Eugene O'Neill

UPC: 841887050531

Studio: PBS Home Video

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:null

Summary: The compelling life story of America's only Nobel Prize-winning playwright comes to the screen in a documentary featuring scenes performed by Al Pacino, Christopher Plummer, Liam Neeson, and Vanessa Redgrave, and originally produced as part of PBS's American Experience series. Despite intense family drama and raging inner turmoil, Eugene O'Neill persevered to emerge as a world-class talent through such acclaimed works as The Iceman Cometh and Long Day's Journey Into Night. In transcending the traditional documentary form to truly examine O'Neill's character in great detail, filmmakers offer a revealing meditation on loss, redemption, and the high cost that artists are forced to pay in life. Excerpts from O'Neill's plays performed by some of the greatest actors of their generation prove that, even after his death, O'Neill continues to influence and inspire. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

Category: Theater [nf]

Features: ccPerformances and dramatic readings by Al Pacino, Liam Neeson, Christopher Plummer, and others
Interview with Ric Burns
Additional interviews with Jason Robards, Tony Kushner, John Guare, and others

Eugene O'Neill

Format: DVD

Release Date: 03/21/2006

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1

Runtime: 120 Minutes

Sides: 1

Number of Discs: 1

Language(s) English

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- Eugene O'Neill
2. Prologue & Introduction [11:19]
3. Childhood [15:08]
4. Seeking Flight [10:54]
5. Success [6:27]
6. Masks [2:39]
7. A New Beginning [4:34]
8. Turning Inward [2:49]
9. Retreat [3:47]
10. Tao House [5:10]
11. "The Iceman Cometh" [12:17]
12. "Long Day's Journey Into Night [1:06]
13. Career's End [19:18]
14. Rebirth [6:26]
15. Epilogue [3:07]
16. Credits [7:15]

Cast and Crew: Christopher Plummer  Actor 
Ric Burns  Director 
Ric Burns  Executive Producer 
Ric Burns  Screenwriter 
Donald Rosenfeld  Executive Producer 
Brian Keane  Composer (Music Score) 
Steve Rivo  Producer 
Robin Espinola  Producer 
Marilyn Ness  Producer 
Arthur Gelb  Screenwriter 
Barbara Gelb  Screenwriter 
Mary Recine  Producer 

Country: USA