The Glass Menagerie (1987)
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- PG
- 2h 14min
- Drama
- 27 May 1987 (France)
- Movie
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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- 1 win & 6 nominations.
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Joanne Woodward | ... |
Amanda Wingfield
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John Malkovich | ... |
Tom Wingfield
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Karen Allen | ... |
Laura Wingfield
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James Naughton | ... |
Jim O'Connor (the gentleman caller)
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Directed by
Paul Newman |
Written by
Tennessee Williams | ... | (play) |
Produced by
Joseph M. Caracciolo | ... | associate producer (as Joe Caracciolo) |
Burtt Harris | ... | producer |
Music by
Henry Mancini |
Cinematography by
Michael Ballhaus | ... | director of photography |
Editing by
David Ray |
Editorial Department
Linda Schubell-Sundlin | ... | apprentice editor |
David Siegel | ... | assistant editor |
Production Design by
Tony Walton |
Art Direction by
John Kasarda |
Set Decoration by
Susan Bode |
Costume Design by
Tony Walton |
Makeup Department
Toy Van Lierop | ... | makeup department head (as Toy Russell Van Lierop) |
Production Management
Joseph M. Caracciolo | ... | production manager (as Joseph Caracciolo) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph M. Caracciolo | ... | second assistant director (as Joe Caracciolo) |
Burtt Harris | ... | first assistant director |
Daniel Silverberg | ... | dga trainee |
Art Department
Joan Winters | ... | graphic designer |
Sound Department
Nathan Boxer | ... | sound recordist (as Nat Boxer) |
Marko A. Costanzo | ... | foley artist |
Tom Fleischman | ... | re-recording mixer |
Tony Martinez | ... | assistant sound editor |
Andy McKee | ... | sound recordist |
Jay Rabinowitz | ... | apprentice sound editor |
Special Effects by
Tony Parmelee | ... | special effects |
Camera and Electrical Department
Mitchell Amundsen | ... | focus puller |
John W. DeBlau | ... | gaffer |
David M. Dunlap | ... | camera operator |
Larry Huston | ... | first assistant camera: "a" camera |
Peter John Petraglia | ... | electrician |
Lance Shepherd | ... | electrician |
Robert Shepherd | ... | electrician |
Barry Wetcher | ... | still photographer |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Jennifer Nichols | ... | wardrobe supervisor |
Music Department
David Bargeron | ... | musician: trombone |
Phil Bodner | ... | musician: Clarinet and Tenor Sax |
Paul Bowles | ... | composer: theme music |
Mel Davis | ... | musician: trumpet |
Greg Fulginiti | ... | music engineer |
Stephen A. Hope | ... | music editor |
Walt Levinsky | ... | musician: Soprano sax |
Henry Mancini | ... | conductor |
Bucky Pizzarelli | ... | musician: guitar |
Ed Rak | ... | score engineer |
Derek Smith | ... | musician: piano |
Grady Tate | ... | musician: drums |
Brian Torff | ... | musician: bass |
Script and Continuity Department
Mary Bailey | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
Teresa Race | ... | production secretary |
Lisa Rhodes | ... | production assistant |
Matilde Valera | ... | production accountant |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Cineplex Odeon Films (1987) (United States) (theatrical)
- MCA Home Video (1988) (United States) (VHS)
- Filmes Lusomundo (1988) (Portugal) (theatrical)
- Fox Columbia TriStar Films (1987) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Nomadic Pictures (1987) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Alliance Atlantis Communications (2003) (Canada) (tv)
- Cineplex Odeon Films International (1987) (Non-US) (sales)
- Cineplex-Odeon Home Video (1988) (Canada) (VHS)
- Echo Bridge Entertainment (2013) (United States)
- FilmRise (2021) (World-wide)
- First Release Home Entertainment (1989) (Netherlands) (VHS)
- Home Video Hellas (HVH) (1988) (Greece) (VHS)
- Homescreen (2010) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- KNM Home Entertainment (2016) (Germany) (DVD)
- MCA Home Video (1988) (Canada) (video)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (1992) (United States) (VHS)
- NHK-BS2 (1997) (Japan) (tv)
- RCA / Columbia Pictures Video (1988) (United Kingdom) (video)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1989) (Spain) (VHS)
- RCA/Columbia Pictures Video (1988) (Japan) (VHS)
- RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video (1987) (Australia) (video)
- Topic (2020) (United States) (video)
- VCL Communications (1987) (West Germany) (VHS)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Kaufman Astoria Studios (sound stage and production facilities)
- MCA Records (soundtrack)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Tom and Laura Wingfield live with their harsh, controlling mother Amanda. Tom longs to break free from his mother's clutches but feels an obligation towards his family, especially Laura who is physically and mentally frail. Laura's life centres on her glass menagerie, a way to escape from the world. Written by grantss |
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Box Office
Budget | $3,300,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | The original Broadway stage play "The Glass Menagerie" opened at the Playhouse Theatre on Mar 31, 1945 and ran for 563 performances. See more » |
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. See more » |
Movie Connections | Featured in The Sicilian/Prince of Darkness/No Man's Land/The Glass Menagerie/The Whales of August (1987). See more » |
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! See more » |