by almost no one, and I doubt he had much of an audience for this "Kraft Premier Movie," which belies Robert Altman's notorious remark about Kraft's television products--"as bland as their cheese." William Inge's study of stifled erotic yearning in a small town now takes on a mythic stature. But powerful as that mythos is, Passer doesn't turn the star-crossed leads (Gretchen Mol and Josh Brolin, both luminous) into statues. On the contrary, he just accretes amazing lyricism everywhere--it stacks up on the surface of the movie like so many barnacles. The ending is a blissful liftoff that may make you feel you're living in another time and place. Visually, the work may not be as distinguished as you might like, but in terms of intuitive rhapsodic skill, Passer is right up there with Altman. Somebody, anybody, get this man more work.