Long Day's Journey Into Night
Brouhaha Entertainment
Synopsis
Taking place over the course of 24 hours. The Tyrone family, who, despite attempts at affection and intimacy, are locked in a cycle of conflict and resentment.
When sensitive youngest son Edmund returns home from time at sea, he discovers the family in a state of collapse. His father, James, is an alcoholic miser stewing in whisky and regret. His mother, Mary, has just returned from a spell at the sanatorium but hides an ongoing addiction to morphine. Meanwhile, elder brother, Jamie, is slipping into licentiousness and despair, blaming James for all his failures. Across the day, the two brothers clash repeatedly over how to help their mother, while Mary becomes increasingly concerned about Edmund's worsening health. As the story builds to a shattering climax we see the family, through an unflinching lens, struggling with addiction and illness, depending on and blaming one another in equal measure.
Written by Eugene O’Neill between 1941 and 1942, 'Long Day’s Journey Into Night' is a foundational American tragedy. As well as winning the Tony Award for Best Play in 1956, O’Neill was posthumously awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his semi-autobiographical magnum opus.
Details
- Year
- 2023
- Type of film
- Features
- Running Time
- 122 min
- Director
- Jonathan Kent 1st Feature
- Producer
- Gabrielle Tana, Redmond Morris, Bill Kenwright, Gleb Fetisoff, Carolyn Marks-Blackwood
- Co-Producer
- Jamie Harvey, Meg Clark, Sam Gordon
- Executive Producer
- David Gilbery, Naomi George
- Editor
- Jon Harris
- Screenwriter
- David Lindsay-Abaire (screenplay), Eugene O’Neill (play)
- Director of Photography
- Mark Wolf
- Production Designer
- Anna Rackard
- Sound
- Rob Flanagan
- Music
- Ilan Eshkeri
- Principal Cast
- Jessica Lange, Ed Harris, Ben Foster, Colin Morgan
Genre
Production status
Post-production
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Last updated 9th May 2023
