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The Glass Menagerie

  • TV Movie
  • 1973
  • TV-PG
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
7.3/10
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Katharine Hepburn in The Glass Menagerie (1973)
Drama

Amanda Wingfield dominates her children with her faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past. Her son plans escape; her daughter withdraws into a dream world. When a "ge... Read allAmanda Wingfield dominates her children with her faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past. Her son plans escape; her daughter withdraws into a dream world. When a "gentleman caller" appears, things move to crisis point.Amanda Wingfield dominates her children with her faded gentility and exaggerated tales of her Southern belle past. Her son plans escape; her daughter withdraws into a dream world. When a "gentleman caller" appears, things move to crisis point.

  • Director
    • Anthony Harvey
  • Writers
    • Stewart Stern
    • Tennessee Williams
  • Stars
    • Katharine Hepburn
    • Sam Waterston
    • Joanna Miles
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
    1.2K
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    • Director
      • Anthony Harvey
    • Writers
      • Stewart Stern
      • Tennessee Williams
    • Stars
      • Katharine Hepburn
      • Sam Waterston
      • Joanna Miles
    • 27User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Won 4 Primetime Emmys
      • 4 wins & 3 nominations total

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    • Amanda Wingfield
    Sam Waterston
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    • Tom Wingfield
    Joanna Miles
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    • Laura Wingfield
    Michael Moriarty
    Michael Moriarty
    • Jim O'Connor
    • Director
      • Anthony Harvey
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      • Stewart Stern
      • Tennessee Williams
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    • Trivia
      Tennessee Williams preferred this film version of his play over the 1950 one.
    • Quotes

      Amanda Wingfield: You are the only young man that I know of who ignores the fact that the future becomes the present, the present becomes the past, and the past turns into everlasting regret if you don't plan for it.

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      Featured in The 26th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1974)

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    Disappointing Hepburn take on the Williams "classic"
    Unfortunately, I am unable to "buy into" Hepburn's Southern Belle interpretation, being that her Yankee steeliness and resolve is simply too strong to overcome.

    Furthermore, this presentation is far too static. Granted, stage plays are often difficult to translate to the screen, but this ABC TV-movie feels far too confined. Many of Williams' other plays have made the trip from boards to celluloid quite effectively, opening up with the freedom allowed by location filming.

    Yes, this film is definitely worth seeing. However, I am now curious to see Gertrude Lawrence (1950), Shirley Booth (1966) and Joanna Woodward (1987) in the lead role.

    Waterston is a bit of a scene chewer here, and I'm surprised at the Emmy wins for the other two leads, but in 1974, TV movie and series drama nominations were combined in the supporting categories. For Best Actress in a Drama, Hepburn was up against Tyson for "...Miss Jane Pittman," Elizabeth Montgomery for "A Case of Rape," and Leachman for "The Migrants." Tyson rightfully won.
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    • Release date
      • December 16, 1973 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Tennessee Williams' The Glass Menagerie
    • Filming locations
      • Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
    • Production companies
      • Norton Simon Inc.
      • Talent Associates
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      1 hour 40 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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