I started seeing this movie in a high school English class, in 1997... and when the bell rang, I never got to see the last 15 minutes of the film. For years, I've told myself that I was going to watch it and everytime I'd end up watching something else 🤷♀️ Well, today, 22 years later, I've ended that frustration. lol
John Malkovich is one of the most versatile and sensitive male actors to happen in Screenplay this century. He is enormously suited for a wide variety of characters, but never shows any sign of Egotism. And Joanne Woodward only needs to be silent to get her point across. Her quiet, steady gaze says all that is necessary!!
Being a student of literature, I guess that this is the best play that I have ever read. It's so artistic and aesthetic! And it appears to be even more beautiful when you yourself are like Laura, shy, introverted, socially awkward. Tennessee Williams has really created a masterpiece!
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@@Skitzo1629 a literary text is never boring. It's just our taste buds are different and that's alright. You probably like more action and less description and therefore don't like it, but that does not make the text boring.
@I hope Did you know that Tennesee Williams had sister that had one leg smaller than the other. And she was shy, introverted, socialy awkward. Tennesee himself was gay, so yeah... The Glass Menagerie is his own, very personal, very deep thruth about his own life. Thinking about that and connecting it with this piece of art just makes me sad and smile ...
@@vedadcano2048 yes, Rose Isabel Williams. When we were analysing the text, we came to know that Laura is actually a mixture of Tennessee and Rose, both the brother and sister were like that though Rose's personality traits are more prominent in Laura. This melancholic yet beautiful details show how artistic was Tennessee Williams in his personal life! Yes, this saddens me too.
Allerdyne It brings out the reality of so many people being frozen and watching time slip through their fingers but not doing anything about it as with Laura. Existential.
Superb actor John Malkovitch and Joanne Woodward's gestures, very apt in the theatrical southern mannerisms. I am going to watch the other versions of the glass menagerie and compare depth and performance. Thanks for sharing.
I distinctly remember first seeing this film back in high school. I had never given much attention to stage plays. Other than more fanciful things like Phantom of the Opera I was never interested in humanistic things like this. I was (and still am) a fan of fantasy and science fiction. Realistic things were boring, I thought. But then one year in a literature class we studied this play at one point and chose people from the class to read the parts and put on the play so to speak, though from our desks. I happened to have the part of Tom. Playing the part as best as I could really made it real for me, made me feel completely engaged in the character and his motivations, and I loved the play by the end. After we put it all together and tested on the material we watched this rendition of the film and to see the lines I had read aloud being brought to life so masterfully by Malkovich changed my perspective on a lot of things having to do with more realistic drama. From that moment on I was a huge John Malkovich fan and started to seek out other similar plays, films, and novels. I owe a lot to this film as it turns out and I honestly don't think I'd be the same person I am today if this hadn't steered my interests the way it did.
Same here! No matter how old he gets, John's voice retains its youth. Even today, if you hear him speak, his voice still sounds like a 22 year old man's voice. His ennounciations are good and it doesn't sound like an older mans voice, as some mens' voices get more gruff as they age.
Honey Exactly!! His voice is incredibly soothing. I could listening to his monologue all day. Especially his one as Biff in Death Of A Salesman. Finally, someone who actually gets it!
John Malkovich is my favorite actor of all time, followed by the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Thanks for uploading this fabulous version. I couldn't find it anywhere!
He's from the same area as me, in Southern Illinois. I used to manage his mother's newspaper office after she passed, and was pretty good friends with his cousin. Many of the Malkovich's still live right around tiny, little Benton, Illinois
We began studying this at our drama class. I completed reading the play, and my teacher clarified some concepts used in it. To tell you the truth, I could not hold my tears throughout this admirable movie... What a masterpiece...
I wonder what ever happened to poor Shy Unmarried and Crippled Laura, did she end up opening an OnlyFans account to pay her and her Mother's bills 😭😭😭😭
My god. Hope i don't become this kind of mother, so castrating, so axphiciating...and unable to shut up for a minute. OmG, I've been such a Laura so many times. My mom still treats me like a Laura. Only diffetence is that noe I dont care, but used to hurt me so much. I was/am never enough for her.
