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Tomorrow is a 1972 American drama film directed by Joseph Anthony and starring Robert Duvall. The screenplay was written by Horton Foote, adapted from a play he wrote for Playhouse 90 that was itself based on a 1940 short story by William Faulkner in the short story collection Knight's Gambit. [1] The PG-rated film was filmed in the Mississippi ...
- Irwin Stahl
- 9 April 1972 (US)
- Gilbert Pearlman, Paul Roebling
- Robert Duvall, Olga Bellin
Adapted by Foote from a 1940 short story by William Faulkner, Tomorrow is the story of a dirt-poor Mississippi farmer (Duvall) who happens upon a runaway pregnant woman who has been "played out" by life. The soft-spoken, unemotional farmer takes her into the barren sawmill where he has taken a job as caretaker and slowly begins to fall in love ...
- Joseph Anthony, Alan Hopkins
- Robert Duvall
Based on a William Faulkner story, this movie has the dark, gloomy, but realistic look of his work. The art direction, lighting, and costume design shows that this is a low-budget film, but it doesn't make it corny. In fact, this adds much to the authenticity of what the South was like in the late 1800s.
Today Mr. Duvall is 89 years old and still working, awaiting release of his 88th film. The film Tomorrow (1972) is largely and sadly unknown to many film lovers, even many of Duvall's fans, yet contains what I consider to be one his finest performances to date. It is such a moving and thoughtful tale to begin with, and Duvall's performance make...
Jan 5, 2017 · Years later I saw the film and realized within the first 5 minutes that this was the movie Dad had been talking about. Today is Robert Duvall’s birthday as well, so the whole assignment has had a very pleasing symmetry. Here’s my Film Comment essay on Tomorrow (1972). This entry was posted in Movies and tagged drama, Horton Foote, literary ...
Jan 5, 2017 · The theme of Faulkner’s original story is voiced by Gavin near the end, echoing the famous monologue from Macbeth: “The lowly and invincible of the earth—to endure and endure and then endure, tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.”. Faulkner spoke of this concept of the honor of endurance in his 1950 Nobel Prize acceptance speech: “I ...
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