Williams Tradition

What Tennessee Williams plays and film adaptations didn't feature a handsome (or pretty) young Southern-studcat figure in a prominent role? I'm thinking, I'm thinking. Night of the Iguana, of course. The 1961 film of Summer and Smoke only had Laurence Harvey so that too was an exception. Boom, Last of the Mobile Hot Shots...what others?

In Jodie Markell's Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (Paladin, 12.30), the object of desire is played by 28 year-old Chris Evans.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on November 25, 2009 at 9:30 AM

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snoop Author Profile Page says ...

I really like Howard and Evans, but the narration almost makes this play like a satirical trailer.

Posted by snoop Author Profile Page at November 25, 2009 10:02 AM

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bmcintire Author Profile Page says ...

What an AWFUL trailer.
Between the surfeit of titles, the plodding narration and the rancid generic score, it plays like one of those Miramax "Now Available on VHS" home video trailers from the '80s - for one of their foreign-language acquisitions that they had no idea what to do with.

Posted by bmcintire Author Profile Page at November 25, 2009 10:33 AM

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Rich S. Author Profile Page says ...

Between the 1940s style graphics, the breathless music, the Harlequin Romance narration, the horrendous kiss-my-grits accents and Howard and Evans looking like they're kids playing dress-up, the whole thing plays like a parody of a Tennessee Williams movie. All it needs is Ned Flanders as Stanley Kowalski and Marge Simpson as Blanche DuBois.

Posted by Rich S. Author Profile Page at November 25, 2009 10:38 AM

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Sabina E Author Profile Page says ...

Williams is one of my most favourite playwrights. Of course he featured Southern women in his plays-- that's where he spent most of his adults years in!

I've heard that Bryce Dallas Howard has a very weak performance, while the rest of the cast have decent performances in this film.

Posted by Sabina E Author Profile Page at November 25, 2009 10:49 AM

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Travis Crabtree Author Profile Page says ...

Not since "Rochelle, Rochelle" or "The Flower That Drank the Moon" has the screen ignited with such force and beauty.

Posted by Travis Crabtree Author Profile Page at November 25, 2009 11:40 AM

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Rob Author Profile Page says ...

Is Ann-Margret playing a character named "Aunt Chlamydia," or did I hear that wrong?

Posted by Rob Author Profile Page at November 25, 2009 11:51 AM

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ZayTonday Author Profile Page says ...

And I thought the southern accents in True Blood were bad...

Posted by ZayTonday Author Profile Page at November 25, 2009 12:10 PM

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Howlingman Author Profile Page says ...

I hear Chris Walken cameos as "Colonal Angus."

Posted by Howlingman Author Profile Page at November 25, 2009 2:42 PM

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rl Author Profile Page says ...

The narration is ridiculous and the dialogue is pretty awful as well. I saw parts of this at TIFF a few years ago. Tennessee was definitely not on his top form. I'll just read Cat On A Hot Tin Roof Again.

Posted by rl Author Profile Page at November 25, 2009 7:19 PM

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dixiedugan Author Profile Page says ...

Oh man...that's just sooooo bad. Not even a so bad it's good. Just awful. Looks like something I might flip onto when it runs on one of the movie channels, just to see the costumes.

Posted by dixiedugan Author Profile Page at November 26, 2009 6:47 AM

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COCO Author Profile Page says ...

Jesus fuck, that is a bad trailer......''FROM THE BLOCKBUSTER NOVEL''......straight to video intent.
She looks good....he looks generic.....set design?....
meh.....not that compelling....he is poor and she is rich and I am bored.

Posted by COCO Author Profile Page at November 27, 2009 4:36 AM

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