''Long Day's Journey into Night'' is a 1996 Canadian

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directed by David Wellington. An adaptation of

Eugene O'Neill Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into the U.S. the drama techniques of Realism (theatre), realism, earlier associated with ...

's 1956 play of the same name, the film starred William Hutt as James, Martha Henry as Mary, Peter Donaldson as Jamie, Tom McCamus as Edmund and Martha Burns 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 Stratford 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, for Hutt as Best Actor, Henry as Best Actress, 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, 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. This version was later aired by PBS on its '' Great Performances'' series in 1999."Eugene O'Neill's "Long Day's Journey into Night" on PBS-TV's "Great Performances."
''Style Weekly'', September 15, 1999.

Cast

* William Hutt as James Tyrone * Martha Henry as Mary Tyrone * Tom McCamus as Edmund Tyrone * Peter Donaldson as James Tyrone Jr. * Martha Burns as Cathleen

References

External links

* * 1996 films 1996 drama films 1990s Canadian films 1990s English-language films Canadian drama films Canadian films based on plays English-language Canadian films Films based on works by Eugene O'Neill Films directed by David Wellington Films set in Connecticut {{1990s-Canada-film-stub