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The Glass Menagerie

  • 19871987
  • PGPG
  • 2h 14m
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The Glass Menagerie (1987)
A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
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A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.A son longs to escape from his stifling home, where his genteel mother worries about the future prospects of his lame, shy sister.
IMDb RATING
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2.1K
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  • Director
    • Paul Newman
  • Writer
    • Tennessee Williams(play)
  • Stars
    • Joanne Woodward
    • John Malkovich
    • Karen Allen
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  • Director
    • Paul Newman
  • Writer
    • Tennessee Williams(play)
  • Stars
    • Joanne Woodward
    • John Malkovich
    • Karen Allen
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    • 23User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 1 win & 6 nominations

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    Joanne Woodward
    Joanne Woodward
    • Amanda Wingfieldas Amanda Wingfield
    John Malkovich
    John Malkovich
    • Tom Wingfieldas Tom Wingfield
    Karen Allen
    Karen Allen
    • Laura Wingfieldas Laura Wingfield
    James Naughton
    James Naughton
    • Jim O'Connor (the gentleman caller)as Jim O'Connor (the gentleman caller)
    • Director
      • Paul Newman
    • Writer
      • Tennessee Williams(play)
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    • Trivia
      The original Broadway stage play "The Glass Menagerie" opened at the Playhouse Theatre on Mar 31, 1945 and ran for 563 performances.
    • Goofs
      As Tom is speaking with Laura in one scene, every time the camera is focused on her, his arms are at his sides in the background. When the camera focuses on him, his arms are crossed. This switches back and forth for an entire scene.
    • Quotes

      Tom Wingfield: I'm going to the movies.

      Amanda Wingfield: I don't believe that lie!

      Tom Wingfield: No? Well you're right, Mother. I'm going to opium dens. Yes, mother. Opium dens. Dens of vice and criminal's hangouts, mother, I am a hired assassin, I joined the Hogan gang, I carry a tommy gun in a violin case, and I run a stream of cat houses in the valley, they call me Killer, Killer Wingfield, see I'm leading a double life, really, a simple honest warehouse worker by day, but by night a dynamic czar of the underworld, mother, I just go to gambling casinos, spin away fortune on the roulette tables, mother, I wear a patch over one eye, and a false moustache and sometimes I put on green whiskers, on, on those occasions, they call me "El Diablo," I can tell you many things to make you sleepless, mother, my enemies plan to dynamite this place, they're gonna blow us sky high! And I will be glad? I will be very happy, and so will you be. You will go up, up, up, over Blue Mountain, on a broomstick with seventeen gentleman callers! You ugly, babbling old witch!

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Sicilian/Prince of Darkness/No Man's Land/The Glass Menagerie/The Whales of August (1987)

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    Beautiful and haunting
    Under-rated beautifully realized version of a famous play - everything is just right and Karen Allen's work as the tragic Laura is deeply moving - one of the best screen performances never to have been nominated for an Academy Award.
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    • Release date
      • May 27, 1987 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Canada
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Die Glasmenagerie
    • Filming locations
      • Kaufman Astoria Studios - 3412 36th Street, Astoria, Queens, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production company
      • Cineplex Odeon Films
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $895,904
    • Gross worldwide
      • $895,904
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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