Long Day’s Journey into Night

film by Lumet [1962]

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Long Day's Journey into Night is a 1962 film directed by Sidney Lumet, based on Eugene O'Neill's autobiographical play. The film depicts a single, bleak day in the life of the Tyrone family. James Tyrone, a miserly actor, his morphine-addicted wife Mary, their alcoholic older son Jamie, and the younger son Edmund, who suffers from consumption, are all trapped in a cycle of blame and regret. As Mary descends further into her addiction, the family members confront each other, revealing their deepest insecurities and codependencies. The film is a powerful, unflinching portrayal of a family's struggles with addiction, regret, and their inability to escape their past.123

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Sidney Lumet
The 1960s: Fail Safe, The Pawnbroker, and The Hill
It was Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962), though, that brought Lumet his best notices to date and launched a series of films that are widely considered classics. A lengthy, deliberately theatrical adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s acclaimed play about a dysfunctional family, it offered standout performances by…
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It was Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962), though, that brought Lumet his best notices to date and launched a series of films that are widely considered classics. A lengthy, deliberately theatrical adaptation of Eugene O’Neill’s acclaimed play about a dysfunctional family, it offered standout performances by…
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Ralph Richardson
…Our Man in Havana (1959), Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). Richardson also directed one film in which he starred, Murder on Monday (1952; also known as Home at Seven). He was knighted in 1947.
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…Our Man in Havana (1959), Long Day’s Journey into Night (1962), Doctor Zhivago (1965), and Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan, Lord of the Apes (1984). Richardson also directed one film in which he starred, Murder on Monday (1952; also known as Home at Seven). He was knighted in 1947.
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