+Mein Gott Yes but the other one follows the play exactly. Katherine Hepburn one. I get lost in the words, and the deep hidden meanings. The sad tragic lives of each family member.
The first time I saw Karen Allen was in the film Starman with Jeff Bridges; she played a vulnerable young widow from Upper Michigan (where I lived for five years though I'm from below the Mackinac Bridge in the lower peninsula). In that movie, she was just the right blend of fragility and spunk that the role of abandoned wife required. Here, a few years later, she is still fragile but minus the feisty: with her smattering of freckles, big lost eyes, and that husky voice that barely rises above a whisper, she does the role of Laura Wingfield proud.
Speaking of chemistry between Laura and Tom, I also sensed something between Amanda and Jim. I mean, Amanda doesn’t behave like the mother, she behaves like the Southern Belle, almost as if SHE’s entertaining Jim rather than Laura trying to attract him or he wooing Laura. I think Amanda is stuck in her past as the Southern Belle and she misses it so much, that’s why she’s so desperate for gentlemen callers; she’s desperate to entertain. And when Jim comes over, notice how the camera goes behind the drawn portieres, framing the two- Jim and Amanda- in a light haze. It’s not even romantic, it’s reminiscent of the old Amanda, the one that she lost when she married the father. Jim’s back can be seen so he’s just merged into some young man. But the audience is aware of his identity and it makes this scene very disconcerting and just...sad. I wince at the awkwardness but I also sigh with sympathy for her.
Thank you soooo much for posting this! This is the definitive production in my opinion. Joanne Woodward, Malkovich and Allen are the most superb Wingfields filmed. I have always felt Woodward was the finest Amanda I have seen...and have seen a lot on stage and filmed. Thank you. This is the best version made.
I think that Tennessee William's has a brilliant insight into the human condition. He especially really understands women and how what it is that keeps women down and the expectations laid upon us. The state of our 1st world attitude about what we are supposed to do and for some people life is just hard yet no one sees.it.
Wow!!!! Such mind-blowing performances!!! Currently reading the play and then I saw this adaptation directed by Paul Newman, it's really, really excellent work! How he has brilliantly guided the actors and for the actors themselves to deliver the lines that couldn't be so easily imagined just by reading....watching this every night after chores, enjoying a lot:) Thanks for uploading!
This is a wonderful version....halfway between a stage production and a movie. It allows the camera to get intimate with the actors without mutilating it like the "official" movie version with Douglas and Wyman. Karen Allen is lovely, so adorable and fragile you just want to squeeze her but are terrified you'd crush her like the petals on a...well, a blue rose, I suppose. For those who might be interested Malkovich did a wonderful "Of Mice and Men" with Gary Sinise which is much like this...a movie that is more a stage play than a movie.
I always felt the chemistry between the actors who play tom and laura was a bit on the romantic side. Look at that scene where Tom comes home drunk and gives Laura the magician's scarf.
+MrChris8413 I will look at this again with your point in mind. I love being able to discuss a play and get other people's viewpoints. It makes it so much more enjoyable.
+MrChris8413 Yes, I know Tom and Laura are very close in the play. Hell, the only reason Tom even stays as long as he does in that "coffin"-like situation is because he doesn't want to abandon his sister. You're right. But I think John Malkovich and Karen Allen's chemistry on-screen is borderline romantic seeming. It's all in the way they gaze at each other. That's just me, though. Haha.
lol Wow, you really went deep with that comment. I've taught this play (and A Streetcar Named Desire) for 10 years on the high school level and my students are always fascinated to see the autobiographical aspect of Williams' writing. I think knowing his backstory really adds something to one's appreciation of the text overall. Having said that, your comment, I think, is better suited with the general comments rather than as a reply to my observation on the scarf scene. Haha! But I do see the PS comment you threw in ;)
This was my favorite version of the Glass Managerie. During that "chew your food dear, chew, chew, chew" scene, I wanted to yell "shut the fuck up!!!" If it elicits such strong reactions, you know it's working. The mother has to be as annoying as possible.
