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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage

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Calorie Rating: 121
Released: 1994-12-19
Running Time: 86 Minutes
Studios: Eagle Rock Entertainment, International Cultural Programming Inc., Thirteen,


A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow (I)', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.

Director / Directors



Cast

Tennessee Williams
Character: Self (archive footage)
Carroll Baker
Character: Baby Doll Meighan (archive footage)
Reed Birney
Character: Actor

Melvyn Bragg
Character: Self
Marlon Brando
Character: Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage)
Dick Cavett
Character: Self (archive footage)

Montgomery Clift
Character: Dr. Cukrowicz (archive footage)
David Frost
Character: Self
Katharine Hepburn
Character: Mrs. Venable (archive footage)

Kim Hunter
Character: Self
Burl Ives
Character: Big Daddy (archive footage)
Elia Kazan
Character: Self (archive footage)

Frank Langella
Character: Narrator
Anna Magnani
Character: Serafina Delle Rose / Lady Torrance (archive footage)
Yukio Mishima
Character: Self (archive footage)

Edward R. Murrow
Character: Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman
Character: Brick / Chance Wayne (archive footage)
Geraldine Page
Character: Alexandra Del Lago / Alma Winemiller (archive footage)

Maria St. Just
Character: Self
Maureen Stapleton
Character: Self
Gore Vidal
Character: Self

Sam Waterston
Character: Tom Wingfield (archive footage)


Production and Crew

Susan Lacy
Producer
Jerry Pantzer
Cinematography