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The Glass Menagerie is a 1987 American drama film directed by Paul Newman. It is a replication of a production of Tennessee Williams' 1944 play of the same title that originated at the Williamstown Theatre Festival and then transferred to the Long Wharf Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut.
May 27, 1987 · The Glass Menagerie: Directed by Paul Newman. With Joanne Woodward, John Malkovich, Karen Allen, James Naughton. A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
Tom Wingfield looks back on his relationship with his mother, Amanda, and sister, Laura, all of whom were abandoned by patriarch Mr. Wingfield 16 years earlier.
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Currently you are able to watch "The Glass Menagerie" streaming on Pluto TV for free with ads. Synopsis A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
The Glass Menagerie. Long abandoned by her husband, Amanda Whitfield (Katharine Hepburn) lives in a small St. Louis apartment with her grown children, smothering them both with her attention.
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The Glass Menagerie. From director Paul Newman comes this 1987 stage adaptation of the classic Tennessee Williams play. 22 IMDb 7.1 2 h 14 min 1987. 7+.
Tennessee Williams did not write a sweet, romantic family story and Newman doesn't get it. Too bad, The Glass Menagerie could be a brilliant movie if it ever fell into the hands of a director who had the guts to get at the real meat in this story and within the 4 main characters.
Sep 10, 2012 · When the long-awaited gentleman caller accidentally breaks both her favourite unicorn and her heart, she finally drifts away for good into her fantasies. Her brother Tom (Malkovich) is weak and...
A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
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.