Remember seeing an earlier version when I was quite young ( I am 55 now), an it stuck with me apparently. Listened today to an interview on NPR about the author today and decided to revisit. Very glad I did, thank you much for sharing. Williams was a master, though his 'provoke thought without providing resolution' style would never work/sell today. He made it feel as if it were about all of the characters, when in truth - it was Tom's story alone. Bravo aliel715.
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I could watch John Malkovitch in anything! What an amazing actor! I've seen him play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in "Mary Reilly', Lenny, in "Of Mice and Men", Blackbeard in a TV mini-series, A Muskateer in "Man in the Iron Mask", and play them all equally well. I swear the man is a shape-shifter!
They all play the mother well .Joanne and Shirley were better than Kathrine but all were good .You can definitely see why the kids are all askew,the mother is an overbearing nightmare full of intimidation and her own fears and insecurities as she just passes it along down the line .There ends the lineage .
I have seen this play twice on stage and watched all versions on film. I have this on VHS, but it's impossible to watch now. Thanks for the upload. The acting is superb.
*This is my favorite film adaptation of Tennessee Williams's first play. In true American fashion, he had it produced after cutting a couple of years off his age, so that he submit it in a competition for "Playwrights Under Thirty Years of Age"!*
1:46:27 When Iread this moment in the play I could hardly imagine how would one say this line without sounding ridiculous, and while i hugely enjoyed James Naughton's (amazing!) portrayal of Jim, I still laughed when I saw this :)
Wow, I' ve been wanting to see this film forever. I've known of its existence but it's still not on dvd, only videocassettes if you can find them. Can't wait to watch it and give it my full attention (it is my favorite play).
Nonsense ,her Amanda is an older version of her role in Sound of the Fury as Yul Byrner's step niece.Katherine was the much better Amanda Wingfield ,yes Katherine often sounded the same however she was a phenomenal actress the acting is in her face especially the eyes ,only exceptionally gifted actors can act through their eyes.The late Peter o'toole had this gift.
She reminds me of my mum - not the "how to eat your food" bit - she wasn't obsessed - but hypercritical self-centred authoritarian, full of fantasy, deluded about herself and her kids, banging on and on about herself, about how pretty she was, how much men fancied her and how much everybody loved her; about all the men she could've had but she ended up with our dad; how she martyred herself to ungrateful selfish kids; how she kept telling the same stories - and I mean stories because most were lies or exaggerations - over and over again ad infinitum ad nauseum.
If this souvenir of your mother was not so tragic it would be beautiful. I suppose all life is beautiful in its retelling, just like the Glass Menagerie. So beautiful you cry not only for the characters but for yourself as well. Thank you for sharing.
I have watched all three screen versions of Glass Menagerie and in my opinion Joanne Woodward is the best Amanda Wingfield of the three. Laurette Taylor's performance was ruined by the play being re-written and bad directing. Katherine Hepburn was good but I never could shake the fact that I was watching Katherine Hepburn. Joanne Woodward inhabits this part and makes you believe she is a real person. I wish she had gotten more accolades for this performance. And oh yes, I also think everyone else is wonderful as well, particularly John Malkovich.
+Allison Seamark FYI, that wasn't Laurette Taylor in the first movie version, it was Gertrude Lawrence. Taylor originated the role on Broadway in a legendary performance people say was the greatest they ever saw; I'd be over the moon if she'd lived to do it on film.
Done in 1987, directed by Paul Newman. No one is going to do a better job at those roles than John Malkovich and Joanne Woodward. Karen Allen beautiful and delicate. No surprise all three have had remarkable film careers. James Naughton as the Gentleman caller rather lets the side down and spent a lifetime on TV. Overall, remarkably good.
yeah obviously there not going for the wr any% glitchless no tas fc run, they're acting out a play and taking the time to let the shots and lines develop.
