Long Day's Journey Into Night (1973)
Directed by Peter Wood / Michael Blakemore
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Addiction Drama, Family Drama, Filmed Play, Psychological Drama |
Release Date - Mar 10, 1973 (USA - Unknown) |
Run Time - 163 min. |
Countries - United Kingdom, United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur
British actors perform Eugene O'Neill's family drama A Long Day's Journey Into Night in a made-for-television performance. This filmed play was originally broadcast on March 10, 1973. For his portrayal of aging actor James Tyrone, Laurence Olivier won an Emmy for Outstanding Single Performance by a Lead Actor. Constance Cummings plays his morphine-addicted wife, Mary; Denis Quilley plays his alcoholic son, Jamie; and Ronald Pickup plays the ill writer Edmund.
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autobiography, drug-addiction, family-dynamics, hallucination, playwright