The chilling tale of a highrolling gambler who changes his ways and is determind to help the drifters, alcoholics and prostitutes who have come to depend on his generosity. The aft also grew out of an earlier landau project, the play of the week 1960 61, a syndicated television anthology series similarly innovative and shortlived, whose productions included the iceman cometh. In this rendition of eugene oneills the iceman cometh, director sidney lumet uses his prodigious talents to. Eugene oneills the iceman cometh modern critical interpretations, modern american literature by harold bloom mar 1, 1987 3. The iceman cometh 1960 excellent television production with a stellar cast imdb link. And if family is the great subject of 20th century american dramatists, there is no family play that can touch long days journey in its merciless yet pitying. A salesman named hickey busts in on their gathering and convinces them one by one that their dreams are useless and that they should give them up.
The iceman cometh 1960 sidney lumet, jason robards. Its freighted central premise is that mankind cannot live without deep personal illusions pipe dreams that each of the characters can recognize in others but not in himself. The iceman cometh 1960 sidney lumet, jason robards, myron mccormick, tom pedi, drama january 21, 2018 the chilling tale of a highrolling gambler who changes his ways and is determind to help the drifters, alcoholics and prostitutes who have come to depend on his generosity. The iceman cometh is a contender for being, and it is my personal pick for, the great american play. The iceman cometh 1960 the chilling tale of a highrolling gambler who changes his ways and is determind to help the drifters, alcoholics and prostitutes who have come to depend on his generosity. Theodore hickman, a hardware salesman, makes byyearly. There was a television adaptation of the iceman cometh in 1960 and a 1973 film version directed by john frankenheimer. The iceman cometh 1960 the iceman cometh 1960 download the app.
Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle coronavirus. The iceman cometh 1960 1114 1960 us drama 4h user score. A short summary of eugene oneills the iceman cometh. Two separate parts were originally broadcast as episodes of the. Full text is unavailable for this digitized archive article. In this rendition of eugene o neills the iceman cometh, director sidney lumet uses his prodigious talents to. Richard the iceman kuklinski parlayed his penchant for violence into a hitman contract for some of the most prominent mafia crime families, and is believed to have killed between 100200 men. The drama exposes the human need for illusion and hope as antidotes to the natural condition of despair. Eugene oneills the iceman cometh 1960 rotten tomatoes. Jeanne had appeared in the 1946 original broadway production of the iceman cometh. The iceman cometh is a 1973 american drama film directed by john frankenheimer.
This is one ill want to be remembered by, ryan told critic charles champlin on the set of the iceman cometh 1973. Iceman cometh opens on play of the week the new york. The iceman cometh is a drama film about a man named harry hope who convinces his fellow patrons of the the last chance saloon to meet up for a session of whiskey drinking. John frankenheimers masterful interpretation of eugene oneills the iceman cometh stands not only as the. The chilling tale of a highrolling gambler who changes his ways and is determind to help the drifters, alcoholics and prostitutes who have come to depend on. With jason robards, myron mccormick, tom pedi, james broderick. The train, grand prix, and the occasional dark classic the manchurian candidate, but he started as a television director, and with a play that ran like the iceman cometh there would be needed someone who could track the stinging, meaningoflifeanddeath dialog of oneills play with the camera and not make it feel too stagey. Jason robards burst onto the broadway scene in 1956 with his performance in eugene oneills devastating iceman cometh, playing the central role of hickey, a salesman who comes to a rundown bar on a mission to bring peace to its boozing denizens by lifting their illusionsonly to wreak disaster on them and himself. Eugene oneills the iceman cometh was a major television event in its time, getting the seal of approval from the new york times theater critic brooks atkinson, who introduced both halves of the presentation it was done in two nights, a week apart. Two separate parts were originally broadcast as episodes of the play of the week by the syndication service national telefilm associates nta.
Denzel washington unsettles the barfly dreamers of eugene oneills 1946 drama the iceman cometh in george c. Three years after oneills death, jason robards starred in a broadway revival that brought new critical attention to oneills. The chilling tale of a highrolling gambler who changes his ways and is determind to help the drifters. The iceman cometh is set in new york in 1912 in harry hopes downmarket greenwich village saloon and rooming house. The frankenheimer version is the more widely known, as it was done as a. The iceman cometh alexander street, a proquest company. Dobama theatre 599 words exact match in snippet view article find links to article this ranges from their initial production in 1959 to a staging of the iceman cometh by eugene oneill and their many productions of new and offbroadway. Find movie and film cast and crew information for the iceman cometh 1960 sidney lumet on allmovie. Image entertainments release of sidney lumets television production of the iceman cometh 1960 creaks at the joints and shows its age in ways both delightful and unfortunate and its worth every cent of its price, for lovers of serious drama, theater history, or television history.
