Eugene O'Neill
Nacimiento : 1888-10-16, New York City, New York, USA
Muerte : 1953-11-27
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Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into U.S. drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The tragedy Long Day's Journey into Night is often numbered on the short list of the finest U.S. plays in the 20th century, alongside Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman.
O'Neill's plays were among the first to include speeches in American English vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society. They struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair. Of his very few comedies, only one is well-known (Ah, Wilderness!). Nearly all of his other plays involve some degree of tragedy and personal pessimism.
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Three dramas based on three works by John Galsworthy, Susan Glaspell and Eugene O'Neill
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Eugene O'Neill's semi-autobiographical masterpiece pulls back the curtain on the Connecticut home of the Tyrone family, where deep-seated resentments and bourbon-fueled tirades cause a family to expose their darkest natures. Starring Alfred Molina as James Tyrone and Jane Kaczmarek as Mary Cavan Tyrone, this powerful production depicts a single day that begins as any other, only to become a night from which they will never recover.
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Long Day's Journey into Night focuses on one day in the life of the Tyrone family. Youngest son Edmund is ill, and the family are worried about mother Mary's nerves.
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A feature-length documentary starring Fran Lebowitz, a writer known for her unique take on modern life. The film weaves together extemporaneous monologues with archival footage and the effect is a portrait of Fran's worldview and experiences.
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The remaining members of a once-great American family succumb to addictions, selfishness and disease.
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Maria is a sweet child. She hasn’t father and doesn’t like her mother. She has a boyfriend, A bandit who would like to change his class.
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Originally staged (with these actors) in 1986 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theater (appearing first on Showtime cable television in April 1987, and then for free on PBS stations' American Playhouse series in May 1988), 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' is Eugene O'Neill's award-winning and classic play about a day in the life of a dysfunctional family. Wealthy but unsatisfied former thespian James (Jack Lemmon) lives with his morphine-addict wife, Mary (Bethel Leslie), and their two tormented sons, Jamie (Kevin Spacey) and Edmund (Peter Gallagher). As nightfall approaches, truth and madness fight for control over a family tearing itself apart. A landmark production from theater legend Jonathan Miller, this searing drama is a bold, electrifying powerhouse you'll never forget. (Lemmon was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in Mini-Series or Made-for-TV Movie the following year.)
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Originally staged (with these actors) in 1986 at Broadway’s Broadhurst Theater (appearing first on Showtime cable television in April 1987, and then for free on PBS stations' American Playhouse series in May 1988), 'Long Day's Journey Into Night' is Eugene O'Neill's award-winning and classic play about a day in the life of a dysfunctional family. Wealthy but unsatisfied former thespian James (Jack Lemmon) lives with his morphine-addict wife, Mary (Bethel Leslie), and their two tormented sons, Jamie (Kevin Spacey) and Edmund (Peter Gallagher). As nightfall approaches, truth and madness fight for control over a family tearing itself apart. A landmark production from theater legend Jonathan Miller, this searing drama is a bold, electrifying powerhouse you'll never forget. (Lemmon was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Performance by an Actor in Mini-Series or Made-for-TV Movie the following year.)
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On the Fourth of July holiday in 1906, the Miller family prepares to celebrate in their New England home. Young Richard, 16, is a thoughtful and poetic youth in love with a neighbor girl, Muriel. When Richard's messages of poetry to Muriel upset her prudish father, Muriel is forbidden to see him and forced to write a letter saying she wishes no more to do with him. Richard, devastated, sets out to learn the evil ways of the world and put his broken heart behind him.
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On a Connecticut farm, James Mayo's two sons both love Ruth Atkins. Robert, the younger son, is sickly and dreams of escaping to a romantic life somewhere "beyond the horizon." Andy is hard-working and steadfast and loves his brother deeply. When Ruth reveals that she loves Robert and not, as everyone believed, Andy, Robert's plans to go to sea with his uncle are disrupted. He decides to stay at home and marry Ruth, while Andy, unwilling to remain close at hand as his brother marries the girl he loves, takes Robert's place on the voyage. This turn of events leads to heartache and tragedy for everyone involved.
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A cynical, self-hating, failed actor visits the gruff, earthy daughter of his scheming Irish tenant farmer and passes a soul-baring night of guilt-ridden confessions, tenderness, and absolution.
