Dean Stockwell, Jason Robards, Jeanne Barr
This 1962 production of Eugene O'Neill's play stars the magnificent Katherine Hepburn (who was nominated for an Academy Award for her work in the movie) as Mary Tyrone, the drug-addicted matriarch of ...( read more
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DVD Release Date: May 11, 2004
Stats: 118 reviews
"long day's journey into night" is faithfully adapted from eugene o'neill's semi-autobiographical play which is also his greatest work alive, and it deepens further upon katherine hepburn's prestige as a versatile accomplished actress since she again receives academy award nomina...( read more)
You watch this one for just the great performances and monologues, but it can get grating with all the nonstop talking. I would've like a it more brevity and emotion rather than just talking it out, but, you have to consider the source as well. This is a play about people how onl...( read more)
An intense look into the lives of a married couple as a night unravels. Bitingly realistic and harsh, Elizabeth Taylor gives the performance of a lifetime.
Very long and at times tedious, but it's also brilliantly acted and written. Sidney Lumet does a fine job directing, and does amazingly well. Being Eugene O'Neill, it is major depressing. Excessively talky, good sets and costumes.
i think it one of the best ,maybe the best play in theater by Eugene O Neil ...i leave behind the very known conversation about if you can make films great plays from theater ...anyway those years we had many and very good films based on magnificent theatrical plays . For example...( read more)
It's one horrific night when all sorts of dirt is dished: From mom's morphine addiction and resentment of son Edmund (Dean Stockwell) over the death of her third-born, to dad's (Ralph Richardson) alcoholism and distaste for mom, to more sibling rivalry from firstborn Jamie (Jason...( read more)
Extremely well acted filmed version of the Eugene O'Neill play. The problem is that there is so much going on and so much character drama that it is a little draining. It's like Magnolia if it was still three hours and happened at one house. Jason Robards is fantastic and I loved...( read more)
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