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ITV Saturday Night Theatre: Long Day's Journey Into Night (1973)
A version on film cannot match live performance.
A very difficult work to produce in the theatre and no filmed version can match a stage production, however, in my opinion, the best filmed production is the one featuring William Hutt as Tyrone.This filmed version is from the production that was staged at the Stratford Festival in Canada a few years ago. On stage it was so successful it was brought back the following year. I am reluctant to use the term "definitive", however, it may be applicable to William Hutt's interpretation of Tyrone. But what works best on this filmed version is the true ensemble nature of the cast which Stratford is famous for. At the 17th Genie Awards Hutt won best actor, Martha Henry {Mary} best actress, and Peter Donaldson {Jamie} best supporting actor. No discussion of filmed versions of "Long Day's Journey into Night" is complete without considering this 1996 Canadian production. I'm excluding the 1982 television version, laudable though it is, as featuring an all African American cast, the Irish references were dropped.
I've Gotta Horse (1965)
Set in England, it features a pop star, played by real life singer Billy Fury, who enters his horse in Britains most famous race, the Derby.
This is a very pleasant and happy and therefore nostalgic movie. It is simply wonderful for children of about eight and upwards. There's lots of animals in the movie with some very attractive dance scenes, and although there's not much of a story line, as it features, in the lead, Billy Fury, who was, in the fifties, sixties, and seventies one of Britain's best musical stars, the music in the movie is well above average. Fury was the owner of the racehorse Anselmo so there is some basis to the story that the movie portrays: a pop star and his horse. The movie was released in 1965 and unfortunately looked dated in comparison to the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" to which, in comparison, it seemed antiquated, however, there is nothing offensive in "I've got a Horse" which makes it all the more endearing in this day and age. Fury passed away, from heart disease, in 1983, however, interest in him has never waned and plans are being made to film his life with Johnny Depp playing the title role.