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Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage
A study of Tennessee Williams's life and work as a whole, ranging from his youth in Mississippi and in St. Louis to success and acclaim, followed by the final difficult years. Includes some of the most celebrated scenes from film adaptations of Williams' work, among them extracts of A Streetcar Named Desire (1951),Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958), Night of the Iguana, The (1964), and Suddenly, Last Summer (1993) (TV). Contains footage of Williams being interviewed, including conversations with David Frost, 'Edward R. Murrow (I)', and Melvyn Bragg, as well as reminiscences from people who knew and worked with him, among them Edward Albee, Gore Vidal, and his lifelong friend, Lady Maria St. Just. Features readings from Elia Kazan's Notebook by Kim Hunter.
Cast
- Tennessee Williams as Self (archive footage)
- Carroll Baker as Baby Doll Meighan (archive footage)
- Reed Birney as Actor
- Melvyn Bragg as Self
- Marlon Brando as Stanley Kowalski / Valentine 'Snakeskin' Xavier (archive footage)
- Dick Cavett as Self (archive footage)
- Montgomery Clift as Dr. Cukrowicz (archive footage)
- David Frost as Self
- Katharine Hepburn as Mrs. Venable (archive footage)
- Kim Hunter as Self
- Burl Ives as Big Daddy (archive footage)
- Elia Kazan as Self (archive footage)
Details
- Director
- Merrill Brockway
- Released
- December 19, 1994
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Studio
- Eagle Rock Entertainment, International Cultural Programming Inc. and Thirteen
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 9.0 / 10 from 1 votes
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