Orpheus Descending (film)

Orpheus Descending

Promotional poster
Directed by Peter Hall
Produced by George Manasse
Stuart Goodman
Gladys Nederlander
Elizabeth Ireland McCann
Written by Tennessee Williams
Peter Hall
Starring Vanessa Redgrave
Kevin Anderson
Brad Sullivan
Music by Stephen Edwards
Cinematography Mike Flash
Edited by Edward Marnier
Distributed by TNT
Release dates
 24 December 1990
Running time
 117 min
Country United States
Language English

Orpheus Descending is a 1990 American television film starring Vanessa Redgrave and directed by Peter Hall. It is an adaptation of Tennessee Williams' play of the same name. Hall had directed Redgrave in an acclaimed[1][2] Broadway production of the play a year earlier.[3] The stage actors such as Redgrave, Kevin Anderson and Brad Sullivan reprised their roles for the film.

Plot

Lady Torrance (Redgrave) is introduced as a disillusioned character, her Sicilian father was murdered by the Ku Klux Klan and she's been trapped in a miserable marriage for twenty years. Her tyrannical and bigoted husband is struck down by cancer. Then Lady Torrance meets the orpheuse, a young man named Val Xavier (Kevin Anderson), an Elvis Presley-inspired drifter. A romantic entanglement ensues as Lady Torrance puts behind the misery of marriage behind her and finds passion and happiness with Val.[1]

Cast

References

  1. 1 2 Review/Theater; Vanessa Redgrave in 'Orpheus': Matching Artistic Sensibilities New York Times. 25 September 1989
  2. ↑ Orpheus Descending The Guardian. 7 March 2010
  3. ↑ Orpheus Descending Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved on 5 September 2010
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