Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Our Town: Character Studies Conversations

Our Town: Character Studies Conversations

In Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, the time is 1901 and the place is America’s collective memory. But Thornton Wilder’s Our Town is not the sentimental nostalgia piece most people perceive. This program hosted by Eli Wallach offers wide-ranging and extraordinarily deep insights into the play from those who arguably know it best: Our Town alumni who over the years have brought the play to life on stage and screen. Interviews with Paul Newman (Stage Manager); Cynthia Nixon and Maggie Lacey (Emily Webb); Paul Newman, Ben Fox, Harvey Evans, and Eric Stoltz (George Gibbs); James Rebhorn (Doc Gibbs); Frances Conroy (Mrs. Gibbs); Jeff DeMunn (Editor Webb); and Stephen Spinella (Simon Stimson) are featured. Our Town director James Naughton and Tom Jones, writer of the musical adaptation Grover’s Corners, also contribute. A viewable/printable instructor’s guide is available online. A Films for the Humanities & Sciences Production. (68 minutes)

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Item#: PAE37235
Copyright date: ©2007
VHS ISBN 978-1-4213-6661-1
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN 978-1-4213-6667-8


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