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The Glass Menagerie

1987, Movie, PG, 135 mins

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The third and best of the filmed versions of martyrs and dead magnolias. Directed by Paul Newman, the Tennessee Williams classic is painstakingly faithful to the play and features extraordinary performances from all the actors. Tom (John Malkovich) is the story's narrator and sets the scene for the "memory play" by introducing the characters. Tom himself is a poet who works in a warehouse to support his family but who longs for escape. Amanda (Joanne Woodward) is his mother,... read more leave a comment
Later screen version of the Tennessee Williams play in which a fading Southern woman lives in the past, affecting her crippled daughter.
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Length: 00:32
Posted: 3/17/2008
Year: 1987
Rated PG

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Joanne Woodward: Amanda Wingfield
John Malkovich: Tom Wingfield
Karen Allen: Laura Wingfield
James Naughton: Gentleman Caller--Jim O'Connor

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