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  • Great Performances Long Day's Journey Into Night
  • TV-G
    TV Episode | 173 min | Music, Musical

Great Performances

Long Day's Journey Into Night
TV-G
TV Episode | 173 min | Music, Musical
The Great American Family at its worst. James Tyrone is an aging actor and skinflint whose miserliness has been the ruin of his family. His wife, Mary, has been a morphine addict since the birth of their youngest son, Edmund. Their eldest ...See moreThe Great American Family at its worst. James Tyrone is an aging actor and skinflint whose miserliness has been the ruin of his family. His wife, Mary, has been a morphine addict since the birth of their youngest son, Edmund. Their eldest son, Jamie is an alcoholic, unable an unwilling to find work on his own, he has been 'forced' to take up his father's profession. Edmund, who has been away as a sailor has returned home sick and awaits the doctor's diagnosis of consumption. Each of them is so self-centered, and self-pitying, that they cannot help one-another. None of them even know what they want and they can't bear it. Written by Al Jacques See less
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Directors
David Wellington | Diana Leblanc (director - original stage production)
Writer
Eugene O'Neill (play)
Composer
Ron Sures
Cinematographer
David Franco
Editor
Susan Shipton
Production Designers
John Dondertman | Astrid Janson (designer - original stage production)
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Status
Edit Released
Updated Nov 30, 1995
Release date
Sep 19, 1999 (United States)
Awards
Series awards
Won 29 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 31 wins & 119 nominations

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