I have a real life "Laura" in my family. She's been hiding in my cousin's house since hs graduation three years ago. Not certain what her future holds.
8:17 I appreciate that they changed "n****r" to "coloured boy" in their script, it's more sensitive. Tennessee wrote this in the mid forties so that explains why the script had that word.
I just saw a version of this play at the magical place that is the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. I went with low expectations because of this movie, that it just didn’t move me at all. The Guthrie played much more off the idea of it being a “memory play”. It just makes me wish that those actors (outside of Karen Allen), that director, those that did the staging and the lighting would do a movie, so it can replace this as the go-to movie version. I came back to this to be surprised that they’re actually covering the same words (no, I haven’t read the book, I know..). And then I took a crew of 17 to see it a second time. And the magic of it lured me back a 3rd time with a few more friends. That production did the story justice. This? What a shame.. :/
Who’s here because they’re reading this for Literature
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You still NEED to read it, Bucko. It won’t work just by watching the movie.
Me too and there’s this great Channel called “course hero” which makes the play way easier to understand and remember✨ 🧚♀️ 💞
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@@luyandochuula9552 thank you for the great tip
I started seeing this movie in a high school English class, in 1997... and when the bell rang, I never got to see the last 15 minutes of the film. For years, I've told myself that I was going to watch it and everytime I'd end up watching something else 🤷♀️ Well, today, 22 years later, I've ended that frustration. lol
LOL
John Malkovich is one of the most versatile and sensitive male actors to happen in Screenplay this century. He is enormously suited for a wide variety of characters, but never shows any sign of Egotism. And Joanne Woodward only needs to be silent to get her point across. Her quiet, steady gaze says all that is necessary!!
“I’ll rise but I won’t shine” I love young Malkovich’s portrayal of Tom’s humour.
What a wonderful cast. A classic❤❤❤
Being a student of literature, I guess that this is the best play that I have ever read. It's so artistic and aesthetic! And it appears to be even more beautiful when you yourself are like Laura, shy, introverted, socially awkward. Tennessee Williams has really created a masterpiece!
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its so damn boring
@@Skitzo1629 a literary text is never boring. It's just our taste buds are different and that's alright. You probably like more action and less description and therefore don't like it, but that does not make the text boring.
@I hope Did you know that Tennesee Williams had sister that had one leg smaller than the other. And she was shy, introverted, socialy awkward. Tennesee himself was gay, so yeah... The Glass Menagerie is his own, very personal, very deep thruth about his own life. Thinking about that and connecting it with this piece of art just makes me sad and smile ...
@@vedadcano2048 yes, Rose Isabel Williams. When we were analysing the text, we came to know that Laura is actually a mixture of Tennessee and Rose, both the brother and sister were like that though Rose's personality traits are more prominent in Laura. This melancholic yet beautiful details show how artistic was Tennessee Williams in his personal life! Yes, this saddens me too.
This certainly isn't the saddest play or movie out there, but for some reason, it always just brings a tear to my eye.
Allerdyne It brings out the reality of so many people being frozen and watching time slip through their fingers but not doing anything about it as with Laura. Existential.
Blow out your candle, that fucks me up every single time.
This is my favourite Tennessee Williams play and john malkovich gives a stunning performance. The mother's acting is also brilliant
Superb actor John Malkovitch and Joanne Woodward's gestures, very apt in the theatrical southern mannerisms. I am going to watch the other versions of the glass menagerie and compare depth and performance. Thanks for sharing.
Every actor in this production is impeccable. A stunning play and movie. Gorgeous.
I distinctly remember first seeing this film back in high school. I had never given much attention to stage plays. Other than more fanciful things like Phantom of the Opera I was never interested in humanistic things like this. I was (and still am) a fan of fantasy and science fiction. Realistic things were boring, I thought. But then one year in a literature class we studied this play at one point and chose people from the class to read the parts and put on the play so to speak, though from our desks. I happened to have the part of Tom. Playing the part as best as I could really made it real for me, made me feel completely engaged in the character and his motivations, and I loved the play by the end. After we put it all together and tested on the material we watched this rendition of the film and to see the lines I had read aloud being brought to life so masterfully by Malkovich changed my perspective on a lot of things having to do with more realistic drama. From that moment on I was a huge John Malkovich fan and started to seek out other similar plays, films, and novels. I owe a lot to this film as it turns out and I honestly don't think I'd be the same person I am today if this hadn't steered my interests the way it did.
