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Mood:
- ContemplativeTouchingGloomy
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Plot:
- Single ParentParents and ChildrenDysfunctional FamilyDull LifeMind and SoulFamily ProblemsFamily RelationsSiblings Relations more...
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Genres:
- DramaMelodramaRomance
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century30s
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Place:
- Missouri
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- Award WinnerEmmy WinnerPrestigious Awards
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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The Glass Menagerie, 1973
English
USA
Profile of The Glass Menagerie
The mood of The Glass Menagerie is contemplative, touching, and gloomy. The plot centers around a humdrum life, a single parent, and a dysfunctional family. It is a drama and romance movie. Stylistically, The Glass Menagerie is a melodrama. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. The Glass Menagerie is set in Missouri. It happens in the 1930s. It is adapted from a play. The Glass Menagerie is known for being an Emmy winner.
Summary of The Glass Menagerie
This televisual adaptation of Tennessee Williams 1945 play stars four-time Oscar winner Katherine Hepburn as Amanda Wingfield. The story concerns her dreams for her shy daughter, and writer son, and her preoccupation with her own past as a Southern belle. In 1973-4 the film won two Emmy Awards: Michael Moriarty won Best Supporting Actor, and Joanna Miles won Best Supporting Actress.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 16 December 1973 |
| Runtime: | 100 min |
Cast and Crew
as Laura Wingfield
as Amanda Wingfield
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