Our Town (film)
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| Directed by | Sam Wood |
| Written by | Thornton Wilder |
| Starring | William Holden Martha Scott Fay Bainter |
| Release date(s) | May 24, 1940 |
| Running time | 90 min. |
| Language | English |
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Our Town is a 1940 film adaptation of a play of the same name by Thornton Wilder starring William Holden, Martha Scott, Fay Bainter, Beulah Bondi, Thomas Mitchell, Guy Kibbee and Frank Craven. It was adapted by Harry Chandlee, Craven and Wilder. It was directed by Sam Wood. The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. Scott, who repeated her stage role as Emily Webb, was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and Aaron Copland was nominated for Best Score. The film was a faithful reproduction of the play except for two significant changes - the film used scenery, where the play had not, and even more importantly (many would say blasphemously), the events of the third act, which in the play revolve around the death of one of the main characters, were turned into a dream that she awakens from, able to resume a normal life.
Even worse, the Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of the film used the altered ending, rather than restoring the original one by Thornton Wilder.
This film is in the public domain.
[edit] External links
- Our Town at the Internet Movie Database
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