Every teacher dreams of having a student like you who is changed forever by a piece of memorable literature.
Well stated.
Sometimes we have to grow up a little to go back and take another look at something we dismissed as a youth.
"I wish you were my sister" friendzoned oof
Sisterzoned*
Then kissed her 'what are you doing stepbro'
I absolutely LOVE his voice!
Same here! No matter how old he gets, John's voice retains its youth. Even today, if you hear him speak, his voice still sounds like a 22 year old man's voice. His ennounciations are good and it doesn't sound like an older mans voice, as some mens' voices get more gruff as they age.
Honey Exactly!! His voice is incredibly soothing. I could listening to his monologue all day. Especially his one as Biff in Death Of A Salesman. Finally, someone who actually gets it!
John Malkovich is my favorite actor of all time, followed by the late Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Thanks for uploading this fabulous version. I couldn't find it anywhere!
Absolutely agree!
Exactly! At one point I wondered if I would have to order the video tape and then send to a software lab to produce the digital file for me
He's from the same area as me, in Southern Illinois.
I used to manage his mother's newspaper office after she passed, and was pretty good friends with his cousin. Many of the Malkovich's still live right around tiny, little Benton, Illinois
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Cool I live in Chicago
We began studying this at our drama class. I completed reading the play, and my teacher clarified some concepts used in it. To tell you the truth, I could not hold my tears throughout this admirable movie... What a masterpiece...
me too I am studying it at Drama course
Yahya Dridi I m studying this currently 💕 Wonderful play!
studying this right now!
Studying this right now. This is my second year in university
I wonder what ever happened to poor Shy Unmarried and Crippled Laura, did she end up opening an OnlyFans account to pay her and her Mother's bills 😭😭😭😭
Ohhh god ...This movie just made me Cry ...I feel so connected...❤❤❤💘💘brilliant work by Tennessee Williams👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
Fantastic piece of literature
Ryan F I totally agree with this. Hands down one of the best plays I've seen of my life.
who else is laughing every time they say "rise and shine" bc of kylie
Daisy Sanchez Me! Dude that shii was so funny!
Ikrrr
I loved this Malkovich is genius in this.
My god. Hope i don't become this kind of mother, so castrating, so axphiciating...and unable to shut up for a minute. OmG, I've been such a Laura so many times. My mom still treats me like a Laura. Only diffetence is that noe I dont care, but used to hurt me so much. I was/am never enough for her.
This is the best one! Malkovitch and Joanne Woodward=excellent.
+Mein Gott Yes but the other one follows the play exactly. Katherine Hepburn one. I get lost in the words, and the deep hidden meanings. The sad tragic lives of each family member.
The first time I saw Karen Allen was in the film Starman with Jeff Bridges; she played a vulnerable young widow from Upper Michigan (where I lived for five years though I'm from below the Mackinac Bridge in the lower peninsula). In that movie, she was just the right blend of fragility and spunk that the role of abandoned wife required. Here, a few years later, she is still fragile but minus the feisty: with her smattering of freckles, big lost eyes, and that husky voice that barely rises above a whisper, she does the role of Laura Wingfield proud.
Speaking of chemistry between Laura and Tom, I also sensed something between Amanda and Jim. I mean, Amanda doesn’t behave like the mother, she behaves like the Southern Belle, almost as if SHE’s entertaining Jim rather than Laura trying to attract him or he wooing Laura. I think Amanda is stuck in her past as the Southern Belle and she misses it so much, that’s why she’s so desperate for gentlemen callers; she’s desperate to entertain. And when Jim comes over, notice how the camera goes behind the drawn portieres, framing the two- Jim and Amanda- in a light haze. It’s not even romantic, it’s reminiscent of the old Amanda, the one that she lost when she married the father. Jim’s back can be seen so he’s just merged into some young man. But the audience is aware of his identity and it makes this scene very disconcerting and just...sad. I wince at the awkwardness but I also sigh with sympathy for her.
