Long Day's Journey Into Night

Long Day's Journey Into Night
by Eugene O'neill
with Chinese Annotation
台北:新亞 1976

Long Day's Journey into Night
Theatrical release poster

Long Day's Journey into Night is a 1962 adaptation of the Eugene O'Neill play. It was directed by Sidney Lumet and produced by Ely Landau with Joseph E. Levine and Jack J. Dreyfus, Jr. as executive producers. The screenplay was not adapted but used directly from O'Neill's play, the music score by André Previn, and the cinematography by Boris Kaufman.

It was shot at Chelsea Studios in New York City.^[1] The exteriors were shot on City Island.

The film has been restored and preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive.

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• 1Plot and response
• 2Cast and characters
• 3Reception
• 4Awards and nominations
• 5See also
• 6References
• 7External links

Plot and response[edit]

Katharine Hepburn as morphine-addicted mother Mary Tyrone (with Ralph Richardson as James Tyrone behind her).

The film concerns a fateful, heart-rending day in August 1912 at the seaside Connecticut home of the Tyrone family.

One theme of the play is addiction and the resulting dysfunction of the family: All three males are alcoholics and Mary is addicted to morphine. They all constantly conceal, blame, resent, regret, accuse and deny in an escalating cycle of conflict with occasional desperate and half-sincere attempts at affection, encouragement and consolation.

Cast and characters[edit]

• Katharine Hepburn - Mary Tyrone
• Ralph Richardson - James Tyrone, Sr.
• Jason Robards, Jr. - James Tyrone, Jr.
• Dean Stockwell - Edmund Tyrone
• Jeanne Barr - Cathleen

Reception[edit]

Joseph E. Levine bought the film for distribution but said he lost money on it. "You cannot stay in business by making O'Neill pictures," he said.^[2]

Awards and nominations[edit]

• Katharine Hepburn was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress.
• Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards and Dean Stockwell all won the Best Actor/Actress award at the 1962 Cannes Film Festival. The film was also nominated for the Palme d'Or.^[3]

See also[edit]

• List of American films of 1962

References[edit]

1. Jump up^ New York: The Movie Lover's Guide: The Ultimate Insider Tour of Movie New York - Richard Alleman - Broadway (February 1, 2005) ISBN 0-7679-1634-4
2. Jump up^ By MURRAY SCHUMACH Special to The New,York Times. (1963, Dec 06). Joseph E. levine says making of art films for U.S. is risky. New York Times (1923-Current File). Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/116525835
3. Jump up^ "Festival de Cannes: Long Day's Journey into Night". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-02-23.