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I'm surprised that those reviews that admired the film did not give particular kudos to the scene between Dillon (son) and Elizondo (plain-spoken father) toward the end of the movie where they get tangled up in a hilarious series of metaphors that leave them both exasperated. It is a unique comic moment played splendidly. I'd watch the film again just for that thirty seconds.

I saw this television production when it first aired on PBS in 1973, and soon after was able to get a dvd version offered by Broadway Theatre Archive. First of all, ignore most of the information in the entry for this production; somehow the credits (actors, writers, language) belong in some other film or play's entry. Geneviève Bujold is a spitfire Antigone, and Fritz Weaver plays a by-the-book executive politician Creon. Stacy Keach leads the Chorus. The play, of course, needs no praise from me, but Anouilh has long been a favorite of mine; I'll watch anything he has ever written with his ability to bring acid wit to universal moral issues. Definitely worth your time. It was once offered on the Kultur website, but seems to have disappeared. May be available on a Region 2 but perhaps also from a streaming service.