Thank you soooo much for posting this! This is the definitive production in my opinion. Joanne Woodward, Malkovich and Allen are the most superb Wingfields filmed. I have always felt Woodward was the finest Amanda I have seen...and have seen a lot on stage and filmed. Thank you. This is the best version made.
I wish I could find my English teacher from college and thank him for making us read this play...
I think that Tennessee William's has a brilliant insight into the human condition. He especially really understands women
and how what it is that keeps women down and the expectations laid upon us. The state of our 1st world
attitude about what we are supposed to do and for some people life is just hard
yet no one sees.it.
Man Laura really avoids eye contact as much as possible.
I pity Laura's condition,no one could make her truly happy 😭❤❤
Wow!!!! Such mind-blowing performances!!! Currently reading the play and then I saw this adaptation directed by Paul Newman, it's really, really excellent work! How he has brilliantly guided the actors and for the actors themselves to deliver the lines that couldn't be so easily imagined just by reading....watching this every night after chores, enjoying a lot:) Thanks for uploading!
This is a wonderful version....halfway between a stage production and a movie. It allows the camera to get intimate with the actors without mutilating it like the "official" movie version with Douglas and Wyman. Karen Allen is lovely, so adorable and fragile you just want to squeeze her but are terrified you'd crush her like the petals on a...well, a blue rose, I suppose. For those who might be interested Malkovich did a wonderful "Of Mice and Men" with Gary Sinise which is much like this...a movie that is more a stage play than a movie.
Thanks for posting this play! Love this performance of the play so much (with Joan Woodard and John Malkovich).
I always felt the chemistry between the actors who play tom and laura was a bit on the romantic side. Look at that scene where Tom comes home drunk and gives Laura the magician's scarf.
Honestly, that kind of grossed me out. I felt that too but I wasn't able to identify exactly what made me uneasy.
+MrChris8413 I will look at this again with your point in mind. I love being able to discuss a play and get other people's viewpoints. It makes it so much more enjoyable.
+MrChris8413 Yes, I know Tom and Laura are very close in the play. Hell, the only reason Tom even stays as long as he does in that "coffin"-like situation is because he doesn't want to abandon his sister. You're right. But I think John Malkovich and Karen Allen's chemistry on-screen is borderline romantic seeming. It's all in the way they gaze at each other. That's just me, though. Haha.
Tsuki570 I think that is what I am picking up on too.
lol Wow, you really went deep with that comment. I've taught this play (and A Streetcar Named Desire) for 10 years on the high school level and my students are always fascinated to see the autobiographical aspect of Williams' writing. I think knowing his backstory really adds something to one's appreciation of the text overall. Having said that, your comment, I think, is better suited with the general comments rather than as a reply to my observation on the scarf scene. Haha! But I do see the PS comment you threw in ;)
This was my favorite version of the Glass Managerie. During that "chew your food dear, chew, chew, chew" scene, I wanted to yell "shut the fuck up!!!" If it elicits such strong reactions, you know it's working. The mother has to be as annoying as possible.
This is so absolute perfect! Love the actors, love the play!
Am I the Only one Watching this in 2021 for Literature Exam. Really need a Remake like Life of Pie
Altho I love Joanne Woodward, in this I thought Karen Allen and JohnMalkovich were wonderful. Thank you for sharing.
Remember seeing an earlier version when I was quite young ( I am 55 now), an it stuck with me apparently. Listened today to an interview on NPR about the author today and decided to revisit. Very glad I did, thank you much for sharing. Williams was a master, though his 'provoke thought without providing resolution' style would never work/sell today. He made it feel as if it were about all of the characters, when in truth - it was Tom's story alone. Bravo aliel715.
