Wallace Shawn
Vanya
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Oct 19, 1994 · Vanya on 42nd Street: Directed by Louis Malle. With Phoebe Brand, Lynn Cohen, George Gaynes, Jerry Mayer. New York actors rehearse Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" in a dilapidated theatre.
- (5K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Louis Malle
- 1994-10-19
In New York, the cast of Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" rehearse the play in a dilapidated theater on the 42nd Street. . The arrogant and selfish Professor Serybryakov is an elderly intellectual married with his gorgeous and younger second wife Yelena that feels trapped in a prison with her marriage. They live in a farm that supports their ...
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Vanya on 42nd Street is a 1994 American film directed by Louis Malle, written by Andre Gregory, and starring Wallace Shawn and Julianne Moore. The film is an intimate, interpretive performance of the 1899 play Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov as adapted by David Mamet .
- $1,746,050
- September 13, 1994
- Fred Berner
- Joshua Redman
Dec 23, 1994 · A table, some chairs, many shadows reaching out into the unseen depths of an abandoned theater, and a long night of truth-telling. These are the elements of "Vanya on 42nd Street," a film which reduces Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya" to its bare elements: loneliness, wasted lives, romantic hope and despair. To add elaborate sets, costumes and locations ...
Rent Vanya on 42nd Street on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Beautiful performances and the subtle hand of master Louis Malle make this adaptation of Chekov's Uncle Vanya an eccentric ...
- (66)
- Louis Malle
- PG
- Wallace Shawn
Oct 19, 1994 · Overview. An uninterrupted rehearsal of Chekhov's 1899 play "Uncle Vanya" played out by a company of actors. The setting is their run down theater with an unusable stage and crumbling ceiling. The play is shown act by act with the briefest of breaks to move props or for refreshments. The lack of costumes, real props and scenery is soon forgotten.