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Cornelius "Con" Melody is an Irish tavern keeper in New England who lives in reverence of his former days as a nobleman and decorated officer in the British army during the Napoleonic wars. Impoverished now, he struts about in his uniform and plots to make money by manipulating the love of his daughter for the son of a wealthy manufacturer. His daughter sees through his façade and his chicanery and begins to plot for herself.
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Adaptación de una obra teatral del dramaturgo americano Eugene O'Neill. En una taberna se reúne un grupo de gente desesperada: parásitos, inadaptados, revolucionarios frustrados, alcohólicos y prostitutas que ahogan sus penas en el alcohol y hacen disparatados planes de redención. Sin embargo, la llegada de Hickey (Lee Marvin) los saca de su letargo: él les demuestra que son precisamente sus fantasías las que les impiden vivir en paz consigo mismos y adaptarse a la realidad.
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On a day in the summer of 1912, the family of retired matinee idol James Tyrone grapples with the morphine addiction of Tyrone's wife Mary, the illness of their youngest son Edmund, and the alcoholism and debauchery of the older son Jamie. As day turns into night, guilt, anger, despair, and regret threaten to destroy the family.
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Adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's "More Stately Mansions".
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The Face of a Genius is a 1966 American documentary film about Eugene O’Neill, produced by Alfred R. Kelman for WBZ-TV Boston. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, the first time that a film originally produced for television was recognized by the Academy as a nominee for Best Documentary Feature.
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Adaptation of Eugene O'neill's "The Straw".
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Adaptación del drama teatral homónimo de Eugene O'Neill, que tiene un carácter claramente autobiográfico. Describe un ambiente familiar deprimente y explosivo: una madre, que después de una larga estancia en un hospital, se ha vuelto adicta a la morfina; un hermano sumido en el alcoholismo e incapaz de encontrar trabajo, y un padre insensible y mezquino que ha fracasado como actor, llevando la familia a la ruina.
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Theodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this visit he has decided to try to save the bar's patrons from their "lying pipe dreams."
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El hijo (Anthony Perkins) del granjero Eben sólo espera el día en que pueda heredar las tierras de su padre, un tiránico viudo (Burt Ives). Pero cuando éste vuelve a casarse y anuncia que dejará sus posesiones a su nueva esposa, estallan las pasiones más encontradas a lo largo de una noche llena de furia y deseo entre Eben y su nueva madrastra (Sophia Loren).
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El hijo (Anthony Perkins) del granjero Eben sólo espera el día en que pueda heredar las tierras de su padre, un tiránico viudo (Burt Ives). Pero cuando éste vuelve a casarse y anuncia que dejará sus posesiones a su nueva esposa, estallan las pasiones más encontradas a lo largo de una noche llena de furia y deseo entre Eben y su nueva madrastra (Sophia Loren).
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Versión cinematográfica de la obra de Eugene O'Neill 'Tierras vírgenes' (Ah, Wilderness!) en la que Mickey Rooney interpreta a Richard Miller, un joven de un barrio de clase media de Danville, Connecticut, que vive con su familia y se enamora de la chica de al lado, Muriel. El padre de ella se opondrá a la relación pues el joven no dejará de compartir con su amada sus ideas revolucionarias.
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Versión cinematográfica de la obra de Eugene O'Neill 'Tierras vírgenes' (Ah, Wilderness!) en la que Mickey Rooney interpreta a Richard Miller, un joven de un barrio de clase media de Danville, Connecticut, que vive con su familia y se enamora de la chica de al lado, Muriel. El padre de ella se opondrá a la relación pues el joven no dejará de compartir con su amada sus ideas revolucionarias.
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Ezra Mannon regresa a casa tras la Guerra Civil Americana, pero su hogar se ha convertido en un auténtico campo de batalla entre su mujer Christine y su hija Lavinia que compiten por el amor del mismo hombre, el apuesto capitán Adam Brant.
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Ezra Mannon regresa a casa tras la Guerra Civil Americana, pero su hogar se ha convertido en un auténtico campo de batalla entre su mujer Christine y su hija Lavinia que compiten por el amor del mismo hombre, el apuesto capitán Adam Brant.