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I could watch John Malkovitch in anything! What an amazing actor! I've seen him play Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde in "Mary Reilly', Lenny, in "Of Mice and Men", Blackbeard in a TV mini-series, A Muskateer in "Man in the Iron Mask", and play them all equally well. I swear the man is a shape-shifter!
How about Dangerous Liaisons with Glenn Close and Michelle Pfieffer? That's one for the ages.
Mother is not acquainted with my plans....
Brilliant !!!! The absolute BEST filmed version of the play.
Tennessee = Haunting brilliance.🦋
Malkovich gives the best portrayal of Tom
Saw this in my english lit college class years ago; such a great play.
Wonderful performances by all four!
Karen Allen is beautiful and fantastic as always
I read this play in a high school English class and I've used the phrase "skip the light fantastic" ever since.
They all play the mother well .Joanne and Shirley were better than Kathrine but all were good .You can definitely see why the kids are all askew,the mother is an overbearing nightmare full of intimidation and her own fears and insecurities as she just passes it along down the line .There ends the lineage .
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I have seen this play twice on stage and watched all versions on film. I have this on VHS, but it's impossible to watch now. Thanks for the upload. The acting is superb.
The times are a changing, the only thing that doesn't change is the lowly dollar.
My favorite part is 1:16:40-1:17:40, what he says about the movies and Hollywood is so true.
THX FOR POSTING THIS MOVIE!
omg if i had a mama like that,.i'd run away from home too..
Thanks for sharing.
we needed to watch this in my english class
Ashthepanda O-O I pity you. I just saw a play version that was so much better..
*This is my favorite film adaptation of Tennessee Williams's first play. In true American fashion, he had it produced after cutting a couple of years off his age, so that he submit it in a competition for "Playwrights Under Thirty Years of Age"!*
1:46:27 When Iread this moment in the play I could hardly imagine how would one say this line without sounding ridiculous, and while i hugely enjoyed James Naughton's (amazing!) portrayal of Jim, I still laughed when I saw this :)
Wow, I' ve been wanting to see this film forever. I've known of its existence but it's still not on dvd, only videocassettes if you can find them. Can't wait to watch it and give it my full attention (it is my favorite play).
Joanne woodward is an astonishing Amanda!
Nonsense ,her Amanda is an older version of her role in Sound of the Fury as Yul Byrner's step niece.Katherine was the much better Amanda Wingfield ,yes Katherine often sounded the same however she was a phenomenal actress the acting is in her face especially the eyes ,only exceptionally gifted actors can act through their eyes.The late Peter o'toole had this gift.
I prefer Katherine Hepburn
2:03:47 the greatest monologue of American drama.
I always say the same thing about that monologue
She reminds me of my mum - not the "how to eat your food" bit - she wasn't obsessed - but hypercritical self-centred authoritarian, full of fantasy, deluded about herself and her kids, banging on and on about herself, about how pretty she was, how much men fancied her and how much everybody loved her; about all the men she could've had but she ended up with our dad; how she martyred herself to ungrateful selfish kids; how she kept telling the same stories - and I mean stories because most were lies or exaggerations - over and over again ad infinitum ad nauseum.
If this souvenir of your mother was not so tragic it would be beautiful. I suppose all life is beautiful in its retelling, just like the Glass Menagerie. So beautiful you cry not only for the characters but for yourself as well. Thank you for sharing.
I absolutely did not recognise John Malkovich at first! I’ve never seen him so young! Great performance - great play.
Very good version. Woodward is exceptional (as usually)!
Thanks....one of my fav plays,very good cast...i usually don't like joan woodward but she was she was perfect here
I have watched all three screen versions of Glass Menagerie and in my opinion Joanne Woodward is the best Amanda Wingfield of the three. Laurette Taylor's performance was ruined by the play being re-written and bad directing. Katherine Hepburn was good but I never could shake the fact that I was watching Katherine Hepburn. Joanne Woodward inhabits this part and makes you believe she is a real person. I wish she had gotten more accolades for this performance. And oh yes, I also think everyone else is wonderful as well, particularly John Malkovich.
can u help me plz i need the summray
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+Allison Seamark FYI, that wasn't Laurette Taylor in the first movie version, it was Gertrude Lawrence. Taylor originated the role on Broadway in a legendary performance people say was the greatest they ever saw; I'd be over the moon if she'd lived to do it on film.