Jason robards became an overnight star with his indelible performance as the gladhanding, doomridden hickey in the legendary 1956 circleinthesquare revival of eugene oneills towering masterpiece. This national telefilm associates presentation is from 1960, and shows dramatic television at its cultural height. Produced as part of a series called play of the week in 1960 on the new york television station wnta, the. That adaptation, directed by sidney lumet, starred jason robards, jr. Indeed, people, the iceman does cometh, and its taking him a long, long, long time to get here. Iceman cometh is acclaimed 1960 made for television adaptation of the classic eugene oneil play of the same name, brought to the small screen by famed director sidney lumet 12 angry man, network. As the disillusioned anarchist larry slade, drinking himself to death. The iceman cometh 1960 theodore hickman, a hardware salesman, makes byyearly visits to harry hopes 1910era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges.
Robert redford stars in eugene oneills harrowing drama which shines a spotlight on the perpetual pipe dreams of the downandout regulars of a seedy new. Get help as a new filmmaker and find out about network. The iceman cometh 1960 rarefilmm the cave of forgotten films. Wolfes staging of eugene oneills phenomenal 1946 fouract and nearly fourhour drama, the iceman cometh now in revival at the. Jason robards burst onto the broadway scene in 1956 with his performance in eugene oneills devastating iceman cometh, playing the. The iceman cometh wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. The iceman cometh, tragedy in four acts by eugene oneill, written in 1939 and produced and published in 1946 and considered by many to be his finest work. The screenplay was written by thomas quinn curtiss, based on eugene oneills 1939 play of the same name. Jason robards burst onto the broadway scene in 1956 with his performance in eugene oneills devastating iceman cometh, playing the central role of hickey, a.
These cookies collect information that is used either in aggregate form to help us understand how our websites are being used or how effective our marketing campaigns are, or to help us customize our websites and application for you in order to enhance your experience. The original broadway production of the iceman cometh by eugene oneill opened at the martin beck theater on october 9, 1946 and ran for 6 performances. The iceman cometh by sidney lumet jason robards jr. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. Lumet alternated film and television work in the late 1950s and early 1960s including a television version of the iceman cometh starring jason robards before helming a number of acclaimed cinematic films in the early 1960s. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Producer ely landau was luckier than most of his colleagues. The iceman cometh is a central work of eugene oneill, and made news at its 1939 premiere with its world of societys misfit losers, portrayed with plain coarse language simply not heard on stages at the time. For many, iceman conjures images of a freezehappy member of the xmen or an awesome top gun fighter pilot played by val kilmer. By scott ross if, as i believe, eugene oneills long days journey into night is the great american play, his the iceman cometh vies with very few fellow contenders for a most respectable second place. The iceman cometh premiered on broadway in 1946 and was nominated for the new york drama critics circle award for best american play. Man, as if birdman of alcatraz wasnt long enough, i dont even know how john frankenheimer was. The iceman cometh is a 1960 television production of the eugene oneill play of the same title. Subscribers may view the full text of this article in its original form through timesmachine.
The film was produced by ely landau for the american film theatre, which presented thirteen film adaptations of plays in the united states from 1973 to 1975. Discover how bfi network is supporting new and emerging filmmakers. The patrons, twelve men and three prostitutes, are deadend alcoholics who spend every possible moment seeking oblivion in one anothers company and trying to con or wheedle free drinks from harry and the bartenders. Synopsis the chilling tale of a highrolling gambler who changes his ways and is determind to help the drifters, alcoholics and prostitutes who have come to depend on his generosity. John houseman and i were speaking with jeanne cagney, james cagneys younger sister. Eugene oneill was the first american playwright to win the nobel prize in literature. This free synopsis covers all the crucial plot points of the iceman cometh. While nothing like that turns up in eugene oneills classic play the iceman cometh, there are plenty of anarchists, prostitutes, and military heroes to keep things interesting. Tv production for play of the week on national educational television net directed by sidney lumet.