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The Subject Was Roses is a 1968 American Metrocolor drama film directed by Ulu Grosbard. The screenplay by Frank D. Gilroy is based on his 1964 Pulitzer Prize-winning play of the same title. The film stars Patricia Neal, Martin Sheen and Jack Albertson. Albertson won an Academy Award as best supporting actor and Neal was nominated as best actress.
The Subject Was Roses: Directed by Ulu Grosbard. With Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen, Don Saxon. A young man returning home from World War II finds himself caught up in his parents' turbulent relationship.
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- Patricia Neal, Jack Albertson, Martin Sheen
Roger Ebert criticizes the film adaptation of Frank Gilroy's play about a post-war family drama. He finds the actors too theatrical and the story too confined to the apartment setting.
Timmy Cleary (Martin Sheen), who was once considered timid, returns from duty in World War II with newfound confidence. Soon, he realizes that his parents, John (Jack Albertson) and Nettie ...
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- Patricia Neal
Summaries. A young man returning home from World War II finds himself caught up in his parents' turbulent relationship. When Timmy Cleary (Sheen), comes home from soldiering, he's greeted by the open but strained arms of his two parents, John and Nettie, (Neal and Albertson).
Synopsis. Young veteran Timmy Cleary returns to his Bronx home at the end of World War II and is soon disillusioned to find his parents' marriage filled with discord, quarreling, and recriminations.
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The Subject Was Roses is a Pulitzer Prize -winning 1964 play written by Frank D. Gilroy, who also adapted the work in 1968 for a film with the same title. Background. The play premiered on Broadway at the Royale Theatre on May 25, 1964, starring Jack Albertson, Irene Dailey, and Martin Sheen, and directed by Ulu Grosbard.
