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A Delicate Balance is a 1973 American-Canadian-British drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid, Joseph Cotten, and Betsy Blair. The screenplay by Edward Albee is based on his 1966 Pulitzer Prize -winning play of the same name .
A Delicate Balance: Directed by Tony Richardson. With Katharine Hepburn, Paul Scofield, Lee Remick, Kate Reid. A well-to-do Connecticut family is upended when the grown daughter's godparents, seized by a nameless terror, decide to come live with them.
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- Drama
- Tony Richardson
- 1976-04
Roger Ebert praises Tony Richardson's film version of Edward Albee's play, starring Katharine Hepburn and Paul Scofield as a middle-class family in crisis. He describes the play's themes, characters, and style, and compares it to Harold Pinter's The Homecoming.
Quietly nursing their grief over the death of their son, they get by well enough together. Agnes' boozy sister wanders in and out, and they allow anxiety-stricken friends to move into an upstairs ...
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- Tony Richardson
- PG
- Drama
A Delicate Balance is a lot. Produced by American Film Theatre, the film never makes much of a fuss over hiding its play roots. This is a stagey, cramped, and precisely mounted play adaptation. Honestly, it borders on feeling like it is just a play that happened to be filmed. From the onset, director Tony Richardson lays out the emotional ...
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- The American Film Theatre
- Tony Richardson
Agnes is a determined, powerful woman who feels she must hold her husband Tobias together and present a brave face to the world. Her husband Tobias is both retired and retiring, a man who cannot quite face up to life. Living with the couple is Agnes' sister Claire, an alcoholic who sees through and scoffs at the insincerity and pretensions ...
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A Delicate Balance Oscar-winners Katharine Hepburn and Paul Scofield star, and acclaimed British director Tony Richardson allows these thoroughbreds to explore the full range of conflict and confrontation in this explosive WASP gothic.
