''Long Day's Journey into Night'' is a film by Canadian director
David Wellington, released in 1996. An adaptation of
Eugene O'Neill
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 the U.S. the drama techniques of realism, earlier ...
's 1956 play ''
Long Day's Journey into Night'', the film starred
William Hutt as James,
Martha Henry
Martha Kathleen Henry (née Buhs; February 17, 1938October 21, 2021) was an American-born Canadian stage, film, and television actress. She was noted for her work at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario.
Early life and training
Martha ...
as Mary,
Peter Donaldson
Peter Ian Donaldson (23 August 1945 – 2 November 2015) was an English newsreader on BBC Radio 4.
Early life
Donaldson was born in Cairo, Egypt, and moved to Cyprus in 1952 at the time of the overthrow of King Farouk. He was a frequen ...
as Jamie,
as Edmund and
as Cathleen.
[''Long Day's Journey into Night'']
at the Toronto International Film Festival
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF, often stylized as tiff) is one of the largest publicly attended film festivals in the world, attracting over 480,000 people annually. Since its founding in 1976, TIFF has grown to become a permane ...
's Canadian Film Encyclopedia.
The same cast had performed the play at Canada's
Stratford Festival
The Stratford Festival is a theatre festival which runs from April to October in the city of Stratford, Ontario, Canada. Founded by local journalist Tom Patterson in 1952, the festival was formerly known as the Stratford Shakespearean Festival ...
from 1994 to 1996; Wellington essentially filmed the stage production without significant changes.
The film swept the acting awards at the
17th Genie Awards, winning awards for Hutt as
Best Actor, Henry as
Best Actress
Best Actress is the name of an award which is presented by various film, television and theatre organisations, festivals, and people's awards to leading actresses in a film, television series, television film or play. The first Best Actress awar ...
, Donaldson as
Best Supporting Actor and Burns as
Best Supporting Actress.
[Maria Topalovich, ''And the Genie Goes To...: Celebrating 50 Years of the Canadian Film Awards''. ]Stoddart Publishing
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History
General ...
, 2000. . pp. 217-221. McCamus was also nominated for Best Actor, losing to Hutt.
[ It was named Best Canadian Film at the ]1996 Toronto International Film Festival
The 21st Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) took place in Toronto, Ontario, Canada between September 5 and September 14, 1996. Deepa Mehta's ''Fire'' was selected as the opening film.
Awards
Programme
Gala Presentation
*'' Shine'' by S ...
.[
This version was later aired by ]PBS
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on its ''Great Performances
''Great Performances'' is a television anthology series dedicated to the performing arts; the banner has been used to televise theatrical performances such as plays, musicals, opera, ballet, concerts, as well as occasional documentaries. It is pr ...
'' series in 1999."Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night" on PBS-TV's "Great Performances."
''Style Weekly'', September 15, 1999.
Plot summary
Cast
* William Hutt as James Tyrone
* Martha Henry
Martha Kathleen Henry (née Buhs; February 17, 1938October 21, 2021) was an American-born Canadian stage, film, and television actress. She was noted for her work at the Stratford Festival in Stratford, Ontario.
Early life and training
Martha ...
as Mary Tyrone
* as Edmund Tyrone
* Peter Donaldson
Peter Ian Donaldson (23 August 1945 – 2 November 2015) was an English newsreader on BBC Radio 4.
Early life
Donaldson was born in Cairo, Egypt, and moved to Cyprus in 1952 at the time of the overthrow of King Farouk. He was a frequen ...
as James Tyrone Jr.
* as Cathleen
References
External links
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1996 films
Canadian drama films
English-language Canadian films
Films based on works by Eugene O'Neill
Films directed by David Wellington
1990s English-language films
1990s Canadian films
Films set in Connecticut
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