Story of movie Long Day%27s Journey Into Night 1962 Film : Long Day's Journey into Night is a 1962 American drama film 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.
| Long Day's Journey into Night | |
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| Directed by | Sidney Lumet |
| Produced by | Ely Landau Joseph E. Levine Jack J. Dreyfus, Jr. |
| Based on | Long Day's Journey into Night 1956 play by Eugene O'Neill |
| Starring | Katharine Hepburn Ralph Richardson Jason Robards Dean Stockwell |
| Music by | André Previn |
| Cinematography | Boris Kaufman |
| Edited by | Ralph Rosenblum |
Production company | First Company |
| Distributed by | Embassy Pictures |
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Running time | 174 minutes 170 minutes (TCM Print) |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $435,000 |
It was shot at Chelsea Studios in New York City. The exteriors were shot on City Island.
The film has been restored and preserved by UCLA Film & Television Archive.
Screenplay
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.
- Katharine Hepburn as Mary Tyrone
- Ralph Richardson as James Tyrone, Sr.
- Jason Robards, Jr. as James Tyrone, Jr.
- Dean Stockwell as Edmund Tyrone
- Jeanne Barr as Cathleen
Producer Ely Landau did a version of The Iceman Cometh for TV. This impressed the widow of Eugene O'Neil enough for her to give him the screen rights to Long Day's Journey. The cast and director agreed to work for a lower fee in exchange for a percentage of the profits. The film was shot for $435,000 over 37 days, two days over schedule.
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.
- 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.
- List of American films of 1962
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