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Mood:
- ContemplativeGloomyCleverDisturbingEmotionalSincereTense
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Plot:
- Crumbling MarriageHuman NaturePsychologicalCouple RelationsParents and ChildrenAddictionAlcohol AbuseDysfunctional Family more...
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Genres:
- Drama
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Time/Period:
- 20th Century60s
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Praise:
- Critically AcclaimedCannes Festival Winner
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Based on:
- Based on Play
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealisticSlow
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Long Day's Journey Into Night, 1962
English
USA
Profile of Long Day's Journey Into Night
Long Day's Journey Into Night can be described as gloomy, contemplative, and disturbing. The plot revolves around alcohol abuse, a crumbling marriage, and a dysfunctional family. The main genre is drama. In approach, Long Day's Journey Into Night is serious and realistic. The storytelling is slow paced. It takes place in the 1960s. Long Day's Journey Into Night is adapted from a play. The movie has received attention for being a Cannes festival winner and critically acclaimed.
Summary of Long Day's Journey Into Night
A quiet Connecticut vacation home is the backdrop for domestic decline. Sensitive son Edmund (Dean Stockwell) returns home from spending time at sea to a family in a state of collapse. His father (Ralph Richardson) is an alcoholic miser. His mother, Mary (Katharine Hepburn), is addicted to morphine. His brother, Jamie (Jason Robards), is aggressive and unstable. As Edmund and his brother clash over how to help their mother, she becomes increasingly concerned about Edmund's worsening health.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 9 October 1962 |
| Runtime: | 174 min |
| Awards: | Cannes |
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Cast and Crew
as Mary Tyrone
as Jamie Tyrone
as James Tyrone
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