+Allison Seamark I agree so much with you
Taylor didn’t play her in the first version.
Thanks for posting this . Loved it
Done in 1987, directed by Paul Newman. No one is going to do a better job at those roles than John Malkovich and Joanne Woodward. Karen Allen beautiful and delicate. No surprise all three have had remarkable film careers. James Naughton as the Gentleman caller rather lets the side down and spent a lifetime on TV. Overall, remarkably good.
Best adaption ever. One of my Top 10 movies.
2 hours? It didn't even take me that long to read the play!
Michael T. Brown well yeah, acting a play out takes longer than reading it
yeah obviously there not going for the wr any% glitchless no tas fc run, they're acting out a play and taking the time to let the shots and lines develop.
I have a real life "Laura" in my family. She's been hiding in my cousin's house since hs graduation three years ago. Not certain what her future holds.
Malkovich.. born to this role... and as Biff in "Salesman."
johnnrobin
Do yanks really call their sons ‘Biff’?
Hey! The actress who plays Laura was also Bill Murray's love interest in the movie Scrooged. She was really good in that. :)
She was also in Raiders of The Lost Ark.
And Crystal Skulls.
Amazing play always. Genius Tennessee W. !
Perfect. Thank you for loading this masterpiece ❤
You got a beautiful profile breda 🥰 there isn’t a Word In the dictionary that can explain your type of beauty. i hope your day is as beautiful as you?
49:33 The way Tom describes Paradise Dance Hall reminds me of Lana Del Rey.
The relationship between brother and sister was so sweet, I wonder what happened to Laura after he left, we never knew…
and will never know
Getting ready to do this play, so this is a great find!
AS/A Level students where you at?
Thanks for uploading!
In my opinion this is a far better version then the Katherine Hepburn interpretation.
Such a heart touching play
Malkovich. Genuis.
This play makes you always raise this question, what will happen to Amanda and Laura after Tom left them? What do you think?
Why am I so emotional over this? 😭
I saw this movie in 1980s. Great movie. So sad story.
8:17 I appreciate that they changed "n****r" to "coloured boy" in their script, it's more sensitive. Tennessee wrote this in the mid forties so that explains why the script had that word.
I was required to watch only 80 minutes but this a good anime.
...and this spell-binding production was first aired on Network TV!
Tom and Laura's relationship is good...💓💓
This is beautiful
Its an amazing play 💕
Thnaks very much for upload!
I’m reading this with my class it’s sad but I felt chemistry between Tom and Laura my friend says that they looked like they were dating 😂
Thank You for This!
I am here because I had to read this book for my holiday assignment. I had a choice between this and The Handmaids Tale but I chose this. 🙃
Directed by actor, director etc., Paul Newman and starring Newman’s wife Joanne Woodward.
In the movies, they were never far apart from each other.
thank you! need this to help study for my english exam on monday! :)
Somebody otta kiss you Laura!
Didn’t even took 30 seconds to dislike... or even hate the mother 😅 Good writing/acting
Toms voice is so dreamy ❤
Much better than italian theater version of 1983 to me
I love it ❤❤
I just saw a version of this play at the magical place that is the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. I went with low expectations because of this movie, that it just didn’t move me at all. The Guthrie played much more off the idea of it being a “memory play”. It just makes me wish that those actors (outside of Karen Allen), that director, those that did the staging and the lighting would do a movie, so it can replace this as the go-to movie version. I came back to this to be surprised that they’re actually covering the same words (no, I haven’t read the book, I know..). And then I took a crew of 17 to see it a second time. And the magic of it lured me back a 3rd time with a few more friends. That production did the story justice. This? What a shame.. :/
A classic! I relate to Blue roses more than I’d like to admit to myself :/