The Shadow Box (1980) (TV)

Calificación de los usuarios:

5.9/10   

Director:

Paul Newman

Escritores:

Michael Cristofer (play)
Michael Cristofer (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

28 diciembre 1980 (USA)

Género:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Death | Cancer | Marriage | Mother Daughter Relationship | Terminal Illness

Premios:

Won Golden Globe. Another 1 win & 3 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A staged play

Reparto

Joanne Woodward	...	Beverly
Christopher Plummer	...	Brian
Valerie Harper	...	Maggie
James Broderick	...	Joe
Sylvia Sidney	...	Felicity
Melinda Dillon	...	Agnes
Ben Masters	...	Mark
John Considine	...	Interviewer
Curtiss Marlowe	...	Steve
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
William Rogers	...	Mark's Friend (uncredited)
Robert Urich	...	(uncredited)

Dirigida por
Paul Newman

Créditos del guión (en orden alfabético)
Michael Cristofer		play
Michael Cristofer		screenplay

Producida por
Jill Marti	....	producer
Susan Kendall Newman	....	producer

Música original por
Henry Mancini

Fotografía por
Adam Holender		(director of photography) (as Adam Holender)

Montaje por
Allan Jacobs

Casting
Toni Howard
Lynn Stalmaster

Dirección artística
Tom H. John		(as Tom John)

Decorados
Bill Harp

Departamento de maquillaje
Barbara Guedel	....	makeup artist
Jerry Turnage	....	hair stylist

Dirección de producción
Phillip M. Goldfarb	....	unit production manager (as Phillip Goldfarb)

Ayudante de dirección
Mel Howard	....	first assistant director
Alice West	....	second assistant director

Departamento de Arte
Dick Kyker	....	property master
Mort Zwicker	....	construction coordinator

Departamento de sonido
Gary Alexander	....	sound re-recording mixer
Charles Grenzbach	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Bud Grenzbach)
Larry Jost	....	sound mixer
Kyle Wright	....	sound editor

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Rick Martens	....	chief lighting technician

Departamento de vestuario
Marie Brown	....	costumer: women
Robert Harris Jr.	....	costumer: men (as Bob Harris, Jr.)

Departamento de Edición
Chris Kevin	....	post-production coordinator
William Jacobs	....	first assistant editor (uncredited)

Departamento de Música
John C. Hammell	....	music editor (as John Hammell)
Tommy Tedesco	....	musician: guitar

Otros miembros del equipo
Charlotte Dreiman	....	production coordinator
Bill McCamey	....	supervisor nurse (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Shadow Box Film Company

Distribuidores

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1980) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Consolidated Video (198?) (USA) (VHS)
• Globo Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Simitar Entertainment

Otras Compañías

• Shadow Box Film Company  1980 (copyright)
• Sound FX  sound editing
• Technicolor  color

Duración:

USA:96 min | Argentina:96 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.33 : 1

Sonido:

Mono

Clasificación:

Argentina:16 | Iceland:L | UK:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Salvation Army Camp - 26801 Dorothy Drive, Calabasas, California, USA

Compañía:

Shadow Box Film Company

Trivialidades:

Original Broadway production by Lester Osterman, Ken Marsolais, Allan Francis and Leonard Soloway in association with The Mark Taper Forum/Long Wharf Theatre.

A staged play

THE SHADOW BOX is a film with some very good actors (Plummer, Woodward)and directed by Paul Newman, about three terminally ill patients who spend their last days in an experimental retreat. Sounds corny? Well, it's not corny, but the biggest problem is that it's all too obvious that this is derived from a play. The actors do their best, but...well, they're just acting and not creating real-life characters. Paul Newman is a very good actor (understatement!), and I think he should stick to that. His direction is very sober, almost clinical and we don't get to care about these characters. And that's a real pity, given the premise. 6/10