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Adaptation of the Eugene O'neill play.
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Adaptation of the Eugene O'neill play.
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Durante una travesía en barco por aguas africanas, un tosco fogonero se enamora de una refinada pasajera, que se aprovechará de su pasión para librarse de las proposiciones de sus compañeros de viaje.
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Durante una travesía en barco por aguas africanas, un tosco fogonero se enamora de una refinada pasajera, que se aprovechará de su pasión para librarse de las proposiciones de sus compañeros de viaje.
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Segunda Guerra Mundial. Tras una noche de diversión en las Antillas, la tripulación del carguero SS Glencairn vuelve a la dura rutina y navega rumbo a Baltimore. Son un grupo heterogéneo: Driscoll, un irlandés de mediana edad, Ole Olsen, un joven ex-granjero de origen sueco, y Smitty, un caballero inglés. Tras recoger una carga de dinamita, la tripulación debe regresar a casa, pero la amenaza que suponen los submarinos alemanes, siempre al acecho, hará que se vivan momentos de enorme tensión.
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Adaptation of the Eugene O'neill play.
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Dos hermanos muestran caracteres enfrentados, estando rodeados en su enfrentamiento por otros parientes.
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Unscrupulously ambitious, Brutus Jones escapes from jail after killing a guard and, through bluff and bravado, finds himself the emperor of a Caribbean island.
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A mother abandons her family only to become a crispy critter with her lover, the husband finds out about it AND that his son isn't really his, becomes an alcoholic, is being held prisoner in a speak-easy, is rescued by 'Beef', is sobered up, gets a good job, negotiates a great contract for lots 'o money, realizes he's in love, asks the girl to marry him, son returns from boarding school and freaks out when told this, runs off and joins the circus that now happens to catch fire.....
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A mother abandons her family only to become a crispy critter with her lover, the husband finds out about it AND that his son isn't really his, becomes an alcoholic, is being held prisoner in a speak-easy, is rescued by 'Beef', is sobered up, gets a good job, negotiates a great contract for lots 'o money, realizes he's in love, asks the girl to marry him, son returns from boarding school and freaks out when told this, runs off and joins the circus that now happens to catch fire.....
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Gordon Shaw era un piloto que fue derribado durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Nina se hubiera casado con él, pero su padre prohibió la boda. Ahora se encuentra tristemente casada con Sam, quien no le puede dar los hijos que ella quiere.
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Gordon Shaw era un piloto que fue derribado durante la Primera Guerra Mundial. Nina se hubiera casado con él, pero su padre prohibió la boda. Ahora se encuentra tristemente casada con Sam, quien no le puede dar los hijos que ella quiere.
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A young woman reunites with the father she's not seen since early childhood, also falls in love with a sailor who wishes to marry her, and eventually is forced to reveal to each man about her dark past. (NOTE: This is the German language version.)
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A young woman reunites with the father she's not seen since early childhood, also falls in love with a sailor who wishes to marry her, and eventually is forced to reveal to each man about her dark past. (NOTE: This is the German language version.)
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Un marinero abandona a su hija y ésta se dedica a la prostitución hasta que su padre irrumpe de nuevo en su vida. (FILMAFFINITY)
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An adaptation of Eugene O'Neill's play "Desire Under the Elms," updated to the Italian Revolution.
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A troubled young woman comes to live with her estranged father on the New York waterfront. A tough sailor falls in love with her, sparking conflict between her father and her suitor. What neither knows is that she has a secret that could cause her to lose both of them.
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A troubled young woman comes to live with her estranged father on the New York waterfront. A tough sailor falls in love with her, sparking conflict between her father and her suitor. What neither knows is that she has a secret that could cause her to lose both of them.
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An adaptation of Anna Christie, considered lost.
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Over the course of a day, a married couple, Mary and James Tyrone, and their two sons, Jamie and Edmund, grapple with Mary's morphine addiction and confront each other over the past in a series of emotionally tense and volatile exchanges.
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The new and restored documentary introduces visitors to the early life and works of O’Neill, his troubled family relationships, and the role the cottage played in his dramas. The original film won a Grand Prize “AMI” Award for Best Documentary at the Association of Multi-Image International Festival in 1982.
