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On this episode of Camera Three, Sidney Lumet, John Gassner, and Peretz Johnnes examine how to best adapt stage plays to film. Topics include: film technique, interpretation, editing, and preparation. Excerpts from A View from the Bridge and A Long Day's Journey into Night provide examples.
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Jerry Orbach, Nancy Andrews, Hal Buckley, Clifford David, and Micki Grant perform songs from the musical. Howard Da Silva, who performed the role of Larry Foreman in the world premiere, discusses directing the revival on this episode of Camera Three. The Cradle Will Rock was originally produced by Orson Welles for the Federal Theater Project.
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In a close-knit community in Gravesend, Jetender is a powerful and respected man: a "Godfather" figure. He has made himself rich through his import and export business, while doing some money lending on the side. Meena is his beautiful and spoiled wife whose extravagant and excessive spending has led her secretly, and dangerously, into debt. Scared of her husband, Meena seduces Jetender's new business partner, Pushpinder, who falls in love with her...
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When smooth-talking Nick arrives in a flashy red sports car, young wannabe pop star Alison thinks her dreams have come true. Nick claims to be a talent scout and declares that Alison has got what it takes to get to the top. After winning over her suspicious husband, John, who runs the pub where Alison is the undisputed karaoke queen, Nick moves in. But his real intentions are not what they seem and his main concern appears to be getting Alison into...
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The town of Rochester is in shock. The local community has launched a massive hunt for missing teenage girl, Amy. The town is still reeling from the rape and murder of another girl the previous year. In the midst of the frantic activity, three down-and-outs, Arty, Baz, and Colin, come across a young girl, Kitty, who seems obsessed with finding Amy. Arty abducts her and, to win her freedom, Kitty tells him where Amy's killer lives and where Arty can...
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Little Dorrit is a miniseries produced by the BBC and WGBH Boston and based on Charles Dickens' serial novel. In Episode 1, Amy Dorrit lives in the Marshalsea Prison for Debt with her father, William Dorrit, who has been an inmate for countless years. Although born and bred in the prison, she has grown up to be an enterprising young woman. As the story begins, she gains employment as a seamstress at the House of Clennam under the stern and formidable...
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On this episode of Camera Three, playwright Eric Bentley discusses his recent adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's A Man's a Man (Mann ist Mann). Olympia Dukakis, Clifford James, and James perform excerpts of the production, including The Song of Recruitment of the 20th Century, A Man's a Man, and The Song of the Ganges River.
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This 1960 World War II film, set on a South Pacific Island, is based on Philip Roth's short story "Expect the Vandals." Two soldiers are the lone survivors of a Japanese attack. The hero, Moe, a 35-year-old Jewish accountant, has to care for the injured Ken, an all-American young soldier. The two clash over personal animosity and cultural prejudice.
17) The Wife of Bath
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Beth Craddock is 53 and a successful television actress who still believes in Mr. Right, despite a number of failed marriages. She thinks she's got it right this time with her fourth husband, but when he dies tragically in a car accident just days after leaving her, her world begins to crumble. Seeking solace in the arms of young co-star Jerome, she is drawn into a passionate, whirlwind romance that culminates in a lavish and riotous wedding. All...
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Constance is a young Nigerian refugee who is found washed up in a small boat, on the south coast of England, by Mark. Mark takes pity on Constance and takes her home to his wife Nicky. As Nicky and Constance strike up a friendship, it becomes clear that Constance is a devout Christian who is deeply troubled by her past but cannot remember what happened to her. At church, a young man, Terry, falls for her, but the feelings are not mutual. Constance...