The Glass Menagerie
- Original title
- The Glass Menagerie
- Year
- 1987
- Running time
- 134 min.
- Country
- United States
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Play: Tennessee Williams
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | Family Relationships. Melodrama. 1930s
- Movie Groups
- Tennessee Williams Adaptations
- 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 revival prior to the filming. James Naughton appears as Laura's gentleman caller. (Stephen Thomas Erlewine: All Movie Guide)
- Awards
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1987: Golden Globes: Nominated for Best Original Soundtrack1987: Cannes Film Festival: Official Selection - Nominated to Golden Palm1987: Independent Spirit Awards: 2 Nominations inc. Best Supp. Actress (Woodward)
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