Long Day's Journey Into Night Movie Review 1996

Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play about his family is adapted from Canada's Stratford Festival production. The Tyrones are a troubled Irish-American family: bullying James (Hutt) was a once-great Shakespearean actor who has been typecast in a popular stage potboiler; wife Mary (Henry) is a morphine addict; elder son James Jr. (Donaldson) is an alcoholic; and O'Neill's alter-ego is Edmund (McCamus), an overly sensitive, consumptive writer. Fine performances, excellent production.

Distribution

Not Yet Released

Available on VHS
Running time 174 minutes.
Originally from Canadian.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Family Ties, Adapted from a Play, Plays to Film: Eugene O'Neill, Drug Use & Abuse, On the Rocks, Writers

Screenplay

Eugene O'Neill

Cast

William Hutt, Martha Henry, Tom McCamus, Peter Donaldson, Martha Burns

Cinematography

David Franco

Director

David Wellington

Music

Ron Sures

Producer

Niv Fichman, Daniel Iron, Rhombus Media

Awards

Genie 1996: Actor (Hutt), Actress (Henry), Support. Actor (Donaldson), Support. Actress (Burns); Toronto-City 1996: Canadian Feature Film.