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The Glass Menagerie

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The Glass Menagerie
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PG,2hrs 14min
Genres:
Drama,Romance
Release:
1987
Director:
Paul Newman
Starring:
Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen  ...more
Synopsis: Paul Newman directed this moving adaptation of Tennessee Williams' classic play The Glass Menagerie. Joanne Woodward stars as aging Southern belle Amanda Wingfield, whose domineering parenting has driven her shy, timid daughter Laura (Karen Allen) inward and has made her adventure-hungry son Tom (John Malkovich) miserable. Newman hasn't tried to open the original stage play up at all, preferring to keep all of the action within the Wingfield apartment. The cast performed the play in a Broadway ... Full Synopsis
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Steve Jones, AMG Review
There have been a number of versions of The Glass Menagerie over the years, but perhaps none as sad or with such a feeling of hopelessness as Paul Newman's in the late '80s. Although breaking no real new ground in what is basically a filmed play, his crowded apartment setting nevertheless lends a freshly claustrophobic aura to the dynamics of the interactions between the characters, as each actor finds ... Full Review
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Joanne Woodward
Amanda Wingfield
John Malkovich
Tom Wingfield
Karen Allen
Laura Wingfield
James Naughton
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Rita Moreno: The multitalented Moreno, now 76, was born in Puerto Rico and came to the States as a...
Jessica Lange (right) stars in the London stage production of "The Glass Menagerie" alongside Amanda...
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