''Long Day's Journey into Night'' is a film by Canadian director David Wellington, released in 1996. An adaptation of

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's 1956 play '' Long Day's Journey into Night'', the film starred William Hutt as James,

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as Mary,

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as Jamie,

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at www.northernstars.ca) is a Canadia ...

as Edmund and

Martha Burns Martha Burns (born 23 April 1957)"Martha Burns ret ...

as Cathleen.''Long Day's Journey into Night''
at the

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's Canadian Film Encyclopedia. The same cast had performed the play at Canada's

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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

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, 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''.

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, 2000. . pp. 217-221. McCamus was also nominated for Best Actor, losing to Hutt. It was named Best Canadian Film at the

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. This version was later aired by

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on its ''

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'' 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 *

as Mary Tyrone *

Tom McCamus Tom McCamus (born July 25, 1955Tom McCamus' bio
at www.northernstars.ca) is a Canadia ...

as Edmund Tyrone *

as James Tyrone Jr. *

Martha Burns Martha Burns (born 23 April 1957)"Martha Burns ret ...

as Cathleen

References

External links

* * * 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 {{1990s-Canada-film-stub