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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)

ALL 12/19/1994 (en) Documentary 86 Min
  • Release
    12/19/1994
  • Production
    Eagle Rock Entertainment, International Cultural Programming Inc., Thirteen
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  • Original title
    Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 0.00
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Overview

A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow (I)', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.

  1. Merrill Brockway

    Director

  2. Story



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  1. Tennessee Williams

    Self (archive footage)

  2. Carroll Baker

    Baby Doll Meighan (archive footage)

  3. Reed Birney

    Actor

  4. Melvyn Bragg

    Self

  5. Marlon Brando

    Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage)

  6. Dick Cavett

    Self (archive footage)

  7. Montgomery Clift

    Dr. Cukrowicz (archive footage)

  8. David Frost

    Self

  9. Katharine Hepburn

    Mrs. Venable (archive footage)

  10. Kim Hunter

    Self

  11. Burl Ives

    Big Daddy (archive footage)

  12. Elia Kazan

    Self (archive footage)

  13. Frank Langella

    Narrator

  14. Anna Magnani

    Serafina Delle Rose / Lady Torrance (archive footage)

  15. Yukio Mishima

    Self (archive footage)

  16. Edward R. Murrow

    Self (archive footage)

  17. Paul Newman

    Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)

  18. Geraldine Page

    Alexandra Del Lago / Alma Winemiller (archive footage)

  19. Maria St. Just

    Self

  20. Maureen Stapleton

    Self

  21. Gore Vidal

    Self

  22. Sam Waterston

    Tom Wingfield (archive footage)

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Casts : 22 , Crews : 7

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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994) 86 Min

ALL 12/19/1994 (en)
Documentary
  • Release 12/19/1994
  • Production
    Eagle Rock Entertainment, International Cultural Programming Inc., Thirteen
  • Original title Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
  • en
  • Revenue0.00

Overview

A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow (I)', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.

  1. Merrill Brockway

    Director

  2. Story

  3. Girish Bhargava

    Editor

  4. Merrill Brockway, Susan Lacy, Catherine Tatge

    Producer



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